January 6, 200818 yr http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/05/br/br8654291370.html June Jones has resigned as University of Hawai'i head football coach, according to his close friend, Al Souza. Jones resigned this morning, citing among other things a lack of loyalty and commitment from athletic department leaders. "This breaks his heart," Souza said of Jones' decision to leave. Jones also sent letters to friends announcing that he is resigning after nine seasons. He thanked his friends for their support in the letter, in which he listed several reasons why he would no longer coach at the school. Full details of the letter were not available. SMU-bound, folks.
January 6, 200818 yr I'm going to try and not be cynical and say the $50K recruiting budget is why he's leaving.
January 6, 200818 yr No surprise that he takes the job with the more resources and so forth. Good for him to take advantage of the situation.
January 6, 200818 yr I didn't think he would leave there but there are obvious challenges at Hawaii. Bottom line SMU offered him double what he's making now and he will get Texas recruits to play in his system. It will definatly be an interesting program to watch. I thought SMU got the death penalty. I watched them a couple of times this year but I didn't think they were allowed to have a football team?
January 6, 200818 yr Author I didn't think he would leave there but there are obvious challenges at Hawaii. Bottom line SMU offered him double what he's making now and he will get Texas recruits to play in his system. It will definatly be an interesting program to watch. I thought SMU got the death penalty. I watched them a couple of times this year but I didn't think they were allowed to have a football team? Back in the '80s for three years. :flame:stick1 :lol:
January 6, 200818 yr The Death Penalty didn't ban them from having a team. It just made it difficult after their punishment to recruit anyone. They've suffered ever since. The 1987 season was cancelled. All home games in 1988 were cancelled. SMU was allowed to play their seven regularly scheduled away games so that other institutions would not be financially affected. The university would ultimately choose not to do so (see below). SMU was banned from bowl games and television in 1988 and 1989. The team's existing probation was extended two more years, to 1990. SMU lost 55 new scholarship positions over 4 years. The team was only allowed to hire five full-time assistant coaches, instead of the typical nine. Only one other team has received the Death Penalty. University of Kentucky basketball in 1952 for shaving points during the 1948/9 season.
January 6, 200818 yr I think the NCAA has been very reluctant to impose the Death Penalty since they hammered SMU with it. It destroyed SMU, I believe more severely than the NCAA ever imagined it would. They have never recovered. Maybe Jones will be the answer. They once had a proud and competitive program with stars like Eric Dickerson and Craig James.
January 6, 200818 yr Author I think the NCAA has been very reluctant to impose the Death Penalty since they hammered SMU with it. It destroyed SMU, I believe more severely than the NCAA ever imagined it would. They have never recovered. Maybe Jones will be the answer. They once had a proud and competitive program with stars like Eric Dickerson and Craig James. Yeah, they quite literally had the best college football team Texas oil money could buy. :lol:
January 6, 200818 yr Is that was the NC2A call it? What did SMU do, i was like 6 back then lol 21 players allegedly received approximately $61,000 in cash payments, with the assistance of athletic department staff members, from funds provided by a booster. Payments ranged from $50 to $725 per month from Ralph Rodriquez of Orange Park Florida and occurred while SMU was on probation. Also, SMU officials lied to NCAA officials about when the payments stopped. Forrest Gregg took over as head in 1989 (SMU cancelled the 1988 season) but Gregg was basically left with a team of freshmen.
January 6, 200818 yr Author 21 players allegedly received approximately $61,000,000 in cash payments, with the assistance of athletic department staff members, from funds provided by a booster. Payments ranged from $5000 to $72,500 per month from Ralph Rodriquez of Orange Park Florida and occurred while SMU was on probation. Also, SMU officials lied to NCAA officials about when the payments stopped. Forrest Gregg took over as head in 1989 (SMU cancelled the 1988 season) but Gregg was basically left with a team of freshmen. Hold on just a daggone minute there, sparky! Looks like you carried the 0 a few times too many. It was $61,000 in cash payments, not $61 million. :lol: That Wikipedia article you're looking at has that new math stuff, evidently. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2004/feb25football/smu.html And the cash payments were overseen by the SMU Board of Governors.
January 6, 200818 yr Hold on just a daggone minute there, sparky! Looks like you carried the 0 a few times too many. It was $61,000 in cash payments, not $61 million. :lol: That Wikipedia article you're looking at has that new math stuff, evidently. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2004/feb25football/smu.html And the cash payments were overseen by the SMU Board of Governors. What? I'm supposed to proof my own posts?
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