Brown or Benford?

[Elm Grove Gopher]

What does Brown add? Really? Most HS players have no idea who he is. SMU will need someone to get out there and get their name known , and I doubt Brown will do that.

[SMU89]

What does Brown add? Really? Most HS players have no idea who he is. SMU will need someone to get out there and get their name known , and I doubt Brown will do that.

A lot more than your post

[Elm Grove Gopher]

Quite the intelligent discussion of the issue.

I don't think Brown is the right choice. Go with Benford.

[SMU89]

Both

[DoakJimJerryPayne]

Thanks Gostangs.....black eye? Besides the 47 people on this board and our 639 season tic holders, is it that big of a deal?

[StangEsq]

Jeff Goodman ‏ @GoodmanCBS

Obviously, SMU AD Steve Orsini more clueless than anyone thought. RT @Darivuh: @GoodmanCBS Why would anyone want Larry Brown at this point?

All due respect to goodman but that's a dumb@ss tweet. He was good enough for the NBA two years ago.

Not a dumb tweet since Brown has been out on the college coaching seen for a long time.

I'd submit that any NBA coach is a reasonable addition to a mediocre college program, given the right staff around him... therefore, dumb@ss tweet.

[SMU 86]

He has his reservations and you don't. He might know a little bit more about basketball than you do. Brown did say that he did not like the gameday coaching but liked to practice. Maybe that is a factor. If it does not work then you look like what you called him. But only time will tell if we hire him. I personally do like Brown but respect others viewpoints on the matter.

[Dwan]

I'd go with Brown. It certainly is a high risk/high reward situation. I assume nobody expects Brown to stay for five years, but if our 5th choice is Larry Brown with a great staff and an assistant who will take over in a few years, I'd take that over an unproven assistant or a guy like Sutton. I don't think this is an Isiah Thomas PR move situation, Larry Brown is an excellent coach.

[SMU Football Blog]

I go with Benford. I think there is a higher reward with Benford.

My view is that you get LB for 2 years, 3 years tops. He is well known for being a nomad, constantly looking for his next job and never staying in one place. His first HC job was at a college and he never coached a game, leaving before the season even started. He is well known for openly politicking for jobs in the middle of coaching a different team.

Frankly, I think there are college jobs LB is suited for, but this isn't one of them. For him to be successful at a college today he needs a situation where he can walk in and coach the talent he has. This is not that situation. I don't think anyone believes there is March Madness level talent on this squad right now.

If you give most basketball fans an over-under of LB staying of 3 years, any smart man takes the under. I predict he won't be here more than 2 and we won't make the NCAA's in either year. The talent isn't here for him to work with and he isn't going to bring the talent in in that short a period of time to get it done.

BTW, I fully predict these assistants aren't coming here as a package deal either.

Hope I am wrong. For the record, I don't have anything against LB. I used to hope and pray that one day the Mavs would bring him in as HC. Of course, that was 10-20 years ago.

[MustangSTATS]

Brenford?

[Comet]

Brownford?

[SMU Football Blog]

I just want to say....

I was wrong.


This time.


This one time.

[Dooby]

So was I.

[ponydawg]

Ha goodman just admitted he was wrong too!

[SMU Section F]

I didn't post on this board back then, but I was adamant that we needed a young coach. Oops.