Kate says agreement has been reached-EDIT KATE SAYS OFFICIAL

by **Treadway21** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:04 pm

Nacho wrote:http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/mac-engel/2012/04/larry-brown-proves-once-again-he-is-bored.html

i didn't know larry was in glee.
very gleeful that he is coming to smu even moreso because the toads hate it.

Wow - is Max Engel an unprofessional [deleted].

by **PonySnob** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:11 pm

How long is the contract with Jankovich?

by **SMU 86** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:15 pm

PonySnob wrote:How long is the contract with Jankovich?

Have they hired Jankovich? I thought he still wanted to stay at Illinois State.

by **LHS81** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:17 pm

Larry Brown, done deal. The assistant coaches, next week.

by **OR-See-Nee** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:21 pm

Of all the criticisms made of LB, no one has denied that he is a great teacher. It seems to me that's what we need from him. Someone who can teach our players. I've hated watching the product on the court these last few years.

Many of LB's critics lampoon him bouncing from place to place. I understand that. But I did some research, and one of the NYT's sports guys did an analysis in 2009 and discovered that the average tenure for a BCS basketball coach is 4.95 years with a median of 3 years. If LB lasts 2-3 years, then I'm okay with that. Here's the link: http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/the-college-years-of-a-coach/#. Really, how many great players expect to play at a university for 4 years these days?

IF we get the assistants that are being talked about, then those guys can hit the road and recruit. Bring the kids to Dallas and let LB seal the deal with recruits.

Is LB a perfect coach? No. Was he our top pick? No. Is he an improvement from Doh? Yes. Can these assistants raise the level of recruits and product on the court? I think so.

No pick that Orsini made would please everyone. Given our program's shortcomings that this coaching search made painfully obvious, I welcome someone with the pedigree of LB as our new coach.

by **Stallion** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:33 pm

Also its another step in raising the national profile of the university. There have been more national stories about Larry Brown coming to SMU in 2 weeks than national SMU stories during Doherty's entire tenure. Those with Rivals/Scout accounts know that a hefty half of our recruits especially outside of Texas profess to know next to nothing about SMU. This is yet another story that puts us on the Map. Its going to be hard for recruits in all sports for recruits to claim they don't know SMU hasn't made a major commitment to be a national competitive program

by **mustangxc** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:41 pm

Very happy with the hire!!!

by **ponyboy** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:48 pm

Up on smumustangs.com

by **Treadway21** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:54 pm

Stallion wrote:Also its another step in raising the national profile of the university. There have been more national stories about Larry Brown coming to SMU in 2 weeks than national SMU stories during Doherty's entire tenure. Those with Rivals/Scout accounts know that a hefty half of our recruits especially outside of Texas profess to know next to nothing about SMU. This is yet another story that puts us on the Map. Its going to be hard for recruits in all sports for recruits to claim they don't know SMU hasn't made a major commitment to be a national competitive program

Yes

SMU and Larry Brown both on DFW twitter trends.

Jon Rothstein â€ @JonRothstein Reply Retweet Favorite Â· Open
Filling in on the @TimBrando Show tomorrow on @CBSSportsNet from 10-1 ET. We will be all over the Larry Brown/SMU situation.

by **CoxBizGrad** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:09 pm

LB is a proven winner, strong bench coach and motivator. These are three key character traits that our former coach did not have in the least.

by **Treadway21** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:11 pm

NOW IT IS OFFICIAL:

Laken Litman â€ @LakenLitman Reply Retweet Favorite Â· Open
Goodness. So NOW Larry Brown to #SMU is official, per multiple sources & reports. Took 37 days, but who's counting? Story later..

by **RyanSMU98** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:21 pm

Treadway21 wrote:NOW IT IS OFFICIAL:

Laken Litman â€ @LakenLitman Reply Retweet Favorite Â· Open
Goodness. So NOW Larry Brown to #SMU is official, per multiple sources & reports. Took 37 days, but who's counting? Story later..

And she couldn't do it without a snide shot at the school she is paid to cover. At least she caught it the day it happened, which for her is a two day head start.

by **gostangs** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:43 pm

For someone to bellyache about a search of this importance taking a whopping 35 days is just silly.

by **MustangIcon** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:49 pm

Great news if you ask me. Now surround him with the right staff. It looks like we have a very good start on that but some local ties would be nice too.

by **SMU89** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:49 pm

Any media talking about what's his face froggies hired?

We haven't even announced the rest of the staff