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That's something that I would never do. Putting it out there that you don't honor your commitments is not something you want to do. If you're a new coach and you don't honor the previous regime's commits that's one thing, but if you recruited the guy to the job you still hold then it's suicide in my opinion.

In a word, yes, having a good women's basketball program does help with the prestige of the overall program. Though it's not readily apparent to many, conferences don't extend invitations just based on football and men's basketball. And there is a reason that conferences give out an all sports trophy...we haven't won the "Vic Bubbas" cup yet.

She speaks so well.

Not the best example. Kevin had his head so pumped up by those around him that lowering himself to play at NT was out of the question. Of course then he went on to prove to everyone what some of us in Denton already knew...big fish in small ponds don't swim so well when you put them out in the ocean.

Wouldn't "niece" have saved keystrokes and confusion? (At least on my part, I had to get out a family tree to sort that out)

Ummmm...I disagree. He should have said something along the lines of "I hope Dr. Bataille remembers that we're getting paid a lot of money to play this game...that m'fer!" Have we learned nothing from the Dickey press conferences?

I don't to say that looked gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I think this would have been more appropriate for these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwyjmSbJPs

Now now Rick, let's not be to demanding. We have to remember that things like "nobody cares about women's basketball anyway", "we have to save money when we hire a leader for a revenue sport", and "have we filled our quota of female/minority coaches yet?" are vital and relevant issues. Wheter we hire someone with a proven track record in our own back yard is secondary. Of course I should be careful. Apparently questioning the "why" of this hire (or more specifically the "why not" when it comes to Capps) means that I'm saying I dislike Shanice Stephens...sure, that makes sense.

Not to bag on you but this is one of the misconceptions that bothers me the most. I don't care what crowd you run with, how poor you are, what your momma or your daddy does, you always have a choice. Kevin Ealey is a grown man and made the wrong choice...if in fact he turns out to be guilty. Again, not trying to jump on you in particular foutsrouts, I just get so tired of the "environmental" defense...especially when I know so many who could have easily used it and didn't.

Look, this hire has nothing to do with her having a child...though if anyone can try to tell me honestly that family concerns don't weigh on your mind in your free time (and yes your work time) then they are crazy. This hire has to do with three simple things: 1)Donna Capps was already a college head coach in DFW. (Stephens' biggest "plus" is her recruiting...think Capps never recruited around here?) 2)Donna Capps was the proven commodity. She's taken a team to the NCAA tournament TWICE. (You can argue, foolishly, that we're talking about the Southland vs. Sunbelt all you want...UTA plays in a hole that can't come close to recruiting to the Super Pit if you recruit correctly) 3)Shanice Stephens hasn't been a part of big time winning anywhere that she has been. (Clemson has won 12 games each of the last two seasons) This screams "low budget" like everything we do around here. The kinds of programs that we always say we aspire to be like go out and find the proven commodities, the coaches that others want, the "sure things". Coach Stephens may not turn out to be a reach...she may go down as the winningest coach in NT history...but just like how we always hope our rivals 2* players outperform the 4* and 5* ones we're forcing ourselves to be giddy over the choice that doesn't have the pedigree.

Could I please, pretty please, get on one of these hiring committees?

Yes, and no. Smaller more athletic teams have competed with, and at times "eaten alive", larger teams who couldn't keep up with them up and down the court or stay with their man when he roamed further than 5 feet from the bucket.

Good to see that the majority of our fans want the person who won't be hired.

After back to back 20 win seasons, increasingly good recruiting and a trip to the NCAA tournament for the second time in NT's history (all with attendance that can be called "sparse" at best) can we now lay completely to rest the "JJ led teams underachieve and/or are ready to fold at any time" comments? Just wondering.

That's actually the reason we don't have a stadium yet. We keep talking about the stadium and ruin the silent phase.

This was how the game should have always been. A bunch of tired beer drinkin alums running around throwing and catching (most of the time) a football. Our "ringers" weren't so off the wall good that the game was no fun, and the game couldn't have been scripted to be more dramatic. I may be 0-5 but I can say I had a blast.

It actually was posted nine minutes apart because I posted it, read a thread, than hit the back button (which took me back to my reply) and hit the "submit post" button instead of the "mean green football" link. I was posting from my phone.

I think we should also get a new stadium.

If Tune passes him up maybe Meager couls find his niche as a special teams star.

They were there to ensure cultural balance amongst the crowd.

They were there to ensure cultural balance amongst the crowd.

I was thinking of strapping c4 to my shoes. Not really smack talk, just figuring that if I were to blow up Fouts we'd have to replace it sooner.

Let me translate: "Largest, easiest target to hit" = "Guy you subconsciously have to talk about even when he hasn't said a word"

I love it. From the day this game was announced I haven't said a single word. Then, out of the blue, a "smack talk" thread appears because I guess there hasn't been enough suspense this year, and who is the subject of more than half of the posts? Oh yeah, that would be me. Now one of two things is true: 1)Despite not having won a single game in the past I'm still the most feared man on the field. Gotta be, seeing as nobody in their right mind would devote so much time and energy to talking about someone who was a non-factor. 2)I should watch my corn hole all game due to just a little too much attention being paid to me by dudes. So which is it?

If we have just 1 thing that is holding us back from going where we want to go it's this kind of attitude. North Texas has for faaaaaaarrrr too long operated on the idea that "we're just glad you bothered to show up...let us cater to your every whim". I, for one, am glad to see our athletic department treat our football program like what it is...division 1 football that you have to pay for like division 1 football. My donation is limited only by how much the wife will let me give (well, that and not being able to write a $45,000,000 check).