Side Show Joe
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2 hours ago, GrandGreen said:
It is easy to blame the commissioner of a down conference. However, she has nothing to do with the winning of oc football games. She in this case, just tries to sell the merits of the conference. Frankly, in football; she does not have much to tout.
I thought it was a very bad decision to give her the job because of lack of experience. Could someone else do better? Sure if you find the right person, but that won't be easy.
Again, what makes her a terrible commissioner?
Every aspect of this conference has regressed since she took over as the commissioner... media money, bowl ties, television exposure, stability, accountability, ....
Judy just smiles and attempts to pump sunshine. She is obviously content to collect her check and say whatever she is told to say, instead of honestly admit the problems within our conference. Does she have the pull to enact measures to correct our issues? No, that is the job of our presidents. But, she could attempt to sway them into action, or at least stand for something positive. No, she is just content to continue propping herself up behind the wheel of our sinking ship. And, that makes her useless.
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C-USA has become a turd. Unfortunately, we are part of the reason why. But even so, UNT still doesn't need C-USA and the Sun Belt to realign. North Texas just needs to get serious about football and fix our issues. Marshall proved that a C-USA team can get ranked and stay ranked. They crapped their pants against Rice and blew it, but that is on them, not C-USA.
Now, I do believe our athletic directors need to clean house at the conference head quarters. Judy has been a terrible commissioner since day one, and needs to go.
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Darden had a great season. So glad he was selected to the team. But in my opinion, he should have been on the first team. He recorded the second most TD's in a season over the last 5 years, and did in only 9 games. That is incredible.
I look forward to seeing where he gets drafted.
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On 12/27/2020 at 10:38 PM, UNTLifer said:
I don't think Bean is the answer, I think Aune is good enough to run this offense until Drummond, Kuehne or the transfer from Kentucky develops. I just think we have much greater needs than QB. I will stand by my statements from earlier regarding SL. He has to produce next year when his recruits will have gained experience in the program. He is out of excuses. Defense will tell us how we perform as a team next year and that concerns me much more than the offense, the QB position and SL.
Everyone knows defense is in a worse position, but as coach Littrell needs to address all of the issues. And, the lingering concern of having a single starting QB needs to be fixed too. We cannot continue to waffle between QB's. When a team has two QB's they don't have one. Mordecai is proof that SMU continues to make the bigger moves, while Littrell continues to patch together his substandard system. We need a new coach that can match programs we want to claim are our peers.
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1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:
He’s thrown forty passes this year.
He’s thrown 70 in three years.
I stand by my original statement.
Like I stated, while Mordecai has fewer games played, it was against mostly P5 caliber opposition.
Do you really think Aune and Bean are better than Mordecai, and we will beat SMU next season?
A win over next a Mordecai lead SMU team will be a long shot at best. Every reasonable Mean Green fan knows where our program is headed if we continue under Littrell. This train wreck began 2 seasons ago, and will continue until our administration gets serious about football, like they did with basketball.
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32 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:
Mordecai has proven nothing.
He is certainly more proven than either Aune or Bean.
Mordecai has a QB rating of 174.4 this season, while Aune finished with a rating of 148.4 and Bean finished with a rating of 145, despite Littrell nationally ranked offense. Mordecai had limited snaps, but those were also against mostly P5 competition too.
Do you think Littrell is going to beat SMU's retooled team next season? Cause I'm willing to say we will lose again next season. Nothing Littrell is doing to improve matches up to what our adversaries are doing. There have been red flags for years. We need to be honest about what we are in for next season.
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1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:
Why does anyone really think Littrell was offered the KSU job? I think that is all agent spin. True or not, it has nothing to do with the current situation.
Littrell is going nowhere until after next season at the earliest. So we can have at least another year, of moaning about how much he is paid versus his value.
The only thing that can change this scenario is for NT to start to win.
Last year was an anomaly because of the coronavirus. IMO and I believe most others, no one should be terminated because of performance issues. Add that it is highly unlikely that NT would spend the millions necessary for a buyout.
Littrell is going to have to fix the defense. This is a coaching issue. It is not a player talent issue when there are holes in the defense that repeatedly allow ultra long runs.
With even a close to average defense, this team can win a lot of games next year.
Lets be honest. Littrell isn't going to fix anything.
