Southern Miss fires HC Jay Hopson

[texifornia 59094]

After one game of the season. Yikes.

 

[CycleTex87 3047]

Fire up the merry go round already?

[Big Frog II 522]

Didn't set the world on fire at S. Miss, but he never had a losing record.  

[texifornia 59094]

 

[SimonBolivar 11075]

39 minutes ago, Big Frog II said:

Didn't set the world on fire at S. Miss, but he never had a losing record.  

Their fans said he was recruiting like he was still at Alcorn State.

[Vito Andolini 9461]

If we are to believe the release from the University, the coach approached the AD to “discuss what was on his heart,” and after a few days, they decided it was best to make a change. I know the feeling, sometimes you just don’t want to deal with the bullshit anymore. I see other accounts call it a resignation, not a firing. 

I’ve literally never heard of the guy before I saw this thread, so I don’t have a dog in the hunt.

(If the tweet I posted below has merit, then I do have a dog in the hunt, Hopson seems like he sucks.)

Edited September 7, 2020 by Vito Andolini

[ButtFumble 5297]

I read a rumor about this on another forum (and promptly forgot about it)

apparently it had to do more with getting crosswise with players parents and players than on the field results

[Vito Andolini 9461]

Ok, this sounds pretty sketchy.

[GreenspointTexas 10002]

When was the last time an fbs coach was fired one game into a season?

[Vito Andolini 9461]

One game? Mike Price says, “hold my beer! And this stack of singles.”

[Ignatius 4151]

4 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

If we are to believe the release from the University, the coach approached the AD to “discuss what was on his heart,” and after a few days, they decided it was best to make a change. I know the feeling, sometimes you just don’t want to deal with the bullshit anymore. I see other accounts call it a resignation, not a firing. 

I’ve literally never heard of the guy before I saw this thread, so I don’t have a dog in the hunt.

“Sir, I’m glad you asked. What is on my heart is that I’ve been lying to my friends, my family, and to you and the entire Southern Miss family. I’m going to come clean - I love little boys, always have. And to show how much I mean this, I’m going to blow a 9 year old at the 50 prior to kickoff of our next game. Thanks for asking”

[ButtFumble 5297]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

When was the last time an fbs coach was fired one game into a season?

was Al Davis ever an AD?

[ScottS 1125]

4 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

When was the last time an fbs coach was fired one game into a season?

I am thinking it has to be when Arkansas fired its head coach after losing the opener to The Citadel around 1990 or thereabouts.  But I am sure someone will correct me if it has happened since then.

[AUinHsv 584]

4 minutes ago, ScottS said:

I am thinking it has to be when Arkansas fired its head coach after losing the opener to The Citadel around 1990 or thereabouts.  But I am sure someone will correct me if it has happened since then.

I was going to say the Citadel was the last one and maybe the first one also.

[Longboard Horn 41454]

14 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Their fans said he was recruiting like he was still at Alcorn State.

And that won't fly in Southern Miss standards. Seems like he could recruit kids that were good enough to play in the FCS level, but not FBS.

[Longboard Horn 41454]

11 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Ok, this sounds pretty sketchy.

USM doesn't want to become a Baylor type program. 

[Vito Andolini 9461]

6 minutes ago, ScottS said:

I am thinking it has to be when Arkansas fired its head coach after losing the opener to The Citadel around 1990 or thereabouts.  But I am sure someone will correct me if it has happened since then.

Jack Crowe is indeed a member of the “One and Done” club, good job.

[Pato del Muerto 53627]

So they were 7-7 last season?? 

[AUS-97HORN 12062]

29 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

When was the last time an fbs coach was fired one game into a season?

George O'leary managed to only be the Notre Dame Coach for 5 days.

He didnt even have a chance to lose his first game before he got wacked

[Red Five 41803]

Same with Mike Price at Alabama. 

[Not a cat 5821]

42 minutes ago, ScottS said:

I am thinking it has to be when Arkansas fired its head coach after losing the opener to The Citadel around 1990 or thereabouts.  But I am sure someone will correct me if it has happened since then.

Bonus points if you can name the Arkansas OC for that game.

[Huckleberry 34756]

Greg Davis 

And I don't want any points associated with Davis, he needs to keep as many as he can. 

[ConferenceRoom 6215]

10 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Greg Davis 

And I don't want any points associated with Davis, he needs to keep as many as he can. 

Perhaps you could spare some for 2004 OU. 

[Dennis Taylor 19396]

1 hour ago, Vito Andolini said:

Ok, this sounds pretty sketchy.

Those are some bad dudes 

[Pato del Muerto 53627]

2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Those are some bad dudes 

[coachherman'sgrill 2651]

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[Dennis Taylor 19396]

14 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

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And Briles and [former athletic director Ian] McCaw allegedly discussed a gang rape that involved five football players. Rather than go through proper channels to report the incident, McCaw kept it in house and went to Briles and his staff.

“When he did, Coach Briles studied the names on the piece of paper. ‘Those are some bad dudes,’ Coach Briles told (an assistant) coach,” the document states. “ ’Why was she around those guys?’ ”

 

[Beau Vine 55901]

Everything online now says he resigned.  Dude replacing him is 30, had been a coach at Sul Ross and ET Baptist.

[TrashMaster G 18151]

18 hours ago, ButtFumble said:

was Al Davis ever an AD?

Or George Steinbrenner.