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3 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

My worry is that the New AD didnt select Littrell and will have him on a very tight leash. You see new AD's come in and clean house regardless of how new the Coach is. Surely this isnt the case

I hope not. We haven't even seen what Littrell can do here.

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Tony Benford when he heard the news:

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Hell, if it means he is out the door, I'll fly it myself.  I've been ultra negative on here for quite a while. There was always a method to the madness. I will now shift to a neutral mode until U

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4 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

My worry is that the New AD didnt select Littrell and will have him on a very tight leash. You see new AD's come in and clean house regardless of how new the Coach is. Surely this isnt the case

No, there's no way. Litrell was most likely the President's hire anyways, and nothing wrong with being on a short leash as long as it is reasonable. If Seth doesn't get it done in a reasonable time-frame wouldn't we want the new AD to fire him? Something RV was always slow to do.

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No, there's no way. Litrell was most likely the President's hire anyways, and nothing wrong with being on a short leash as long as it is reasonable. If Seth doesn't get it done in a reasonable time-frame wouldn't we want the new AD to fire him? Something RV was always slow to do.

"Reasonable." THAT's the operative word.

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19 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

It basically appears that keeping Benford for another year was the trade for getting rid of Rick Villareal. In that case, I'll gladly support the keeping of Benford for his 5th year to end his contract.

Agree. @Harry can we have unlimited +1s today like you did after HOD win? I'm out already and I need more.

11 minutes ago, Quoner said:

Pretty sure the prophecy was neither can live while the other survives, but will need an Harry Potter fan to confirm. Munthe?

You guys are going to die thinking the banner was more than a pebble against the last two full seasons of our major sports and the overall last decade, aren't you?

Did you hear we we're really close @ Georgia after 3 quarters?

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13 minutes ago, Quoner said:

Pretty sure the prophecy was neither can live while the other survives, but will need an Harry Potter fan to confirm. Munthe?

You guys are going to die thinking the banner was more than a pebble against the last two full seasons of our major sports and the overall last decade, aren't you?

So the prophecy says. Although 90 is curiously absent, leading me to worry that they're the same person.

The banner was probably about the last reason he's gone.

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2 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I hope this news calms UNT90 down to the point where some of our old friends might return to this website and re-engage in meaningful talk.

They will come back on this board because RV is gone.  Not because of UNT90.

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12 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I hope this news calms UNT90 down to the point where some of our old friends might return to this website and re-engage in meaningful talk.

something tells me the self-congratulations are gonna make it worse

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Thank you Prez and thank you BOR for listening. I heard this on 103.3 espn just now. I screamed out, "YES!" like a school girl while driving down 288. 

Thank you Rick for your servitude to UNT, but this was a very long time coming. If I can find time in the day I'm reupping season tix and MGC donation. 

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27 minutes ago, Quoner said:

I hope RV sends the biggest plane banner over @UNT90's house on June 21

Hell, if it means he is out the door, I'll fly it myself. 

I've been ultra negative on here for quite a while. There was always a method to the madness. I will now shift to a neutral mode until UNT announces a hire for AD. If it is anyone currently employed in the AD, I will immediately shift back to negative.

This hire will come about three years later than it should have, and is the most important hire UNT has ever made pertaining to athletics. They desperately need to get it right. 

I don't think the Hattiesburg Hustler should have been given the luxury to resign, but I do understand the logic behind it, even if that logic reeks of same ole UNT. But I'm not going to gripe about the gift this program has just been handed.

Now president and BOR, go find an early 40s assistant AD on the rise that is organized, hungry, and aggressive. 

This is step one of a 2 step process. I will not get too excited until the 2nd step is successfully completed. 

This is an awesome opportunity for healing to occur across this fan base. A divisive force has finally been purged.  

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