Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTicket
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Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTicket
Hey, the program is getting talked about.
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I am so sick of this absurd idea we should drop football? Why in the hell would we do that ?
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
People think we should drop the program because we have a couple okay years and then we end up back at 0-12. It's like the stock market. Cavan has one or two okay years. Then it drops back to bad. Bennett gets it up to an "okay" year, then it drops to dreadful. Same with J. Jones.
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
AustinPerson wrote:People think we should drop the program because we have a couple okay years and then we end up back at 0-12. It's like the stock market. Cavan has one or two okay years. Then it drops back to bad. Bennett gets it up to an "okay" year, then it drops to dreadful. Same with J. Jones.
Football is going nowhere and Turner and Hart have said as much. Common thread above, sh*t coaches. Get the right guy in here and things change quickly for the better.
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
It is possible to make an LB type hire? Yes. Football takes longer to turn around than basketball because of the number of players, but the LB hire shows what is possible.
Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
AustinPerson wrote:People think we should drop the program because we have a couple okay years and then we end up back at 0-12. It's like the stock market. Cavan has one or two okay years. Then it drops back to bad. Bennett gets it up to an "okay" year, then it drops to dreadful. Same with J. Jones.
That isn't a good reason to drop the program. Does everyone realize the negative effect it would have on our university. In Texas, you can't just say to hell with football, we are a basketball school now. We are not on the east coast. We are not Georgetown or Villanova. Football is king and we keep trying till we get it right.
Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
I think Texas should drop football.
Seriously.
Seriously.
Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
SMU1523 wrote:AustinPerson wrote:People think we should drop the program because we have a couple okay years and then we end up back at 0-12. It's like the stock market. Cavan has one or two okay years. Then it drops back to bad. Bennett gets it up to an "okay" year, then it drops to dreadful. Same with J. Jones.
That isn't a good reason to drop the program. Does everyone realize the negative effect it would have on our university. In Texas, you can't just say to hell with football, we are a basketball school now. We are not on the east coast. We are not Georgetown or Villanova. Football is king and we keep trying till we get it right.
and GU and Vilanova resurrected their football programs. There is a link to the university that is beneficial and undeniable
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
OH NO!!
Norm, just said he has The Goose on next. This will be highly fictionalized.
Norm, just said he has The Goose on next. This will be highly fictionalized.
Beat the hell out of anybody!
Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
Are you sure it was at 10:50?
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
The Ticket never stays on time.
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
Goose tooting the "Academics" issues with recruiting. Idiot.
At least he says SMU can still win big.
At least he says SMU can still win big.
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
Goose is right, lack of majors specific to athletes is a huge issue, getting a park and rec, sports mgmt degree program would be a game changer.
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
Norm pushed the issue. He asked Goose good questions.
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Re: Norm wonders if SMU should drop football @10:50 on TheTi
They should have paid out June back after the ASU debacle and then go one a very long search for coach. Heck has Mason as "interim" for two seasons till the funding comes back, at least he would have a chacne to keep the team in neutral rather than flooring it in reverse. I would say thats 20/20 hindsight, but i suggested it back then but it was deemed crazy.