Jankovich to SMU

[pinstripers]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/19075894/orsini-fired-at-smu-but-why

[tropicalshox]

It's a bad situation for Janks if the firing had to do with Brown.

[1972Shocker]

It's a bad situation for Janks if the firing had to do with Brown.

Even worse if the firing had to do with hiring a head-coach-in-waiting.

[pinstripers]

Sounds like maybe the Prez, not the AD, was the main guy in the Brown hire.

[SubGod22]

Rumors are that Moore will end up with Jank at SMU. Talk about taking a step down... Will be interesting if this turns out to be true.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Rumors are that Moore will end up with Jank at SMU. Talk about taking a step down... Will be interesting if this turns out to be true.

MVC to BE
Jankovich to Brown
Illinois State to SMU
Normal to Dallas
Illinois to Texas

[SubGod22]

MVC to BE

Top of the MVC to bottom of the BE

Jankovich to Brown

Not sure that's much of an upgrade at this point. We'll see

Illinois State to SMU

Definite downgrade

Normal to Dallas

Depends on what you like I guess.

Illinois to Texas

You got me on this one.

[Aargh]

The "Gentlemen's Clubs" in Dallas are better. I've never been to Normal, but I'm still certain of this fact.

[WuDrWu]

Infinitely better.

[valleyclimber]

Nic Moore = BAD judgement

So Moore will be sitting out a year to trade for playing on a loaded ISU team bound for the NCAA tourney.... for the chance to star on a soon-to-be new permanent bottom team in the Big East (sorry DePaul you'll have to give up your place)

SMU is a hoops graveyard and will be mired in the Big East basement for years (completely irrelevant in the college hoops landscape), but hey Nic Moore will get his chance at BCS ball....what a freaking joke!!! Good thing he listened to his "handlers". Meanwhile new ISU HC Dan Muller has done more with ISU's schedule in his first month (Louisville and Dayton on board) than Jank did in the 5 years he was in the MVC.

We should all be jumping for joy that Jank moved way DOWN the line to SMU. Seems that Muller has taken the ISU reigns and set his sites way higher for the Redbird program thereby making the entire Valley much stronger. LOVE IT!! :) Now if Bradley, MSU and SIU can swing their programs back in the right direction, then would we'd be back to the salad days of the MVC hoops (maybe even better).

ROCK ON MVC!!

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Mark me on the excite crowd. Would love to see Illinois State become a powerhouse.

Muller seems to be doing good things. We know he got a solid assistant in Ford, and possibly even better PG in the Canadian you got to replace Moore.

[RoyalShock]

Assuming no changes in coaching staffs I think we're going to see a top tier of WSU, CU, ISU and possibly UNI for several years to come.

[SubGod22]

Assuming no changes in coaching staffs I think we're going to see a top tier of WSU, CU, ISU and possibly UNI for several years to come.

Completely agree. I'm also curious to see what Ford can do at Bradley. That's a school that has the potential to be a player in my mind. It'll be interesting to see what the Toasters are like in '14-'15.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Top of the MVC to bottom of the BE
Not sure that's much of an upgrade at this point. We'll see
Definite downgrade
Depends on what you like I guess.
You got me on this one.

SMU is a very fine academic institution. Much like Evansville University (University of Evansville).

The Methodists run a tight ship.

[SubGod22]

SMU is a very fine academic institution. Much like Evansville University (University of Evansville).

The Methodists run a tight ship.

That's not why he's going there. From a basketball perspective, he's taken a major step down.