GMG_Dallas

I've said it here before, if politicians were smart they'd put the clamps on college athletics and equal out media dollars across the board, and set salary caps in an effort to level out the playing field. Looking at Texas alone for example, we could be boosting economy in cities like El Paso, San Marcos, Denton, and Huntsville in addition to the already sports-dependent markets like Austin, College Station, and Lubbock. Instead we'd rather keep the same few markets at the top and let the others struggle. Why you wouldn't want more money circulating is beyond me but I guess anything to keep the top dogs happy.

Yeah I caught that part. Guess it just seems like a random thing to bring up. I'd imagine many assistants cross paths over the years while recruiting.

Robinson said in the interview he and Hodge were assistants together at one point. Anybody know where? Or maybe I misunderstood in that they were both assistants at the same time which would seem odd to mention. Made it sound like they've worked together before.

If you take away all the games where we gave up more points than we put up, we're actually undefeated!

There's plenty of dual threat HS QBs who you could recruit. Guys who may not get a sniff at QB at the P5 level but wants to play QB and would be the best athlete on the field at the G5 level. We already regularly seem to have some guys like that on our roster.

None of this is relevant in 2025. They haven't had a winning season in baseball since 2017 and football since 2014.

A good coach is a good coach. No such thing as "just" being a good coach in a bad conference. If that were the case, highmajor programs wouldn't constantly be plucking head coaches from lower tier conferences...

It's been said McCasland couldn't run his system to its fullest here because he didn't have the athletes needed which is why his teams at Tech have looked the way they have. I think it's fair to say a coach in the Horizon may also limit his system to the available athletes. It doesn't take getting into details to come to that conclusion. All I'm saying is let's see what he can do here.

I don't know look it up. You're the one complaining.

Reserving judgment until he actually starts coaching games for us. I don't think McCasland was any more successful at Arkansas State before coming here and Hodge had no D1 HC experience. Maybe Robinson's system couldn't fully be run due to the recruiting challenges the Horizon presents?

Colorado State just promoted a 36 year old who served 1 year as the associate HC and has never been a HC. James Miller has some HC experience and experience with McCasland as an assistant. If we want continuity in our current system that's given us a decade of success, who else is out there? Since I've seen some mention Scott Cross, I'll say it: I really hope we don't go that route. Nothing about him strikes me as homerun hire. He's been a HC for 18 seasons and these are his accomplishments: Championships 1 Southland tournament (2008) 1 Sun Belt tournament (2025) 1 Southland West Division (2012) 2 Sun Belt regular season (2017, 2025) He was barely above .500 in his conference games at UTA and is barely above .500 in conference at Troy. I understand neither has a rich history but neither do we. We shouldn't be paying a buyout for an "established" .500 coach.

The record has less to do with how good of a JUCO coach he was and more to do with experience leading a program at some level of college.

Former McCasland assistant here with us and has been successful everywhere he's been (except Oklahoma State). I should clarify, Oklahoma State wasn't successful but that seems to be a recurring theme lately.

I'm not completely sold on Valentine based on the fact he inherited a Sweet 16 team and went 10-21 two years later. He's bounced back nicely but like Miller, there's some reason for concern. I'd be happy either way though.

I remember being skeptical of Hodge's abilities to recruit new rosters every year and people here pointed out he had success doing it at the JUCO level where you have to recruit a new roster every year. Miller did just that at New Mexico Junior College where he went 77-23 in 3 seasons and had 21 guys go to from JUCO to D1. It was around 09-12 so it's been a while but Hodge's HC experience wasn't really recent if I remember correctly. I'm not saying I'm 100% on Miller but I certainly wouldn't be upset if he were the guy.