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Postby Bo 17 » Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:20 pm

Bennett is a great coach and I will continue to support him. I was at the game on Saturday and this team just does not know how to step it up. They made too many dumb mistakes and when it came time to make a play they did not. These guys need a kick in the [deleted] and their heads rearranged. They need to realize that this is Division 1 football and that they have to make plays. They need a leader and someone to step up and take the lead for this team on the field. We need a field general and an on the field bad-ass ass-kicking leader. The coaches cannot play!!!!

Get off Bennett's [deleted] and get on the players. No more candy [deleted] performances. You cannot tell me that La Tech's athletes are better than ours. I was there and I saw for myself the athletes that we have. We could have won that game with the guys we had...We just lacked execution and making plays. These kids need to begin to play like their lives depend on it. No more being okay with a loss. If I was Coach Bennett I would make their lives hell until they won a game. No more Mr. Niceguy, I would make it like a boot camp and those that don't like it can go home. only the strong survive and only those that want to win will play. I wouldn't care if i had to start a 5'10" Defensive Tackle...If he was the hardest worker then he would play.

That's just my take on the situation...There is no reason why we lose 44-10 to La Tech. It just should not be happening...NO EXCUSES!!!

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Postby Really Fat Guy » Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:55 pm

I was not at this game, but I have attended several this year. Who are you to blame the players? I know they are working hard every day to get better. I can't believe the negativity here sometimes. I don't find it's fair when we blame a bunch of freshman and sophomores.

I put this butt-kicking squarely on Phil's inability to coach. If we had someone like Pat Hill, we would have probably won.
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Postby abezontar » Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:59 pm

if we had someone like pat hill most of our players would be JUCO jrs and srs, therefore we wouldn't need anyone to motivate underclassmen to play beyond their experience. Let's also not forget that the great pat hill also lost to La. Tech. (not that I am sticking up for Bennett, I am as frustrated as anyone else by the lack of progress under his watch)
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Postby Hoop Fan » Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:01 pm

pretty harsh, but as a former player, I guess you have some editorial license where players are concerned. I do think we lack an emotional leader on the field. Who are the Vic Viloria, Craig Swann, Jacoby Rhinehart, Corey Beards of this team? No one seems to show it, except maybe Adami. And the self-destructive penalties and miscues are just killers that winning or even average teams don't make. I don't know how you stop those until to a man the players are determined not to destruct.

There are some games, when I think our mistakes are mainly forced by the other team, like against more physical TCU and Ok State teams. But the La Tech game was more self destruction, as I imagine the Rice game was.
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Postby PlanoStang » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:03 pm

Fire Bennett! Hire Bo!
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Postby sam » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:16 pm

Bo, this is all bennett. He has been a horrible coach from his first game and he has not gotten any better. You want a great insight talk to some of his players i.e. The great Chris Cunningham, John Hampton,Stering Harris and the list could go on. If not them then talk to his former coaches and they could tell you why bennett is a bad coach and will never be successful here or anywhere else if he gets the chance to HC again. I'm sorry if you support him but you can not tell me one positive thing he has done in his tenure at SMU. These players will never play for him.
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Postby Sir Trolls A Lot » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:18 pm

Barry Switzer is the definition of an A** kicker! He packs heat. 8)
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Postby Stallion » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:26 pm

All you have to do is ask yourself how can Phil Bennett coordinate several Top 5 defenses in America with KSU's players and Burns coordinate an offense which averages in the high 30 point range one year and in the 30s another year and then averages about one TD a game at SMU and give up 41 ppg. SMU may have talent that's yet to be developed-the difference is that Coach staff has proven results in its resume and quite frankly the players don't. It sucks to be 4-27 and 1-18 especially this year when we hoped to see some improvement. I thought Bennett made a mistake when he failed to get more of the freshman class involved-and I wouldn't be surprised if Phillips injury is a strategic decision to get him another year, but for whatever reason, because of injuries, redshirting or development we haven't had much help from the very players we hoped would significantly raise the talent level. If you told me that we would have to play games without Phillips, Muse, Munlin, DD Lee, Carrington I would have honestly told you we would be lucky to win a game. Incredibly SMU does not have a single player in either its offensive or defensive starting lineup who was a Texas Top 100 player. I haven't bashed the freshman and sophmore class whatsoever and as for the junior ans senior class their record speaks for itself-what's left of them. I was just about the last lone voice the say that Phil Bennett should not have gotten this job in the first place-thought Charlie Waters+Schumann as DC + highly paid OC would have been better-BUT Phil Bennett has not had a fair chance to turn this program around (1) because he has not had enough time to get his more highly recruited recruits into the line-up and (2) he is still asked to compete without traditional JCs, advantageous curiculm, flexibility with Division 1A transfers and being able to offer AND wait on recruits to qualify until August.
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Postby PerunaPunch » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:25 pm

