June Jones

[GreenBat]

http://i.imgur.com/BR5TWML.jpg

[PlanoGreen]

@HarriDavidson: Word is, from the inside, SMU coach June Jones gone this week. Let's see.

[shaft]

@HarriDavidson: Word is, from the inside, SMU coach June Jones gone this week. Let's see.

Fib. No one has inside info within 4 hours of the game.

[oldguystudent]

One could argue that June Jones got "leid" out in Denton.

[H-towngreen]

F June Jones.

[James329]

Nice guy, but he needs to go save Hawaii

[emmitt01]

Well, if he is gone they'll need a new coach. Considering it's SMU the new guy will need the following traits.

1) Runs a four wide set so that the current personnel will fit

2) Does well with rich kids and having more resources than his peers

Hmm, now who could they go get?

[oldguystudent]

Well, if he is gone they'll need a new coach. Considering it's SMU the new guy will need the following traits.

1) Runs a four wide set so that the current personnel will fit

2) Does well with rich kids and having more resources than his peers

Hmm, now who could they go get?

I'm just gonna Dodge that question.

[meangreendork]

http://i.imgur.com/BR5TWML.jpg

That was the best expression from Jones all day. There was another where one of his assistants was kneeling and having this "OMFG, WHAT ARE WE DOING" look on his face. Priceless.

[Rudy]

Well, if he is gone they'll need a new coach. Considering it's SMU the new guy will need the following traits.

1) Runs a four wide set so that the current personnel will fit

2) Does well with rich kids and having more resources than his peers

Hmm, now who could they go get?

Funny thing is, they mentioned going after a big time high school coach on their board.

[NorthTexan95]

Funny thing is, they mentioned going after a big time high school coach on their board.

After our experience with Dodge and Parker, I hardily endorse that plan for SMU.

[CMJ]

If he's not fired this week....I hope he manages to win 6 or 7 games and saves his job so we can beat his ass next season too.

[Got5onIt]

Why all the June hate? I really liked him at Hawaii. He doesn't want to be at SMU anyway.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

I'm just gonna Dodge that question.

Exactly.

There aren't enough FBS-level QBs and WRs in the state that will choose an SMU or North Texas over the bigger schools in the state and region. I think June wrung out as much success as he could get trying to run that offense with the circumstances he has. Hats off to him for that. But, his run is over.

Hard to teach an old dog new tricks, so it's probably time for him to go. Can't see him all of the sudden switching gears and trying to get more of a ground-based attack and a tougher defense.

Stubborn guy, June Jones. Put him in the same situation as Mike Leach. Wazzu is 0-2, but has Portland State at home next week. After that, eight games against the Pac-12. Assuming Leach can somehow get his team past Portland State (right?), Wazzu would have to go 5-4 in the Pac-12 to gain bowl eligibility. Anyone think that's possible? They've been 1-8 and 3-6 in the Pac-12 so far under Leach. Hard to see him digging out 5 more wins after Portland State.

But...

...what an exciting offense! I'm sure that Wazzu fans as thrilled to be 0-2 instead of 1-1 or 2-0 because they aren't led by a coach who calls running plays on first down. They're excited losers.

[GreenBat]

After our experience with Dodge and Parker, I hardily endorse that plan for SMU.

That plan is perfect for the Hilltop donkeys.

[GrandGreen]

Remember June is the first coach since the death penalty that has won at SMU. Yes, he is vastly overpaid like most coaches, and this year's team is going to continue to be very bad; but he has accomplished something at SMU. I would guess that he is fired if not during the season after it. SMU will throw a lot of money at someone else like Brown in basketball to try again.

The amazing thing to me is that he and SMU havs just about won ever recruiting battle with NT, yet NT destroyed them.

Edited September 7, 2014 by GrandGreen

[Got5onIt]

June's downfall came when he tried to leave SMU in that Arizona St. fiasco. It's obvious he doesn't want to be on the Hilltop. When you can't put 100% of yourself into coaching it shows up on the field. He'll land on his feet, no doubt....

[SouthBendGreen]

I have nothing against June, but would like to see him go and have the ponies back the money truck up at Larry Coker's house. We need him out of UTSA. I imagine that young program couldn't withstand losing Coker because they sure aren't going to replace with him with a guy of his capability.

[malonish]

June is not a good coach. This is just the next fan base to have the veil lifted. Congrats on the win and unveiling

[oldguystudent]

I lived in San Diego when June took over as interim head coach of the Chargers after the Kevin Gilbride/Ryan Leaf debacle. At the time, he seemed like a really great guy. When he left to take the job at Hawaii, everybody in San Diego was very supportive of him. He'd been a gracious caretaker of the Chargers, and San Diegans knew that he had roots in Hawaii and just wanted to go home. Then he had the run at Hawaii and took a grossly overrated WAC team to a BCS bowl, where they got smacked around like a broken down pony turning tricks on a seedy street corner in search for its next bump.

Whatever the hell happened between that bowl game and his move to Dallas just seemed to fundamentally alter who he was. Maybe he got blinded by the money. Maybe the Hawaiin hero worship finally got to his ego. I don't know, but I wouldn't pay two dollars, let alone two million of them for him to coach my team today.

I see serious Dodge era parallels over on the ponies board. They have completely given up on football, and can't wait for basketball season to begin (Oh, man, remember basketball? We used to have one of those). But I digress. Whatever Jones has become, he gives off a serious vibe of being an apathetic coach chasing after the biggest check he can find. I think he ends up retiring, or maybe simply going back to Hawaii where they will love him forever based on the history of one glorious (but ultimately exposed) season years ago.

[malonish]

Oldguystudent is wise in his oldguyness.

[Gibbz]

Jones signed a three-year extension before Christmas last year. It would come off as total ineptitude within the athletic department if they fired him mid-season.

[malonish]

Jones signed a three-year extension before Christmas last year. It would come off as total ineptitude within the athletic department if they fired him mid-season.

As opposed to the ineptitude of letting him collect a 2 million dollar welfare check while only beating teams with losing records?

[KingDL1]

One thing most people over look is the scheduling change Jones accomplished in Hawaii. He got more home games but the average home winning percentage remained about the same.

At SMU Jones got what Bennett had asked for his entire stay at SMU, relaxed academic standards for student athletes.

I liked Bennett and given the same opportunities Jones received, I think Bennett would have done much better.

[oldguystudent]

I happened to remember a comment from this article, written in January, 2011.

I actually feel badly for Georgio. He loves UNT so damn much, a billion times more than any alum I know. He's an optimist, but UNT football stinks and doesn't seem to be changing any time soon. They need to find their June Jones type of coach to turn it around.