Seth focused all of his energy on skill position player and ignored the lines until the last two recruiting classes. It's the reason Mason Fine had to be scraped off the turf throughout his hall of fame career at UNT. While we have more talent on the lines now, they still won't be good enough to win in the trenches against the better G5 programs.
Next season..
SMU with their new proven Oklahoma transfer QB, will stomp a mud hole in us.
UTSA, a team that didn't even have a DC for the second half of their 2020 season, will beat on us like a rented mule.
And, LA Tech will extend their domination of us. Littrell is 1-4 against the poor small school from Ruston Louisiana.
Seth Littrell has not beaten a team with a winning record since the middle of the 2018 season, and if he is allowed to coach UNT in 2021, he won't beat one next season either.
Under Littrell we should beat a few bottom feeders and an FCS program next season, but we will not contend for the division title. And, if we happen to back into another bowl game, we will get thumped again. Littrell is stubborn. He believes his system. He believes that proper execution of his system is the formula for success. He is too stubborn to realize that the bulk of his system's success comes against weak competition, or in games after UNT has been put away. His stubbornness is the reason our team is bad at in game adjustments. Littrell just wants to keep doing what he does. Which is why we will continue to keep losing.
In December of next year, if Littrell is still our coach, than we will be lamenting another losing season. And, I will be typing more of the same facts, and some on this board will probably still be typing the same tired excuses.
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7 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:
Too many happy clappers on this board. If you don't look at everything with green tinted glasses, you get down voted to oblivion. As a younger generation, we're constantly being told to "appreciate what we have now because it used to be so much worse." BS. That kind of apathy is what keeps us in this rut.
I'm old as dirt. My home town lived and breathed football. Losing was something that was never accepted. It was a simple philosophy. "The coach don't win, the coach don't stay". I will never understand why so many Mean Green fans seem content to accept failure, or at the very least, make excuses for it.
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On 12/21/2019 at 3:38 PM, Side Show Joe said:
No. Fans have a right to express how they feel about a hire. If the administration doesn't want fans "crapping" on their hire, than they should make better hires. Look, I hope Bowen fields a top 10 defense next season. I really do. But, his recent history does not indicate that will be the case. I want proven FBS winners at these coordinator positions. Our program is at a point where we will either correct our misfortunes and get back to bowling, or collapse and be condemned to another decade of bottom-feeding. I'm not happy gambling our future on a "change of scenery" building us a respected defense.
The fact that on the same week FAU has apparently schooled us at hiring a guy for the same position really stinks. There is no way to spin it in our favor. I thought Littrell could have found a better DC, and he should have. I doubt their is a UNT fan on this board that actually believes Bowen is better than Leavitt. Can we not hold our coach to the same standard as FAU? Is that really too much to ask?
By the way, I didn't give you the down vote. I don't work like that. +1 to even you up.
I stated this last December, and I believe it is even more true today. Except now I believe we are in a worse position. I whole heartedly believe UNT is at the point where we must make a change at head coach. Eye rollers and down voters can now throw back their green Kool-Aid and make their excuses for Littrell.
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On 12/20/2019 at 6:50 PM, Side Show Joe said:
Sure.
Mark Snyder, former Defensive coordinator at Texas A&M (2012-14), Ohio State (2001-04), & South Florida (2010-11). He was also a head coach at Marshall (2005-09). Currently an assistant at Florida State (making $450K), but is probably out of a job now. Great Texas ties, C-USA ties, and has won on in the best FBS conference (SEC).
And, gave an alternative too. I believe Mark Snyder is still available.
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On 12/20/2019 at 6:35 PM, Side Show Joe said:
Sure I have an idea. I just have to look at the collective evidence. Bowen had a really memorable season at Kansas when he was co-defensive coordinator, 13 years ago, back in 2007. But, since then he has had much less success. His defense gave up 30 points a game in his lone season at UNT. And, in his most recent stop as Kansas' DC, their team managed to win 6 games from 2015-2018. Look, I have nothing against him, but based on his recent lack of success, I see nothing wrong with questioning this hire.
I ever pointed out facts as to why Bowen was a questionable hire.
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On 12/20/2019 at 5:26 PM, Side Show Joe said:
It seems some on here lack the ability to remove their green colored glasses, or put down their green Kool-Aid and examine this hire objectively and logically. I'm not saying Bowen is worse than Reff, but we should all ask the question, "Is this the best hire UNT could make?" I say No. we probably could have done better. Let the down votes begin.
