Aquila_Viridis

Outside of athletics, NT and stAte are not comparable. NT has 3 times as many full time undergrads. NT is categorized as a National university and stAte is a Regional university. The fact we mention them in the same breath is a testament to how NT has woefully underperformed in athletics and stAte has greatly overperformed. Maybe things are finally getting set right.

Oh wow it all happened so fast I forgot he came from Wake. I guess Karen came from Charlotte. Well she WAS a good hire, but too good of one!

Oh I thought this was gonna be an RV thread.

Leave stAte dude alone. He's one of the most rational and knowledgeable posters here. I can tell this hurt because there is a slightly frantic note that is unusual. As for their AD geez move on. The fact is he has clearly made some excellent moves that are benefitting stAte. Sure their spirit wolf is unnerving at best and confusing at worst, but I bet I see it a lot more up here out and about than you see green eagles down there. This is a really encouraging hire, but you know, I was encouraged when they got that WBB guy from Charlotte some years ago. Still, there is reason for optimism now. Glad to see this didn't drag on.

No we do not need to go back to Coach Jones. I went to Virginia. I've seen a lot of great basketball teams; unfortunately over the years, mostly other ACC teams though Coach Bennett certainly has his thing going pretty well these days. During NT's best days they never worked together the way great teams do. I want to see someone in here who can develop challenging game plans and get the players to work to them so that NT can compete beyond our own conference. We're not going to get that from Coach Jones.

I'm glad they got some outside help. Benford had a lot going for him coming in but early on it was very clear - similar to Dodge in football - that it was not gonna go well. So something important was missed in the evaluation. We cannot afford for that to happen again. But this is a whole new leadership team than the one that made those mistakes. All we can do is hope they get it right. They have a lot at stake to do so.

Added stress??? Maybe they should have practiced and played harder and they would not have lost as many games. It is not ALL on the coach, but no doubt, a lot is on this coach.

I have no issue with the leadership acting like the leaders of one of the nation's largest universities. If anything I'd expect people to be encouraged that they're not doing the usual small-time thing. Maybe it reflects a dramatic change in mindset, and that would be awesome.

I'm excited to see how NT can come up with the money to get a BB coach in there who could really make a difference. Hiring back coach Jones would not get me excited; though I do appreciate what he did for NT. I would actually like to see NT win an NCAA tournament game. I don't know about NC State's coach. It would be a difficult decision.

Miami OH and Marshall both have indoor practice facilities.

The way other large public universities have constructed new BB arenas, the Pit has to be a significant negative factor in BB recruiting, and probably in other recruiting, even competing just for good students. It is not modern and has been terrible looking even since it was modern. With my kids I toured many universities. When good students go around they see all the facilities and there is a higher expectation now.

Maybe just $1.8 million per year would get it. It's a different story up here in MEM today. http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/football/2017/02/01/memphis-makes-most-national-signing-day/97364210/

One thing I noticed right away is that none of these guys are named Jimmy or Joe.

To make a big difference in recruiting at NT you'd have to hire a $2 million a year coach. Unfortunately I already spent my last $2 million. We have built a name for ourselves, but it's not a good name. It's too bad cause I sure like our logo.

Mr. Sanders cause ROBERT E LEE! Honor and glory!

I would be happiest if they shut the whole Baylor thing down. Not just the athletics; the whole thing.

Choices have to be made. You can't do everything at once and we have disproportionately paltry resources. I assume his main focus is fixing that which will help speed up recovery in other areas. Who knows what all that entails, and it's not the sort of thing that necessarily gives splashy news in the near term. Though I would encourage sharing more info on such plans and activities so we're not all having a conniption.

Well he got some remarkable football news. I always said basketball could wait but the priority is bearing a hefty price. As for the existing schedules, he could fly around the world really fast like Superman and that will cause the earth to spin backwards which for reasons I don't understand would cause time to go backwards, but I guess once you get past the Superman thing it doesn't matter.

The answer to your question, is 'probably not'. Send him and his old man back to Lubbock!

Get someone else in there to lead - on a strictly interim basis - now. If nothing else it will be a learning experience to see if someone - and I mean anyone - can get some improvement. Talk about losing the players! They've got to be tired of losing too.

Maybe should not have hired someone loyal to TT. Another inside job.

We should not regret for the theoretical loss of anticipated things that might have been, but we should certainly celebrate the real successes that have been achieved, and look forward to the new successes that will be achieved.

The change looks much better on the site. But it didn't improve our ranking!

It is an accurate rendering of the look on an actual eagle's face after taking a large and badly needed dump.

Well that is a ridiculous thing for them to write since "UNT Eagles" is in the fight song.