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And not sure how Morris/Mosley made it happen, but the Cougs are headed to Denton first!

WASHINGTON IS THE RANKED TEAM IN THAT STATE! GEEZ, WE COULDN'T EVEN GET THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY??! THIS IS SUCH SMALL TIME THINKING, AND TYPICAL OL' NORTH TEXAS!! THIS JUST PROVES HOW OVERPAID EVERYONE IS OVER AT THE COUNTRY CLUB ON BONNIE BRAE!! I'M NOT BUYING SEASON TICKETS OR ATTENDING GAMES UNTIL WE GET THE BEST PAC-12...OR IS IT BIG XII, OR BIG10...WHATEVER, I'M MAD UNTIL WE GET THE BEST!! Good enough?

Big guy here.

UNT Head Football Coach Eric Morris was a guest speaker at the monthly San Antonio Quarterback Club luncheon on Tuesday September 19th at the beautiful Quarry Golf Club. Here is Part 1 of excerpts from his informative and interesting segment from the event. How did you feel after the big win against La. Tech? It was big, we had been working hard all week and sticking to our mission, day out and doing the right things on the field and off. The kids are getting their act in order and our GPA went up over two points the first semester. I was like, those are all things that mean a lot. Our kids were doing the right things on and off and it translated into success against La. Tech. Talk about your journey from UIW to North Texas We had some real success there (at UIW) and felt like it was time to take a shot at playing a little bit bigger brand of football, so we went back up to Washington State and took our quarterback with us, who I think will be a great player in the NFL here in a couple of years, Cam Ward. I knew it was going to be a struggle, you know, talking to those guys up there that didn't feel like they were where they were before offensively, since coach Leach left. And really, I got the job because of Coach Leach. The AD at Pullman was the same guy that hired him at Washington State, and he called Mike and said, “hey, if you're gonna let anybody run their offense who would you want to run it? And so, he sent me in. So, I just thought it was good for me, at that time in my career, to make that move and so we went there, and I signed a three-year contract, extremely happy about the move. I took my wife and my two young boys up to Pullman, Washington. We traded our water skis in for snow skis. They love the snow. You know, we really wanted to be there. I was telling Robert earlier we built a beautiful house there and we lived in that house. My wife did a phenomenal job decorating it. I lived in the house for two months before I got the call to come back to North Texas. And so, my wife wasn't very happy. She spent a lot of time in Pullman to build that beautiful home. But then how could I pass it up? Texas kind of got me where I am today and I am thrilled to be at North Texas. Tell us your thoughts and experience with the Portal and NIL It has been an interesting, you know, case study for the future in my opinion. I've never been a huge believer in the transfer portal. That's not how I want to build a program. I think it's hard to build them to last that way and to sustain a great culture. And so, you know, hindsight is 20/20, as we go through it. You know we formed great relationships I felt with the kids that we had there (at UNT). But with the money that some of these schools are paying them like it's become a little bit ridiculous. So, we did a good job with retention, although once these kids graduate, they have the freedom to go where they want. They could transfer as many times as they wanted, and so we had six key starters that left after spring ball that went to the SEC for money and whatnot. And so, you know, I took over a team that that had been to the C-USA conference championship and played Boise tough in a bowl game. They played UTSA last year in Conference USA, so I didn't want to come in and just blow the whole thing up and you know, because these guys have had some success, I wanted to be respectful of that. And so, to be honest. With you, I didn't do a lot of things my way. Or should I say the way that we did it at Incarnate Word and now in hindsight it it's kind of bitten me in the tail a little bit, to be honest with you because, at the end of the day those kids I had built great relationships with, I mean they left for bigger and better places. We have great case studies now and I really think this will all even out at some point. I mean, so we're tracking them every week, right? So, there's six guys that all transferred out via the portal and NIL and only one of them is a backup and the rest are on the bench and he's playing just a few minutes, so the data has been pretty compelling. All these guys that left were all Conference USA players. Now they're going and they're on the bench and their backups, right? Maybe that's what they want. Maybe it's not, but it's pretty remarkable. Just the transformation of this and what is taking place in the portal. But for us to be able to build a roster has been challenging. You know, for me, we felt some challenges the first year in this thing because we just lost so much production, we lost our two best linebackers. We both lost both of our best tight ends, our top receiver. And this is all post spring and so it put us in a little bit of a predicament. But at the same time, I think, you know, I kind of I went away