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[Dwan]

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sto ... 07aai.html

[ponyplayer]

credible?

[Me]

Fran not so much. Coker is only interesting to me because of what assistants he might bring in. Hopefully we know something this weekend.

[Pony Fan]

In my opinion, Fran wins in a landslide.

[davidsmu94]

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/122007aai.html

Again, we could have had either weeks ago... These aren't a "wow" but a "hmmm" hire

[Aston94]

If those are the only two choices then it should be Fran.

[mustangxc]

I would be happy with Fran, but even if we get Fran, I would still classify this search/hiring as a failure because we could have had him on Monday November 26.

[davidsmu94]

I would be happy with Fran, but even if we get Fran, I would still classify this search/hiring as a failure because we could have had him on Monday November 26.

I'll only consider this search a failure if we fail to make a bowl in the next 3 years.

[mustangxc]

I would be happy with Fran, but even if we get Fran, I would still classify this search/hiring as a failure because we could have had him on Monday November 26.

I'll only consider this search a failure if we fail to make a bowl in the next 3 years.

Let me rephrase that, I will consider this search/hiring process a failure if we land someone we could have landed close to a month ago. I will reserve judgement on the hiring until I know the wins and losses and recruiting results a couple years down the road.

[ebrooks11]

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/122007aai.html

Again, we could have had either weeks ago... These aren't a "wow" but a "hmmm" hire

Of course we could have had them weeks ago, but maybe we didnt want them weeks ago. Can anybody on this board seriously blame Steve-O for trying to get the best coach he could. He tried PJ and wined and dined him and PJ went to a more attractive school. For all we know he may have tried to get others and they just didnt want to come here. Orsini can only try to make SMU sound like the best school to a coach and if the candidates dont buy it then you cant blame Orsini. SMU is SMU. So to blame Orsini for this coaching delay is ignorant and unjustified. I salute Orsini for having the balls to try to get PJ who was maybe the best option for any school at the time, but the deal just didnt happen. In the case that we are settling for say Fran or Coker that is 100 times better than who we would have settled for 10 years ago. If we would have hired either one of these guys 1-2 months ago the same people would be on here complaining that we jumped the gun.

[Bergermeister]

I'll only consider this search a failure if we fail to make a bowl in the next 3 years.

[BRStang]

Fran please. And a time machine.

[mustangxc]

As soon as he got turned down by Johnson he should have offered the next best available candidate. In fact, as I suggested several weeks ago he could have offered the position to a couple of his viable candidates with the understanding that the offer stands until the position is filled.

[mr. pony]

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/122007aai.html

Again, we could have had either weeks ago... These aren't a "wow" but a "hmmm" hire

Agreed. Bowden or Neuheisel were the WOWs.

[Eagle01]

If it's either Fran or coker, what are the expectations for year 1, year 2 and year 3?