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A lot of good work done by him, but time to bring in a HS relations guy who can really take us to the next level with his connections. IMO make this position 90-95K a year and watch the HS coaches flock to it. Hell I'd do it and drive all over the state and into LA etc for 65 a year.

Exciting last half of the game as the Saints thwart off a Panther comeback. Craig got a lot of camera time and mentions in the first half. I never heard them mention that he went to North Texas, but they did say this was his first time in the playoffs and that he never even went to a bowl game in college.

You should put in an application. An alum that is also a young relatable coach seems like the direction we should go.

Good luck to him in his retirement.... for UNT this is an opportunity to move onward and upwards

Absoutely. Someone who made the commitment to graduate from NT and has coaching experience is a great candidate to sell the program to the coaches in Texas. I've always believed that the best people to sell NT and/or work in it's best interest are NT graduates.

August 30 6:05 p.m. at Kansas State* Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 6–45 45,150[2] 09/06/2008 6:00 p.m. Tulsa* Fouts Field • Denton, TX KTXA 21 L 26–56 22,785 09/13/2008 7:00 p.m. at No. 7 LSU* Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA GamePlan L 3–41 91,602 09/27/2008 4:00 p.m. at Rice* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX KTXA 21 L 20-77 16,885 10/04/2008 6:00 p.m. Florida International Fouts Field • Denton, TX ESPN+ L 10–42 16,781 10/11/2008 6:00 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette Fouts Field • Denton, TX L 30–59 17,106 10/18/2008 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana-Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA L 23–35 10,388 10/25/2008 6:00 p.m. Troy Fouts Field • Denton, TX L 17–45 18,345 11/1/2008 3:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky* Houchens Industries Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY ESPN+ W 51–40 18,879 11/8/2008 3:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL L 13–46 17,175 11/22/2008 2:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN L 13–52 14,307 11/29/2008 1:00 p.m. Arkansas State Fouts Field • Denton, TX L 28–33 9,761 This 2008 season should never be forgotten. That Rice game almost finished me as a UNT fan. A few of us were standing around outside the stadium after that game and a Rice fan goodheartedly came over and said “I want you to know that team of yours never quit out there. They will get better.” We all looked at each and said “dear God please tell me they quit”. It was the worst football game I was ever witness to. Rice easily could have scored a 100 on us. Unlike the Portland game we knew we had Dodge for at least a couple more years and things were not going to get better with the promise of a new hire.

Commitment from both parties? Coaches sign players on NSD then dash the next day, just look at our staff from last year.. We signed a bunch of guys on NSD, the next day we had 3/4 coaches leave.. Shit happens and the kid had something come up. Let’s move on like adults and not worry about the guy looking out for HIS well being and his families future. Seeing grew men tossing up negativity on his decommitment from UNT just makes us look even worse.

DRC: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2018/01/08/three-reasons-unt-could-better-2018

No one can make anyone be a fan, but I really don't understand your view. If you were a fan in the past, why let a questionable decision to allow Benford an extra year deprive you of seeing the best NT basketball in decades. No the team isn't yet as good as some of Jones' best, but McCasland is a far superior coach than Jones. You are also not likely to see any team consistently play any harder. If you like NT and college basketball, I don't understand a boycott against a program that is currently doing almost everything right. I assume you are not a football fan because you had to quit when Dodge was hired or McCarney given an contract extension. Both of those bad decisions dwarf how many years Benford was allowed. Even worse was the hiring of RV and allowing him a 15 year career with NT.

Why commit if you're just going to change your mind less than a week later?

Not aimed at anyone in particular and I am as guilty as anyone. Anyone that uses "light years" to denote differences even in exaggerated manner really is not thinking about the vastness that implies. The difference in an education between Vanderbilt and NT would not even be a blip on the scale of light years. As far as on the football field, there are a lot of CUSA teams that can compete with Vanderbilt. I .

Hiram Gonzalez.

I was corrected that alumn doesn't mean graduate but only that you attended. So he is an alum so even if he doesn't (which is a shame) I do. He wasn't built to be a DI quarterback but that wasn't his fault. He a tough SOB who should have been allowed to stay at receiver.

you should check mens team out, finally play some defense and play hard. shooters need to be more consistent but team is fun to watch finally.