from some of the things that I truly believed in. I think momentum is like one of the key words in all of college football and to gain positive momentum is tough in any corporation or organization. Gaining positive momentum is also so hard initially - like it takes so much time, so much effort, so many things to happen right. And when I'm taking over as the leader of a conference championship caliber team. And initially you have positive momentum like. I mean, it's such a joy to go to work every day. Everybody listens to what you're saying. They believe in it. But on the contrary, like when you get negative momentum, especially in a football building or a program, like it really takes the life out of you. I mean, for three weeks we had the worst start to the season that we could have had imagined and for three weeks I didn't sleep a wink; my wife's worried about me. I'm young and I'm going through these moments of doubt wondering what am I not doing right? And so finally, just after we ended up losing to Florida International, I just totally reset the vision that I had for the program. And I told the guys, and it was clear what my vision was, and they were going to be with us or they're going to be out. And they're going to be part of the problem or part of the solution? No more excuses. How did you overcome the rough start to the season? And so, I just took a chapter from you know my mentor, Michael Leach. Which, you know there were so many things that Mike taught me, on how to build a program from the ground up. But we went all in on it and over the last two weeks I've suspended 12 guys and 7 other starters they didn't play against Florida International. We suspended our starting corner and middle linebacker last week because they didn't get their study hours and one of them was 17 minutes short of it so we've kinda gone back to drawing a line in the sand and just doing it the way that we've done it in the past now. We have built this sense of accountability which it was hard for me to, like, do those things at first because they had so much success and I didn't want to come in and act like we just needed something completely different. And then you just don't know until you know, right? And so, it was such a big learning lesson for me and then even last week we went to La. Tech and played extremely well on offense and let them back in it. I think they scored 23 points and got a couple on-sidekicks to tie it in the in the fourth quarter. We had a minute left, and we went on a great two-minute drive, kicked the field goal, and won the game just as time expired. But it's just been so refreshing like to me and it's like I will forever remember this for the rest of my life as, for as long as I'm coaching. It is sort of like I let my guard down. And we spent the whole spring establishing a culture and a vision of it. But I did a bad job of really day in day out of telling these kids we're doing right and I let too many things slide to be honest with you and it showed up and our discipline, our penalties, I mean all the little things were showing up on film of the accountability piece to it right? And everybody knows that that football is one of the toughest sports out there? And I think that you know me at the at the helm of this thing allowing these things to just be brushed to the side and not enforcing you know any kind of accountability on the kids really took a step back and caused us to probably lose a game that we shouldn't have and so it was a very big learning lesson for me and the staff. Talk about your mentor Mike Leach Just another cool story I brought up about Mike earlier but, you know, it's been a very emotional year for me. Just because everything was Leach and he's been my guy and I missed him so much especially my phone calls with him all the time. But I was actually sitting so in the staff room at Washington state, exactly where Mike always sat at the head of the table. That was my seat as the offensive coordinator in our staff room and so the day he died, I got a phone call from Sharon, his wife, to tell me that he had just passed and I was actually sitting in his seat, that I remembered him sitting in the last time I was on staff with him. So, it was a super emotional day for me. Obviously to be there, and to remember all those great memories I had. And the very next morning at 6:00 AM, we're about to get on a plane to go to a bowl game and I got a phone call that I would be the next head coach at North Texas. And I was sitting in this seat again when I got the call. And so, another surreal moment for me that someone that was looking down on me and you know, I know he'd be super proud of me, and I know a bunch of people in here have fond memories of Mike but… I am sorry to end this whole thing on a note like that but that's all I got. Editors note: We were treated very kindly from the San Antonio Quarterback Club staff who rolled out the red carpet and we wanted to share a link to their charity whose mission is to promote, support and financially assist the Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation, which provides acute and long term resources to individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury in a high school football-related event. San Antonio Quarterback Club Link Part II can be found here and, as always Go Mean Green!