Don’t you just hate it when Stallion whips out some piece of incontrovertible, historical, black and white truth to prove his point? The fact is that both Bennett and Burn’s pedigrees are beyond reproach.

As much as it pains me to say, and as much as it’s verboten on this board to criticize players, I think I’ve heard enough whining to come to the conclusion that these kids have been pampered for too long. It’s one thing to commit youthful mistakes. It’s another thing entirely to just roll over and play dead. I know the coaches haven’t quit.

Whatever happened to the concept of putting the team first?

As an aside, for those who are questioning the difference between this regime and Cavan’s... Somewhere along the way, Cavan quit trying.
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Postby Sir Trolls A Lot » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:44 pm

Are you and Stallion to busy looking at recruiting lists to go and support the team on Saturdays? I am there every home game. I think our guys give it their best shot, and do not have the coaching support.

I think it is rather easy to pile on college kids. I know the MO of you and Stallion, sit inside like nerds pouring over recruiting statistics from Rivals. But, real people understand that charismatic coaches (like Pat HILL) turn programs around.


PerunaPunch wrote: It’s one thing to commit youthful mistakes. It’s another thing entirely to just roll over and play dead. I know the coaches haven’t quit.
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Postby Laura Bush Lover » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:07 pm

Sir Trolls A Lot wrote:
I think it is rather easy to pile on college kids. I know the MO of you and Stallion, sit inside like nerds pouring over recruiting statistics from Rivals. But, real people understand that charismatic coaches (like Pat HILL) turn programs around.



Allelula! Finally. It had to be said. I think you'll find, Sir Trolls, that some posters on this board think that having a high post count makes them beyond reproach, when in fact their half baked ideas of what it takes to have a successful football program prove their lack of mastery of the subject.

Look at the two posters you were talking about, Sir Trolls. Those two nerds have well over THREE THOUSAND POSTS between the two of them, yet neither have one good, reasonable idea about how to turn this program around, other than to bash players who I believe play their hearts out.

It makes me sick. Maybe someday Stallion can get a job on the Ticket and at least get paid for his BS.
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Postby abezontar » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:19 pm

If you would read through some of Stallion's posts, you might find that he does indeed have a plan for turning the program around. Maybe you should study your history a little bit, cause if you did you would find that what he calls for is the relaxation of restrictions that make it tougher to recruit kids (high school and juco) to SMU than to any of our "natural and traditional rivals." You would find out that he is in favor adding academic programs that make transferring hours from other D-1A, and JUCO schools easier. And whether you agree with him or not, it is a lot more likely to have a major impact on the success of our program than hiring a coach (pat hill) who if at SMU could not have gotten a lot of the kids he uses at Fresno onto the roster at SMU.
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Postby PK » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:52 pm

You guys are a piece of work. Suffice it to say both Stallion and Peruna Punch, like myself are at every home game cheering for the Mustangs. I may not agree with every post Stallion puts out there, but I won't question his loyalty to this school and it's football program. I don't know where Sir Troll and the Really Fat Guy and the new moniker of Laura Bush Lover have been (or should I say has been for the singular since they are probably the same person) for the last 15 years...but judging from the caliber of your post, you are either freshmen or just plain....oh screw it, you're just not worth responding to.
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Postby Mexmustang » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:25 pm

I honestly thought Stallion's last post was stimulating...honest. Unfortunately, my first thought was concerning Bennett's history at K-State. Was he truly the DC? or was it actually his head coach who I believe was Hayden Fry's DC at Iowa? What was the situation there?
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:29 pm

I'm just waiting to see if any 'bag fans' show up before the season ends.
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