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The more I think about our situation, it appears that we are at a major crossroad; a point in time where we really need our Leadership to get engaged and help map out and support our future competing in FBS football and C-USA. I love Mac -- he's a good coach and has done some nice things. His job is safe. But this type of season was not what he or anyone else around here expected in year 4 of the regime. He cannot rebuild this alone. He needs to make changes and receive full support from the highest levels at UNT. I do not buy we had a down year excuse. Yes we graduated some good players but there is no reason that this program with this schedule could not have won 6 games this season. As indicated here, the schedule will only get tougher. To lose two years in a row to a program with just 5 years competing in football is just unacceptable. If that alone does not show you that there is something wrong with our system what else would? I know Mac took responsibility for the season and said he would be working hard to fix things. He can't do this alone. We need every single one of our leaders, be it Smatresk, RV, Lee Jackson, the Board of Regents and so on to be a part of this solution. I do not want to hear "It's hard at North Texas..." ever again. We have to instill some accountability or we will never progress from mediocrity. The easy thing to do would be to replace Skladany and move on down the road. I think our problems go beyond just a coach. I am not a clean house and hope sort of person. I want to know what is happening with the system, the plan... if we are not getting the recruits we need then why is that? Where are we spending our time, who is having success/failure and how can we implement that success along all positions? How can we improve our QB evaluations? Dline etc.. I have stated here that I believe our recruiting strategy and effort needs to be revamped. We are sitting in a hotbed of talent and yet we see other schools with less resources doing a better job landing prospects and winning football games. We have still yet to identify a quality QB prospect that can win football games in year 4 of the Mac regime. Defensive line, which is one of the main things we loved about the Mac hire -- has been a disappointment. Our fans want to see reason for hope in the future, The changes we make now will have a big impact on the future. As a season ticket holder and fan I implore the leadership to review our structure and make the changes that give us the best opportunity to turn this ship around. GMG