A fire the head coach thread a couple of weeks into his first football season is pretty embarrassing and disappointing too.

We all know teams need bye weeks to rest players and, in our case, implement some much-needed changes on defense. As a fan, I'm not too fond of Saturdays without Mean Green football, but I tolerate them and cope by rewatching the previous game to see anything I missed or what we can build upon. Saturday's replay session made one thing very clear. Chandler Rogers has the elusive clutch gene and ice water in his veins. In the two drives that changed the game, Chandler Rogers put the team on his back and made the right plays when they counted the most. As you'll see below, he appeared calm, cool, and collected in the game's critical moments. Fast forward - 1:56 left in the 1st half. LaTech just gashed our defense with a 56-yard run to start off a two-play, 0:20-second scoring drive capped off with a 19-yard TD pass to Smoke Harris. 16-14 good guys, but we've lost the momentum, and we're starting the drive from our 11-yard line. 1st & 2nd downs are both two-yard gains by Adeyi. Now 3rd & 6 with 1:06 left before halftime, Rogers stands tall in the pocket and throws an absolute strike to Damon Ward for 32 yards to the UNT 47. The delivery is spot-on, placed just over the cornerback's head and right in front of the safety crashing down on the play. Without this dime throw, we end up punting from our 15-yard line and hoping and praying our defense doesn't allow another quick scoring drive in the last minute. We have a fresh set of downs, we're in the hurry-up, and the momentum is turning. The pass on 1st down is batted down at the line. On 2nd down, LaTech dials up a linebacker blitz. The extra man is picked up to perfection as Rogers reads his progressions and sees Roderic Burns gearing down his route in the soft spot of the zone. Rogers pulls the trigger for a 22-yard gain down the right-hash to the LaTech 31. The clock is moving, Rogers hurries everyone up to the line and takes a quick deep shot down the left sideline to Maclin. The ball is slightly overthrown and out of bounds near the goal line, but no harm, no foul. 0:27 left in the half… 2nd down. Chandler "Hit-Stick" Rogers delivers the block heard around the world. You know what block I'm talking about. The all-over-social-media-de-cleater sealed the backside and sprung Adeyi for 25 yards to the LaTech 6-yard line. 0:18 seconds left, North Texas timeout. LaTech is on their heels. Out of the timeout, Rogers hits a leaping Damon Ward between three defenders for the touchdown. LaTech's defense is dejected, their fans are quiet, and all you can hear in-stadium is the UNT band fired up. Eight plays, 89 yards, 1:16 time of possession, executed to perfection. UNT 23 - LaTech 14 headed into halftime. Fast forward again - UNT's defense is reeling (again). LaTech converts an onside kick and then quickly scores on a 3-play, 53-yard TD drive to cap off 17 straight points to tie the game. UNT's three-score lead has evaporated in under 7 minutes, the message board is a hot-mess, and the last time Rogers possessed the ball, he had a 10-point lead. The game appears to be headed for OT with the momentum and crowd firmly in LaTech's corner. But to borrow a legendary line from Mr. Lee Corso, Not so fast, my friend! There's still 1:04 left before OT. We later learn Coach Morris told Rogers before the final drive, "They left us too much time." First down is a one-yard pickup from Adeyi. The clock's ticking... Out of the no-huddle on 2nd down, Rogers and Burns hookup for 23 yards to the UNT 49. The throw is almost a carbon copy of the pass before the half: a beautiful zone read, with a perfect strike to Burns. Move the chains. 0:47 left in the game. Clutch. First down is a quick-hit six-yard out-route to Jordan Smart to the LaTech 45. The clock is stopped, and Rogers looks in full command of the offense. Second down is a pass batted down at the line of scrimmage. The pressure builds on a pivotal 3rd & 4 with 0:34 seconds on the clock. Our wide receivers line up trips-right, UNT calls a designed play that rolls Chandler to his right to throw on the run. The result is a well executed seven-yard pass to Burns on an out route to the sidelines at LaTech's 38-yard line — another big first down to keep the drive alive and stop the clock. With 0:25 left in the game, Chandler drops back but finds his receivers covered. The pocket quickly collapses, and Chandler scampers to the right sideline for 3 yards to again stop the clock. His awareness and athleticism under pressure avoid what would have been a disastrous sack just outside of field goal range. Now 2nd & 7, at the 35-yard line, Chandler tries for another downfield bomb, this time intended for Jordan Smart down the left sideline. The pass is right on the money; however, credit to LaTech, their defensive back does a great job breaking up the pass. On 3rd & 7, with thirteen ticks left on the clock, UNT runs a beautifully timed draw play into a blitzing defense expecting a pass. Adeyi bolts for 21 yards out of bounds at the LaTech 14 with 0:07 left on the clock, putting us well within field goal range for the win. You all know what happened next. Noah Rauschenberg split the uprights, Eric Morris notched his first UNT victory with a Stone Cold celebration to boot, and Chandler Rogers showed Mean Green Nation that he's a dawg with a clutch gene.

