Bennett withdraws his name from DC at Marshall

by **SMU Football Blog** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:00 pm

diamond_tom wrote:
MustangIcon wrote:I think its more from a standpoint of if PB is recruiting against us in our state he can say what a rinky dink program SMU is and tell them all his horror stories from his time here. If he were to take smear SMU approach to recruiting, even in a backhanded compliment sort of way, it could negatively impact us. If he goes NFL, we have nothing to worry about.

Come on. Phil has too much class for that.

Phil began trashing the program during his press conference after he was told he wasn't coming back. It is what he does. He's a pro. He'd make a hell of a used car salesman. To suggest he is too classy for that is just plain ignoring the fact that he had little problen trashing his predecesor and his predecesor's recruits. He loves diminishing things; he just tries to do it in ways that you want to hear.

by **couch 'em** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:04 pm

I was being somewhat facetious, but I don't think bashing SMU while recruiting would be classless. He could talk about his experiences at SMU in a way like "they have no committment to winning" "we had very low attendence", "you would not fit in with the rich white student body" etc etc in ways that would discourage a recruit but aren't 'classless' in my opinion.

by **PonySnob** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:04 pm

Wonder if any recruits would ask him how much football he remembers?

by **Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:08 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:Phil began trashing the program during his press conference after he was told he wasn't coming back. It is what he does. He's a pro. He'd make a hell of a used car salesman.

by **jtstang** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:18 pm

Genius

by **mrydel** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:19 pm

If I recall, that is Herb Tarleck's coat that Oscar is wearing.

by PK » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:20 pm

Oscar gets around.

by **Samurai Stang** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:25 pm

Is Oscar a bakeneko?

by **mrydel** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:28 pm

Samurai Stang wrote:Is Oscar a bakeneko?

Not quite. Rather than haunting or taking over a corpse, Oscar is more of the Grim Reaper sort, predicting the demise of anyone with whom he associates.

by **SMUer** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:39 pm

I think words "class" and "integrity" are being debased a bit when being used to refer to Phil Bennett, and I almost feel compelled to stand up for them for once! How about "appears to be a pleasant guy" or "tried real hard in a difficult situation, but smiled and said optimistic things the entire time" instead? Exemplifying excellence, best of the best, honest and reliable...I think these synonyms are a stretch.

by **Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:25 pm

mrydel wrote:If I recall, that is Herb Tarleck's coat that Oscar is wearing.

Very Good, mrydel. That is indeed Herb's coat.

by **PonySnob** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:20 pm

When will we see some pictures of Oscar with June Jones?

by PK » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:21 pm

I think one of Oscar with PonySnot would be better.

by **mrydel** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:27 pm

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:
mrydel wrote:If I recall, that is Herb Tarleck's coat that Oscar is wearing.

Very Good, mrydel. That is indeed Herb's coat.

In the honesty of full disclosure, I remembered that because you told us, not from watching WKRP (which I used to religiously).

by **Big Hoss** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:36 pm

Is that Loni Anderson's rack?

Bennett withdraws his name from DC at Marshall

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