Does SMU have a case of "escalating commitment"?

[SMU 86]

Shore might be a lone dissenter in the CoC. .hope not. As successful as he's been in other things, I don't know that he's a good statesman. Heard Ford loves him some JJ.

I don't think he is the lone decenter but it sounds it is more of an old guard vs new new guard thing. More older guards so they have more votes so to speak.

[couch 'em]

What is the mindset of these people like (possibly) Ford? They can't be that clueless. Are they afraid that if we win they can't keep control of the program for themselves?

[Alaric]

What is the mindset of these people like (possibly) Ford? They can't be that clueless. Are they afraid that if we win they can't keep control of the program for themselves?

I don't think they're clueless. I think they'd rather have a known known (in JJ winning the easy games plus his bowl games) than a known unknown in a new coach. Whiff on a new coach and go back to 2-10 seasons and you've lost 5 years. Those 5 years have to be a lot more precious when you're 70 than when you're 40. Too precious to take a risk.

Plus they may be making the assumption SMU's baseline really is 2-10 and that's the best we SHOULD be doing since we're poor little SMU. If you believe that, 7-5 is an incredible coaching job. bs. Guys like MS want excellence and are willing to roll the dice.

[PonySnob]

What will we do if June's 2014 squad is actually really good and they come away with a 9-3?

No reason to think there is a chance of that happening. But then again, if enough of the "diamonds in the rough" on the team pan out...............