Chad Morris to SMU?!?!?!

tmjerm · October 10, 2014

Just kidding - but on the real, what news is there? Last I heard was Houston Nutt, and obviously the Mack and Major deals...anyone heard anything else?

UNT90 · October 10, 2014

I heard SMU football has both feet in an 8 foot grave...

Harry · October 10, 2014

All signs point to Mack Brown. This article was from Chuck Carlton 5 days ago and Brown admitted he's been contacted by SMU...

Former Texas coach Mack Brown contacted by SMU representatives

The man wants to coach again and he's made that very clear. He wants to fuffill his TV contract with ESPN this year.

Clearly he is interested or he would be saying something else. Clearly SMU is interested because they have approached him.

SMU had a great experience with the Larry Brown hire so they might do the same thing for Brown. The guy is a legend in the state of Texas and SMU has the money to hire some very good assistants.

TheColonyEagle · October 10, 2014

From a coverage standpoint, that won't be good for UNT.

Can you imagine the slobbering that will be going on at the DMN and other local media outlets.

If we're buried 6ft down now in media coverage it will be 25ft should Mack Brown go to SMU.

MEANGREENCOACH2 · October 10, 2014

From a coverage standpoint, that won't be good for UNT.
Can you imagine the slobbering that will be going on at the DMN and other local media outlets.
If we're buried 6ft down now in media coverage it will be 25ft should Mack Brown go to SMU.

Not when we, year in and year out, beat the crap out of them.

JRock · October 10, 2014

Hiring Mack is the most Cliche thing SMU could do. Of course they would hire Mack Brown. The hire symbolizes everything that school is about. I will be surprised if he WASN'T hired.

NT03 · October 10, 2014

Chad Morris

Eagle1855 · October 10, 2014

Since the moment SMU fired Jones, I've thought this made too much sense to not happen. It's low risk, high reward for SMU. And if nothing else for Brown, he gets to coach again and make a couple mill per doing so, in the territory with which he is already familiar.

Edited October 10, 2014 by Eagle1855

forevereagle · October 10, 2014

All signs point to Mack Brown. This article was from Chuck Carlton 5 days ago and Brown admitted he's been contacted by SMU...

Former Texas coach Mack Brown contacted by SMU representatives

The man wants to coach again and he's made that very clear. He wants to fuffill his TV contract with ESPN this year.

Clearly he is interested or he would be saying something else. Clearly SMU is interested because they have approached him.

SMU had a great experience with the Larry Brown hire so they might do the same thing for Brown. The guy is a legend in the state of Texas and SMU has the money to hire some very good assistants.

If I were Mack, I would probably go somewhere that wouldn't ruin me.

Eagle1855 · October 10, 2014

If I were Mack, I would probably go somewhere that wouldn't ruin me.

Hard to take much more shine off the legacy than those last couple years and inglorious exit at Texas. But point taken all the same.

I can't imagine any other Texas school hiring him. And I don't imagine he'd want to start over elsewhere, learning an entirely new territory, making new coaching contacts, etc, this late in life. His legacy is really within the state of Texas. It might be the perfect fit for him if he wishes to continue coaching. Which is too bad, because I happen to like the guy, and happen to think very little of SMU.

tmjerm · October 10, 2014

yeah the only thing that doesn't make sense in the equation is will it hurt Mack's legacy....it would be a grotesque media storm, the money fits, we'd take a back seat, all of that....but does Mack really want to take that risk? It's proven to be a tough place to win. At his age and coming off the unceremonious dismount at Texas, I feel like he'd want a different type of opportunity.

That being said they went to 4 bowls in 5 yrs...they've had good players and good teams and it won't take much to push them over the edge, especially with them dolla$...I just really don't want this because of what it means for us.

Ben Gooding · October 10, 2014

Let them take him. We just have to beat them. I see there being a very strong chance of that happening the next 2-3 years. They are really, really bad and we are fortunately not as bad. We can improve with who we have (hopefully), they have work to do in getting the pieces together.