June Jones is a great coach

[feelthehorsepower]

[CenTXpony]

Does your" gf" that you claim to have not put out or something?


Actually... I hope she doesn't... because the potential risk that you may father a child scares the hell out of me...

[Lebanese4Life]

FTHP, what an idiot. Didnt you retire? what the hell was that long ranting post about earlier? just get lost. i didnt really mind you but this dumb post of yours sealed it for me. if JJ gets an extension im done with SMU football

[feelthehorsepower]

FTHP, what an idiot. Didnt you retire? what the hell was that long ranting post about earlier? just get lost. i didnt really mind you but this dumb post of yours sealed it for me. if JJ gets an extension im done with SMU football

I read something that the frog posted last year that has made me reconsider this entire post...

http://www.spitbloodtcu.com/2012/09/smu ... s-smu.html

[feelthehorsepower]

​June Jones Prefers Hawaii ... Over Hardware?
By Richie Whitt Thu., Nov. 19 2009 at 12:00 PM Write Comment
Categories: SMU

As I write in this week's Dallas Observer column, SMU picked a bad year to have a good year.
And now - on the verge of his school's first bowl bid in 25 years - Mustangs' head coach June Jones is picking a strange time to get homesick.

Behind freshman quarterback Kyle Padron, SMU has won three straight, is 6-4 and poised not only for a bowl game but also a Conference USA Championship and the automatic berth to the Liberty Bowl. But the Hawaii Bowl is also interested in the Ponies.

Alas, we have a problem. And Jones might just have a conflict of interest.

Despite the Liberty Bowl promising more money and better TV ratings, seems Jones desires a return to the islands.

"The conference is going to dictate what bowl we go to, but obviously, I've told the guys we're going to Hawaii so that's where I want to go," Jones told Conference USA reporters this week. "These guys have never been to Hawaii. Plus, I think it would be way better PR for the school."

Que?

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME JUNE JONES...

[CalallenStang]

​June Jones Prefers Hawaii ... Over Hardware?
By Richie Whitt Thu., Nov. 19 2009 at 12:00 PM Write Comment
Categories: SMU

As I write in this week's Dallas Observer column, SMU picked a bad year to have a good year.
And now - on the verge of his school's first bowl bid in 25 years - Mustangs' head coach June Jones is picking a strange time to get homesick.

Behind freshman quarterback Kyle Padron, SMU has won three straight, is 6-4 and poised not only for a bowl game but also a Conference USA Championship and the automatic berth to the Liberty Bowl. But the Hawaii Bowl is also interested in the Ponies.

Alas, we have a problem. And Jones might just have a conflict of interest.

Despite the Liberty Bowl promising more money and better TV ratings, seems Jones desires a return to the islands.

"The conference is going to dictate what bowl we go to, but obviously, I've told the guys we're going to Hawaii so that's where I want to go," Jones told Conference USA reporters this week. "These guys have never been to Hawaii. Plus, I think it would be way better PR for the school."

Que?

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME JUNE JONES...

This is news to you?

Go away, Bickle

[East Coast Mustang]

Seriously- mods need to wake up here.

[blackoutpony]

Why is this thread still here???

Sig eps like gay rape, Obama is a communist, go count lots of posts.

That good enough

[LHS81]

[feelthehorsepower]

Seriously- mods need to wake up here.

Just kill the thread and get it over with

[newshound]

Does the IP address of the original post come from a crack den?

From NOTHING? That's nonsense. Two years before JJ got here, the team was 6-6 and the following year 1-11, but lost at least four games on the final play or OT while averaging almost 30 points per game.

JJ bagged the whole first season, playing BLM at QB, then ran him outta town so he could win the Walter Payton Award and an FCS national title.

Better than we were, sure? And, what's awaiting us next year? Who's gonna play QB? We don't have a single DI RB on the roster, yet Baylor is scoring 63 with its FOURTH STRING RB.

JJ has made a mess, alienated just about everyone, stolen money from a desperate AD (at the time) and sucker boosters and has worn out his welcome.

LET'S MOVE ON. NOW! Buy his [deleted] out and find someone who wants to be here with a staff not plucked from AARP.

If June Jones was a great coach, why isn't anyone knocking on his door? Perhaps Hawaii will take him back. They are 0-10.

[Treadway21]

We need that Antelope eating popcorn GIF posted on this thread also. That was a good one.

[couch 'em]

I found this article which is really good which talks about our program's resurgence and how June Jones helped us get up from NOTHING.

http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/20 ... int_f.html
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June Jones draws a blueprint for fast success at SMU
By John Reid, The Times Picayune
on November 04, 2011 at 7:52 AM

Making sure he could attract a proven coach to turn around the struggling SMU football program, Athletic Director Steve Orsini got commitments from 20 boosters to donate $100,000 each over a five-year period. With the private financial backing, SMU successfully lured June Jones from Hawaii three years ago by offering a five-year contract that pays him $2 million annually.

