greenminer

Maybe I missed something, but I thought this playoff idea was not about moving down.

How did their pace of play compare? We were notoriously slow with our offense, which limited possessions.

I generally save the term "clickbait" for titles that are obviously used to rile people up (emotionally, whatever) to bait them into reading, while at the same time having very little to do with the main content.

What's fascinating about it? May was always enamored by Rubin as a defensive player.

Time to consider how much our piss-poor NIL and attendance issues resonate with the players.

you seem to have zero issue with UNT being viewed with the Armys and Navys of the world, by supporting a move to triple option and trimming the football budget. So, why does a separate league rub you differently?

Was he getting good minutes at KU?

The Elephant in the room (IMO) is our lack of attendance. Let's not stop talking about it. ABQ is an awful, boring town. But the bball culture - specifically attendance - is what we are striving for. If that was in Denton, the SP would be selling out regularly under Grant/Ross. And, if I'm Jared, I'm not getting complacent. The opposite: i'm getting angry. Fired up. i'm not going to give in to Denton being Denton. Fight it or let the next guy try. These things should be huge motivators.

But if he has an opportunity to graduate from a private school like Vandy, maybe his post-athletic career is heavy on his mind. Totally guessing, tho.

OT, but how does this percentage remain so high? Graduating college has been pushed so freaking hard, going back to the Boomers, that you would think this number would be much less than 20%. 20+ years ago, when I was finishing HS, it was the de-facto, this-is-just-what-you-do endeavor. And I was not even a Boomer. So how are we still seeing so many first gen college graduates?

FedEx wants to see those UNT recruits representing their brand. badly.

I am not disregarding it, I'm suggesting we suck at recruiting, with or without NIL. NIL and the transfer rules are just making the entire process around us, in and outside Denton, move faster. I don't really care if this is statistically the worse offseason ever. I still handle emotionally it the same as any other bad offseason, which have been plenty around here. I'll still be around, watching and rooting for the Mean Green next year.

The damning reality is how shitty we are recruiting right now, regardless of NIL.

Gonna be honest: what's killing my Mean Green vibe is not actually NIL, it's all the Mean Green fans griping about NIL. I know we all have our reasons, but for me and my fandom, I'm pretty good as long as someone is representing Mean Green in college sports. I like following the players and feel a certain level of attachment to them, but obviously not nearly as much attachment as some of you all do. PS: maybe I'll be joining y'all done day! Just not there yet.

I'm an idiot sometimes, and this was one of those times. I think throwing TP in the middle of a Sonny Dykes Texas Tech football quote in which you're clearly not quoting - only paraphrasing - threw me off ab it.

NIT champs are lower level? I have questions.

Sloan, Steve UNT AD 1991-1993. While he was here: President: Alfred Francis Hurley Football Coach: Dennis Parker MBB Coach: Jimmy Gales Conference Membership: Southland

He was getting bumped off the two-deep.

Not a perfect parallel, but I’m reminded of the Dickey era and how he didn’t capitalize on the Sun Belt titles like we hoped for. whats the deal? Is our brand - bball, fb, whatever - still suffering on the recruiting trails? Are we still looked down upon by hs coaches?

I tried this and it did NOT go over well. It probably had something to do with the timing: I said it right after the boss said "I'll be right back. I need to use the restroom."

Not every kid coming straight from HS needs a ton of development. If they demonstrate enough to for us to believe they can contribute, get them! I think Layne would have helped us. This is all moot now. We released him, and it was for honorable reasons.

I thought he’d be contributing major minutes on Day 1. Not sure about starting, but def not on the bench

Okay, that dilutes my first sentence, but it's still a worthy question.

Yeah, I was just having some fun. Obviously things happen, but it's usually due to some miscommunication or disconnect between parties involved. Not that we cannot accurately count/estimate this sort of thing.

We can build mirrors in outer space that can point a ray of light at a dime located on the Empire State Building. We can calculate the path of a total solar eclipse, referencing the path of two objects that are 240,000 miles away and 99 million miles away respectively, and pinpoint that exact time in 2044 - 20 years out - to the month and day. But here is someone that questions our ability to accurate count seats in a football stadium.