FWST: Larry Brown’s predictable exit from SMU opens door for TCU

BY [big steaming pile] tengel@star-telegram.com

The timing of this announcement could not have been worse but SMU men’s basketball coach Larry Brown has predictably quit after four years in Dallas.

Brown, 75, was in contract dispute with SMU and rather than accept a shorter deal he decided that four years was enough of SMU; it’s little surprising he lasted this long. CBS’s Sports Jon Rothstein first reported Brown’s resignation.

In the end, Larry Brown was Larry Brown at SMU. He won, he gave his team a national presence, he put the Mustangs on probation, and then he left.

That’s what you get when you hire Larry Brown. He did the same things in his previous stops at UCLA and Kansas.