Honestly, reading through this is what makes me think this coaching staff gets it and will figure it out.

It is asinine, but people should be able to post their asinine opinions as long as they don't contain threats or anything inappropriate.

*Waiting to see who will be the first to complain about this*

This is the second part of a series covering UNT Head Football Coach Eric Morris's guest speaking engagement at the monthly San Antonio Quarterback Club luncheon on Tuesday September 19th at the beautiful Quarry Golf Club. Tell us some more Mike Leach stories. There's a bunch of great Mike Leach stories. But since they are Mike stories, you must first figure out what audience you are talking to (crowd laughter). There are a few women in here in the audience. So that eliminates 98% of it, I think (crowd laughter). I think everybody knows Mike is just being quirky and you know we’ve seen him go into rants and tangents, and everyone that knew him has seen them. You that knew him in here, you know. After a big win he could still go off on the whole team like no other but I think just his discipline and toughness to be the same for so many years was so amazing to me. The more I get into those that followed him the more amazed I get. You look at the tree branches of coaches that have coached under him, that's just phenomenal that have had, you know, guys like Lincoln Riley and Dana Holgerson and Sunny Dykes and Kliff Kingsbury, Graham Harrell and the list it just goes on and on and. But I think. like we all loved the game of football but there were times we got so bored with the monotony of him doing the same thing over and over… but the man he truly believed in sticking to a process more than any human being I've ever been. I was at Texas Tech for five years and we never added a new offensive play. We never practiced differently. We never lifted weights differently like the consistency of doing that is just mind boggling to me even now as I look back on it. And these guys around me were sharp minds. They had smart brains. Lincoln Riley, Cliff Kingsbury, Sunny Dykes and more. All these guys I think got so bored with doing the same thing over and over and over that when they started their own head coaching deals, like they want to go out and put their kind of spin on things. Which I am sure Mike would have supported each and every one of them but again he was himself so unique in how he approached football and life. But just like to see Mike when, when I lived in Pullman with him, when I went up there with him for the first time, I mean, he didn't even have a car. In Pullman, there's these huge rolling hills, and it would snow, and he would walk to and from practice from his house every day. I mean EVERY single day and just like the toughness he displayed as a coach he would never change that walk no matter what the conditions were outside. He doesn't get to the office till usually right when we practiced. I can even script it exactly today. You know, at 1:00PM he was walking on the field. And so that's when he showed up to work - usually every day - it was never before noon. Now that said, he would extremely late hours and you were on his time. And he never told you to schedule when to be there or when you could leave. Like there's zero scheduling ever. Like you knew the practice routine. You started meetings at precisely 2:30PM. You're on the field at 3:30 and you're off currently and what not. But then you know he would be there very late at night and sometimes the discussions would veer off into other subjects. The worst 2 weeks of my life, though, with Mike, was when he was co-authoring a book about the Apache leader Geronimo, and so I don't know if anybody here has read the Geronimo book that he co-authored (several hands are raised), but he was so he's a big-time history buff. And so, during the spring ball for 2 1/2 three weeks he brought in the world’s most renowned Geronimo historian. You can imagine what this guy looked like? (Laughter in audience). This guy walked in and our whole staff like holy moly who in the heck is this guy? (More laughter). So, I sat next to Mike and Mike said, hey, get out of that chair. This is where I can’t remember the expert’s name. Anyway, the Geronimo expert is sitting in that chair now. “Yes, Sir” I told Mike and so, I moved to the front of the room to give his distinguished