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DRC.com Men's basketball: Steadman interviews for McNeese job 06:48 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer North Texas assistant men’s basketball coach Jai Steadman felt like his interview at McNeese State for the Cowboys opening for a head coach went well on Monday. Steadman will find out how well today. McNeese interviewed three other candidates along with Steadman for the opening that was created when Tic Price was fired and will announce its decision today. Dave Simmons, an assistant coach at Northwestern State, has been mentioned as a front-runner. Mississippi State assistant coach Robert Kirby and Charlie Fenske, who last coached as an assistant at Texas State, also interviewed. “I thought the interview went really well,” Steadman said Monday following his visit to the Lake Charles, La., school. “I am up against three really good coaches. At my age and for what I have been through, to be able to interview for a Division I job is a great honor.” Steadman graduated from Nebraska in 1997 and took his first job as an assistant at Tyler Junior College later that year. He made a stop at TCU before spending a year at McNeese in 2004-05. He then joined Johnny Jones’ staff at UNT before last season. Steadman took over as the Mean Green’s recruiting coordinator earlier this year and has helped land a series of transfers who are expected to be impact players at UNT, including forwards Curtis Muse of Mineral Area (Mo.) Community College and Roderick Flemings, a transfer from Oklahoma State. “It would be a great step in my career,” Steadman said. “To be a head coach on the collegiate level is something I have prepared for. I know I am ready.” Steadman credited Jones for preparing him for the opportunity to interview for the McNeese job. Jones already lost one of his assistants this offseason when Fred Rike left to become the head coach at Angelo State, a Division II school in the Lone Star Conference.

I may be mistaken, but didn't DD wear a different hat on National TV against NMSU, or did I dream that?

Well, at least FFR got my point. The "great job by our staff" comment is relating to not filling all available scholarships, and then not spending the time on one of our top recruits to really gauge his committment. If they only want to sign 18 kids, fine, but they better make sure they are going to stick. My number one problem is signing a small class and losing the top two rated recruits even before two-a-days begin.

Appropriate name for the first time poster.

My point in TTech not being a good example is that they "signed" 34, lost 11, so they have a class of 23 arriving for Fall practice. North Texas signed 18 and lost their two highest rated players for a whopping total of 16 players, when NT could have signed a full allotment. As others have noted, the margin for error at TTech is much smaller than North Texas. I am glad to have the young men that NT signed playing in Denton, but I have to question our coaching staff for not filling all scholarships available.

I know it happens everywhere and is not just a problem of North Texas, but I do have a problem when two of our highest rated recruits in a class where we didn't even sign all the scholarships we had to offer are gone before fall practice begins. Tech isn't a good example. They "signed" 34 knowing the max is 25, so at least 9 were going elsewhere. At least they still have a relatively full class. Of course I expected this reply from e-bone after I questioned one of his posts in another thread. Touche`

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Just curious what your background is/was. Wasn't trying to put you on the defensive. If I'm stating facts then I expect to get that, not with opinion.

Any news?

Think we would have invested all that time recruiting him if we didn't think his heart was in it? That time could have been better spent recruiting someone that wants to play.

This recruiting class has turned into a joke. Our highest rated recruit, Trent Stanley, leaves after the spring because he wasn't quite up to advanced billilng, Eddrick Gilmore, one of our top recruits from last year, can't make the grades and now Tim Patton, our highest rated recruit this year, backs out of of his LOI. Great job by our staff. BTW, doesn't NT have to release Patton from his LOI?

Other than having "people tell me when they experimented with steriods...." what are your references or your educational background to support your views?

Well, I guess Barry Sanders was overrated also. Who knew?

Well, I guess Barry Sanders was overrated also. Who knew?

If last year is any indication of opening up the playbook, then we need to either close it or go to the library and check out another copy.

Would they consider having Carlson add some weight and moving him to Tackle?

That video has been out for two years.

This cracked me up.

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Laird is hitting .350+ and has always been better than Barajas.

I just asked because, like FFR, I find it interesting that Landis had elevated testosterone levels, whether real or synthetic, in his system one day and then didn't the next. That doesn't add up. All Landis said was that he would prove he is innocent. Guess we ought to give him that chance. Bonds is a sad individual.

Has Landis been proven to be lying?

The best move would be to get rid of Showalter. As stated earlier in this thread, he plays his favorites, Barajas, over more deserving players, Laird and has never develop young players very well.

Leave it to this board to criticize someone for leaving somebody off of their list.