East Coast Mustang wrote:IΓÇÖd like to know how many of the remaining Jank apologists here subscribe to 247. Anyone who has a sub over there knows what an absolutely abysmal effort Jank has put into recruiting over the past three years. ItΓÇÖs insulting to SMU, itΓÇÖs insulting to the donors and itΓÇÖs insulting to the fanbase. ItΓÇÖs one thing to lose, itΓÇÖs another thing to not even try.
As the saying goes, ΓÇ£if youΓÇÖre not outraged, youΓÇÖre not paying attentionΓÇ¥
Factually speaking, the staff and Jank do not invest a lot of time with the media and run a very closed shop. Just as they do not value social media, they also don't value the relationship with 247 and the amount of publicity that could bring. It is an extension of them not valuing building relationships with alumni and the students. To put it in business terms, the "marketing arm" of the staff doesn't exist... which is not a good thing in today's college sports world. It is certainly a negative.
Because of that lack of insight, the only visibility we have into something that would be considered "lazy" is that he certainly hasn't been attending the same level of tournaments that LB attended when he was out recruiting. Some of that early on was because of recruiting restrictions, but it hasn't yet built up to the same level after the restrictions went away.
We also have all heard that there have been several disagreements on the staff on who to prioritize in recruiting, and that Jank has ignored some staff evaluations in favor of his own opinions. Some of those decisions involve legacies. So, whether the players perform well or not is truly on Jank because he made the decisions (sometimes controversial) on the players who are here.
I'll also add that the Kendric Davis grades situation was a known potential issue prior to his transfer, was a known risk, and if he is truly one and done, that is on Jank as well IMHO.
All of that said, results are what matter. This was a new, inexperienced (not young) team this year. Our expectations are post season play. We were going to miss out on that, in a down league, and because of the inexperience we should have trended up as the season went along, but were headed in the wrong direction. That is why we should be considering moving on, not the other stuff, which is mostly hearsay and opinion. IMHO.
As much as not having a post season and the stock market crash lowers the probability of making a change, losing Davis probably increases it.
Although, personally, if I was Miller, I sure as hell would want to dump $3M into a low market instead of spending it on a buyout.
