sbsmith wrote:Insane_Pony_Posse wrote:
Would Mike Singletary be a possible candidate or did San Fran make him damaged goods?
54 years old
Born in Texas
Played college football in Texas. (Baylor)
12-year NFL playing career
Has a Super Bowl ring
In the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Has coached as an asst and as a head coach in the NFL.
Current linebacker coach/assistant to the head coach for the Minnesota Vikings
Would run a clean program. Turner would like his clean-cut-ness.
Would be first African American SMU Head Football Coach.
But the most important question.....can he coach?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB5-yJM3vJc
The most important question is.......can he recruit? Would he fall towards the June Jones/Mike Riley side of the spectrum (coach em up philosophy, zombie-like demeanor, lightweight recruiter) or would he be more like Pete Carroll/Jim Mora (tireless recruiter, energetic player's coach). It's always tricky with these guys that don't have extensive college backgrounds.
If you watched him at all during his short time in SF, zombie-like demeanor is just not in this guy's personality. He's definitely a kick-ass, in your face type of coach. Now the recruiting piece I don't know as it hasn't been a part of his coaching background to date, so making sure he gets surrounded by a staff that can do the heavy lifting in that area would be critical. Don't know if there's a chance in Hades that he'd even take the phone call, but damn I could get behind this idea.
