June Jones - Moron?

Tell me this. The state of Hawaii calls you and offers you $800,000 a year to move your family out to the Islands and run the football team. Would you turn this offer down in an effort to move to the relative boredom provided in the city of Dallas???

Collegiate sports are vaguely popular in Honolulu, but like most major sporting events that folks on the mainland consume, it takes a backseat to the local intrigues and vast outdoor activities available on the tropical paradise. It's more likely that a local youth will take up surfing than throwing oblong shaped pigskins around. Still, you are able to carve out a niche market with a highly entertaining offensive attack. Fans are beginning to take notice, and you become the regular season darling of most major sports networks, including the media giant ESPN. And now, following the most successful year of your coaching career as well as that of University, SMU from Dallas comes calling, offering you $2 million per.

Whoa. $2 million per year?? That is over a %100 increase in your salary. Amazing. Still, if you were to ask me, I think the perks associated with the job in Hawaii far outweighs those here in Dallas. This is the choice new Mustangs head coach June Jones made when he shunned Hawaii and the Aloha State to head out Lone Star country.

Most major life decisions come down to weighing your options carefully, and then choosing your path based on the best fit. Let's take a closer look at the choices Jones had to make in deciding to take the shot in Big D, and see if we would come to the same conclusion.

SALARY:
This is a no brainer. SMU officials were able to convince boosters to pay Jones around $2 million a year. The GNP of many small countries couldn't touch this number with a 10 foot pole. ADV - SMU

PROGRAM:
On one hand, you have a school who recently went to the BCS after finishing the regular season undefeated, and sustaining just 2 losses in the past 24 months. On the other hand, you have a program whose largest claim to fame for the past few decades was something called the Death Penalty for violations of NCAA protocol, a sentence which has thrown the program into the embarrassment levels with Duke, Buffalo, and the other bottom feeders of the FBS (former Division I) in recent years. Clearly, this decision was not made based on the recent success both schools. ADV - HAWAII


LOCATION:
Dallas vs. Honolulu. Has there been a larger mismatch since Rosie O'Donnell met the Chinese buffet? (Buffet loses by the way). Honolulu offers perfect weather, great beaches, wonderful cuisine, outstanding culture, beautiful women, and awe inspiring scenic views. Dallas offers blistering summers with frigid winters, a few lakes with ripples crashing into rocks, decent food (if you're into Taco Bell), little to no culture (sorry Dallas, shopping does NOT count as culturally enhancing), women made of plastic, and "aw-shit" inspiring lack of scenery. Clearly, you're comparing the tropical paradise of Hawaii vs. the pastures of North Texas. ADV - HAWAII

And there is the stickler. Money is one thing. I can't imagine too many folks living here in the metroplex who were offered $800K for the greatness provided in Hawaii that would turn it down for a lesser job paying more dough. Jones may find out that he truly left paradise behind for one of the last true Hell on Earths - SMU.

Of course, if the situation gets him down, Jones could always take his 2 million and buy a wonderful vacation home to escape to. Say in, Maui?