Statement from June Jones

[redpony]

My posts somehow keep getting deleted so I will try again.

If that presser was an indication of his new level of commitment then 'Ponies we have a problem'

GO PONIES!!!

[SMUer]

Agent on twitter, agent on the radio. If June is sincere, he'd fire this guy for going rouge. He hasnt because he wasn't going rouge, he did this with June's knowledge, and that's why June is insincere.

[mr. pony]

Needs to hold a press conference instead of hiding a behind a school generated "press release". It would not solve all the problems but from a PR standpoint it would help.

Jones has no press conferences. Even during the season. Not worth his time.

[jtstang]

he'd fire this guy for going rouge. He hasnt because he wasn't going rouge,

Which is french for going red, for all of you non-francophiles out there.

[BRStang]

he'd fire this guy for going rouge. He hasnt because he wasn't going rouge,

Which is french for going red, for all of you non-francophiles out there.

Woah. I always thought I lived in a town named after a scoundrel's stick.

[htownponyfan]

I think that statement was written by our marketing department.

We have a marketing dept?

[SMUer]

*rogue

Good catch

[CalallenStang]

After purposely avoiding this board nearly all day, then reading this statement and the quotes from the Birmingham press conference, I still want him gone.

I don't blame him for looking for another job. I don't blame him for interviewing & negotiating a contract with another school. What I have a problem with was him starting work for that school (and undermining SMU's efforts) while still an employee at SMU.

No statement released by Jones or the athletic department addresses this.

I know this: if I was working for Company A and was contacted by a headhunter regarding a better paying job for Company B, I wouldn't start working for Company B until my term of employment for Company B started (probably concurrent to the ending of my employment for Company A). I wouldn't do what June did, which was start working for Company B (AND AGAINST COMPANY A) the second he was offered an INTERVIEW (not even offer...INTERVIEW!) for Company B. If I did do that, I would expect company A to fire me if the offer with company B didn't turn out.

[PurplFrawg]

I think that statement was written by our marketing department.

We have a marketing dept?

Yes, their offices are next to the baseball offices.

[gostangs]

I guess yours is next to that skillet thingy

[redpony]

After purposely avoiding this board nearly all day, then reading this statement and the quotes from the Birmingham press conference, I still want him gone.

I don't blame him for looking for another job. I don't blame him for interviewing & negotiating a contract with another school. What I have a problem with was him starting work for that school (and undermining SMU's efforts) while still an employee at SMU.

No statement released by Jones or the athletic department addresses this.

I know this: if I was working for Company A and was contacted by a headhunter regarding a better paying job for Company B, I wouldn't start working for Company B until my term of employment for Company B started (probably concurrent to the ending of my employment for Company A). I wouldn't do what June did, which was start working for Company B (AND AGAINST COMPANY A) the second he was offered an INTERVIEW (not even offer...INTERVIEW!) for Company B. If I did do that, I would expect company A to fire me if the offer with company B didn't turn out.

Exactly- and if I were your boss in company A you would have been walked out the door immediately.
I would have expected the same. The arrogance of jj and his agent is absolutely amazing.
No loyalty, no ethics, no integrity. Yet he continues here with the opportunity to further destroy this program further.

GO PONIES!!!

[Gotcha]

Liar! We should FIRE!