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  1. Now that Darrell has been dismissed, what is next for him? Can he get another D-1 job? Will he retire from coaching due to health concerns? Just curious what you all think might be in his future.
  2. Now that NT is interviewing for a new coach, what attributes should we look for? I think that he needs to be energetic, driven, outgoing with the general public and fans and have a good knowledge of the Texas high school scene. What think ye?
  3. According to the Denton R-C article on the game, Davis had an ankle sprain, but is expected to play on Friday night vs. Cameron. He might want to stay off it until next week, as I doubt that we will need him for Cameron. I am excited about UTA and Tulsa coming to the SuperPit soon.
  4. I am amazed that there have been no signs, no shirts, etc. protesting the state of the Dickey football team. Are we just too mellow or have we just quit caring? At most universities the anti coach signs would have been out and even shirts worn to the game protesting the situation. Why haven't we done this? I am just as much to blame as the rest, as I have not made any signs, etc. Come to think of it, would we be allowed to put signs on the lower railing at Fouts? Two signs that come to mind that I might do are: "Denton, we have a problem." or "UNT, home of college football's 'difficult situation.'
  5. drex

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    There is not a team in America who is Iwho would hire Dickey. That's that fact, Jack. Part of it, frankly, is his now widely known health issues.
  6. I'm sure the New Orleans Bowl will be thrilled to death with the crowd SMU will bring to New Orleans. I would not anticipate more than 4,000 from SMU.
  7. I would be far more amicable in keeping Dickey if he could just convince me that he wants to be here. The Mean Green faithful can withstand many challenges as long as he know that Dickey is with us....he is not. He has made that very clear. He works under dire circumstances here and we do not afford him a place to be competitive....bull. Dickey should do himself and us a favor and move on.
  8. If you happen to go to the North Texas vs. Florida Atlantic game in November, just look around at the empty seats and do the math on the amount of revenue lost that Saturday night. It is not can we afford to fire Dickey, it is can we afford to keep him.
  9. We have about 50 people who spend much of their time chasing their tails and attending conferences designed to show them how to fund raise, should they decide to work on any given day.
  10. Most all of you on this board are strong supporters of North Texas and, like me, feel bad about abandoning our alma mater's athletic program. So, here is my answer to getting rid of Dickey. Contact the athletic department that you will no longer buy season tickets if Dickey is still coach and you will not give to the athletic department. To satisfy your sense of loyalty to UNT, just take next year's games game by game as far as buying tickets and instead of giving to an athletic department that has chosen to keep Dickey, give what you did this year to the general scholarship fund of the university. That is what I plan to do if Dickey stays for next year.
  11. Good to see that Dickey experiences the same 'weird and unpleasant' experiences when he watches the games that we do.
  12. I had to chuckle when I saw the photos of Dr. Bataille. Can you imagine Al Hurley doing this? If so, he would be in a coat and tie and certainly not be wearing a North Texas Football shirt. Way to go, Dr. Bataille.
  13. The band does a great job. I have no complaints, but while we are on the 'Texas theme', here are a couple of things that bother me. One, there is no Texas flag flying at our games and secondly, the Texas flag does not have to be dipped lower than the US flag by the flag corp. As a condition of Texas joining the union in 1845, the Texas flag is allowed to always fly at the same height as the US flag.
  14. No, it is not typical for a coach to leave immediately after a game. Usually they stay around for quite some time. Many make notes, etc., while the game is on their mind. Flanagan was probably headed to an SMU game watching party since the Ponies were playing out in El Paso and he could catch the second half.
  15. I went to the Athletic Hall of Fame Breakfast on Saturday morning and Dr. Bataille spoke briefly. I found it very interesting that she already has picked up on the fact that the university is so little known nationally. She was referred to as new president of a small school in northern Texas in some publication. She immediately shot back a response to the author of the article pointing out that she was the new president of a large in school in north texas and told of enrollment, degrees, etc. The point that I want to make is that I think that she will use athletics to get the perception of the school up. She may not eat and sleep athletics, but I think that she is going to ride the athletics horse to upgrade perception of the school I look for marked improvement in athletics future with her.
  16. In the event that North Texas decided to go back to Division I football, it would be a great series. Currently, we could not compete with TCU and it would be an embarassment.
  17. The more that I look at our situation now, I think that FireFightin Rick could have coached those championship teams. The SunBelt was very weak back then. Now, they are getting a bit better and we a regressing.
  18. Bill Blakeley has been in the Hall of Fame for a few years. The Mavs know Blakeley well, as he was a sports agent ( Spud Webb, among others) so they wanted to highlight an old friend. I see nothing wrong with the gesture. Bill is not in the best of health and I thought it was a nice thing for the Mavs to do.
  19. How about the fact that according to the donor list printed in the 2006 football program, Darrel Dickey, Johnny Jones and Tina Slinker do not give a penny to the Mean Green Club. I am sure that most coaches do not either. For the record, Ramon Flanagan does give to the Mean Green Club.
  20. If the ship keeps sinking and the fan base continues to decline (game attendance), there is a real possibility that there will be change. There are some factors that you might want to consider. First, the new president is in her honeymoon period with the school, so she could pull the plug on Darrell. Secondly, the math of empty seats vs. keeping him could factor out in the direction of a new coach. Thirdly, a case can be made that keeping Dickey interfers with the school's intentions of building a new stadium, since he could be seen as a detriment to that end. Fourthly, Dickey's surly attitude toward the fan base had not made him many friends....his remarks about having such a difficult situation here cannot garner much sympathy. There are a number of coaches out there that see this as a good situation for them, not an impediment. There is nothing wrong with the NT situation that a positive attitude cannot cure. Remember, also, that if NT want it done they always find the money...hell, they pissed away $200,000 on a new logo.
  21. If homecoming goes like the MT game, the talons can use live ammunition in boomer and not hit anyone at the la. tech game.
  22. If you contact Richard Himmel at the UNT archives, he has prints of Joe. I bet you can buy a print from the archives. Call 940-565-2000 and ask the operator for the university archives.
  23. The 'Good ole Baylor line' is as follows. 'Hey Big Twelve, send us our cut and we will be you whipping boys forever.'
  24. You might be a MUTS fan if your wife braided her armpits for her wedding day.
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