Coker on SMU HC rumors

[GreenBat]

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/utsa/2014/10/coker-on-smu-rumors-im-here-to-finish-the-job-at-utsa/

[MeanGreenTexan]

Lol.
His resume has taken a huge black-eye this season. No SMU job for Coker.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Lol.

His resume has taken a huge black-eye this season. No SMU job for Coker.

I don't think so. Considering he started from nothing, where UTSA is this year is about where they should be at this point in their development, maybe better. What they did last year is just major resume gravy.

That said, I think with the kind of cash SMU is sure to "Pony Up," they will probably be looking for a more prominent coach. Personally, I think Coker would be a good hire for them, though, even though he may not be the "sexy" hire.

[meangreendork]

I don't like the loss against UTSA last year, but Coker leaving that program would be really hard to recover from. He was a smart hire and it paid off big last year. It'd suck to see UTSA flounder without him in place. Until the UNT game, then it goes back to sucky after the game is over.

[Ben Gooding]

Coker might not be looking for a new job, but if one comes knocking he'll take it. His "legacy" is getting ready to start taking heavy blows if he hangs around down there. They are going to be awful the next 2 years.

[letsgiveacheer]

I don't think so. Considering he started from nothing, where UTSA is this year is about where they should be at this point in their development, maybe better. What they did last year is just major resume gravy.

That said, I think with the kind of cash SMU is sure to "Pony Up," they will probably be looking for a more prominent coach. Personally, I think Coker would be a good hire for them, though, even though he may not be the "sexy" hire.

If they are looking for a "sexy" hire, they need look no further than whoever is at Middle Tennessee State.

[Mean Green Matt]

With the kind of money they will be throwing out, I'd be completely satisfied with Larry Coker as the hire. They could, and for that money, should do better than that in all honesty.

[HoustonEagle]

If they were smart they would go get David Bailiff at Rice. Instead they will throw a bunch of money at a big name coach that has already checked out and does not have the energy it takes to make them a winner.

[untjim1995]

Bailiff at Rice would be a real smart hire, for a lot of reasons--Texas HS ties, understanding coaching at a private school in a big city, and a salary that wouldn't be exorbitant (not that this matters for them).

If I were at SMU right now, I wouldn't hire Mack Brown for $4 million dollars at a G5 program that is about to feel the full effects of being stuck in the new i-aa. I'd put all my money toward the hoops progra over there and just run the football program to appeal to the 10k in the DFW area that have any interest in SMU Football playing in a G5 league.

Bailiff, Hudspeth at ULL, or Skip Holtz at La Tech would be my top three targets if I was there.

[FirefightnRick]

Pray that Jim Leavitt decides to pass on the SMU job. I'd rather him to go to Troy or Kansas.

Rick

[Harry]

Boy man Leavitt would be a great hire. If he still has the passion that guy is something special.

[MeanGreenTexan]

You guys are not giving the "Circle of Champions" enough credit. Need to aim a little higher... like back up to Mack Brown level.

[Eagle1855]

The Mack Brown (or similar) hire shows SMU has the money and is willing to commit it to being relevant. It gets them in the papers and it separates them from the rest of their G5 peers by showing they have the cash to make a big splash. From a perception perspective, it's a better move.

Whether or not it translates to success on the field, however, is an entirely different subject matter.

Edited November 4, 2014 by Eagle1855

[oldguystudent]

Honestly the impression I get out of SMU is that there is a group of old school donors who are actually proud of the pre-death penalty days, who want to throw as much money as could ever be needed at the program to bring it back up to top five caliber by whatever means necessary.

Then, there are these academically minded board people who are just fine sticking around as a G5 program, if there is to be football at all.

Meanwhile, the public at large is indeed used to seeing the letters SMU in the newspaper, but to my somewhat outside point of view, those letters in a Dallas newspaper hold about as much weight as do the letters UNLV in the Las Vegas Review Journal, wherein the editors of the papers are graduates of their respective programs and want to give it as much press as possible regardless of lack or success or relevance.

The thing that may be the tipping point in favor of SMU is that as college football gravitates more and more toward television and more and more away from actual fans in stands, leading to an eventuality where college football games are played in empty sound stages for best television production values, SMU has the cash to weather the storm and end up in studio number 7.