Meacham Turns Down Tx State

[Aldo]

Meacham will get his. Smart guy. 

[outoftown]

If I were a Bobcat fan I would really like this. He has a staff that works well together at the NCAA level, even if it was not FBS. I believe texas ties in recruiting are a bit overrated.

 

JMU on the other hand is getting a really raw deal here. Losing your coach and pretty much ALL of the assistants this late in the game is a real killer.

[casual fan]

Jamal Powell, his OL coach, was an all american at TCU in 2003 and played in the NFL for Tennessee and Houston.

Powell also coached for A&M.

Withers coached for Texas from 1998-2000.

Interesting tidbit, his OC threw for 61 TDs in one year in college and was signed by the Chargers.

[ColoradoEagle]

I think this hurts Meacham's future chances. What I read from this is either a) he wasn't the best option for North Texas but mostly b) he's only going to jump when the money is high enough. ie He's not a hungry coach who wants to make his name at a program, he's a coordinator in his 50s who's only concerned with a paycheck or being in the most comfortable location possible.

[All About UNT]

2 minutes ago, ColoradoEagle said:

I think this hurts Meacham's future chances. What I read from this is either a) he wasn't the best option for North Texas but mostly b) he's only going to jump when the money is high enough. ie He's not a hungry coach who wants to make his name at a program, he's a coordinator in his 50s who's only concerned with a paycheck or being in the most comfortable location possible.

How about both of those scenarios.  We got the better of the two options IMO

[Christopher Walker]

On January 7, 2016 at 0:25 PM, ColoradoEagle said:

I think this hurts Meacham's future chances. What I read from this is either a) he wasn't the best option for North Texas but mostly b) he's only going to jump when the money is high enough. ie He's not a hungry coach who wants to make his name at a program, he's a coordinator in his 50s who's only concerned with a paycheck or being in the most comfortable location possible.

Or option 3) he's really devoted to his family and has turned down (and will continue to turn down) any offers that come outside the metroplex until his kids are out of HS. This has been reported often.

[UNT90]

On January 7, 2016 at 0:28 PM, All About UNT said:

How about both of those scenarios.  We got the better of the two options IMO

Keep in mind that Meacham was RV's choice...

According to media sources...

Edited January 9, 2016 by UNT90

[All About UNT]

1 hour ago, UNT90 said:

Keep in mind that Meacham was RV's choice...

According to media sources...

but we also know that the Kuehne family is close with the Littrell family and thus by proxy would be a choice of RV's as well.  I don't think the Prez was as hands on as many wish was the case here.  Also consider that Everett Withers was in talks with us as well and he was an old Southern Miss acquaintance of RV as well.  I just personally believe that all three guys were RV's choice with Smat merely making the final approval.  Of course we know that the largest donor at UNT really had a ton of say so in this matter as well.

[UNT90]

1 hour ago, All About UNT said:

but we also know that the Kuehne family is close with the Littrell family and thus by proxy would be a choice of RV's as well.  I don't think the Prez was as hands on as many wish was the case here.  Also consider that Everett Withers was in talks with us as well and he was an old Southern Miss acquaintance of RV as well.  I just personally believe that all three guys were RV's choice with Smat merely making the final approval.  Of course we know that the largest donor at UNT really had a ton of say so in this matter as well.

Great...

[Mean Green 93-98]

2 hours ago, All About UNT said:

Of course we know that the largest donor at UNT really had a ton of say so in this matter as well.

[All About UNT]

5 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

True.... though I'm not sure any of that went to athletics.

[Mean Green 93-98]

23 minutes ago, All About UNT said:

True.... though I'm not sure any of that went to athletics.

He's spent quite a bit on athletics through the years.  We probably wouldn't have been able to go back to 1A (FBS) when we did if it weren't for him.

[All About UNT]

1 minute ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

He's spent quite a bit on athletics through the years.  We probably wouldn't have been able to go back to 1A (FBS) when we did if it weren't for him.

That's righhhhht! I stand corrected

[Christopher Walker]

55 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Not gonna lie, Charn is pretty fun to be around. And he does love his jazz so...