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Maybe he wanted to ride Liberty into every home game, and that was the last straw.

Guess Turner finally got around to reading the Larry Brown contract..

We need a Top 25 athletic director

"There are too many important donors pouring in too much money for Turner to let this athletics program go sour. He's a good enough fundraiser to realize that he shouldn't ever anger his donor base, most of whom are major donors to athletics. We'll be fine. I bet there is something weird going on here with Steve-O though. And something tells me we never hear what it was."

I think we probably will. There's a lot of media already sniffing around this story. If SMU can keep a complete lid on it, I'd be surprised. Someone will crack this. But I agree that Turner wouldn't have done something like this unless: (a) he had a VERY good reason; and (b) he had the boosters behind him.

I agree....no way they can keep a lid on this

larry brown will quit before coaching a single game.

why do they make it sooo freakin hard to be an SMU fan?? Geez.

one step forward, two steps back.

Why is it always a "national search"...are there no good college ADs in other countries?

Does Orsini own a motorcycle???

NY Pony wrote:There are too many important donors pouring in too much money for Turner to let this athletics program go sour. He's a good enough fundraiser to realize that he shouldn't ever anger his donor base, most of whom are major donors to athletics. We'll be fine. I bet there is something weird going on here with Steve-O though. And something tells me we never hear what it was.

Couldn't agree more. I couldn't stand the guy, but he has made the position far more appealing to the next round of candidates.

ponyinNC wrote:why do they make it sooo freakin hard to be an SMU fan?? Geez.

one step forward, two steps back.

This is where I disagree. While the position is more attractive to the next round of candidates, I see this as a chance for a major upgrade.

It's just like when fans get restless that a coach isn't winning enough or a player isn't meeting a certain statistical goal. It's easy to call for a replacement, but a change is only good if the replacement represents an improvement. Orsini did a couple of good things, but there are better ADs out there.

JJ owns one...knock on wood

Why would anyone be excited about job where a guy who did a great job cleaning up a gigantic clusterffff got fired. Its a great job and all but his firing raises some red flags.

Maybe Copeland and his red sweater are coming back.

I do agree that something shady might have happened.

Whoa.......Pony fans are always on the roller coaster!

Discussing the SO firing on the Hardline next segment

Kynd Tulsa Phan wrote:Maybe Copeland and his red sweater are coming back.

Copeland passed away a couple years ago. I can't speak to the whereabouts of his sweater.