FordtoTolbert wrote:....Fran just keeps pulling away from JJ. JJ has had a nice run at UH, but everywhere else he is Rossley. Let's get Fran in here tonight so he can hit some living rooms Tuesday afternoon....
Rossley was a solid coach....so not sure why you are trying to belittle him. He took a 1-10 team in the SWC and turned it into 5-6.....that was against real competiton and not the cupcakes we play and get pounded by today. Rossley's teams competed against the likes of ranked schools UCLA, UNC, Arkansas and tied an undefeated Texas A&M......
Rossley also coached the team that crushed U of H after they ran up the score.
I would love to have Rossley coach this team.....get a clue about quality coaches.
it is true that with about 38 lettermen and about 15 4 years starters that Rossley finished 5-6 in his second year. The way it is written is just a tad deceptive. He didn't bring them up to 5-6 against SWC competition. The truth is that in the final few years of the SWC he went 1-19-2 (if you include Arkansas) against traditional SWC competition in his final 22 games. He did not win a single game in SWC in his last 20 or 21 games(can't remember which year Arkansas left)- a truly revealing statistic. Then went 5-6 against the WAC.
I'm not making a claim either for or against Rossley, but I did note that several months ago one of his SMU playbooks was up for auction on eBay. No one bid on it.
BTW, speaking of Coach Fran's former team, I guess they should have "picked" on someone else...
