Keeping Klemm

Dwan · Post by **Dwan** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:49 pm

With openings at Arizona, ASU, UCLA, and possibly Washington State, Klemm's ability to recruit Southern California would be a huge asset to all of those programs. I'm sure they would all love to have him. He would be a major blow if we lost him. Hopefully he gets a raise and stays loyal to June but this is a business. Maybe he should be promoted to Assistant Head Coach/OL or something

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:54 am

Keeping Klemm around should be a top priority......and I agree, I'm sure all of the Pac 12 schools have noticed how well he's recruited So Cal while 1500 miles away.

sbsmith · Post by **sbsmith** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:58 am

Dwan wrote:With openings at Arizona, ASU, UCLA, and possibly Washington State, Klemm's ability to recruit Southern California would be a huge asset to all of those programs. I'm sure they would all love to have him. He would be a major blow if we lost him. Hopefully he gets a raise and stays loyal to June but this is a business. Maybe he should be promoted to Assistant Head Coach/OL or something

Depends on his career aspirations, if we wants to be an OC or higher then he has to leave.

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:12 am

sbsmith wrote:Depends on his career aspirations, if we wants to be an OC or higher then he has to leave.

Why?

sbsmith · Post by **sbsmith** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:16 am

LA_Mustang wrote:
sbsmith wrote:Depends on his career aspirations, if we wants to be an OC or higher then he has to leave.

Why?

He's never going to call plays here with June Jones around, hard to get an HC job if you don't spend any time as a coordinator.

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:22 am

If he wants to be an OC or a head coach someday he is currently working for a pretty good teacher. Assuming he has coaching ability, SMU and JJ can groom him for a promotion. JJ only has three more years on his contract and anything can happen.

sbsmith · Post by **sbsmith** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:37 am

LA_Mustang wrote:If he wants to be an OC or a head coach someday he is currently working for a pretty good teacher. Assuming he has coaching ability, SMU and JJ can groom him for a promotion. JJ only has three more years on his contract and anything can happen.

Thing is June doesn't groom anyone for those positions, he has never been known for his coaching tree.

SMU_Alumni11 · Post by **SMU_Alumni11** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:40 am

I mean I like June and Im thankful, but for the school after his contract is up, and are best record is 8-4 for one year, its probably best to give him the job or other people out there who can take a team on its feet and push it further. I feel June's playbook is for the rebuilding process not maturity.

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:27 am

sbsmith wrote:Thing is June doesn't groom anyone for those positions, he has never been known for his coaching tree.

You're right about that. As for Klemm, I have no idea how he is as an actual "gameday coach" but the guy is the best recruiter we've seen around here in a longtime. He's young (34), obviously relates well with recruits and players, a 3-time Super Bowl Champion, played for one of the best NFL coaches ever - Bill Belichick and seems to really enjoy being here. So, if SO and/or JJ see a higher level coaching future for him, I hope they do everything they can to keep him around.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:43 am

I agree, do everything you have to keep Klemm here.

ojaipony · Post by **ojaipony** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:02 pm

If I'm making the decisions, Klemm gets pretty much whatever he wants to stay here (and Jones, too, for that matter).

But I'm sure I'm like most people on here: my perspective is colored by when I went to SMU. If we had won more than 3 games in a season while I was there that would have been huge. Now, my feeling is that if you are a recent alum or still in school there, you are the most critical of JJ b/c you have no idea how bad we really were for a very long time. If you went to SMU in the hey day (early 80s), you are probably also grateful for any wins we get. If we are still in CUSA in 2013 and not dominating it, I will start getting VERY critical. But, until then, I'll take 7-8 win seasons all day long.

My unscientific observation.

StallionsModelT · Post by **StallionsModelT** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:15 pm

I went to SMU from 2002-2006. I saw what was, IMO, four years of the worst college football in the country. I would go into games just hoping the final score wouldn't be a blowout or rooting for individuals like Justin Rogers or Jonas Rutledge to get to the next level. So I understand what you mean by being grateful for what we have.

Fast forward to today. We have several Ponies in the NFL. We are heading into our third straight bowl game. We have played in the conference championship game. Our defense is as fast and athletic as it has been since we were stuffing C notes in kids lockers. We are getting Top 50 recruiting classes. The future looks bright from a talent perspective, but with that comes greater expectations.

There is no excuse for the quarterback situation to be like it is in YEAR FOUR. We had a three year starter coming back from a pretty good year. He was yanked for two bad picks against at the time the #8 team in the nation. We put it a kid who wasn't welcome at any other D1 program other than New Mexico State and despite that, beat TCU and finished with a winning record. Not only that, WE ARE DEAD LAST IN THE NATION IN TURNOVER MARGIN. The fact that we won 7 games despite being #120 in TO margin is nothing short of a miracle.

At SMU, the bar shouldn't be 7-5 or 8-4. I'm sorry, but when you look at our competition (even in the Big East) we should be contenders to win the conference every fuc*ing year. We have the money, facilities, resources, and commitment to win at the highest level. Jones inherited a complete disaster. He's gotten the program to a level of respectability without question. But this program is stuck in neutral right now. I like June Jones, I really do, but he isn't without his warts. Its time to show us the next step. When he was at Hawaii they were averaging 50 points a game. So far at SMU we are averaging roughly 25 points a game in four years. That's not what we are paying 2M a year for. I will give him a pass on next season as we will be breaking in a whole new OL, a new QB (probably Padron but don't count out Preston), a new DL, and a few new kids in the secondary. If we get to 7 wins next season I will consider that JJ's best coaching job since he's been here.

In summary, I believe we are on the right track. The talent level of the young kids and the kids we are gonna get in 2012 are unprecedented in the post DP era. We have the talent to beat anybody in CUSA or the Big East in 2013 and moving forward. Is June the guy that can get us past 7-5 to 10-2 or better? That I don't know.

StangCP · Post by **StangCP** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:03 pm

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ojaipony · Post by **ojaipony** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:17 pm

Good stuff, SMT. I agree with most of what you said, except the 2002-2006 being worst. I was there in the early 90s. THAT was some bad stuff to stomach (and I STILL went to every game)! ;-)

SMUer · Post by **SMUer** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:24 pm

Class of 2006 also. "ALL OUT" against TT was my bury my head in the sand moment. And rushing the field after SJSU? 1989-2001 must have been tough to watch but we saw some awful awful football 2002-2007. Watching McDermott/2011 offense has given me SMU PTSD.

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