North Texas Portal Entry Thread

[CaribbeanGreen]

Well, Adaway is celebrating an Ark State offer on Twitter 

[GMG_Dallas]

 

I have to say, I've not been a fan of all of his tweets but this one, I like. Not everybody in the portal was encouraged to leave as was suggested might be the case. That said, the staff seems to be pressing forward. I'm know coach O won't be here forever but while he's here, he seems determined to make this program the best he can make it.

[Okiefan]

1 hour ago, 97and03 said:

Not one single person advocated for getting rid of almost every offensive starter - even me who was never convinced this offense was that special. 

What some of the people on here don't understand is that this team had great chemistry even in the dark days of the 4 game losing streak. Listen to the player interviews, especially the seniors. They wanted to build something but that wasn't the direction. When you tell some to leave, it affects everyone in the locker room. In addition when some stars leave, it becomes a virus. Processing all the dang paperwork must be a chore in itself for this staff.   

[Cr1028]

32 minutes ago, CaribbeanGreen said:

Well, Adaway is celebrating an Ark State offer on Twitter 

He is from Arkansas so I don’t see that as a big deal. I’m sure he would like to play his last season closer to his friends and family.

Edited December 7, 2023 by Cr1028

[GoGreenBeans]

7 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

He is from Arkansas so I don’t see that as a big deal. I’m sure he would like to play his last season closer to his friends and family.

Final college year. NFL prospects aren’t incredibly high (this isn’t hating on him). Going back home seems more than reasonable for him and I hope he thrives if Ark State is his landing spot! 

[greenminer]

6 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Full rebuild seemed to work for Texas State. Going to their first ever bowl game after cleaning house. 

No love for Colorado and their rebuild?

[tmjerm]

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

 

I have to say, I've not been a fan of all of his tweets but this one, I like. Not everybody in the portal was encouraged to leave as was suggested might be the case. That said, the staff seems to be pressing forward. I'm know coach O won't be here forever but while he's here, he seems determined to make this program the best he can make it.

*you’re.  To me, the guy is obnoxious.  But if he somehow has this magic connection with recruits I’m good with it.  What an annoying era of CFB, jeez. 

[Cr1028]

6 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Full rebuild seemed to work for Texas State. Going to their first ever bowl game after cleaning house. 

While true, what Kinne inherited at Texas State is a far cry from what Morris inherited here.

[DeepGreen]

44 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

While true, what Kinne inherited at Texas State is a far cry from what Morris inherited here.

And Kinne is a far cry from the coach Morris is.  I’d take Kinne any day of the week.  I’ve met the man in person.

[Glory to the Green]

1 hour ago, Cr1028 said:

While true, what Kinne inherited at Texas State is a far cry from what Morris inherited here.

In hindsight, the mass exodus should/could have happened after he was hired.  He was hesitant due to the team coming off of a 7 win season.  This next season will truly be his team. Let’s see what happens when he has his recruited players. I’m disappointed in seeing some of our guys leave, but I’m excited to see next seasons on field product. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by Glory to the Green

[NT93]

8 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Full rebuild seemed to work for Texas State. Going to their first ever bowl game after cleaning house. 

I don’t mean this to diminish anything they accomplished, but most of their wins were against TERRIBLE teams.

Edit:  I’ll give you Ga. Southern and S. Alabama as not terrible teams.

Edited December 8, 2023 by NT93

[Green Mean]

 

[Jdawg48]

Their goes one of our top rated WR commits. Sucks but we still have a few more that are solid.

[Tommy Gadberry]

Pat Smith just left us.

[Hunter Green]

What the hell is going on?

[Tom McKrackin]

14 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

What the hell is going on?

Things are going pretty good.  Other than we have lost half the football team in the portal. 

[UNTLifer]

10 hours ago, Okiefan said:

Patrick Smith also in the portal.

This one bothers me. Young, RS Freshman that became a starter this year. Why would he leave?

[Leslie]

On 11/29/2023 at 6:35 AM, SMU2006 said:

We have two NIL collectives (one grassroots and the other providing $40k/player).

Between the two we have a top 15 NIL nationally.  That's where the $$$ is coming from. 

When you say 40k per player, which players? 

[peanuts104]

2 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

half the football team

Please, it's only a quarter

[peanuts104]

37 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

This one bothers me. Young, RS Freshman that became a starter this year. Why would he leave?

We lost a lot of our productive defensive starters to the portal last year. We lost most of our productive offensive starters this year. Until we see evidence of reloading, I'm concerned.

[El Paso Eagle]

3 hours ago, Green Mean said:

 

Sorry, but it's getting old seeing these kids commit and then decommit. What's almost as bad as those people saying they're young and will change their mind instead of saying, you know what, the kid didn't live up to his word. To me, it's getting harder to be loyal to our players when it now seems that many could not care less about UNT and our fans.

P.S. I think it was Lifer who hit the nail on the head - stop coddling our players, changing our uniforms, and having the change-of-the-week plan and stop with the black or gray. I keep hearing how the "players like it"; well, it seems many could care less if they feel someone else can do more for them. I know I am saying this out of frustration, but if they want to come and go as they please, then we as fans should look at them as someone being compensated to represent the Mean Green for a particular time and nothing more or less. 

[peanuts104]

1 hour ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Sorry, but it's getting old seeing these kids commit and then decommit.

This has happened to the program a lot over the past few years. Not a new development.

[UNTLifer]

Time for someone from this program to step up and talk about this situation.  As a stakeholder, season tickets/MGSF, I want to hear from someone to tell me what our plan is moving forward because it looks like this thing is going down the toilet. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by UNTLifer

[Tommy Gadberry]

At this point I would agree.  We demand to be taken seriously and be given some explanation for what has transpired.  This type of stuff did not happen under Littrell, McCarney or any of the coaches prior to this group.

[keith]

13 hours ago, wardly said:

 YTD we have 23 players in the portal which is twice as many as any other program that I am aware of. This seems more like leaving a sinking ship rather then just testing the waters.

Uh oh, you said the quiet part out-loud.