Jump to content

Soooo.....

JesseMartin

By JesseMartin
in Mean Green Basketball

 Share

Recommended Posts

JesseMartin Explorer

JesseMartin

Posted
Posted

...who else wants to jump in on my earlier prediction of 11 wins for the guys?  Too much talent for such a low prediction, I know, but Benford has a hard time NOT coaching them down and losing games he should have won.  I really wanted to root for him to turn this around and be even better than JJ in the long run, but I'm not seeing that happen after this much time and talent being allotted to him.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GM1998 Newbie

GM1998

Posted
Posted

Watched the Rice game on Saturday night. Saw no passion or desire. It was sad. Rice would kill to have BB facilities like UNT. However you can't clown them for playing in a high school type of gym when they beat you. The culture at UNT needs to change. It is embarrassing. 

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
UNT90 Newbie

UNT90

Posted
Posted
10 hours ago, GM1998 said:

Watched the Rice game on Saturday night. Saw no passion or desire. It was sad. Rice would kill to have BB facilities like UNT. However you can't clown them for playing in a high school type of gym when they beat you. The culture at UNT needs to change. It is embarrassing. 

It's been embarrassing for a very long time. Sadly the attitude is "if you don't like it, go somewhere else."

Thats why so many alumni have.

  • Upvote 4
  • Downvote 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
untjim1995 Grand Master

untjim1995

Posted
Posted
18 hours ago, GM1998 said:

Watched the Rice game on Saturday night. Saw no passion or desire. It was sad. Rice would kill to have BB facilities like UNT. However you can't clown them for playing in a high school type of gym when they beat you. The culture at UNT needs to change. It is embarrassing. 

To those of us on gmg.com, we want the culture to change when it comes to winning at revenue sports. We are the minority within the community. The community, as a whole, just doesn't want that to be the primary window to the university. They look more fondly on sports today than they ever have, but its in an ISD-type fashion--"We offer students the opportunity to watch FBS/Division I athletics".

If the MGC numbers are any true indication of UNT Sports followers, there isn't much demand as we added less than 2% of the total UNT graduates to the MGC since 2002, IIRC. Culturally, you cannot force change upon people who don't want the change. And UNT's administration, students, faculty, and alumni overwhelmingly don't want to put any priority on winning. Having the same AD over all of those years kinda proves this point...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
grossman Newbie

grossman

Posted
Posted (edited)
On 2/2/2016 at 7:18 PM, GM1998 said:

Watched the Rice game on Saturday night. Saw no passion or desire. It was sad. Rice would kill to have BB facilities like UNT. However you can't clown them for playing in a high school type of gym when they beat you. The culture at UNT needs to change. It is embarrassing. 

Went to the game @ Rice. To me the atmosphere was better than the Pit. You can certainly make the argument that the gym is high schoolesque but I never really bought into the 10,000 empty seats for "future growth" is a great thing mindset

I will say the lighting this year at the Pit along with the jumbo tron is a HUGE improvement tho. 

Edited by grossman
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!

  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 34

      Spring transfer portal

      Go bring this kid back home to DFW! Quincy Wright 0.8700 HS DL 6-2 / 313
      Shark84 in Mean Green Football
    2. 0

      A few HSO's

      1: One big problem with the NIL (aka pay for play) is that the universities are what draw the fans, not the players. People argue that "they deserve a piece of the pie", etc., but the big money comes from rabid fans and alumni of the schools, not from fans wanting to watch certain players. I wish they would form a minor league football and see how much interest there is...wait, we already have that. It's called the XFL, USFL, UFL and the players don't make much money ($5,500/wk) and there aren't many fans at the games. Put the Rengades in Alabama uniforms and the Stallions in Auburn uniforms and you'd sell out AT&T stadium. Why, because the players don't matter, the universities are what matter (as it pertains to attendance). Another example is the NBA D-League. What kind of money are those guys making? (I'll save you the Google search, they make $25K/yr). I have to assume that's peanuts compared to many of the NIL deals players are getting. If you want to get paid, go pro. Nobody is making you go to college to get a free education that will benefit you for the rest of your life. 2: I hate the argument that "coaches make big money and can leave for another job whenever they want to." See the last two sentences of the previous point. If you want to be able to do that, go pro. Make it your career just like the coaches have done. There are a very limited number of head coaching jobs at the college level and these coaches have put in LONG hours and worked their way up to the positions that they are in. Nobody was giving them millions of dollars when they were a GA busting their tail for nothing.
      • 3
      • Thanks
      • Upvote
      • Lovely Take
      NT93 in Mean Green Football
    3. 1

      '25 DL Offer: Travis Buhake; Mansfield Summit: No Rating

      Committed to Dear ol' UofH
      Cougar King in UNT Football Recruiting
    4. 25

      Judge orders Florida State, ACC to mediation to settle suit

      Those schools you mentioned have already reached out to The Big 12. Also Louisville and Pitt have 100+ year historic rivalries with Cincy and WVU respectively. Keg of Nails and Backyard Brawl will both be owned by the Big 12 soon enough.
      Cougar King in Mean Green Football
    5. 25

      Judge orders Florida State, ACC to mediation to settle suit

      If they wanted to join the ACC, they would have joined with Cal and Stanford. We already tore the Pac 12 apart, the ACC is next.
      Cougar King in Mean Green Football

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,381
    • Most Online
      1,865
    KeithSHU
    Newest Member
    KeithSHU
    Joined

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

News

Recruiting

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.