Basically, no I'm not. Retaining Benford for five full years was the straw that broke this fan's back. No school that takes it's athletics seriously would do something that foolish. When combined with the decades of evidence that shows UNT (as a whole-alumni, AD, administration) doesn't care as much as I did about North Texas winning it was time for me to step away and funnel my time and money into other pursuits. I still drop by GMG from time to time, but I have no desire or plans to attend games anymore.

I don't think Ejiya is a MLB either, and we don't know what we have in Fulp yet... hence hitting the JUCOs for LB help. I know Garner gets a lot of heat on here, and he could certainly work on shedding blocks, but I think he'll do much better lining up behind English & Young instead of just Young.

Total speculation, but I like to think the kid wants to come to Denton but his immediate circle of family and friends wants him at Vandy.

He can shoot a gap that is for sure. Good luck to the kid, hope his decision works out for him. Time to move on.

Good man. Enjoy your retirement!

Why this of relevance on gmg.com? He presided over a dismal period in Mean Green Football. He was a bad hire by a mediocre Athletic Director trying to be frugal. We got exactly what they paid for. Expecting him out do Dickey just because the new stadium was finalized was just stupid. Let’s stop looking back please except when it is time to replace our head coach. We want to learn from past mistakes.

Dodge wins while at UNT and those teams' records: 2007 -- Western Kentucky, transitional FBS -- 7-5 (All 7 wins over FCS opponents) Louisiana Monroe -- 6-6 (This team actually beat Alabama who had an uncharacteristic 7-6 year) 2008 -- Western Kentucky, transitional FBS -- 2-10 (2 wins over FCS Eastern Kentucky and Murray St.) 2009 -- Ball St. -- 2-10 (Wins over 0-12 Eastern Michigan and 5-7 Western Michigan) Western Kentucky -- 0-12 2010 -- Florida Atlantic -- 4-8 Cumulative opponents' record, including FCS games 21-39. Six wins in 3 1/2 seasons. Three of those wins were over a hapless Western Kentucky team. Best win appears to be against the juggernaut of Louisiana Monroe. It's difficult for me to determine if 2008 under Dodge or 2015 under Mac was the worst season I've seen. Mac at least fooled me into thinking that he knew what he was doing there in 2013. Dodge never offered any such comfort, fleeting as it may have been. As to high school, discounting the endless resources provided at Southlake and Westlake: Cameron Yoe -- 8-12 Carrollton Newman Smith -- 9-11 Keller Fossil Ridge 7-12 Marble Falls 8-12 So best assessment I can objectively give after looking through the records is that if you give him the best of the best of everything, he can coach a Greg McElroy, but if you put him in a position to build from the ground up, well, he ain't no Jim Leavitt.

This Although, I choose to think that most North Texas fans react to this news with by overcoming the appropriate level of disappointment with perspective and understanding. Those reacting otherwise is likely a vocal minority. Until a player formally signs, this should be all but expected. I only hope the change of heart is a result of receiving counsel from trustworthy, well-intentioned people around him.

Part of our problem? Moron fans tweeting at recruits and players and coaches.

Don’t be bitter.. kid owes us nothing.. he is doing what is best for him and his family... No matter what, where else he goes.. they will be the fall back/2nd option. Vandy is a great education and in the SEC. can’t doubt or be disappointed because many people here 3 days ago thought we had 0 Chance.

I did and while Todd Dodge’s teams were frustrating to watch at times, the games were much more fun to watch than 05-06 Dickey. 05-06 were the hardest to watch other than 2015. 2015 was just disgusting. Wow, those downvoting are saying that Dodge’s team was less entertaining than 05-06 Dickey? I’m guessing you didn’t see that 7OT pillow fight disaster of a game against winless FIU.

I believe that, if he is at a location that has vastly better resources than the competition, he is capable of great success. But, if he has to actually game manage, outscheme or out-think, he crashes and burns. So, yeah, UT may suit him fine.

So there’s a 3rd column next to W & L titled “losses that weren’t so bad” ?

