who will be the next hc at UNT

[southsideguy]

I see who everyone wants but anyone care to guess who it will be?  I have no idea who it will be.

[Harry]

I see who everyone wants but anyone care to guess who it will be?  I have no idea who it will be.

too many possibilities, many of the better candidates have not as of yet been even mentioned.

methinks it will play out similar to Mac...none of us had a clue he was even in the mix until he was named.

[EAGLE83]

Dino Babers

[Harry]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Babers

pretty impressive resume...

[Rudy]

RV will hire himself, give himself a 5 year, $1 Million HC contract, then buy himself out after 3 years.  Then he will tell us all how he was a good hire for who we could find at the time, and that he built something, and he will hire the next coach.

[James329]

Dino Babers would be great. I think it'll be Applewhite. 

[ValleyBoy]

One name that I have not seen brought up is Shawn Elliott the Interim Head Coach at South Carolina.  Granted he has no ties to Texas but every thing that heard about him from AppSt fans has been good.  Also like Chico he will be more than likely on the job market at the end of the season since USC will more than likely hire a bigger name HC that will bring in there own new staff.  tInteri

 

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Edited October 30, 2015 by ValleyBoy

[MeanGreenTexan]

Dino Babers

He certainly has quite a range of experience to draw from.

Coordinator under Dick Tomey, RC Slocum, Karl Dorrell, and (most recently/importantly) Art Briles.  Should still have quite a few TX recruiting ties.

Has 3 more years on his Bowling Green contract @ 400k/yr.  Double him up and I bet he listens.

[BillySee58]

I could see us offering Fritz but Georgia Southern matching. I think it'll be someone who has won as an FBS head coach before, like Mccarney. That way RV can say he hired the most qualified person and it wasn't his fault it didn't work out.

I'll say Derek Dooley.

[Ben Gooding]

I could see us offering Fritz but Georgia Southern matching. I think it'll be someone who has won as an FBS head coach before, like Mccarney. That way RV can say he hired the most qualified person and it wasn't his fault it didn't work out.

I'll say Derek Dooley.

Derek Dooley?? Please, no. 

 

I'll say some 1) a guy that no one has heard of that will get no one excited or 2) a guy that people have heard of that will get no one excited. 

Knowing RV he'll bring in a career OL coach who's team has had success and after it doesn't work we'll hear, "Well, we tried to bring in an offensive "mind" and it just didn't work out. But, I, of course, think it was a great hire."  

[Censored by Laurie]

Dino Babers

if so, I'm taking 100% full credit for the hire

[meangreen08]

it will be some spare that RV chooses, then claims after it all fails that it was a good hire at the time....

[keith]

Last night on the wrap-up show after the TCU-WVU game, North Texas got a mention.  Before going to break, the anchor teased something to the effect...."coming up after the break, we take a look at the most intriguing head coach opening....<pause>....North Texas...<pause>...hahaha, just kidding.   See you after the commercial."

No such thing as bad press, I guess.

[MeanGreenD]

Edited October 30, 2015 by MeanGreenD

[EagleMBA]

   I'll say some 1) a guy that no one has heard of that will get no one excited or 2) a guy that people have heard of that will get no one excited. 

Knowing RV he'll bring in a career OL coach who's team has had success and after it doesn't work we'll hear, "Well, we tried to bring in an offensive "mind" and it just didn't work out. But, I, of course, think it was a great hire."  

Years ago when I was buying stuff in a public organization and wanted to try something on the leading edge (technology-wise) I was told "Do what you want but nobody is ever fired for buying IBM."

[BillySee58]

Derek Dooley?? Please, no. 

 

I'll say some 1) a guy that no one has heard of that will get no one excited or 2) a guy that people have heard of that will get no one excited. 

Knowing RV he'll bring in a career OL coach who's team has had success and after it doesn't work we'll hear, "Well, we tried to bring in an offensive "mind" and it just didn't work out. But, I, of course, think it was a great hire."  