guest my seat. So, Mike had this legal pad. He's a lawyer. Right? And so that's big, long yellow legal pad is absolutely the only thing he could write on. And so, he had two legal pads and one of them had a blue pen for Geronimo and the other one had a red pen in it, and it was for football and so you know it, it was football. It said that in big letters right at the top of the page. Both pads said what they were for at the top. You have heard about him, you know that he can get on these rants and talk about things, right? We're talking about 1:32 AM in the morning. We're going over what we did good. What we did bad and that we're trying to install a new offense and then just out of nowhere, he'd say, you know, that reminds me of…..and then he would slide the football pad up he’s slide Geronimo back (laughter) and everyone would look at one another and be thinking Holy Smokes!! And he would always go to about a consistent until about 4:00 AM discussion on Geronimo and hey look, I don’t ever say I hate or dislike many people but man I do not ever want to see this Geronimo consultant again (crowd laughing) … Has anybody read the book by the way? (Several audience members raised their hand, and one said it was a very good read). Cause I refuse to read it, I will never read it (laughter). Talk about recruiting and how it has changed from UIW and Washington State to North Texas? Yeah, absolutely, I think recruiting is relationship based still as much as people want to build those things now with facilities and whatnot. Now there's some change to it that we've had to adapt to, in particular the element of money. I mean, I had two kids sitting in my office. One of them cried because he didn't want to leave, and they were going to pay $150,000 for one year to play at Auburn this next year. And so, it was life changing money and he had just had a kid. And he had to go, and I told him that too. So, there are some changes, but there always be about relationships. I mean, I hired a staff that has strong Texas high school football coaching ties. You know, three of them coached at that level. And so I think to be able to create and build your roster off a strong high school class every year is super important with the understanding now that you got to know even you know if we find a guy and he is developing and he performs at a really high level quickly, like there's a good chance someone's going to pay him to come play for them. And that's just a fact. Now, we must understand that so I will be more aggressive now just knowing that attrition is going to happen every year and we'll do a better job of kind of plugging some holes if you will, with more portal and transfers. And so, this year, you know, we took 7 transfers and five of them are playing significant minutes. Course Right now, I get 85 scholarships and I only have 79 full scholarships right now. This is just because I didn't want to just go sign somebody late in the summer for the sake of signing them. We looked for some positions, but we just didn’t feel as staff it helped. So, I saved on my spots, and we will sign another huge high school class this year, and then we'll be a little bit heavier number of transfers, we will probably sign 10 to 15 transfers this time around. The one thing that's bad, like I believe in these kids and the growth of them, but you see it now more than ever that these coaches are turning over these rosters and just telling these kids to leave now and so, that's hard for me to do but at times for you to manage an organization and be the best you can be on Saturdays, you're going to have to do that. And so, there’s, I think some dead weight that that we'll try to cut from the roster next year and please understand, when I say cut, I mean we will do everything in our power to find these guys another place where they can play. We truly do care about these kids here and always will. And most of these guys have graduated so that should make it easier for them. And I hate that, but it is just what it is now with the system we have and these roster changes and so on. And it stinks right? But it is the reality we all face. And then you have Coach Prime (Deon Sanders) completely revamping his entire team… Yeah, I think it's as simple as just. A lot of those guys are just not going to play there and most of these kids, you know they have pride