A lot has changed at SMU since Rob Lanier was hired in the spring of 2022 after a modest track record at Siena and Georgia State. With SMU moving to the ACC,...
SMU head coach Rob Lanier motions to his team during the first half of an NCAA basketball game against Memphis, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in University Park, Texas.— and after doubling his first-year win total, at that — you need only look at the second paragraph of Rick Hart’s statement on Rob Lanier’s dismissal.
Besides mentioning the money they’ve put into the facilities and the value of a degree as well as the NIL opportunities, SMU’s athletic director slipped in “membership in the country’s preeminent college basketball conference.”Firing a coach without any NCAA violations or police records only two years into a five-year contract is never a good look. Makes it seem like you didn’t really believe in him in the first place.
The stakes are so much higher in the ACC, Tony Bennett could be out at Virginia after losing a play-in game, and he’s got a national championship on his resume. Of course, the worst part of it wasn’t that Bennett lost. The worst was a 67-42 humiliation mocked in memes for its offensive incompetence.Perception is everything, and the perception at SMU these days is that it hasn’t been the same on the Hilltop since Larry Brown left. Bet on the Mustangs to try to bring back a little buzz.How Rob Lanier became the first casualty of SMU’s move to the ACC
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