Last SMU coaching search....

cs09viking · Post by **cs09viking** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:09 pm

question for those that have been here for some time...

who else was a candidate for the SMU HC job when we hired Phil Bennett?

just wondering...

BRStang · Post by **BRStang** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:10 pm

Charlie Waters
Skip Holz - there was some mention of him anyway

SMUMan02 · Post by **SMUMan02** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:35 pm

I always thought the most likely candidate during that time was Charlie Waters.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:22 pm

I understand that Holtz was close but his dad told him not to do it.

FloridaMustang · Post by **FloridaMustang** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:24 pm

dirk koetter was a candidate no? i think he was on the way out of az st. at the time. mangino was available too but i dont think he was ever contacted. oops.

mustang1108 · Post by **mustang1108** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:24 pm

we should go after skip so we can get a pep talk from lou

Dwan · Post by **Dwan** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:49 pm

Gerry Denardo
Charlie Waters
Phil Bennett
Bill Curry - interviewed then pulled his name out
Norm Chow - declined to interview
Skip Holtz - interviewed and then pulled his name out

gambino87 · Post by **gambino87** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:49 pm

Def Remember Gerry DiNardo

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:50 pm

Dwan wrote:Gerry Denardo
Charlie Waters
Phil Bennett
Bill Curry - interviewed then pulled his name out
Norm Chow - declined to interview
Skip Holtz - interviewed and then pulled his name out

I had heard that Chow was very interested but we would not pay his asking price. Or did the asking price stop the interview from happening?

Dwan · Post by **Dwan** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:52 pm

He was the OC at USC at the time and thought he could do better.

bigdaddy08091 · Post by **bigdaddy08091** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:55 pm

mrydel wrote:
Dwan wrote:Gerry Denardo
Charlie Waters
Phil Bennett
Bill Curry - interviewed then pulled his name out
Norm Chow - declined to interview
Skip Holtz - interviewed and then pulled his name out

I had heard that Chow was very interested but we would not pay his asking price. Or did the asking price stop the interview from happening?

We suck!

mustang1108 · Post by **mustang1108** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:56 pm

How old is bill curry now?

bigdaddy08091 · Post by **bigdaddy08091** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:01 pm

mustang1108 wrote:How old is bill curry now?

Who the hell was interviewing these people and what was being told to them where they pulled their names out or declined to interview?