Gary Barnett or Terry Bowden for HC?

[perunapower]

Because it's more fun this way. We get to track airplanes, climb drain pipes, crawl through air ducts, stake out at airports looking for signs of a head coach candidate. Orsini is shaping us into spies. That way we can spy the QB and keep him from running and maybe get a few picks.

[biggin]

Hey biggin, if that happens then hats off to you, but I hope for the good of the team that things plays out differently than you expect.

I hope I am wrong. I would love to wake up tomorrow to news that Gary Barnett has been hired by Orsini. You have to look at the big picture though. Barnett is probably history. Orsini knows he would take flack for hiring him now with only two weeks before the dead period for recruiting starts when he could have had him 7 weeks ago.

[westexSMU]

Again, if it is true that Barnett will interview this week, then Orsini had to call him this week telling him "SMU wants to interview you". If true, I think Orsini is just interested in making the right choice....Believe me, after Barnett gets here and starts recruiting etc., knowbody who wants to see our program succeed will think anything but positives about Orsini hiring Barnett.

[LakeHighlandsPony]

We spoke with Orsini on the boulevard and I am very doubtful Barnett has ever been in the running.

[biggin]

Again, if it is true that Barnett will interview this week, then Orsini had to call him this week telling him "SMU wants to interview you". If true, I think Orsini is just interested in making the right choice....Believe me, after Barnett gets here and starts recruiting etc., knowbody who wants to see our program succeed will think anything but positives about Orsini hiring Barnett.

Sure - if Barnett is hired. If Barnett is hired I'd be amazed. I'll bet you a ham sandwich he is not. Orsini would lose a lot of credibility.

[PK]

At what point are we going to want to see some legitimate indication that Barnett, Fran, Bowden are even under consideration. If this weekend ends w/o such an indication its time to sober up because they should have been immediately contacted.

Orsini cannot hire Barnett or Bowden now. He will look like a fool. And I know he is not willing to do that.

SO probably had to to make the good effort to placate Turner. Now that all the virgin's are spoken for or not interested, SO can go after the legitimate candidates with no egg on his face whatsoever.

[biggin]

At what point are we going to want to see some legitimate indication that Barnett, Fran, Bowden are even under consideration. If this weekend ends w/o such an indication its time to sober up because they should have been immediately contacted.

Orsini cannot hire Barnett or Bowden now. He will look like a fool. And I know he is not willing to do that.

SO probably had to to make the good effort to placate Turner. Now that all the virgin's are spoken for or not interested, SO can go after the legitimate candidates with no egg on his face whatsoever.

[westexSMU]

One other thing I would like say about Barnett at SMU and the issue of whether he would stay ? Barnett says he likes the idea of "living and coaching in Texas". He is what 61 or 62 ? I could see him at SMU for 7 to 10 years and then retiring. He could certainly rebuild our program during that period of time and I'm talking about Championships. He would succeed and there would be a good possiblity he would stay at his age until the program is turned completely around.

[giacfsp]

At what point are we going to want to see some legitimate indication that Barnett, Fran, Bowden, Neuheisal are even under consideration. If this weekend ends w/o such an indication its time to sober up because they should have been immediately contacted.

The last several weeks are all the "indication" we need, aren't they? Of course, Steve-O isn't obligated to share suchh things.

[mustang1108]

At first i did not like the thought of barnett as our coach but the more i think about it he might be a good fit and we need a coach. im tired of waiting around.

[huskerpony]

I kind of disagree that Orsini would have egg on his face by hiring someone off of list number 2. It would be one difficult press conference--and realistically, who will even be there? Kate? Those will be some hard hitting questions that Steve-O couldn't possibly field! It would be a higher risk hire, especially for SMU, but as long as the coach succeeds and stays clean, Steve-O will be a hero. If you always make the safe move, you'll never get anywhere.

[perunapower]

At what point are we going to want to see some legitimate indication that Barnett, Fran, Bowden, Neuheisal are even under consideration. If this weekend ends w/o such an indication its time to sober up because they should have been immediately contacted.

The last several weeks are all the "indication" we need, aren't they? Of course, Steve-O isn't obligated to share suchh things.

What indicators are you using? I think they're broken.

[giacfsp]

i really don't understand why he's being so secretive about the search. hell, cooger high is publicly stating everyone they're interviewing

That's true, but nobody is going to mistake Cougar High with Harvard and Yale and Stanford. Let's not use that academic sinkhole as a model of intellectual strength, huh?

[SmooBoy]

Saw Barnett enjoying a Moons over My Hammy and a cup of Joe in the Wautaga Denny's this morning.

[Water Pony]

At what point are we going to want to see some legitimate indication that Barnett, Fran, Bowden are even under consideration. If this weekend ends w/o such an indication its time to sober up because they should have been immediately contacted.

Orsini cannot hire Barnett or Bowden now. He will look like a fool. And I know he is not willing to do that.

If it does happen, who will look like a fool?