Benford Press Conference

appreciate it! i was about to panic.

Guess radio was a tad too much to expect...

I have no doubt he was the right hire after watching him speak. I liked that he said we are going to have the metroplex on lock down. Also, I don't see any players leaving after meeting him.

says something about him as a recruiter when area AAU coaches and High School coaches came to his press conference.

I don't have headphones with me at work, so I couldn't listen, just watch. I'll have to listen to it tonight. What I can say is, now that they've panned back, I've never seen that many people at an NT Athletics press conference before. Can't wait until next week...

says something about him as a recruiter when area AAU coaches and High School coaches came to his press conference.

I was thinking the same thing. This guy comes with a built in metroplex recruiting network already in place. Win this year and we could see this program take off quickly. Hard not to be excited.

GROUND CONTROL...WE HAVE LIFT OFF! That was a great press conference...loved that he will be building this team around local players...hopefully, we'll no longer here that "local players don't want to play at UNT stuff any longer. HS coaches and past teammates in the room for the press conference. Guy showed a lot of poise and was brimming with excitement from what i could tell. Had to watch on the Mean Green Sports site in lieu of being present, but I think we have a home run in Tony Benford. just something about that guy and they way he said what he said that makes me think UNT is "good to go"! Yes, we all know the proof is in what happens on the court, but for DAY ONE I give it an A+.

Loved the fact that the first thing he did when he got to town was to meet with the players...what, about 9:30PM last night i think he said....great idea...and he said it was his idea. Good to see President Rawlins on site as well....

OK, let's get it on...Good things are happening at UNT these days...NEXT UP...announcement that UNT is joining the new CUSA Conference....

WELCOME COACH BENFORD.

Thank you RV and thank you President Rawlins....some great new HC hires going on at UNT these days....

I missed some of the audio, but did see Bill Foy in the audience when they panned back. I guess he is staying.

says something about him as a recruiter when area AAU coaches and High School coaches came to his press conference.

This, love to hear things like this. Talent is king. He has a lot of ships to work with for 2013, so let's see what he can do.

Anyone else notice when Coach Benford said "With the conference realignment shape up and some moves going on I think we'll have some more stuff to sell".

Edited April 25, 2012 by Eagle-96

Anyone else notice when Coach Benford talked about (to paraphrase) "Having more to offer recruits with the conference realignment".

Yeah I noticed he said something along those lines too.

i think he said more than he was supposed to when talking about conference realignment. he didn't say much in the conference to wow me, but i liked the fact that there were aau coaches and high school coaches that he's friends with that attended. now he just needs to use those connections to get us a 4 and a 5.

I'll breathe a little easier when I wake up Monday morning and nothing has changed with Tony.

And, quite frankly, there's nothing anyone can say to me on the internet that will assure me before then.

Can't wait to see what he can do with this team!

I'll breathe a little easier when I wake up Monday morning and nothing has changed with Tony.

And, quite frankly, there's nothing anyone can say to me on the internet that will assure me before then.

what if there was a tweet from someone who had a locker next to tony's in middle school?

GROUND CONTROL...WE HAVE LIFT OFF! That was a great press conference...loved that he will be building this team around local players...hopefully, we'll no longer here that "local players don't want to play at UNT stuff any longer. HS coaches and past teammates in the room for the press conference. Guy showed a lot of poise and was brimming with excitement from what i could tell. Had to watch on the Mean Green Sports site in lieu of being present, but I think we have a home run in Tony Benford. just something about that guy and they way he said what he said that makes me think UNT is "good to go"! Yes, we all know the proof is in what happens on the court, but for DAY ONE I give it an A+.

Loved the fact that the first thing he did when he got to town was to meet with the players...what, about 9:30PM last night i think he said....great idea...and he said it was his idea. Good to see President Rawlins on site as well....

OK, let's get it on...Good things are happening at UNT these days...NEXT UP...announcement that UNT is joining the new CUSA Conference....

WELCOME COACH BENFORD.

Thank you RV and thank you President Rawlins....some great new HC hires going on at UNT these days....

When have we ever heard local guys don't want to play here?

Chris & Benford had an embraced hug beforehand

I counted 3 AAU coaches in the building

Foy was here , maybe he stays on?

Forrest Robinson wasn't here , might just have been at class

http://www.meangreensports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?&db_oem_id=1800&KEY=SUNOWKQSSCZIZRP.20120425185047&DB_MENU_ID=&SPSID=&SPID=&DB_OEM_ID=1800

I can't find the press conference in the available videos. What am I missing?

conference realignment! he let the beans spill!

I counted 3 AAU coaches in the building

This is huge, any idea what teams?

When have we ever heard local guys don't want to play here?

Didn't we just sign a local kid?

I can't find the press conference in the available videos. What am I missing?

That was the link to the live press conference. Here's the link to the archive: http://www.meangreensports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?&db_oem_id=1800&id=873276&DB_MENU_ID=&SPSID=&SPID=&DB_OEM_ID=1800

Also Former TCU coach Rob Evans was on hand

* Was head coach at Ole Miss & Arizona State

Edited April 25, 2012 by NT03

This is huge, any idea what teams?

Only 1 I know for sure Dallas Showtyme

says something about him as a recruiter when area AAU coaches and High School coaches came to his press conference.

This is great news.

I watched Larry Brown's press conference and it was full of retirement home recruiters and funeral directors.