{"id":10701,"date":"2018-11-29T06:52:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T11:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10701"},"modified":"2018-11-29T06:54:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T11:54:38","slug":"sure-sounds-like-mike-houston-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10701","title":{"rendered":"Sure Sounds Like Mike Houston Is Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/jmu-sports-blog\/embed\/episodes\/Coach-Houston-Leaving-JMU-e2lhgp\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span>?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By now you&#8217;ve all heard the news that Coach Houston has been offered, and is considering, an offer to be the next head coach at the University of Charlotte. Well, we have thought on the subject. So many thoughts in fact, that it was far easier just to sit down and record a podcast, than to try to sum things up in a blog post. So that&#8217;s what we did.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the 30 thousand foot view. We like Coach Houston and what he&#8217;s done for the school, but he sure sounds like he&#8217;s got one foot out the door. Maybe there&#8217;s a Hail Mary of a chance that he gets so annoyed by the leak, that he gives pause and JMU swoops in to convince to him stay. More likely, he gives pause and another school makes him a better offer. In any case, he&#8217;s said all the right things about loving JMU, but it sure hasn&#8217;t stopped him from listening to other schools every time they come calling. If he doesn&#8217;t take this offer, he&#8217;ll take another one. That 10 year contract sounds nice, but we never thought it bought JMU more than a few years. We didn&#8217;t really expect him to leaving right now though.<\/p>\n<p>We go into it more on the pod and our thoughts our still evolving. Again, we hope he stays. He&#8217;s been good for JMU. But if he leaves, we&#8217;ll wish him well and get excited for the next coach. Because there are a ton of uncertainties in this situation, but the one thing we are absolutely certain about, is that plenty of great coaches will be lining up for a chance to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>Go Dukes! Beat Colgate.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D10701&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>???????????? By now you&#8217;ve all heard the news that Coach Houston has been offered, and is considering, an offer to be the next head coach at the University of Charlotte. Well, we have thought on the subject. So many thoughts in fact, that it was far easier just to sit down and record a podcast, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7,460],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10239,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10239","url_meta":{"origin":10701,"position":0},"title":"Talking JMU Football Spring Game with Greg Madia","date":"April 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Good gracious people. The latest episode of the JMUSB Podcast was an incredible nuisance to produce. Do us a solid and give it listen to make the effort worth it. 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