in themselves, and they want to feel like they're respected, and they want to feel like they are going to have a chance to be a part of the team. Like I know a couple of kids that were in Colorado, and I think the conversation was as simple as, “Say you're going to be on the Scout team. You're not going to have a chance at it. You're not going to get a look at it. And we're going to try to replace you.” I'll never be that extreme, but I do think too some of these kids love ball like we have a player I've already talked to this year. He’s been here for three years. He has his degree. He has two more years of eligibility. This year, and he legitimately knows he can't play at our level, and he's expressed that he wants to go play football somewhere and he can probably come in and play for Incarnate Word and have a good time and be a nice contributor. But yes, it's interesting and things are changing. What about Coach (Jeff) Traylor and your relationship with him? Has been awesome, like I love Coach Traylor. He was great to me when I was at Incarnate Word, and since I have gotten this job. The American Conference had a head coach meeting, and we went to dinner a couple of nights when we were in Colorado and, I got to say, just to have somebody like him and his input. He has a sense of some of the same things and feelings we go through in this job, and it is just great to have people like that just to bounce ideas off and see kind of which directions are the best ways to go. It's sort of like uncharted territory right now (with the portal and NIL) for all of us. Like, I truly don't think there's a perfect answer for a bunch of it right now. It helps to have others bounce ideas off and share experiences. Do these players that transfer, do they receive any guidance or counseling on how to handle that money? Yes, they do. So, most programs now, these Collectives as they're called it, are doing a bunch of training and whatnot with the kids. And so like, we can't be involved with any of it. But I do know that like our collective at UNT will be doing that. And UNT will do once a month, if not once a month once every two months training on it. We're sure they do you know all the tax stuff with them and really sit down and teach them you know what kind of taxes they're going to be paying. And so yes, it’s getting more and more legit as time goes on. In my opinion, we're helping these kids and understanding how to manage some of this money. I saw a clip the other day that there's an offense lineman from A&M I guess that's made a ton of money. He just purchased his first house with the money that he's getting or something which is good to see right? So, it's getting better and better with time. Put some 4-man fronts in last game rather than three on defense. Which scheme do you prefer more? Or which one typifies the personnel that UNT has? Yeah, I think you know, I think it was a good mix up for us (to use some 4-man fronts against La. Tech) and too - you know, everybody thinks just because we put in the 4-man front for that game, ironically the two most explosive runs that they had that game against us were both more 4 down front sets. So, I think the message is not much about scheme as it is as a team we have got to learn how to tackle better. At the linebacker level and Safety level. We've had some tackling issues so far, no matter what defense we've been in. I do like that the 4 man fronts you know, are helping Mazin Richards and guys like that naturally can rush the passer a little bit better from that formation. We got a couple sacks off it and so I think it'll be something we'll continue to grow on, and we'll continue to implement it, but we're not going to go totally away from what we believe in (3-3-5), but I thought it was a good Little Mix up for us in that last game for sure. Editors note: We were treated very kindly from the San Antonio Quarterback Club staff who rolled out the red carpet and we wanted to share a link to their charity whose mission is to promote, support and financially assist the Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation, which provides acute and long term resources to individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury in a high school football-related event. San Antonio Quarterback Club Link Part I of this series can be found here and, as always Go Mean Green!

