flyonthewall

I agree that the SMU game is not the most important game ever for this program. I think the win in the NO bowl against Cinci is more important. However, this is the season that defines where we are going. Is it fair to say that anything short of a conference championship this year should not be tolerated? Coming off of 2-9, a 2-9 season where Clint Marks threw a perfect touchdown pass to a linebacker, and where a certain Florida team turned the ball over 9 times, or we would be 0-11, it seems to me that it is just unrealistic to do much better. Explain to me who we have added that is going to make a difference on this team. Offensive line, defense, where did we improve this team? Realistic goals need to be set for this team if we are going to stick with the current coaching staff. It takes two or three years to get back to where we were, not one season with the 100 and something ranked recruiting class in the country. I will be in my seats this year win or lose, but I am hoping for the best, and prepared for ugly. And folks, this year could be ugly. I hope I am wrong.

I am reminded of a story that Bill Walton tells about John Wooden. Walton showed up to practice with a long hair and scraggly facial hair, which was against his "dress code". Wooden told Walton to leave and not come back untill he got a hair cut and shave. Walton tells Wooden that he is going to stick to his principles and not shave or get a hair cut. Wooden then tells Walton that he admires a man who sticks to his principles and that UCLA basketball is sure going to miss him. Kids want and need discipline. Organized sport is supposed to provide that, and we as fans should expect it from representatives of our university.

My checklist for progress in the program this year: 1. A discipline well prepared football team. 2. Dress code when arriving a the stadium or on away trips. 3. In game adjustments on offense to exploit weakness in defense or to combat certain things defenses are doing to stop us. 4. Better quarterback play. 5. No stupid penalties. These little things are going to be the barometer of DD saying that he is committed to advancing the program.

And when the oil comes out of the ground, the revenue will be subject to tax. If you penalize people for taking risks and becoming wealthy, then there is no incentive to reinvest, expand the economy, and give weak minded piss ants a job so that they can eat, procreate, and continue the crazy cycle of producing liberals who don't have a clue how there job, opportunity to exist in this wonderful country came to be in the first place. It is called capitilism, and you can't have it both ways. Invent something, or improve a process, make some money on it, and thank god you are taxed fairly on your gains and be happy.

Man what I great link. I can see my building from the satellite photos. I am going from 1/2 a block of the highway to highway frontage. Thanks

We all know about our stadium. However, Much has been done to upgrade the stadium. Big Screen for replays, state of the art turf, etc. It looks bigger than the amount of people that it holds, and if we the fans and alumni were filling it up, then it would look really good. I for one am tired of hearing about the stadium being a recruiting crutch. Good salesmen sell to their strengths. New athletic center, new locker rooms, new academic center, new practice fields. I want a new stadium too. I will be one of the first ones to pony up when the new capital campaign starts to build it, just like I was for the academic center. But for right now, quit bitching about the stadium and work with it. It is much improved than before RV got here.

Season Ticket numbers are not a "state secret" nor is the number of mean green club members. All you have to do is ask RV or Mandy and they will tell you. Nothing they do is a secret.

Money is not the only determinant in the success of recruiting. We are close to a two large cities with the Houston and Austin areas not far away. Recruiting is for a large part based on a good plan, and good organization. With our facilities we should be able to out recruit other Sun Belt teams. Which would you rather be? Murphreesboro 45 minutes from Nashville, or us 30 minutes from a major airport, two major cities, pro football, pro baseball, pro basketball, and great new facilities for all sports, with the exception of basketball whose locker rooms have been remodeled with a great venue in the Super Pit.

Met the new running backs coach today at the golf tourney. He is a former defensive back for us and was coaching at Denton Ryan. Can't recall his name.

My point was that he is still coaching here. I guess you didn't get the sarcasm.

Dang why can't we find a guy like this?

I think Dickeys biggest accomplishment his how many big time programs came calling for him after the 2nd straight championship and the bowl victory. Oh wait, I meant the third straight championship. No was it the fourth straight......... Kansas State where he was a great quarterback.........

The fences are not deep enough for D-1 play. This field is right behind the indoor facility on the old Liberty campus

If you know about the mean green club, know what it means to UNT athletics, and love your (our) university, then why does Mandy need to personally call you and ask you for a donation? This is our place, not hers. The more help we give her the better she can do her job. Just getting that tent set up at the away games is a huge ordeal. Not to mention finding a local beer store, finding a small amount of food, catering to supervising cheerleaders, and making sure donors on the trip with the team are taken care of. You may not believe it, but she works long thankless hours.

No it is not a joke. Mandy bust her butt to build the mean green club. Rick bust his butt to get new facilities built. Hank goes out and sells corporate sponsorships to help raise money. We are all going to be playing golf at the Trophy Club on Monday in support of athletic scholarships. What about all the behind the scenes work at the New Orleans Bowl. Heck I helped set up that tent that you guys stand under at the away games last year. A lot of people do a lot of work behind the scenes, and their reward is that the Coach talks about how difficult the situation is, and how the house is divided. Your darn right I am serious.

I am going to start recording all of DD's excuses to explain his future failures. His total budget for assistants salaries is completely in his control. He divides the money where he wants to. If he would hire young coaches for less than he paid the ones who left, then he could afford to pay his offensive and defensive coordinator more. Instead of allocating a big raise to his admin, he could pay his coaches more. All of this doesn't matter. He knows next season is put up or shut up time. There are several teams in our conference that quite possibly have left us behind. Time will tell. Which man are we going to get? I failed because I didn't work hard enough, or I failed because I didn't get a new academic center, practice facility, athletic center, new turf at Fouts, new video equipment, a brand new truck to drive for free. After we pay coaches more than we can afford, what is going to be the next excuse? I am wondering if DD has a mirror in his house? How about just win, don't kill the momentum that the rest of the athletic department staff has helped to build.

I have gone to a "kickoff luncheon" for the past three years. It has been in the gateway center and DD speaks. As for as the funding for the football stadium, Lee Jackson has to decide to support a capital campaign fund just like happened with the new Athletic Center. People pledge a certain amount of money over time, and then the University loans the money to build the stadium based on pledges.

If you ask me, I think Jmo looked like he was favoring his hamstring in the green white game. He sure didn't look real explosive. I know he made a couple of nice runs, but he should have torn up that white defense. IMHO

I do not think there is a conspiracy, just priorities of those in charge. We are going to have a new president soon. Dr. Pohl resigned to pursue other interest in academics across the country. In other words, he quit without having another job. What does this mean? To me it means that he was tired of something, maybe burned out. I have heard that Lee Jackson is a very hard man to work for. It is also been by more than one person that his priorities are with UNT Dallas, not UNT athletics. A lot of what PMG says is true. He is not just typing pointless dribble. I agree that you do not need 3 pages to say what can be said in one paragraph. However, he means well, and is more connected than some of you think. Mark it down, you will not hear anything about a new stadium unless you ask, and then you will get a political answer.

I believe that Lee Jackson is going to try to kill the new stadium, at least for now.

You are correct. Man we could get some exposure for the football program if these two things were combined. Thanks for the info.

Are they having taste of texas before the scrimmage?

I hope he learns a lot from Clint Marks, then maybe we can call MUTS a victory for the next couple of years. If it wasn't for Clint Marks throwing that beautiful touchdown pass to our linebacker, we would have been 1-10 instead of 2-9 last year.

I assume the real answer is running track.

No word from anyone on the great Johnny Quinn? Is he practicing?