SMU vs Memphis

[GMG24]

WOW, did not expect this. 

[Harry]

56-0 2nd quarter.  Ouch!

[Rudy]

Freaking awesome.  At least something is going right today.

[NT91]

Ready for them next September.

[drex]

SMU coaching hire not looking too great at this point.

[EagleMBA]

Couldn't happen to nicer guys.

[Eagle-96]

SMU coaching hire not looking too great at this point.

They were in our position exactly one year ago as far as the state of their football team. They hired a pretty successful P5 OC that was lauded as a good hire.  They are in the midst of a 2-10 season barring the greatest comeback in modern sports history. Just so everyone taps the breaks a little because our rebuild could take 2-3 years to get to where we want to be.

[rcade]

They are in the midst of a 2-10 season barring the greatest comeback in modern sports history. Just so everyone taps the breaks a little because our rebuild could take 2-3 years to get to where we want to be.

The flaw in your logic is that they could be 2-10 because they're terrible, not because they're rebuilding.

I get tired of the "we're rebuilding" rationalization for a new coach doing poorly out of the gate. CUSA is not a conference that should take 3 years to be competitive in.

[Rudy]

Meanwhile, during VA Tech's game, they report that the Memphis HC will take over for Beamer. While Memphis is playing. So, they can hire their new HC while he is coaching his final game with the bowl game still to play, yet, we have to wait.

[TheReal_jayD]

They were in our position exactly one year ago as far as the state of their football team. They hired a pretty successful P5 OC that was lauded as a good hire.  They are in the midst of a 2-10 season barring the greatest comeback in modern sports history. Just so everyone taps the breaks a little because our rebuild could take 2-3 years to get to where we want to be.

i agree it wont happen over night.. but Littrell and Meachum have more experience and better resume than chad morris  

[James329]

There's a reason why the 2 teams they beat have head coaching vacancies. Fuente at Memphis is our blueprint, hopefully. 

[Eagle-96]

The flaw in your logic is that they could be 2-10 because they're terrible, not because they're rebuilding.

I get tired of the "we're rebuilding" rationalization for a new coach doing poorly out of the gate. CUSA is not a conference that should take 3 years to be competitive in.

Ok, let me rephrase it. We are a terrible football team. We are very very bad. We aren't just a player or two away from being a title contender. We have a couple of good running backs and a couple of decent safeties. Regardless of the conference we are in or the coach it will take time to be a good football team. Anyone who expects us to be right back in the thick of things next season hasn't been paying attention for the last decade.

[GrandGreen]

They were in our position exactly one year ago as far as the state of their football team. They hired a pretty successful P5 OC that was lauded as a good hire.  They are in the midst of a 2-10 season barring the greatest comeback in modern sports history. Just so everyone taps the breaks a little because our rebuild could take 2-3 years to get to where we want to be.

Yes it could take 2 or 3 years, or a lot worse never happen.  However, I do expect the team to be significantly better next year and there is absolutely no reason that NT can't build a very successful program.  The right hire makes it happen and the wrong hire which is a lot easier to do and NT will be doing this again in about 4 years.