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ThadFilms wrote:While he doesn't match my number one criteria, that would be the ability to walk into a room of folks with moderate college football knowledge, and say - "Hey, SMU just hired ____ _______" and for the response to be, "Really?? Wow!"


But the more I read and research the more I realize that this is a "wow" hire. The guy just wins. And even though you can say, "yeah but Notre Dame sucked this year" .... when you have a streak that long, and your Notre Dame, and your at home and you are to man leagues better than your competition, you don't lose to Navy. ESPECIALLY with how crappy their season has gone. I thought I would have seen Navy win MAYBE with ND on the road during very good but not great season, when they were nestled between Michigan and USC...

But the fact is PJ took his boys in there and won it.

Fact is PJ undressed Jim Tressell in a national title game.

Fact is turned a team with one win in two years into a perennial bowl team.

Fact is PJ uses the talent his team has to win, playing to their strengths.

Some may question his ability to recruit, at Navy his recruiting limitations are far great then the real or perceived restrictions at SMU.

Fact is he still maximized his recruits potentials.

Fact is his players have far more stringent outside the practice field and locker room responsibilities than most anywhere in the country.

Fact is he is rumored for most every current major football search in the country.

And the rumor is he is coming here.



The more I think about it, the more I like it. Sure I can't go into a bar full of longhorns and wow them with our hire.... but I bet if we could get UT on the schedule PJ could lead us into DKR Memorial and give 'em a wow that they won't soon forget.

FWMustang wrote: 2) Our end-zones need to be red-blue checkered!!!

SMU89 wrote:While we are going to hire Paul, no matter who your perceived "wow" factor person might be, there is absolutely no value to me in being able to walk into a room and have people impressed by a name.

I want to have people be impressed at our record which will bring relevance and more interest to SMU football.

mr. pony wrote:All you guys, take two kool-aid antidote capsules and post again in the morning.

Mr. 1991: If you hadn't heard of Johnson a week ago, how many DFW football fans are going to go "WOW!" when they hear we hired him?

Nobody, baby. It'll be, "Oh, SMU hired some guy from Navy."

Then you guys can say, "Wait a minute. Read all this great stuff about him, Mr. DFW fan. Do some research on Johnson! He's GOOD!!! Really!!

Too late. You've lost him.

FWMustangGirl wrote:

mr. pony wrote:All you guys, take two kool-aid antidote capsules and post again in the morning.

Mr. 1991: If you hadn't heard of Johnson a week ago, how many DFW football fans are going to go "WOW!" when they hear we hired him?

Nobody, baby. It'll be, "Oh, SMU hired some guy from Navy."

Then you guys can say, "Wait a minute. Read all this great stuff about him, Mr. DFW fan. Do some research on Johnson! He's GOOD!!! Really!!

Too late. You've lost him.

I tried it out tonight with a TCU fan. His response was, "WOW! Seriously!?! That's an amazing hire." Let's hope we can lock him up.

ThadFilms wrote:

SMU89 wrote:While we are going to hire Paul, no matter who your perceived "wow" factor person might be, there is absolutely no value to me in being able to walk into a room and have people impressed by a name.

I want to have people be impressed at our record which will bring relevance and more interest to SMU football.

Of course. I was just saying that was my top priority as a fan who has been mired in losing.