[Texas State Hiring Chad Morris]

On 1/28/2024 at 1:34 AM, GrandGreen said:

Some of you make me wonder.

He has two options (really he has many more).

One, to honor his commitment and play for NT.

Two, to go play for his dad.

IMO, I don't think anyone can find fault with either decision. 

 

Heck, do you think Riley Dodge regrets backing out of playing WR at Texas to play for his dad here? (God those were awful days) 

[...Best UNT WBB team ever?]

I would hold off on this projection until the end of the season

[Coach Burton]

On 1/17/2024 at 12:27 PM, MeanGreenTexan said:

I don't think enough is being said about this guy around here.   

He's doing a fantastic job with the ladies.  I'm looking forward to seeing what they cook up for the Mustangs tonight!

Speaking for many here on GMG.com, it's just so "surprising" that a guy could come in here and take over an 11-win team, and already have them at 13-3!   I mean, it certainly should not be expected... what, with all of the roster turnover due to the portal, and what Coach Mitchell left him. </sarcasm>

Speaking for myself, it's not surprising when a winner comes in and wins.  Immediately.  Without excuse.  Takes the players he has, brings in complimentary new players, identifies quality staff, injects a winning mindset... which turns into a winning culture, and Voila! Wins pile up!

He's not a good coach "for North Texas".  He's a good coach.

I'm glad Coach Burton is here, and I look forward to a deep run in the Conference Tournament!  THIS YEAR!

things never said to me in high school

[QB commit - Chandler Morris - transfer from TCU]

It's gonna be Kason Martin isn't it? 

[Nick Saban retiring]

22 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

When people say college sports don't matter to a university.

"Since Nick Saban arrived in 2007, Alabama's enrollment has increased from 25,000 students to 40,000 students.

That's a 60% jump compared to a 10% national average.

But the *type* of student matters much more.

Alabama went from the majority of its student body consisting of in-state students to the majority now being from out-of-state.

This is important because those students pay 3x more in annual tuition  — $32,000 vs. $11,000 — and it means Alabama increased its annual revenue by hundreds of millions under Nick Saban."

Source:

 

 

They say athletics is a window to the university 

[Attendance Tracker]

On 1/1/2024 at 10:38 AM, NT80 said:

Hopefully better conference opponents this season will bring more fans. 

The home non-conference opponents were pretty dull.

unfortunately our team also crapped the bed in non con too...

[Women improve to 7-1 with win against Pepperdine]

When have the women been this far over .500 before? 

 

[Breaking: Seth Littrell Lands at OU]

1 hour ago, aztecskin said:

@MeanGreenTexan I get what you mean but I think he did a solid job here. The first 60% of his tenure is already an outmoded way of recruiting. If he goes on to do something better it will be because of what he learned here as a head coach. 

Made great hires early on but lack of adjustments, missed development, and poor OC hires post Harrell kind of doomed him. 

A nice change of pace from Mac and Dickey, just wish he was out selling the program more when he was here

[Breaking: Seth Littrell Lands at OU]

1 hour ago, Udomann said:

Congrats to him. That's about as good a landing spot he could have hoped for.

 

And more importantly, that does offset some of his buyout costs doesn't it?

I'm wondering if he's co-OC if the salaries are split too 

i also think he stays put for awhile. SEC OC gigs dont come by often 

[Houston we have a problem!]

33 minutes ago, Cougar King said:

WVU was about to fire Dana. Dana is friends with Fertitta and had coached here before. 

 

Fertitta got his feelings hurt by Herman and Sumlin leaving, so he wanted coaches who would stay forever. Hence why we ended up with Applewhite and Holgerson. 

Both Lincoln Riley and Lane Kiffin were ready to take the job when Applewhite was hired but Fertitta's stupid contract scared them off.

What was the contract?

ill say this, Fertitta and co definitely got the basketball hire right. 

[Breaking: Seth Littrell Lands at OU]

39 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

There's no way he would take that job.  He's had plenty of time to see that program up-close to know better.   It'd be a home run hire for UTEP though.  .500 football and continuous bowl eligibility would be huge for them.

How much is he making as an analyst? Bet he's waiting out a P5 OC gig.

