Sunday, November 18, 2007
Good-bye to a good Guy
As someone who attended last night's 45-14 whomping at the hands of Oklahoma State, I can probably guess what Guy Morriss is going to be telling his players at a meeting they are having at 1 pm today. I like Guy, but he has been unsuccessful in a field of endeavor that demands success in a very objective way. He will probably tell them he is leaving. [UPDATE: It was officially announced today that Coach Morriss will not be back next year]The Waco Trib, then, probably wasn't jumping the gun when they listed a number of possible candidates for the job:
1) Larry Fedora, offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State
Pro: Great job at OSU, prior experience at BU
Con: No head coaching experience
2) Art Briles, Head Coach at Univ. of Houston
Pro: Successful, already uses spread offense
Con: Not immediately available
3) Gumball The Clown [pictured here]
Pro: Good catchphrase ("How about a gumball?"), already "sad"
Con: Registered sex offender
4) Mike Singletary, 49ers Assist. Head Coach
Pro: BU legend, strong leader
Con: Prospect of BU players doing Super Bowl Shuffle
5) Houston Nutt, Head Coach, Arkansas
Pro: Experience
Con: Named "Nutt"
6) Jerry Powell, Baylor Law Practice Court Professor
Pro: Will get results
Con: Little experience with spread offense
7) Tommy Bowden, Head Coach, Clemson
Pro: 86-44 overall
Con: Has never entered state of Texas
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Is it me, or is there a note of humor in this paragraph from the official announcment:
"In five seasons at Baylor, Morriss registered an 18-40 overall record, including a 3-9 mark in 2007. His most successful season along the Baylor sideline came in 2005, when the Bears finished 5-6 overall, won multiple Big 12 games (two) in the same season for the first time ever, registered the program's first-ever Big 12 Conference road victory with a 23-13 win at Iowa State and dropped a pair of overtime games at Texas A&M and Oklahoma."
"In five seasons at Baylor, Morriss registered an 18-40 overall record, including a 3-9 mark in 2007. His most successful season along the Baylor sideline came in 2005, when the Bears finished 5-6 overall, won multiple Big 12 games (two) in the same season for the first time ever, registered the program's first-ever Big 12 Conference road victory with a 23-13 win at Iowa State and dropped a pair of overtime games at Texas A&M and Oklahoma."
I can see Prof. Powell now, storming into the locker room with his cowboy hat, not even looking up as he says
"Mr. Szymanski, business records . . . "
"Mr. Szymanski, business records . . . "
I'm officially throwing my name in the hat. Guy Morris won exactly three more games as a Head Coach this year than I did. I don't have much ground to make up.
And, there was that year that Michael Dukakis got only three more electoral college votes than I did...and I wasn't even running.
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