Art Briles interviewing with Southern Miss

[Cerebus]

1 hour ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Solidarity brother. So am I

I mean everyone knows all the cool kids went to La Bowie.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

4 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

I mean everyone knows all the cool kids went to La Bowie.

Some of my favorite memories were going to the Bowie Bakery after track meets or soccer games at La Bowie. Good times

[Cerebus]

What would be worse for USM:

1. Hiring Art Briles?
2. Starving their eagle mascot to death?

[EagleMBA]

28 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

What would be worse for USM:

1. Hiring Art Briles?
2. Starving their eagle mascot to death?

The most popular outcome would be to combine the two...hire Art Briles and starve him to death!

[THOR]

5 hours ago, All About UNT said:

how sweet fellas..wish ya the best...where do i send the wedding gift???

[NM Green]

Miss watching Briles power offenses carve up the ncaa.  

Here comes southern miss, better win the league this year!  

GMG

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Specifically Lawrence though. We will not pay attention to the black hole that is Manhattan

[meanJewGreen]

3 hours ago, ihopehe said:

I hope he has sought out the Lord, Jesus Christ, for forgiveness of running the Baylor football program the way the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma run their football programs.  Just ask the NCAA, it is far better to have a player break a girl's face, as OU's player did, than to allow sexual assaults to continue unabated.  I hope he has his priorities straight the second time around. 

Too many people use "the lord, Jesus christ" as a crutch for being total hypocrites, criminals, and absolute scum to others. Briles is one. I hope he never has a job inspiring young men again. But he should definitely consult his "lord, jesus christ" on how a man should act when entrusted with the lives and the future of 100 young men. 

[Cerebus]

How Baylor Happened.

 

[97and03]

1 hour ago, Cerebus said:

How Baylor Happened.

 

Great read. Thanks for posting. 

[Cr1028]

[Quoner]

1 minute ago, Cr1028 said:

Lol - a conflicting school and coach statement.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2019/02/06/art-briles-southern-miss-usm-says-not-candidate-position-offensive-coordinator/2788193002/

The GMG Briles Brigade must be crushed, but hey, WE still have an OC position open...

[Cr1028]

8 minutes ago, Quoner said:

Lol - a conflicting school and coach statement.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2019/02/06/art-briles-southern-miss-usm-says-not-candidate-position-offensive-coordinator/2788193002/

The GMG Briles Brigade must be crushed, but hey, WE still have an OC position open...

He is so screwed, he couldn’t get a job coaching JV at a six man school these days. He needs to accept life after football at this point........unless......no, it couldn’t.....Hugh Freeze succeeds and gets hired away from Liberty?..........Ian McCaw introduces his old pal as the next Liberty head coach?  

Who knows but I think life after football is what he needs to focus on. Whether he feels wronged or not, the best course of his life is to sit on his leftover Baylor money, watch his son’s career progress on tv, and just stay the hell away from the public eye.

[meangreenlax]

21 hours ago, Cerebus said:

How Baylor Happened.

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The unraveling at Baylor culminated in the firing of beloved head football coach Art Briles, the resignation of athletics director Ian McCaw, and the demotion and eventual resignation of university president Ken Starr in mid-2016.

There's something so rich about Ken Starr having to step down because of allegations of this nature. The universe works in mysterious ways.

[peanuts104]

He is not a candidate according to the university, although Jay Hopson seems to disagree:

"We have met with Art Briles regarding a position with the Southern Miss football program," the school said in a statement Wednesday morning. "Following that meeting, we informed him that he is not a candidate. The university will have no further comment on this matter." - Southern Miss Pres I think.

Hopson's response:

"I have interviewed Art Briles for an assistant position @ Southern Miss & I believe he is a man who deserves a second chance," Hopson wrote in his statement. "He is a man that seemed sincere & humble in his interview & personally he committed no crime. He may not have acted in the proper protocol, but that should be my JOB at Southern Miss! He was interviewing for an assistant position, even though I believe he will be a Head coach at a Major Program in the near future."

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25937562/art-briles-no-longer-candidate-offensive-coordinator-southern-mississippi-golden-eagles

[MeanGreenTexan]

32 minutes ago, peanuts104 said:

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Hopson's response:

"I have interviewed Art Briles for an assistant position @ Southern Miss & I believe he is a man who deserves a second chance," Hopson wrote in his statement. "He is a man that seemed sincere & humble in his interview & personally he committed no crime. He may not have acted in the proper protocol, but that should be my JOB at Southern Miss! He was interviewing for an assistant position, even though I believe he will be a Head coach at a Major Program in the near future."

I guess if you don't think 'obstruction of justice' is a crime, then sure!

[peanuts104]

[greenminer]

There are always plenty of options in the coaching world when you're talking about making a hire.  If you think Briles deserves a second chance, great! Let him have a second chance elsewhere.  It's not like you're his only hope.

Taking Briles on has a ton of implications about your priorities, and I can't think of many that are good.

[greenminer]

Follow up thought: how much weight would a Briles hire bring to CUSA as compared to, say, Kiffin/FAU?

[Mean Green 93-98]

8 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Follow up thought: how much weight would a Briles hire bring to CUSA as compared to, say, Kiffin/FAU?

"Weight" isn't the word at all.  But publicity?  I imagine quite a bit.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

1 hour ago, peanuts104 said:

 

[Cr1028]

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

Follow up thought: how much weight would a Briles hire bring to CUSA as compared to, say, Kiffin/FAU?

 

1 hour ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

"Weight" isn't the word at all.  But publicity?  I imagine quite a bit.

Or an even crazier question, what if Kiffin, who hired Kendal despite the risk and has struggled since Kendal left, hired Art as OC? Is Kiffin crazy or ballsy enough to do something like that? I know his “give a F” meter when it comes to bad publicity is about at zero.

[greenminer]

University says "no" to Briles

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Southern Miss will not hire Art Briles for its coaching staff after meeting with the former Baylor coach about its offensive coordinator vacancy, despite Briles having the public backing of Golden Eagles head coach Jay Hopson.

"We have met with Art Briles regarding a position with the Southern Miss football program," the school said in a statement Wednesday morning. "Following that meeting, we informed him that he is not a candidate. The university will have no further comment on this matter."

 

 

[Aquila_Viridis]

My respect level for SM, which by the way was not particularly low anyway, has gone up.

[peanuts104]

9 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

 

I know his “give a F” meter when it comes to bad publicity is about at zero.

I don't admire the man for much, but I admire him for this.

Edited February 7, 2019 by peanuts104