He made it 4 years which was longer than I had.

Apparently he wanted a longer term contract extension than SMU was willing to give so he resigned. At least that is the story now.

Holy sh!t!

Over under on when SMU goes on probation.

SMU will be fine with Tim Jankovich...

(07-08-2016 08:56 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  SMU will be fine with Tim Jankovich...

Going from a Hall of Fame coach with a 73% college winning percentage to one with a 56.5% one and losing a lot of guys from last year too.

(07-08-2016 09:06 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 08:56 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  SMU will be fine with Tim Jankovich...

Going from a Hall of Fame coach with a 73% college winning percentage to one with a 56.5% one and losing a lot of guys from last year too.

Jank went 104-64 (.619) at Illinois State (deff not a powerhouse) and managed to lead them to 4 NITs in 5 years...he also just spent 4 years learning from an all time great.

he's the best SMU could hope for to follow Larry Brown...he's been waiting for this moment for 4 years now.

No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

they'll slowly go back to the mean.

(07-08-2016 09:46 AM)fsquid Wrote:  they'll slowly go back to the mean.

just like Memphis post Cal...

(07-08-2016 09:41 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

same thing happened to St.Loius when Majerus died. They were good until Rick"s recruits graduated

(07-08-2016 09:51 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:41 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

same thing happened to St.Loius when Majerus died. They were good until Rick"s recruits graduated

Rick died unexpectedly...most people expected Larry to do 4 years and retire...which is exactly what's happening.

completely different circumstances.

(07-08-2016 09:54 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:51 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:41 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

same thing happened to St.Loius when Majerus died. They were good until Rick"s recruits graduated

Rick died unexpectedly...most people expected Larry to do 4 years and retire...which is exactly what's happening.

completely different circumstances.

you'll see the same result . SMU could offer a chance to be coached by a former NBA coach. Not now.
The new guy will last 3 years.

(07-08-2016 10:17 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:54 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:51 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:41 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

same thing happened to St.Loius when Majerus died. They were good until Rick"s recruits graduated

Rick died unexpectedly...most people expected Larry to do 4 years and retire...which is exactly what's happening.

completely different circumstances.

you'll see thesame result .

that's what folks said when Fuente left...

(07-08-2016 09:41 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

And that plan rarely works. Especially at a historically bad program.

(07-08-2016 10:22 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:41 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-08-2016 09:38 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  No way you go from Larry Brown to Janko and not see that as a net loss.

everything is going according to plan...Larry rebuilds SMU, and hands it off to the guy hand picked by Larry to follow him.

And that plan rarely works. Especially at a historically bad program.

really? Gonzaga (Monson takes Gonzaga to an Elite Eight and Few takes over) and Wichita State (Turgeon takes WSU to a Sweet 16, and Gregg Marshall takes over) come to mind...neither of those were powerhouses.

Larry Brown’s entire career in a nutshell: arrive at subpar program, bring program to relevance, invite scandal, leave at worst time.

(07-08-2016 10:31 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Larry Brown’s entire career in a nutshell: arrive at subpar program, bring program to relevance, invite scandal, leave at worst time.

that's the smart way to do it.

(07-08-2016 10:31 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Larry Brown’s entire career in a nutshell: arrive at subpar program, bring program to relevance, invite scandal, leave at worst time.

Sounds familiar