[Houston we have a problem!]

1 minute ago, Ross Hodgeson said:

That place exists on a shoe string budget and has high school facilities.  He would be wise to bail now that Harris is gone.

Does he wait next year for Aranada to slip and Baylor to be open? Maybe Arkansas? 

[Houston we have a problem!]

25 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

interesting to watch, I was very confused from the beginning of Holgorsen's move to Houston, i thought he had a decent gig in West Va.

It was also interesting to see the move from Houston's part, considering their pretty decent track record working with up and coming coaches. 

With a buyout like they have (now seems small thanks to our friends in College Station), it will be interesting to see what kind of coach they bring in next.

Holgo had a background in Texas with his time at Tech. I think Houston paid more too. 

Also the Houston president said "We fire people at 8-4".... and Holgo only hit that once. 

 

 

[2023 North Texas Assistant Coach Salaries and Other Notable Assistants]

In Summary:

Division 1 College coaching gigs are pretty sweet deals $$ wise

Also, remember when we paid our HEAD COACH $150k?

[Footballscoop says it is down to 3]

4 hours ago, Coffee and TV said:

Jimbo's success can all be placed on Jameis Winston's shoulders in the 2nd half of the Rose Bowl. He has never accomplished anything since and his mediocre stint at A&M for a bajillion dollars proved that. 

Hey Seth pocketed a couple of million off of Mason Fine.....

[Boise State fires head coach]

11 minutes ago, Travis said:

That’s very true for year two. Year three was like year one.  We were ‘in’ a lot of games but that’s worthless. But with year one and three he was only ‘two plays away’ from winning like 5-6 games. And that got old hearing crap like that. Hell, i even heard Mac say that once and I was like… oh man that’s always a mark of a bad team. 

I remember his face after we blew the Ohio game in OT..... could've been 2-0. Was downhill from there 

[Boise State fires head coach]

18 minutes ago, Travis said:

While I get your point… i do. Everytime i have heard this kind of line we have had a really bad team.  I have heard EM say as much and it reminds me of dodge saying something similar. 

difference is dodge's first couple of teams weren't remotely competitive

[Boise State fires head coach]

Talk about a couple of bounces changes the season..... 4 one possession losses.... switch those up and you're 9-1 

[North Texas receives access to Texas University Fund]

1 hour ago, DentonLurker said:

@meanJewGreen, this is from the R1 Our Way Task Force at UNT.

 

Got it. So there's a plan, per se, but it seems like it's a long way off 

[North Texas receives access to Texas University Fund]

For those in the know academically, could this be a way for us to build a long term plan to get into the AAU? 

[North Texas receives access to Texas University Fund]

4 hours ago, outoftown said:

UNT was already very much on its way to being a more and more respectable research university. Smatresk achieved quite a lot in that regard. This will do a lot to help UNT, Tech UH and TSU close the gap to A&M and UT.

I doubt Baylor, TCU and SMU are thrilled though.

 

It is wild how different of a university academically we are from when I started in 06.

Our football program on the other hand.....

[Worst hire since Dodge?]

12 hours ago, Ibleedgreen said:

I personally remember that Gretchen Bataille was extremely excited about the Dodge hire. Remember that he was considered a football god at the time, albeit at the high school level.

I mean we got front page on the DMN when he got hired. "Enter the dragon" was the caption

then we lost to OU by 69 points

[Pulse of the Fanbase..]

I see a lot of potential here.

the coaching staff just needs to realize that games start in the first half 

[Bob Knight passes at 83]

8 hours ago, Travis said:

I seriously thought he already died. 

his health had been failing for awhile 

[Is Hedlund untouchable?]

11 hours ago, Shotshagger said:

There were a few throughout the season but no more than normal. I think starting defender was out majority of season, subbed-in forward out last 3-4 games.

This team was mentioned to be deepest roster in some time, if so, then one could say plug and play failed us.

I’d say lack of creativity more so than injuries failed us.

Hasnt this been a Hedlund issue for the past few years?

He is the winningest coach in UNT history, but we've never beaten a ranked team or scored a goal in the NCAA Tournament..... sometimes people just reach plateaus.