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Yeah, I had friends on the team and I was finishing up my degree in 2009. We could go down this rabbit hole all day if you wanted. Seth was a .500 coach, 0-2 in conference championships, and 0-5 in bowl games. He also won 5 games his first year at North Texas. Right now is the time for this staff to impress the fan base. They are rebuilding the roster. If we fail next year, it is on them. The roster will have their finger prints on it. Changes are coming as a result of their actions. I certainly hope they're good changes.

He's on the road recruiting top HS prospects and hosting visitors this weekend. Early signing day is December 20th. We have a ton of transfer portal kids visiting as well. It's going to be an exciting few weeks.

What a strange off-season it has been. After a 5-7 record with multiple close losses, our morale appears to have hit rock bottom. Last year around this time, we had just fired Seth Littrell. Our biggest complaint with Seth was that his teams were uncompetitive in the big games. While we had a couple of 9 win seasons, his teams struggled in the bowl games, and conference championships. Now, we are under the guidance of Eric Morris. Similar to Seth, he is an offensive guru. Eric tried to implement a 3-3-5 defense with a guy that never coordinated a defense, a roster made up of walk ons, JUCO players, transfers, and a couple of guys that were back ups on the Phil Bennett defenses. While our defense was a disaster last year (ranked dead last), we were more competitive in big games. Yes, we all know there were a couple of bad losses (FIU, Navy, and Memphis). Here is the silver lining, we have a full off-season to revamp this roster. One of our biggest complaints with Eric Morris was his handling of the transfer portal. He decided that we not going to be as aggressive in it since we had Seth's guys on the roster. It was a bold strategy, and as a result we probably lost more games than we should have. Am I happy that we lost our best QB, RB, WR, G, and C on offense? Absolutely not. Am I happy that we had the worst defense in the country last year? Absolutely not. Am I happy that we are going to finally test the portal and revamp this roster? Hell yeah! It is looking like we are going to have around 40 spots open this year. That's almost half of the roster. One problem Morris and Co had last year was the buy in with the players. Well guess what, most of the guys that are leaving are former players that Seth recruited here. I know Chandler, Miner, and Cleveland are the exceptions, but the rest are holdovers from the old staff. Morris is rebuilding the roster and establishing a new culture. I know we have been very down on the program over the years, but this could be the one time we are starting with a clean slate to rebuild it. The majority of the staff have great connections throughout the state. I know some of the guys visiting this week have ties to the staff from other stops, and a lot are local kids. Before we just crap on the staff, let's give them time these next few months to rebuild the roster. It is encouraging to see them hitting the road going after new players. I have been impressed by the number of new transfer offers floating around on Twitter. Final thoughts, people are going to complain to regardless of what happens. Give the staff some time this off-season to find new players. Let's see what they do before we have a public freak out session. I am not thrilled to lose some of the guys on offense, but I can't wait to see what this roster looks like next year. My sentiment could be a lot different next year in December, but we can all agree the next few months are going to be interesting. R-E-L-A-X there is a lot of time left before next season gets here. #GMG

Maybe we can ask some of our local failed high school coaches how they handled adversity. I know some of them post on this board anytime there is a problem. Do we have any on this thread that can provide solutions for when the big 6A and 5A schools take their players?

How did fall of 2023 go for us? 1. Lost to FIU 2. Lost to Navy 3. Lost to the top 4 schools in the conference in competitive games. 4. Lost starting QB, RB, WR, G, and C to the transfer portal. I need something positive to happen in 2024.

https://apnews.com/article/deion-sanders-colorado-recruiting-55240a9daa98af60b93d9fe3c65c6a9c I read about him last week. Spent the spring at Colorado. Deion showed him the door. He's currently the starting LT at number 2 Iowa Western.

Dummies can talk football does it again.

If I recall, he was injured most of the year.

Played in 2 games. I remember him being in on one of the last drives against Tulsa. Not sure about the other game.

He seems to do a little bit of everything. Fast, versatile athlete that catches the ball well out of the backfield. I know that is the type of RB that the air raid offense uses historically. He graduates this month so hopefully we can sign him early.

I really liked his film. We need players that fly to the ball like this.

Stats for 9 games: 37 carries 410 yards 8 TDs 36 Tackles (29 solo) 10 TFL 2 sacks 3 FF I can't find his highlight film for the season, but he played in one of the toughest districts in the state. To do this against that type of competition is impressive. I really like the offer list as well. Great job by the staff! Welcome Zhaiylen!

It does suck for the young man, and I hope he bounces back on his feet. However, we need LBs that are going to be able to play right away. Did you guys like being rated last in total defense last year?

He was a Safety for us. Yes, still on the 2023 roster.

At the moment we have 30 plus open spots. That's kind of exciting. We have these guys on the staff with strong connections to the area. Let's see how it shakes out. Best of luck to the guys leaving, we can find replacements in the portal and juco ranks. Notice a pattern with the guys leaving? Ayo Adeyi (Transfered here from a D3 school) Isaiah Johnson (Littrell signed him out of HS) Logan Wilson ( 3rd time to transfer. He played at Kansas State and ULM before here.) Stone Earle ( Transfer from ACU) Ja'Mori Maclin (Transfer from Missouri) Ethan Miner (Transfer from Arkansas State)

He was a walk on. With multiple 7 figure deals.

https://247sports.com/college/north-texas/Season/2024-Football/TransferPortal/?institutionkey=24114 Current Portal: Ayo Adeyi Isaiah Johnson Logan Wilson Stone Earle Ja'Mori Maclin Ethan Miner

Caponi to GMG

I sent a note to the staff, so it's at least on their radar. I know they have multiple people monitoring the portal activity.

Weird, Arkansas OL coach just accepted the Miss State OL job. https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-jeff-lebby-mississippi-state-set-to-acquire-major-sec-assistant-coach

Pro Football Focus, an analytics company that grades players each week.

Oh buddy.... Check the account lol

He was a DE here.