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Matt Strasen/The Associated Press
With private financial backing, SMU was able to lure Coach June Jones away from Hawaii three years ago with a lucrative contract. Jones has led the once-lowly Mustangs to bowls the past two seasons.
Jones attracted SMU’s interest after compiling a 76-41 record in nine seasons at Hawaii. Before Jones arrived at the school, Hawaii had lost 18 consecutive games. In his first season in 1999, Jones guided Hawaii to a 9-4 record and led the Warriors to a 12-0 record in 2007 before losing to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

Since his hiring at SMU, the Mustangs’ football program has been on the upswing with two consecutive bowl appearances. When the Mustangs played in the Hawaii Bowl in 2009, it was their first bowl appearance in 25 years.

SMU finished 7-7 last season, losing to Army in the Armed Forces Bowl.

The program’s resurgence comes after having just one winning season between Jones’ arrival and the NCAA-imposed death penalty in 1989 for repeated rules violations.

"We can be successful on a national level,’’ Orsini said in a statement. "Our goal in every sport is to be in the Top 25 in the nation. Collegiate athletics can excite the whole community, build school spirit and really create a sense of community.’’

Comparable to Tulane, SMU is an urban school in Dallas that has stringent academic requirements. Jones said they struggle to land some of the top recruits in competition with Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma and several other schools for talent in Texas.

To offset the lack of blue chippers, Jones uses the pass-focused Run-and-Shoot offense. The scheme is designed to spread defenses using three- and four-receiver sets with one back in the backfield.

"Our offensive schemes allow us to compete against schools that are better than us; you don’t have to be physically as good,’’ Jones said.

"Instead of getting the 6-foot-4 guys that run a 4.4 in the 40 that are going to Texas or Oklahoma, we’ll sacrifice a little bit in speed and size. We’ll take the kids who run a 4.4 but are only 5-8 or 5-9. We’ll take defensive linemen that’s 6-5, 205 pounds but in a year and a half they’ll be 245 pounds and then at 285 in two years.’’

When Jones took over SMU’s program in 2008, he said it was in bad shape. He said the existing players didn’t think they could win.

"I felt when I came here it was going to be a five- year program to get it stabilized,’’ Jones said. "With the conditioning of our players, we looked like a Pop Warner team. I knew it would take time.’’

It appears Jones is ahead of his time frame. SMU played in the Conference USA championship game last season, losing to Central Florida 17-7.

After opening this season with a 46-14 loss to Texas A&M, SMU won five straight games, including a 40-33 overtime victory against nationally ranked TCU on the road.

Going into this Saturday’s game against Tulane, the Mustangs (5-3) have lost two straight, which most likely has ended any shot of returning to the conference championship game. Regardless, teams in the conference have taken notice of the Mustangs’ turnaround.

"They’ve had success, and they’ve built upon that success,’’ Tulane interim coach Mark Hutson said. "The attitude of the program and the confidence of their players took over. They’ve just built on that and they followed through in recruiting and it’s through this year. They’ve had some big wins.’’

SMU will play host to Tulane at its 35,000-seat on-campus stadium built in 2000, after Gerald J. Ford, who graduated from SMU, donated $20 million toward the construction costs.

SMU has embarked on a $60 million plan to build new facilities for athletics and improve existing ones. Jones said plans are now in place to build an indoor football practice facility similar to what LSU has on campus.

"We’ve had a number of people that were here and committed, but there were a lot of people apprehensive from the death penalty time that didn’t want football to get going here,’’ said Jones, referring to some of the drawbacks he faced after taking over the program. "What happened to us after our bowl win in 2009, (freshman) applications went up by 50 percent, and that was in a down economy. The one thing that changed is that we were on national television and played in a bowl game. That proved my point that football is the best marketing tool for a private institution.’’

If you look at the actual STATISTICS June Jones' offense has actually on average been a little worse than the Rusty Burns offense of the Bennett years. The difference for June has been defense. Mason's D on average has been far better than Bennett's. Give Rusty and Mason the same schedule has June has had and we go bowling the same number of times.

June's best players have mostly been Bennett leftovers even though June does not have the recruiting restrictions Bennett did.

[LHS81]

We need that Antelope eating popcorn GIF posted on this thread also. That was a good one.

Ask and ye shall receive

[couch 'em]

Furthermore run 'n shoot is a lazy journalist's tool.

1. Our offense has looked nothing like Hawaii. June himself said our offense has been more west coast offense.

2. The run 'n shoot maximized lesser talent in the 1980s when defenses were bigger and slower, optimized to stop the run. In today's world where everyone runs a spread offense with choice routes, it maximizes nothing.

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