Great article on Coacheshotseat.com on the hiring of JJ

[SMU 86]

They give us the highest possible score!

[Pweesey]

thanks for the heads-up. That should get some people excited. Here's the link:


http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachingC ... alysis.htm

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

re: "They give us the highest possible score!"

Don't they know "he's not a good fit at SMU"?

[expony18]

apparently they didnt realize it wasnt the coaches it was the modeld

[PonyDogg]

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[Diamond Girl]

Wow!

[Dwan]

does that link work for everbody else?

[Hilltopper]

They seem to think every hire on their list is somewhere between very good and great .... except A&M's hiring of Mike Sherman, which they called a terrible hire, said opposing coaches are loving it, and rated the hire as a 2 (out of 10).

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

re: link not working?

January 9, 2007

Coaches Hot Seat Coaching Changes Analysis

We are going to evaluate every coaching change this season, and in addition to our Commentary we are also going to have two ratings on the coaching changes. The first one is our Quality of the New Hire rating which is based on a 1-10 scale, with 1 being an Unmitigated Disaster and 10 being a Home Run! Our second rating is the Opposing Coaches in the school's conference on how they feel about the new hire and the thought of coaching and recruiting against the new coach. The Opposing Coaches ratings will break down as:

Loving It! - Not good for the hiring school

Doesn't Matter - Neutral for the hiring school

Damn! - Great for the hiring school

SMU

Fired: Phil Bennett

Hired: June Jones

Commentary

Reading Steve Orsini's bio on the SMU website there are a few things that catch our eye. The first is that he was a 3-time letterman at Notre Dame as a fullback and that he was one of four captains on the 1977 Notre Dame National Championship team. That alone sets him apart from most other ADs, but the next paragraph in his bio is interesting as well. After college Orsini spent 3 years working in New York as an accountant/CPA for Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, before he started his athletic administration career. Those two experiences give Orsini an unique perspective on the world and explain to us why he has reached so high in his two head coaching hires at UCF (George O'Leary) and June Jones at SMU. It is hard to explain to people that have not had the experience, but once you have had the opportunity to achieve great things and you have worked with some of the best and brightest in our country, you will find it very hard to accept anything but the best you can get and that is certainly what Orsini got in the hiring of June Jones. Anyone that has spent some time in the Highland Park neighborhood of Dallas and wandered around the SMU campus finds an idyllic place with stunning athletic facilities, which brings up the obvious question to football fans: Why has the SMU football program been so pitiful since the probation? There really is no good answer to that question, but we know that up to this week the one thing that is for sure, no one at SMU really took football seriously. That is no longer the case. The dogged pursuit by Orsini of June Jones and other upper-tier coaches has landed one of the top football coaches in the game at one of the most unlikeliest places in the country. June Jones is not your ordinary football coach, and that is because he brings a very unique offensive approach to the game (learned by playing for and coaching with Mouse Davis) and a personal style of coaching that encourages players to go out and make plays. Jones believes football should be fun, and 18-22 year old young men respond to that philosophy in spades. Jones is unlike like any coach that has coached football at this level in the state of Texas, save Mike Leach and Bum Phillips, but the SMU fans will certainly recognize his dedication to the game and his single-minded determinedness to win football games.

A very good point was made to us recently that a lot of high schools in Texas and elsewhere are now running an offensive system similar to what Jones runs, and that it will be very easy for Jones to attract recruits to SMU that want to play in what will be the most powerful offenses in the country. Anyone that caught June Jones interview on ESPN in the latter half of the season could discern that he has somewhat of a chip on his shoulder from people questioning the seriousness of his coaching ability and his Hawaii football teams. Certainly, one of the considerations that went into accepting the job at SMU is the opportunity for Jones to prove his wares in a large media market like Dallas where the media will most certainly be paying attention. We have tossed around the question here at Coaches Hot Seat the last few days: What can June Jones do at SMU? He will win first of all, and win a lot. 12 win seasons will be far and few between, but with the current make-up of Conference USA there is certainly the opportunity for Jones to quickly place SMU in the top of the conference and bring home some championship trophies. Steve Orsini has mentioned the importance of athletics at SMU being in the Top 25 in the nation, and we believe that is easily within Jones grasp at SMU. The important thing for SMU fans is to keep Jones arrival in perspective and realize that it will take at least a couple of games next season for him to get the ball rolling! Seriously, Jones' style will win lots of football games at SMU, and the best thing for SMU fans to do is to sign up, hang on, and enjoy the ride.

Quality of the Hire: 10

Opposing Coaches: Triple Damn!

[abezontar]

They seem to think every hire on their list is somewhere between very good and great .... except A&M's hiring of Mike Sherman, which they called a terrible hire, said opposing coaches are loving it, and rated the hire as a 2 (out of 10).

THey also didn't like the Neuheisal (sp) hire. I don't think anyone other than TAMU and UCLA got less than an 8.

[PonyDogg]

They seem to think every hire on their list is somewhere between very good and great .... except A&M's hiring of Mike Sherman, which they called a terrible hire, said opposing coaches are loving it, and rated the hire as a 2 (out of 10).

THey also didn't like the Neuheisal (sp) hire. I don't think anyone other than TAMU and UCLA got less than an 8.

Only SMU got a TRIPLE DAMN!!!

[SMU 86]

Does anyone know when the spring game will be played?

[abezontar]

Does anyone know when the spring game will be played?

April?

[huskerpony]

Does anyone know when the spring game will be played?

April?

I think I heard that this year it will be moved to June.

[FWMustangGirl]

Does anyone know when the spring game will be played?

April?

It usually falls right around April 10th, which explains why I've gone to the spring game on my anniversary.