I don't speak for the mods here, but as someone who has moderated large message boards for a long time, I have found that when you give users explanations for your actions, that just makes them want more explanations. And any time the users revolted and called for me to be run out of town, I thought about how nice it would be if they succeeded.

Big week for the North Texas '24 recruiting class. A very nice mixture of commits and targets coming into town this weekend. 9 recruits in total will be coming to Denton this weekend. 5 on the offensive side of the ball and 4 on the defensive side. Name Pos Ht Wt Recruiting Page Hudl Miles Coleman WR 5'5 140 247 Highlights Tyler Harrington TE 6'2 225 247 Highlights Brandon Jones Jr. LB 5'11 170 247 Highlights Kerry Williams CB 5'11 165 247 Highlights Cash McCollum QB 6'4 213 247 Highlights Brandon Young Jr. TE 6'5 240 247 Highlights Cameron Lewis OT 6'3 290 247 Highlights Zhaiylen Scott DE 6'2 230 247 Highlights Jason Douglas Jr. DL 6'3 245 247 Highlights

I admit, I was discouraged after losing to Cal the way we did. And, I was furious after losing to FIU. That loss is still inexcusable. But, I will give Morris credit for fixing our offense. The problem is that Morris is the head coach, so the defensive failures fall at his feet too. Until the defense is adequately addressed, he will continue to feel the heat. Personally, I'm a big believer in free speech, and have issues with topics and/or posts being deleted just because they may be opposed to those of the mods. We are all Mean Green fans. There has to be enough room for all of our logical concerns and opinions. I don't know why threads have been deleted, but I'd love to read a statement explaining the reasoning.

On the contrary, Eric Morris himself said as such. He said it's a roster that's ready to go and compete and win right now. And if his words aren't compelling enough for you, his actions (or lack thereof) in the portal should solidify that he meant it.

Friday in Fort Worth, the Arlington Heights HS FCA was lead by 2016 Heights grad Deion Hair Griffin. The 43 athletes at the FCA gathering enjoyed pizza, fellowship and a word of encouragement from Deion. Great shirt!

I was always fond of this Scrappy

As many have said in the past, compared to other schools, the jobs of AD and head football coach at UNT are probably the easiest in major college football as they are protected from criticism and not held accountable for performance.

Thanks, Harry! I like this Coach more and more. I hope he can make the adjustments to keep us in the win column. I feel like there is so much untapped potential with Coach Morris. I guess we will see.

Whelp, that 3-3-5 comment will tick some fans off, but overall this was a great interview and made me love coach Morris more than I did. Thanks for the write up!

It could be a version of Scrappy?

If the AD doesn’t like the negativity on the forum then do your job and win. Don’t blame us if you fail or you lose recruits. We’re not getting paid. You are.

So we should all just hold hands and smile? Is this board's or this athletic department's mentality so fragile that 1 fan's opinion is going to make the whole thing come crashing down? You can feel any way you like about the thread, but everyone on this board should have a problem with unwarranted censorship. This kind of thing should be unacceptable.

September 24, 1946. It was a great day for North Texas. Charles Edward "Joe" Greene born this day in Temple, Texas. Happy Birthday, Joe! Fly Like An Eagle! GMG! And "LIGHT THE TOWER"

I have avoided jumping in on this conversation because most think I am already paid by the staff.. But Coach O has been a huge asset to North Texas in the recruiting game. He is well respected all over the state of Texas and beyond and has an incredible eye for talent. Yelling in his mention on twitter for a defense or a team struggling when the guy has literally been on UNT campus for one semester is a little over the top. North Texas is really going to have to up his pay this offseason because I can guarantee he will be highly sought after. I hope North Texas will be able to hang on to him for atleast a couple recruiting cycles. He has been a huge part we have had such success in DFW and South Dallas.

I mean, heck, why not flip the craziness the other way too? He succeeded once in three chances, that’s hall of fame credentials for a baseball hitter.

No more talk about contract extensions, salary increases, 3-3-5 scheme that involves deleting threads, fire the mods now. It’s time to move on after 3 games. No more old Denton.

I've modded a couple of large, exceptionally ornery Facebook groups as well as modding smaller groups across a multitude of platforms across the last 20 years. I don't have any insight into GMG's moderation policies, but as someone who has referred lots of online pie fights in my past mod roles, I'd ask you to take a second to think about the title of this thread versus the title of the thread being referenced by this thread. There's a whole world of difference between "So we really can't criticize the head coach, eh?" and "FIRE ERIC MORRIS." The gap between criticizing the head coach in Week Three of his first season and calling for the head coach to be fired in Week Three of his first season is not trivial. My hunch is that if the thread referenced in this one were titled something like "Eric Morris Needs to Improve" or "Five Things Eric Morris Has To Fix," it would still be up. Maybe I'm wrong, but I bet it would still be up. No matter how much we may disagree in our Mean Green football opinions, all of us are here by choice. If you find the site moderation to be too onerous or the mod policies to be too vague or opaque, then get some friends together and go start a Facebook group or build your own forum site with the moderation policies you desire.

