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NEW COACH IDEAS...

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:13 pm
by ponyphi07
Might as well at least throw out some ideas....get some rumors started. Who knows where June will try to run off to this off season anyway....

Major Applewhite- Let him hire a young staff and have 2 good coordinators. He can be the CEO/HC like his boy Mack and recruit the same territory he has been for years. Texas. Dallas is full of UT fans and UT fans love Major. If we are going to make this thing work, we need fans. Lots of new fans. Dallas needs to get behind SMU. We don't need to be their #1 team...yet. Hire a guy like Major would be a HUGE splash, and would draw interest from Highland Park families and hopefully more UT fans all over Dallas. I know it is a pipe dream because it would be really expensive and he would probably never leave UT for SMU, but worth the shot. Give him SUPREME AUTHORITY and see what he does....

Gus Malzahn- hell of a an offensive coach, now proven head coach. Dont think he would be that expensive, but I think Arkansas is going to hire him.

Cliff Kingsbury- He is so young that I don't think a big program will hire him for at least 3 years. Lets get him and some of his coaching network and use his momentum to grow the program's name.

Troy Brown- Texas Tech OC...why not? Offensive guy but not a nut job like June. He is young too.


Not trying to be a June hater, but it is time for him to retire.

Re: NEW COACH IDEAS...

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:17 pm
by CenTXpony
I know who not to get.... Lane Kiffin.... good lord his playcalling and time management is awful!

Re: NEW COACH IDEAS...

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:32 am
by JasonB
The other person on the list not to grab is applewhite. I know UT folks were behind him in the day, but the players don't like him and don't like working with him.

I have heard that a lot of the reason the coaching staff kept trying to start Simms was that the players actually liked Simms better than applewhite.

He is not HC material from what I have heard from people close to the UT program. There is a reason he hasn't progressed once he started there.

Re: NEW COACH IDEAS...

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:51 am
by JonesDoe
There is only one man who could follow June Jones and be successful in Selling SMU...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL_4XC3 ... re=related