More NFL Assistants being hired

White Helmet · Post by **White Helmet** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:13 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3151605

Colorado State hiring Fairchild from the Bills. So why cant we go and hire a coach right now?

BRStang · Post by **BRStang** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:00 pm

I suppose because Orsini just feels like it.

Eagle01 · Post by **Eagle01** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:20 pm

I know 7 weeks is a long time (ok, a very long time), but better to have no coach than a bad coach.

Plano Stang · Post by **Plano Stang** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:28 pm

This period has seemed like forever, but not as long as four or five years of a bad coach losing 9-10 games a year.

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:10 pm

Eagle01 wrote:I know 7 weeks is a long time (ok, a very long time), but better to have no coach than a bad coach.

might as well add: "its better to have no recruits than a bad coach"

bummmer

Eagle01 · Post by **Eagle01** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:18 pm

J.T.supporta wrote:
Eagle01 wrote:I know 7 weeks is a long time (ok, a very long time), but better to have no coach than a bad coach.

might as well add: "its better to have no recruits than a bad coach"

bummmer

If you hire a college coach, he's already got contacts and players he's been recruiting to his previous school. If you hire an NFL guy, he can say "I've coached in the NFL, and I know what it takes to get you there."

Sure, time is short, but it's possible. How many scholarships does SMU have to offer this year?

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:20 pm

Eagle01 wrote:
J.T.supporta wrote:
Eagle01 wrote:I know 7 weeks is a long time (ok, a very long time), but better to have no coach than a bad coach.

might as well add: "its better to have no recruits than a bad coach"

bummmer

If you hire a college coach, he's already got contacts and players he's been recruiting to his previous school. If you hire an NFL guy, he can say "I've coached in the NFL, and I know what it takes to get you there."

Sure, time is short, but it's possible. How many scholarships does SMU have to offer this year?

try talking to Pete Carroll...he didnt really succeed as an NFL head coach...but came back to the college ranks and look what hes doing.

so by that thought, a sucky NFL coach willl do for me...

Big Hoss · Post by **Big Hoss** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:28 pm

Sure about that? Dave Wannstadt sucked as an NFL head coach, and he sucks as a college head coach. He's gotta have naked pictures of someone to have just gotten an extension at Pitt.

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:30 pm

Big Hoss wrote:Sure about that? Dave Wannstadt sucked as an NFL head coach, and he sucks as a college head coach. He's gotta have naked pictures of someone to have just gotten an extension at Pitt.

NO, its cuz he beat WVU...and he was on crutches after messing up his knee

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:01 pm

But before that he had pictures of the Pitt Pres caught on his camera phone.

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:03 pm

J.T.supporta wrote:
Big Hoss wrote:Sure about that? Dave Wannstadt sucked as an NFL head coach, and he sucks as a college head coach. He's gotta have naked pictures of someone to have just gotten an extension at Pitt.

NO, its cuz he beat WVU...and he was on crutches after messing up his knee

Go look it up. Wannstedt got that extension before Pitt played West Virginia.

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:08 pm

George S. Patton wrote:
J.T.supporta wrote:
Big Hoss wrote:Sure about that? Dave Wannstadt sucked as an NFL head coach, and he sucks as a college head coach. He's gotta have naked pictures of someone to have just gotten an extension at Pitt.

NO, its cuz he beat WVU...and he was on crutches after messing up his knee

Go look it up. Wannstedt got that extension before Pitt played West Virginia.

I know that...but thanks for thinking i didnt know

Pony94 · Post by **Pony94** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:12 pm

Wouldn't one think that Orsini had a list of candidates in his desk drawer at any time prior to the season? Wouldn't an AD keep such a list for all sports should anything ever happen to a coach? The list would be updated often. I cannot believe that Orsini is unprepared, but he sure is making us pay attention to SMU football a lot longer than we would normally.

Hire a coach soon!!

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:23 pm

Eagle01 wrote:
J.T.supporta wrote:
Eagle01 wrote:I know 7 weeks is a long time (ok, a very long time), but better to have no coach than a bad coach.

might as well add: "its better to have no recruits than a bad coach"

bummmer

If you hire a college coach, he's already got contacts and players he's been recruiting to his previous school. If you hire an NFL guy, he can say "I've coached in the NFL, and I know what it takes to get you there."

Sure, time is short, but it's possible. How many scholarships does SMU have to offer this year?

More than zero. So our 'ships available will outnumber the recruits we have.

White Helmet · Post by **White Helmet** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:35 pm

I think it was an Achilles Tendon and not a knee.