Plus, that is the most un-Eppy looking Eagle I've ever seen. THIS is what the hippy-dippy committee that changed the mascot name had in mind. THIS is Eppy. This......is the original Scrappy AND this is son of scrappy The original has a "dad bod", but both of them have a look that says "you don't want to mess with me".

I am definitely missing something here. Is this not a private board and the owners basically have control within the rules of the internet? GMG provides a free service and it is up to the users if they want to participate or not. The site owners don't owe the users anything. Look at other sites and I believe you will be much more appreciative of this messageboard.

Daizon Carroll, Elex Woodworth, Cole Brown all had 0 fbs offers besides UNT. All three turned out to be very great OL for North Texas. I am not saying make a living offering kids with no offers. But EM had great success at UIW finding under the radar OL and developing. Alot of them moved up to the FBS level this offseason and several are starting. On both sides of the line until North Texas has a great run of success they will have to find some diamonds in rough.

A Smut loss is a win for everyone!!

Nice article! This coach is a much better communicator and tells a really good story. I really like and appreciate his honesty. Folks will not like him sticking with the 335 though but at least he is honest about that.

Clearly an opossum.

You wouldn't have gotten two sentences of that out of Seth. So refreshing just to have a head coach that likes to talk to fans and media. I think it makes a huge difference to the fanbase to connect with transparency what's going on inside the program. Grant was great at that too.

Wow. Great stuff Harry. Very insightful and honest assessment from EM!

I do agree that it is a private board and that the owners are free to run it however they choose to do so. However, I also don’t believe that it is unreasonable for members to have clarity regarding rules and expectations around their participation. Nobody enjoys having their posts removed and I’m sure they would like to know what specifically to avoid in the future. Do the owners owe users anything? I suppose not, but at the end of the day the users creating content are what makes this site valuable. While yes, this site is much better put together than others (not including the atrocious ads on mobile), it doesn’t matter if there’s nobody here to create content.

He makes a million dollars a year. No one is forcing him to be the head coach at UNT or any school for that matter. It’s his choice. But what’s interesting is they want our money. They want us to purchase season tickets. They want us to allocate our time to travel and attend games paying for parking and concessions. Just don’t hold them accountable.

2 commits. 1 more may be coming tonight.

FIFY

It’s quite refreshing how candid he’s been as a head coach. I know HS recruiting is still important for success of a program, but he’s also quite aware how the TP can quickly improve your team’s chances. And, I know Caponi was his hire, but I hope he doesn’t attach himself to his hip throughout his tenure. If something isn’t working, please have the common sense to find alternatives instead of making excuses for it.

Not sure, but I got offered $25 and a case of Ensure as a 57 year old former CB/QB/WR to stay away.

Moulaye Sissoko would like a word with you...

What do you mean? 🤪

How about a kinder, gentler Scrappy? :)

Umm, First Team Off.: Gabe Blair OL Second Team Off: Rod Burns WR, Ayo Adeyi RB HM Off: Jordan Smart WR, Febechi Nwaiwu OL. CB of the Year: Ridge Texada First Team Def: Texada Second Team Def: Mazin Richards Edge Third Team Def: Logan Wilson Safety HM Def: Rod Brown DT https://collegefootballnetwork.com/all-aac-college-football-team-individual-honors-2023-preseason/

Tried that yesterday...still went poof. But what I could pick up from that is that there are some (small/significant?) changes in the background going on, and honestly it's smart to not put it all out there until ready. Lack of transparency, but it's still a privately owned board. So, yes, I think something is afoot, and we'll have to endure a bit of micromanaging until then. I'm not crazy about it, and I certainly don't like being told I can't be critical of my team. But I'll give my b*tching a break and see what happens. If I don't like it...We can open our own forum. With blackjack and hookers.