DentonLurker

Meh, if it’s personnel (as I tend to think it is) then a good coach isn’t going to publicly throw players under the bus. If it’s making any staff changes, again, he’s not going to say anything publicly until they make a change. So what are you wanting those talking points to be?

Did you write your check to buy him out?

What does this have to do with North Texas Football? We got out of that dumpster fire, thank goodness.

Not sure on pricing, but Tony Johnson with Assembly Line OL5 Camps is one of the best in the business. Although since he took the Copperas Cove job, I’m not sure if he’s still doing DFW camps. I’m also sure UNT will host camps this summer.

That’s a lot of offense

I’ll also add that, as a coach, I wouldn’t want to have a reputation as a coach who doesn’t do what’s best for a player’s development. You can bet that if I’m recruiting against a coach who does what you guys are suggesting, I’m going to make sure recruits and their parents know that.

My opinion is you’ve got to coach like all your players are coming back and recruit like any of them could leave at any point. In the scenario brought up here, you redshirt players you would normally redshirt and play players you would normally play. What happens if you think a player is going to transfer, blow their redshirt, and they decide to stay?

I get the point you’re trying to make, but recruiting and getting good athletes was not Jimbo’s issue at A&M.

So if they think a high school recruit gives us a better chance of winning games than a portal player, you would defer to the portal just to check a box? Portal doesn’t necessarily equal better, in my opinion.

This!

I don’t really see why quantity would matter at all. I just want them to go get athletes that make this team better. I don’t care where they come from.

1- Our APR is 108. They would probably not dip that far. 2- You never turn down a bowl invite.

This post… wow…

I feel like what Colorado and Texas State have proven is that the combo of a new coach and a roster reset buys you some element of surprise early, but once there’s film on you and by conference play you get to learn what a coaching staff and players are made of.

They lost multiple players who contributed significantly to last year’s mediocre defense late, changed schemes, moved up in conference, and I’ve seen enough missed tackles and blown assignments to know it’s not just coaching.

This year’s defense was going to struggle no matter who Morris hired as DC.

I mean, he was getting $375k at Iowa State, so they seem pretty convinced he’s good coach. You’ve got to make it worth it for him to come.

You guys who dig up these old threads to get in a gotcha?

I completely disagree with this. I think the most successful programs will be built with high school recruits and use transfers to fill misses or transfers out.

What are you talking about?

Yes. It’s pretty standard at this point.

Curious why you think that? What gives universities with a med school a leg up? 2 of the 6 new members in 2023 don't have a med school.

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

At the end of the day, I still believe Eric Morris is a significant upgrade over SL. You will never convince me that an SL team would have performed better than this year’s team. Eric is going to have to make some tough decisions moving forward, whether that’s a new coaches on the defensive side of the ball or significant upgrades in personnel on that side of the ball. I think he’s good coach and I am still convinced he can figure this stuff out. After watching this team the last few years, it’s also not surprising that the offense is a lot further along than the defense. As a side note, I don’t really get the fascination with Kinne at Texas State. They’ve beat the bottom of the belt and lost to the top of the belt this year. He may end up being a great coach for them, but I’m not convinced yet. As a second side note, the other coach everyone here is so fascinated with at Colorado is now in a situation where he needs to win the last 2 games of the year to become bowl eligible. He may end up being a great coach for them, but I’m not convinced yet.