ntmeangreen11

Solid addition

The FCS teams do not matter to me at all, I will take an easier W early in the season every year. This obviously isn't the pick of the litter for G5 teams to sign home and homes with but I would imagine the conference switch messed things up considerably. It is what it is, we should be able to win every one of these games you can't argue with that.

The only thing in my post you disputed was how much time you put in to this by using a phone instead of a computer. Damn.

You've been doing this for years. There is no way you have a girlfriend or wife, or I guess boyfriend in your case. If you're doing this on multiple forums you're putting hours and hours of your life in to this. If I had to guess there's not a lot of happiness in your real life and this is a way for you to fill that void. That's pretty pathetic, may god have mercy on your soul and I hope you seek help.

The only year we had a good defense during Littrells time we ran a 3 man front. I’m not saying it’s that simple but I’m hoping we can be top 80 in scoring defense I think that’s possible. I wish we had Ejiya Tyreke Davis Kemon Hall and Brooks back this season.

Can't wait for the nutrition staff to put together a unique diet for him to shed his bad weight. Can't wait for the training staff to put together a custom workout for him to develop athletically. Can't wait for the OL coach to put hundreds of hours in to develop him as a football player. He will start as a sophomore, earn 1st team All-AAC honors, look like our first first round pick in 50+ years with his size only to transfer to a P5. College football in 2023.

You guys may very well buy yourself in to the PAC but I took particular joy in seeing twitter posts from the Highland Park Hand Humpers loyal who actually believe you will stop playing in front of 15k crowds if the opponent is Cal and not East Carolina. I'm aware our attendance sucks for student body size, fair, but I'm not delusional enough to think switching to the PAC would change that.

He's added a few FBS offers. His tape doesn't jump off the screen, his production wasn't off the charts, but he sheds blocks well, technique can be spotty but when he puts it all together on some plays you can see why teams like him. Really hoping we land him, especially if his listed measurables are correct.

I expected more I will be honest. I have no idea what we're offering when it comes to NIL but I would assume that is what's holding us back. I think if we had made the same investment in recruiting staff size about 10 years ago we would have seen the results I thought were possible. I thought Coach O alone would bring in at least 1 very highly rated player based on what I was told about him. I'm not doggin anyone, coaches or commits, I just expected more to this point and that's probably on me for unrealistic expectations. I will say having ten commits with ZERO being OL/DL reminds me of the Dodge days and that's scary. Concerns me we will continue to struggle to recruit high school DL players as we did in the Littrell era.

Funny, that's how I would describe an adult who willingly spends his free time posting on forums for teams he's not even a fan of. You've posted here 346 times, and 346 times no one has given a douchebag what you had to say. Why don't you go fornicate with the highland park hand humpers?

I made a post last season about how loaded the sophomore class was, how many of them had flashed already and how much I was looking forward to them progressing. So many of those guys transferred. Gone are the days of getting excited about a strong class and what it could be once their seniors. It's a season to season league now, putting all that time in for a high school recruit, making a plan for their development, seeing them have success only to leave you high and dry after two seasons doesn't seem worth it.

Hmm...

A backup who signed with ASU last season when they were losing all 4 starters in the secondary and still didn't crack the two deep. What about the WR who averaged ~50 yards receiving per game at an FCS school we got last week? Aren't yall fired up? I won't be as pessimistic as I was at the end of the Littrell era but I reserve the right to be critical about the fact that other than a handful of recruits so far, it's more of the same from the Littrell era, we are hoping their evaluations are correct and they're better at finding diamonds in the rough than other staffs..

Exact quote from a multi year starter on your defense to a P5 transfer on a visit this past December who would end up signing with another P5 school "We didn't see a dime of that 36,000 per player last season if I were you I wouldn't come here, I'll trade spots with you" Seems like ya'll still need to iron the kinks out of your plan to buy success

Man I was hoping the complete lack of any access to practice would change with a new coach. Is this really an AD policy? Because we're gonna get a whole lot of nothin over the next couple weeks, same with fall practice. There's people on this forum with more sources than our beat writer of 20+ years and the 247 coverage has dropped off considerably since Brune left. I realize we have more people on staff to create content but damn I was hoping to have a little more insight in to what's going on with the football program going forward, that's unfortunate.

I think if there's any time to feel that way this is as good of an example as there can be I get it. This isn't a 17 year old backing out of a commitment it's someone who doubled and tripled down on staying here only to leave ONE day in to spring practice.

This is the first one of these where I feel a little betrayed. The Murphy twins leaving was understandable, Gaddie, Roberts, totally understand why they moved on. For this to come a few days after doing a second interview about why you stayed just sucks. I won’t crap on a 20 year old young man for changing his mind but damn this one is a little egregious.

Entering his 7th season he has a career 4.5 YPC average and 18 touchdowns which is terrific. Every team besides the idiotic Cowboys recognizes that running backs are a dime a dozen so for him to get another contract entering his 7th season is pretty remarkable. He was one of the guys who stuck out to me as an obvious future NFL talent in his time here, pretty crazy he went undrafted.

My post wasn't even in response to you. For the most part I agree with your point as well, the system is out of control. No one is trying to be the upset police.

Gaddie played from day one, played thousands of snaps for us, for most of his time here he was the best we had back there. He was a great leader, and a great representative for us and an FBS student athlete in general. He really cared about UNT, go look at his timeline from his whole time here. If you're going to be upset with anyone leaving, this is the wrong guy.

Perhaps him and Clay Jennings didn't have the best relationship? He was his coach for his first two years here. Regardless, good player who gave us 4 years moving on. It is what it is, he will be good wherever he goes.

84" wingspan is 3 inches above the average for NFL lineman at the age of 17 or 18 with time to grow. Not that wingspan is important, but it likely means his arm length is at least above average which is a whole lot more important for offensive tackles. Boom/bust type of player who's effort is evident on every highlight.

As for the topic though, I think we will see this change under the new staff provided we can offer as much as the lower tier P5/upper tier G5 schools do.

I'm not sure how every school does it, and I could be remembering some of what I heard incorrectly, but.. For another student athlete I know of who got $40k it was $2,000 a month ($24k a year) leaving $16k. That part of it was dependent of passing classes, so if he doesn't fail it's $8k for after one semester is over, and an additional $8k once the second semester was over with good grades. Separate from the $40k was a deposit for a brand new 2br condo (player still responsible for paying rent) but the school was also paying for it to be fully furnished and covering all utilities/bills. So to answer your question, I don't think it's a lump sum. That could be different at other schools or for more high profile recruits getting $100k+