Since we love to keep up with Todd Dodge

[UNTLifer]

30 minutes ago, dodgefan said:

I talked to Todd last week and he told me he was going to take this job. I didn't mention it over here, because of the hatred that a few still have for him. I told him,  that I take abuse from a few over here for using his handle as my posting name, he said that will change, when he sends UNT some good players in the future.

I don’t get the hate. He never said a bad thing about North Texas even though this was the down point of his career. He made some mistakes here, our administration made some mistakes and it is now time to move on. I hope he does well and does send some good kids our direction. 

[Rudy]

9 hours ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

EVERYONE wants to act like his time as HC at UNT never happened.  😉

 

We wish it didn't happen. 

[EagleD]

On 1/27/2024 at 12:35 PM, emmitt01 said:

 

 

I’d like to see how he’d do at a place with few resources and without an established tradition of dominance…maybe a place like North Texas.    Guess we’ll never know how that would turn out though. 🤔

Before Westlake he was at Marble Falls HS

[tmjerm]

Wow this is a crazy thread. Todd will be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.  He accomplished a lot.  Don’t act like he wasn’t starting out in places like Cameron TX.  Incredible HS coach.  NT just didn’t work out but man, let it go. If you wanna know what kinda mettle he has just look at the way Riley played so hard for us.  They aren’t just pretty boys.  They do the work and they’ve earned respect. 

[TIgreen01]

On 1/27/2024 at 12:35 PM, emmitt01 said:

Led?  
 

Leading is taking a team that DOESN’T have more resources than all of its opponents to a place they haven’t been before…it is not taking an already successful program with incredible resources to the place that they will naturally reach.  
 

I’d like to see how he’d do at a place with few resources and without an established tradition of dominance…maybe a place like North Texas.    Guess we’ll never know how that would turn out though. 🤔

How do you feel about Phil Jackson or Pep Guardiola?

[GBarksdale]

On 1/27/2024 at 9:22 AM, Glory to the Green said:

Repping UNT in the wfaa article. 

Fine.  But it’s an article touting him as a legendary HS coach — and he’s wearing mean green gear.  😒

[golfingomez]

dang... that's a fancy ass high school campus!

[DeepGreen]

I don't think DACU Stadium was around in the Dodge days.  I have no hard feelings towards Todd Dodge.  Sad that he brought in some High School coaches as his assistants.  Besides, he's from my hometown and was a great football player back in the day.  Todd didn't work out at UNT, any more than several other mistakes we brought to Denton.

[Cr1028]

18 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

I don't think DACU Stadium was around in the Dodge days.  I have no hard feelings towards Todd Dodge.  Sad that he brought in some High School coaches as his assistants.  Besides, he's from my hometown and was a great football player back in the day.  Todd didn't work out at UNT, any more than several other mistakes we brought to Denton.

I will always believe that without the base of quality players Todd Dodge built we do not win that 2013-14 HOD bowl. I also think he had a hand in getting DATCU stadium built despite many saying that he had zero to do with it. 

[jredallas]

The coach Dodge is replacing at Lovejoy will have his debut as OC for SFA at North Texas.

[emmitt01]

On 1/30/2024 at 12:23 PM, TIgreen01 said:

How do you feel about Phil Jackson or Pep Guardiola?

I feel like they did a great job of managing elite talent and let the superstars do what they do.  

[emmitt01]

On 1/30/2024 at 4:01 PM, DeepGreen said:

I don't think DACU Stadium was around in the Dodge days.  I have no hard feelings towards Todd Dodge.  Sad that he brought in some High School coaches as his assistants.  Besides, he's from my hometown and was a great football player back in the day.  Todd didn't work out at UNT, any more than several other mistakes we brought to Denton.

No, he worked out less.   His overall winning percentage is rivaled only by Canales who took over after McCarney whose tenure had gone as low as it could.  

[DeepGreen]

emmitto1, you went to a lot of work there.  Dodge's record was pretty pathetic.  Sad that we've had one coach out of nine that hit the .5oo mark.  As an x's and o's guy, Dodge was OK I guess.  His downfall, including himself, was the assistants he brought in.  By hey, he introduced us to some pretty cool uniforms.  And who could forget the final Spring practice his first year?  Exciting to have the home side almost filled for a scrimmage.

Not going to sugarcoat it.  He sucked as UNT's football coach.