SMU Hires Larry Brown for Attention

[Mean Green 93-98]

Well, the joke's on me -- because here I am, writing about SMU basketball. SMU was seeking attention when it hired Larry Brown, and what do you know? SMU has my attention.

But the joke's also on SMU, because this isn't a happy story. It's angry, and it's going to get angrier, and SMU has only SMU to blame -- because it's like I said: SMU hired Larry Brown for attention.

Soak it up, Ponies.

SMU athletics director Steve Orsini got desperate, as so many athletics directors do when they start a coaching search with grand dreams -- honest to God, Orsini thought he could pry Buzz Williams away from Marquette -- before finding themselves inside a laugh track. Desperate, Orsini quelled the laughter by hiring the biggest name he could get. It's like he was saying, "Laugh at me now."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/18895649/smu-hires-brown-to-win-for-attention-but-not-the-right-kind