Search Committee is Panicking

[SMUlifer]

We are now 0-7. SMU job is not as attractive as the powers that be thought it would and throwing money is not working.

We are going to get a 2nd tier coach and this is very frustrating. 1-7 were good names. Now were are targeting older, recycled names and assistant coaches.

Love SMU but we shouldn't be in this position to begin with. Very, very frustrating and Steve O and Dr. Turner have Frito Pie in their faces.

[SMU 86]

Do you know if they even considering Johnny Jones?

[SMUlifer]

I don't and can't confirm that. Happy to check into.

[SMU 86]

Thanks.

[SMUlifer]

Confirmed: Jones has not been contacted. The focus has been on "press conference splash names"

--Va Tech, Marquette, LB State, VA Tech, Harvard, Wichita State, Creighton, Larry Brown...

[SMU 86]

So from that I gather Menzies from New Mexico State has not been contacted either?

[East Coast Mustang]

Didn't we go with the big name, press conference splash six years ago?

[SMU 86]

Didn't we go with the big name, press conference splash six years ago?

That is the same thing I was thinking.

[LHS81]

NOTICE THE DATE? I would also be fine with Johnny Jones(UNT) and Brooks Thompson(UTSA)

by LHS81 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:50 pm

Tim Jankovich
Melvin Menzies

[RGV Pony]

Reggie fn Theus already.

[Bergermeister]

Scott Drew assistant Grant McCasland should get a look if "up-and-comers" are a consideration.

[RGV Pony]

Scott Drew assistant Grant McCasland should get a look if "up-and-comers" are a consideration.

Co-sign

[PoconoPony]

We are now 0-7. SMU job is not as attractive as the powers that be thought it would and throwing money is not working.

We are going to get a 2nd tier coach and this is very frustrating. 1-7 were good names. Now were are targeting older, recycled names and assistant coaches.

Love SMU but we shouldn't be in this position to begin with. Very, very frustrating and Steve O and Dr. Turner have Frito Pie in their faces.

We have no idea as to what is going on and who may have been approached other than Buzz. Search firms can put out any number of feelers and that does not mean anyone was actually approached, offered, interviewed.....etc. The objective here is to take all the time necessary to get it right. This is a critical hire and the program cannot waste another 6 years with the wrong coach with the Beast future facing us one year hence.

[SMU 86]

We are now 0-7. SMU job is not as attractive as the powers that be thought it would and throwing money is not working.

We are going to get a 2nd tier coach and this is very frustrating. 1-7 were good names. Now were are targeting older, recycled names and assistant coaches.

Love SMU but we shouldn't be in this position to begin with. Very, very frustrating and Steve O and Dr. Turner have Frito Pie in their faces.

We have no idea as to what is going on and who may have been approached other than Buzz. Search firms can put out any number of feelers and that does not mean anyone was actually approached, offered, interviewed.....etc. The objective here is to take all the time necessary to get it right. This is a critical hire and the program cannot waste another 6 years with the wrong coach with the Beast future facing us one year hence.

You don't know what kind of sources SMUlifer has so you actually can't make that absolute statement that no one knows.

[1Dude]

If you look at the history of our basketball program and its last few coaches, the school has traditionally been a coach killer (Shumate, Dement, Tubbs, Doh). With SMU going into the Big East, the expectations get higher and the job pressure gets worse. We will be lucky to get a second tier coach that is willing to take a gamble.