SMU not hosting Texas HS Football Playoffs this year

[ponyboy]

Would you be so kind as to give us some details about the complaints? These ambiguous statements don't really inform us very well. Thanks.

That's a great general rule. Get the whole picture before jumping to conclusions.

[smusic 00]

DART

[BigT3x]

DART

I have a feeling that the kind of people who complain about SMU's customer service aren't about to get on a DART train.

[SMU 86]

HS coaches I've talked to said SMU basically just opens the gates to Ford and that is the extent of SMU's assistance.

It takes a lot more than that to get a team set up in an unfamiliar facility. That's what they mean by SMU being poor hosts.

Since it seems to be that parking is not the issue maybe our coaches have a good enough relationship with the local coaches to where they can help resolve this situation.

[blackoutpony]

HS coaches I've talked to said SMU basically just opens the gates to Ford and that is the extent of SMU's assistance.

It takes a lot more than that to get a team set up in an unfamiliar facility. That's what they mean by SMU being poor hosts.

Since it seems to be that parking is not the issue maybe our coaches have a good enough relationship with the local coaches to where they can help resolve this situation.

[smusportspage]

Just curious, did Amon Carter host any playoff games? What about North Texas? I really have no idea if they did or did not. Seems to me that if parking and traffic flow are some of the problems, then the approriate ISDs need to get involved and tell their fans the best way to get to the games., where to park etc. Maybe the schools should charter buses. I don't know but I am not buying the poor host thing. The teams did not like the locker rooms? Don't buy it.

[ghost]

Not just the playoffs but the
Landry Classic with local team Highland Park preferred Allen to SMU. Allen was much better to watch a football game compared to anywhere else in all ways except for the drive and line for access to parking lots. Maybe SMU should move its football games to Allen. Still have the boulevard for those who don't go to the games anyway

[Stallion]

I know Baylor Stadium (a lot) and North Texas new stadium are used often. Really can't remember Amon Carter being a big playoff spot-could be a few. Mid-City schools love Jerry World

[RednBlue11]

You would have thought that our football coaches would have had a good enough relationship with the Texas high school coaches that they would have found this out earlier and rectified the matter before it came to this.

where the hell have you been?

[Rebel10]

Just curious, did Amon Carter host any playoff games? What about North Texas? I really have no idea if they did or did not. Seems to me that if parking and traffic flow are some of the problems, then the approriate ISDs need to get involved and tell their fans the best way to get to the games., where to park etc. Maybe the schools should charter buses. I don't know but I am not buying the poor host thing. The teams did not like the locker rooms? Don't buy it.

You may not buy it but that is what everyone of them is saying. Parking is not the issue as stated above nor locker room but how they were treated. If we deny what they are saying then we are being snobby towards them.

[Stallion]

there has not been a High school game at Ford where there wasn't a lot of [deleted] about the parking situation at Ford on local high school football websites. Its at least part of the problem-the Coaches maybe talking about others. I've also read several complaints about not turning on video board and amateur announcers etc in the past. I think at least in past they basically made schools pay extra for anything above the key to the lockerroom.

[Rebel10]

HS coaches I've talked to said SMU basically just opens the gates to Ford and that is the extent of SMU's assistance.

It takes a lot more than that to get a team set up in an unfamiliar facility. That's what they mean by SMU being poor hosts.

Thanks Longtime, now we know what they are talking about when they say poor hosting.