Adopting SMUs spirit and traditions

[Arkpony]

I saw the photo on the basketball page of LB holding his hand in the pony ears tradition while the alma played. Wonderful! Has JJ ever done such a thing?

[PonyKai]

Yeah...he has....

[gostangs]

Plenty of times. There are enough relevant things to criticize him about without getting to this kind of stuff.

[max the wonder dog]

The traditional lei, the traditional geldings, the traditional black shirt that came from Tony Soprano's closet. He has adopted lots of SMU traditions.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Plenty of times. There are enough relevant things to criticize him about without getting to this kind of stuff.

Agreed.

[SMU_Alumni11]

There are obviously alot of issues with JJ but this is something I think is relevant. Remember the coach is a role model. We want players to feel like SMU players. If the coach doesn't express a good SMU tone at the top, he can we expect players to walkover to the student section and band at the end of the game. Yes his number 1 flaw: recruiting, 2: apathy and so on but think traditions are important in college particularly in sports.

[jpe747]

SMU_aLUMNI11 If its relevant then the answer is YES! In fact, I have seen it happen.

[Ikus]

Oh jesus, stop with the JJ-bashing. When JJ was hired, there were a lot of people on here asking how they could find a Hawaiian-style SMU shirt to honor him! I was one of those, and I'd still like to find one for next year's home opener (since I assume it will be about 104 degrees again).

[Rayburn]

Oh jesus, stop with the JJ-bashing. When JJ was hired, there were a lot of people on here asking how they could find a Hawaiian-style SMU shirt to honor him! I was one of those, and I'd still like to find one for next year's home opener (since I assume it will be about 104 degrees again).

You are right, of course, but fans are fickle, particularly after losses to Tulane and Rice.