Arkpony wrote:Hiring Pitino would effect a immediate resurgence of interest in SMU nationally and greatly increase ticket sales. It also mean we had a nationally recognized coach who had the ability to coach and recruit. But alas........
YES!! but alas it seems like we are all hat and no cattle.
Hop Sing wrote:IΓÇÖm all for it though, and yes Mustangabu, anybody is better than Jank. Great coaches are great from the beginning. ItΓÇÖs not a talent you acquire after 20+ years of mediocrity.
There are a lot of losing records on that list. Tubbs wasn't an upgrade over Dement. Dohrety wasn't an upgrade over Tubbs.
SMU has the opportunity to be very successful in basketball, but it takes the right coach to do it. SMU is NOT a "plug and play" program.
Dement, Tubbs and Doherty didn't have the current commitment to basketball or the New Moody to recruit to. SMU was also in [deleted] poor conferences during their tenures. Anyone could have taken what Brown handed them and squandered it just like Jank.
Hop Sing wrote:IΓÇÖm all for it though, and yes Mustangabu, anybody is better than Jank. Great coaches are great from the beginning. ItΓÇÖs not a talent you acquire after 20+ years of mediocrity.
There are a lot of losing records on that list. Tubbs wasn't an upgrade over Dement. Dohrety wasn't an upgrade over Tubbs.
SMU has the opportunity to be very successful in basketball, but it takes the right coach to do it. SMU is NOT a "plug and play" program.
Dement, Tubbs and Doherty didn't have the current commitment to basketball or the New Moody to recruit to. SMU was also in [deleted] poor conferences during their tenures. Anyone could have taken what Brown handed them and squandered it just like Jank.
Those three didn't have the commitment level, for sure. But they also wouldn't have pulled in high level players. I want a coach that has a history of pulling in some .89+ recruit.
Those three didn't have the commitment level, for sure. But they also wouldn't have pulled in high level players. I want a coach that has a history of pulling in some .89+ recruit.
Doherty could have recruited well with New Moody, but I completely agree with you on getting a PROVEN recruiter/winner. WeΓÇÖve gone from the best back to mediocre and it sucks.