I never said this is who I wanted. I think he falls very much into your second category, and I see that being the type of hire RV gets.

As someone who grew up a Tennessee fan, I would be very upset at this hire. Just think it would be a very RV hire.

Edited October 30, 2015 by BillySee58

[Cerebus]

@ValleyBoy do you thing Georgia Southern would match $1.5M/Yr?

[Ben Gooding]

@ValleyBoy do you thing Georgia Southern would match $1.5M/Yr?

I'll answer your question. No. 

I also hope we don't offer that big of a contract. 

5yr 7.5M is steep. That is a lot of buyout money. If we do offer that we have to be 100% sure it is not just a good hire, but a great hire to the point that someone will be paying us for his services elsewhere. 

Edited October 30, 2015 by Ben Gooding

[SilverEagle]

If they have any common sense they will look at these two...

http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207911673

or

http://lionathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2

FWIW, here is how the local beat writer sees the hire.

http://www.commercejournal.com/opinion/carthel-ivey-jones-have-a-m-c-turned-around/article_7d4477a0-6b75-11e4-b3ca-93ca9a7bb8c5.html

Since this article has been written, Ivey has moved on to Austin Peay in Tennessee.......his home state.

Both guys are young, run high powered offenses, and both have head coaching experience.........positive head coaching experience,

They both should know a LOT of Texas high school coaches. And in the case of Carthel, any coach he doesn't know, his daddy (Don) should know.

 

 

Edited October 30, 2015 by SilverEagle

[MeanGreenTexan]

If they have any common sense they will look at these two...

http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207911673

or

http://lionathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2

FWIW, here is how the local beat writer sees the hire.

http://www.commercejournal.com/opinion/carthel-ivey-jones-have-a-m-c-turned-around/article_7d4477a0-6b75-11e4-b3ca-93ca9a7bb8c5.html

Since this article has been written, Ivey has moved on to Austin Peay in Tennessee.......his home state.

 

 

 

Time to move past the Carthels.   Not happening.  Those are not the guys to be running North Texas football.

[SilverEagle]

Time to move past the Carthels.   Not happening.  Those are not the guys to be running North Texas football.

Hmmm, I wonder what part of their experience is so unattractive. Turning around (in both cases one year turn around) two almost dead programs, or having recruited about 7 NFL draft picks.

[Ben Gooding]

If they have any common sense they will look at these two...

http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207911673

or

http://lionathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2

FWIW, here is how the local beat writer sees the hire.

http://www.commercejournal.com/opinion/carthel-ivey-jones-have-a-m-c-turned-around/article_7d4477a0-6b75-11e4-b3ca-93ca9a7bb8c5.html

Since this article has been written, Ivey has moved on to Austin Peay in Tennessee.......his home state.

Both guys are young, run high powered offenses, and both have head coaching experience.........positive head coaching experience,

They both should know a LOT of Texas high school coaches. And in the case of Carthel, any coach he doesn't know, his daddy (Don) should know.

 

 

Thomsen is someone exactly who I described. Someone no one has heard of and will get no one excited. For the better part of his career he has also been an OL coach. He had a nice little stint at ACU, but who cares. In about 5 years this will get us right around exactly where we are. In other words, this guy is on RV's short list. 

[ValleyBoy]

@ValleyBoy do you thing Georgia Southern would match $1.5M/Yr?

No, but could come close to matching what UNT paid McCarny.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Hmmm, I wonder what part of their experience is so unattractive. Turning around (in both cases one year turn around) two almost dead programs, or having recruited about 7 NFL draft picks.

The part about coaching at the D-II level, which is only a step above TX High School football.

[Greendylan]

I don't know who RV has in mind, but what I do know is that years later we'll learn the revisionist history version of events--about how Smatresk "forced" him to make the hire.  

 

I kid, I kid . . . actually, I'll give RV the benefit of the doubt for once and say that as an impressive grand finale to his career, he somehow convinces Fritz to come here.