Secret Coach Thread 2012

[RednBlue11]

I can talk Petrino all day long. Blast away.

[TidePony]

Kentucky, Arkansas, and now freaking Tennessee could get Kirby Smart. Remember Hart's dad was the Associate AD at Bama until he got hired at Tennessee, so my guess is they now have the inside track. I hear Kentucky may be sniffing around Petrino, and Arkansas might be after Louisville's current coach. Hart would need to start talking to Smart now quietly...

[RednBlue11]

Kentucky, Arkansas, and now freaking Tennessee could get Kirby Smart. Remember Hart's dad was the Associate AD at Bama until he got hired at Tennessee, so my guess is they now have the inside track. I hear Kentucky may be sniffing around Petrino, and Arkansas might be after Louisville's current coach. Hart would need to start talking to Smart now quietly...

those hillbillies are just crazy enough at UK to hire that lying bastard

[mrydel]

Auburn and Kentucky are both looking at Petrino.

Oh, and by the way, wasn't being a "lying bastard" exactly what got Tressel fired?

[Pony_Law]

We need a young guy who wants to build something. Guys like Petrino or any other good established winning coach would only thake his job as a stepping stone. We need to get a younge talanted Coordinator who will give us 5-7 years because this is his "big Break", not a old coach who very easily will see this as a step down.

[ericdickerson4life]

Petrino!!

[RyanSMU98]

We need a young guy who wants to build something. Guys like Petrino or any other good established winning coach would only thake his job as a stepping stone. We need to get a younge talanted Coordinator who will give us 5-7 years because this is his "big Break", not a old coach who very easily will see this as a step down.

In an ideal world, where everyone is confident that university leadership is 100% committed to a top-notch athletic program, I would agree that the next move is a young guy looking to turn SMU into his dream job by working tirelessly to get the best athletes he can and compete at the highest levels. Problem is, I am nowhere near convinced that those conditions exist at SMU. If you accept that assumption as correct, then you need to bring in someone with the name recognition and gravitas to push the leadership into making moves to be competitive. You then surround him with young, hungry guys who will be able to step into his place once the conditions have been set to succeed and said big name moves onto greener pastures. By then you have momentum and the infrastructure for success is already in place whether the admin wants it or not. This is the approach that LB is taking with basketball and the same principles should apply to the football program. The frustrating part is that we were sold the idea that JJ was that man, and it has become painfully clear that he is not (and likely never was).

[redpony]

+1 - guess we can always dream that somebody in the admin wanted us to be relevant in fball.

[RednBlue11]

Auburn and Kentucky are both looking at Petrino.

Oh, and by the way, wasn't being a "lying bastard" exactly what got Tressel fired?

he lied about tattoos, relatively speaking he didnt do anything compared to the backstabbing the petrino does at EVERY SINGLE job he gets

[RednBlue11]

Petrino!!

shame on you

[PonyFan2011]

Chad Morris

[redpony]

chad morris- no, kirby smart or dykes.

[ericdickerson4life]

Chad Morris as Petrino's assistant coach.

[MustangStealth]

Chris Strausser

[fivemon]

jay norvell