Football vs Basketball

by **lwjr** » Sat May 12, 2012 2:56 pm

Larry Brown and the basketball program are dominating all the headlines right now but it seems the football program is not getting the " bump" in recruiting upgrade since the announced move to the Big East obviously the BBall program has seen the "bump". I know the BE is known more for BBall than football but I thought we would be seeing a little bit of difference but that does not seem to be the case. I am NOT dumping on Coach Jones and his staff. Has there been a difference in recruits interested in the football program or not.

by **couch 'em** » Sat May 12, 2012 5:03 pm

Jones doesn't recruit top talent. Only under the radar guys. Wont matter what conference we are in.

by **mavsrage311** » Sat May 12, 2012 5:58 pm

lwjr wrote:Larry Brown and the basketball program are dominating all the headlines right now but it seems the football program is not getting the " bump" in recruiting upgrade since the announced move to the Big East obviously the BBall program has seen the "bump". I know the BE is known more for BBall than football but I thought we would be seeing a little bit of difference but that does not seem to be the case. I am NOT dumping on Coach Jones and his staff. Has there been a difference in recruits interested in the football program or not.

Unfortunately fb doesn't have the same young and aggressive recruiters that Larry brown has employee. Regardless of conference, I'm afraid football recruiting won't get any better til smu hires a new coach. June's staff without Klemm just isn't getting it done imo.

by **SMUer** » Sun May 13, 2012 1:53 am

The contrast is startling, refreshing and at the same time infuriating. That is all.

by **StangEsq** » Sun May 13, 2012 2:36 am

Recruiting has gotten worse with a move to a better conference. Draw your own conclusions.

by **PonySnob** » Sun May 13, 2012 10:24 am

June believes his "system" with less talented players will allow him to beat teams with better talent. In a way, it's like the late 80's - early 90's all over again........

by **GiddyUp** » Sun May 13, 2012 6:42 pm

Its evident that June doesnt know how or care to recruit top talent.

by **PerunaPunch** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:38 am

mavsrage311 wrote:
lwjr wrote:June's staff without Klemm just isn't getting it done imo.

June's staff without Klemm is about where it was with Klemm. If Klemm went out and signed every bona-fide blue chipper in the country it wouldn't amount to a hill(top) of beans if the kids couldn't get into school or stay in school.

by **PerunaPunch** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:39 am

StangEsq wrote:Recruiting has gotten worse with a move to a better conference. Draw your own conclusions.

Fer serious? Clearly you forget the years where we went deep into summer with ZERO recruits.

by **ponyscott** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:55 am

My only comment it is far better to criticize the lack of recruiting on these general thread, then to do it on a thread started with the announcement of an athlete committing to SMU. The kids and parents read those right away and its not their fault that they sign with SMU...we should be happy for them. It would be nice to get a few 4 and 5 star commits is all.

by **MustangIcon** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:43 am

PerunaPunch wrote:
StangEsq wrote:Recruiting has gotten worse with a move to a better conference. Draw your own conclusions.

Fer serious? Clearly you forget the years where we went deep into summer with ZERO recruits.

Even in the Bennett days we were getting commits in the spring if I recall corrrectly- this isn't new to June Jones.

by **ponyboy** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:21 pm

And in other news February will occur in February next year.

by **SMU 86** » Fri May 18, 2012 6:48 pm

At this point several years into the June Jones era we should not even be comparing what we did while we were in CUSA under another coach. We can pat ourselves on the back all day if we do that. We are headed to a BCS conference and we need to be able to land and keep high caliber BCS players. I think the coaching staff is working very hard but I just don't think they have enough experience recruiting and landing high caliber BCS recruits with multiple BCS offers. The next AD may not be so passive at 6 to 7 regular season win years in the Big East.

by **Comet** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:12 pm

Something has got to give real soon.

by **ponyboy** » Sat May 19, 2012 11:32 pm

I think so.