I questioned the objectivity of a fair portion of the posters on this board, but too many still wanted to stay the course.
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On 12/19/2019 at 7:01 PM, Side Show Joe said:
I'm not overjoyed by this hire. In Bowen's one season at UNT his defense allowed 30 points a game. And, he wasn't successful as Kansas' DC either, and was demoted after the 2018 season. I guess we just have to hope he has improved. Hopefully Littrell does better hiring an OC, because right now I'm not buying our defense being any better next season.
Grade for the hire: C-
Got 5 down votes for dropping this truth bomb last December. And, I was being optimistic about the Bowen hire.
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1 hour ago, meangreenbob said:
Many of us are really getting fed up with all of you living comfortably with your high salaries all the while constantly telling us, the fans, that if we want a winning program we have to give more.
Enough when we see other schools winning with far less in facilities and coaches salaries.
Its really starting to look like a nice little cash cow for most of you in our Athletic Department. No accountability and no consequences for failure.
^ This.
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1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:
Problem is there is no money to clean house
Not buying that excuse. The AD had money ready to send the basketball team to the Diamondhead Classic. The AD also paid to fly UTEP in, put them up in a hotel, and play at Apogee. Plus, buyouts are not paid all at once. And, the assistants work on one year contracts. Littrell could be gone tomorrow if our AD would do what is best for our program. If he won't hopefully our president and BOR will.
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I'll add more perpective for you. Littrell piles up most of those offensive stats in the second half of games we are being blown out of, meaning they are garbage stats added after games have been decided and the opponents back ups are on the field.
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1 minute ago, outoftown said:
I am def not a blind WB fan. I think his contract making is akin on conflict of interest infringement. But he did improve the basketball program, and quite a number of other programs are also improved or keep being conference championship contenders.
He just seems to not be very good at tackling failed coaches head on. That said, I do not know if SL is a failed coach. What he definitely is however, is an overpaid one.
Seriously? You have doubts?
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7 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:
I know you’re frustrated and I am assuming you’ve been around the program for a while now. This is the normal thing we do here. SL isn’t getting fired anytime soon and absolutely zero is the chance that Wren Baker will get fired.
Look, at North Texas, you have exactly two choices as a fan. Accept this and keep following because they are your team...or walk away like the other 98% of UNT alumni do. Sadly, that’s the only choice you’ll get here, at least from my perspective—I’ve only been following since 1990, though.
The fact that this type of embarrassment is tolerated is the exact reason why so many of our 300,000 alums walk away from this program. My hope is that our university leadership will make the tough call and move this program in a new direction. If not, than I guess we will continue in the cycle of losing our fan base. It really is up to the university leadership which way we go.
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2 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:
I think we need to clean house. Today was embarrassing. We can do better than this!
Clean house. If Wren won't do it, clean out his office too.
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I agree. If Wren won't get Littrell out of here, than he needs to go too. Littrell has now gone 33 straight games without beating a winning program. Our defense is the worst I've seen since Mendoza, and Littrell hired the guy. Why he thought a DC from Kansas could build us a winner is beyond me. I'm ready to fire everyone. This garbage must stop.
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7 minutes ago, RBP79 said:
So is anyone surprised? I mean when this was announced I said, as others did, ass whoopin coming. Then Darden drops out..find out AA ain't playin..we weren't gonna get a break.
It is one thing to get beat badly. It is entirely something else to get beat giving up multiple 1 play drives of over 60 yards for touchdowns. No program should allow that. Littrell has to answer for it. If Wren doesn't address it he will lose even more of this fan base. What we are being feed is crap!
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Meaningless junk TD after the game's been decided, that Littrell will point to as a sign of improvement in his post game press conference. Sadly some on this board will agree with him. Terrible.
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Just now, Wookies said:
On second thought fire all the coaches and start over. This is tragically bad. We should never get curb stomped like this by any G5.No real FBS program should.
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How many more TD's will App State score with 8 minutes left in the game?
*Updated* Kevin Sumlin: Deal (Steal) of the Century
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I'd be happy to have Sumlin. He knows how to recruit Texas. And the fact that a Houston fan came all the way over just to deter our interest tells me they might ne nervous about the prospects of a Sumlin lead North Texas program. I have a general opinion that any hire the fans of other programs like, is probably not the best hire UNT could make. And, any hire that they hate, is probably the best move we could make.