Sooner or later, Steve-O will leave

SMU00 · Post by **SMU00** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:36 pm

Maybe not now, but eventually he will. Assuming it's sooner rather than later ....

When he does move on, who goes on the short list of candidates to replace him?

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:41 pm

SMU00 wrote:Maybe not now, but eventually he will.

How prophetic. :roll:

SMU00 · Post by **SMU00** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:52 pm

Yeah, OK, thanks, smarta$$ .... I feel sure you knew I meant that his departure is going to come before, say, he retires .... like in the next few weeks, according to a lot of folks here.

So with that as the backdrop, let's just say he leaves within a year. Who is on the short list to replace him?

PK · Post by PK » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:04 am

Hmmmm...our short list (which doesn't count) or Turner's short list (which none of us knows)? Is this a boring day game...create a short list?

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:07 am

Things must be boring in Bangkok. :lol:

I want to see Steve O. stay at S.M.U. 'forever'! He's a mastermind.

SMU00 · Post by **SMU00** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:24 am

Sorry, the smarta$$ comment was just a joke....

I don't know ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ I wanted Coach Hyndman at SMU forever.

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:01 am

He was here damn near forever, especially in the realm of coaching

DallasDiehard · Post by **DallasDiehard** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:34 am

If Steve-O gets the ND gig, would Tulsa's Bubba Cunningham be a candidate here? Does he want out of Tulsa (who wouldn't?), or is he interested just because he, like Steve-O, was a ND athlete (Bubba played tennis)?

Would he have any interest in SMU? Would SMU have any interest in him?

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:13 am

Are there any SMU grads out there who are ADs?

diamond_tom · Post by **diamond_tom** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:51 am

How about Charlie Waters?

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:53 am

Not an SMU grad.

Water Pony · Post by **Water Pony** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:05 am

If we lose Steve O. and then his replacement only stays two years, we need a list of possible replacements for Steve's replacement. We need to plan now.

:roll:

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:17 am

Water Pony wrote:If we lose Steve O. and then his replacement only stays two years, we need a list of possible replacements for Steve's replacement. We need to plan now.

A.

Roach · Post by **Roach** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:24 am

DallasDiehard wrote:If Steve-O gets the ND gig, would Tulsa's Bubba Cunningham be a candidate here? Does he want out of Tulsa (who wouldn't?), or is he interested just because he, like Steve-O, was a ND athlete (Bubba played tennis)?

Would he have any interest in SMU? Would SMU have any interest in him?

No idea if he'd be interested (rumor has it their soccer coach has applied for Coach Hyndman's job), but I would think we could do a lot worse. He has done some of the same things up there that Steve-O has done here: gotten coaches who appear headed for some success (men's basketball and football, anyway), and he has raised boatloads of cash for the football stadium renovation. Supposedly he is viewed in AD circles as a bright, capable, aggressive guy, so I guess he wouldn't be a bad candidate.

StallionsModelT · Post by **StallionsModelT** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:35 am

Not sure that many would consider SMU a significant step up from Tulsa at this point. Maybe we could go the Oregon route and just hire a Carl Sewell, Gerald Ford, or some other big money alum.

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