I know y’all love to hate on Dodge. Out of boredom the other day I went and looked at the seasons. Many, many 7 point or less losses. Lots of bad luck for TD. He was a good recruiter for sure. He knows QBs and offense. Let your hatred of the guy go.

Dodge was a "Hail Mary" hire that no other fb program would have likely picked as a head coach. Only a completely incompetent AD would have added to that decision with allowing him to bring basically a high school staff with him. That being said, Dodge was a pretty good offensive coach and recruiter by NT standards at that point. He also demonstrated he was a man of high character and I never heard him complain or blame anybody but himself. If he wants to try the college game, I can't think of a better situation than the above rumor. He wouldn't have to move and if it doesn't work out, he can always find another high school gig.

Hummmmm...know I'll get slammed but why sign anything if it doesn't commit you.

do you remember dating in your 20s (30s for some of us)?

One quit because he was scared a WR was going to take his job based on the dude's last name. Scared. One quit after his dad was canned halfway through a season (that he finished). I likely wouldn't want to hang around anymore either if people were constantly dragging my dad's name through the mud, whether he deserved it or not.

A lazer arm to match his granddaddy’s eyes??

The team plays hard and the timing may have been perfect to land McCasland who can coach!

But if you attend 2 or more universities and graduate from one, that's usually the one you consider yourself an alumnus of. Riley considers himself a McNeese alumn, as he should, because he graduated from there. Riley was the best QB we've had here between Scott Hall & Mason Fine... that includes DT. He was bigger than Fine.

Good for him but I mean, he left the program and was pretty much full-on an A&M kid after that. Anecdote: my pediatrician (well, my kid's pediatrician) said to me upon seeing my NT shirt: "There was an Alamo Heights kid that went there. QB. Pretty good. He and a WR I believe went up there"

It depends on how miserable you want to be the next day.

My best guess is some kind of convoluted cognitive dissonance. The guy wore green. Some people hold their reverence for "The glory to the green and white" second only to their religion, and it's a close second. Therefore, he must've been good. These threads come up about every six months, and no matter how much time has passed, and what things have changed in football (for the better), there are STILL holdouts who think he should be coaching here to this very day. I'll never understand it, but there it is. As I will never change those minds, so will those minds never convince me that he was anything other than an arrogant fraud. Agree to disagree and let's go back to fear mongering that Seth Litrell is going to SMU next season.

Are you feeling ok? This seems like an unusually rational post.

NDSU has only been D-1 FCS since 2004. I knew there was a reason why I hadn't heard of them in the past when I followed FCS(1-AA) more closely when we were in it. Since 1964 they've only had 3 losing seasons. Maybe there's my answer. They've never had to suffer...at all. Rick

His DMs are open on twitter, hit him up then.. otherwise it’s no one’s business..

Kind of ridiculous to decommit that quickly. Shouldn't have committed to begin with if mind can be changed that quickly.

https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/denton-tx/2018/9 Sunset on September 1, 2018 is at 7:53 PM. A 6:00 kickoff means the temperature will likely be in the mid-nineties, and the student side the north end zone will spend nearly two hours baking in that heat staring directly into the sun. It's hard to win your customers back when you treat them like that. This game should only be set for a 7:30 or 8:00 kickoff.

Home openers you would think would have the greatest freshman student attendance. That means it's really important to get that W. For a freshman, a win or a loss could be the difference between going to every home game or saying "meh" to the team. I should know. My first home game at Apogee was a 43-6 pony slaughter.

I apologize for trying to respond fairly and rationally to what I clearly see now is a trolling thread.

I haven't seen the exact details of what the police said and what the individual did that led to the shooting itself. It's obviously a terrible situation and that goes without saying. I just think that "murder" is a really irresponsible term to use in these situations. That officer didn't wake up that day wanting to kill someone. Also, I don't know how one can disregard the different mindsets officers would need to be in for a hostage situation vs.say... not using a turn signal. The information they are given about a situation matters. Could there still have been a mistake made? Sure.

McCasland is from Irving, coached in Wichita Falls and was a Baylor assistant for a few years. Should know the metroplex. At this time, he only has 1 scholarship to work with next year.

I'm sure his granddaddy has absolutely NOTHING to do with this.