MeanGreenGlory

Bumping because his name keeps getting thrown into the hat. Can someone please explain the appeal of Carthel for DC and exclude any “coach in waiting” argument?

You lost me at “half not.”

What's the appeal of Carthel? Honest question. I don't follow FCS closely, but it seems like every time a position opens up at UNT people on the board want Carthel to fill it. I see he won the NCAA Division II championship in 2017 and has an overall record of 89–48 which are both impressive. However, his run at SFA from a W/L perspective looks similar to Seth's at UNT in that he built up the program in a few years, but he seems to be plateauing over the past few years. I'd love to hear more about what the advocates see in him and why he'd be a good fit for UNT specifically.

Agree. Basketball and has been the better product at UNT for many years now. All eyes/support should be on basketball until Mosley figures out how to field a respectable football program.

Yeah, I still haven’t heard what the new president’s stance is on athletics, but I imagine this kind of stuff starts to land on Mosley’s shoulders if the president cares at all. Four straight losses on four straight national broadcasts is not good for the university.

Great road win. This team is scrappy and does not let off the gas. Love to see it.

Could have/Should have won the Memphis and Tulane games as well. Zero games on our schedule this year have been out of reach aside from Texas Tech.

The defense definitely did their part. Shocked that North Texas has a game this year with a “3” next to our name given how things have been going on offense.

I just want to say that this linear TV exposure provides a huge foundation for us to build on. We need to win these games to make the most of the opportunities.

I would hope this season makes him care more about defense. He brought in a guy to run the 3-3-5 using the same logic that made Seth want to run the 3-3-5: it’s “hard to prepare for.” Side note: it still blows my mind that this defense that our offense-focused HCs have found challenging to prepare for is so easy for every other OC we play to prepare for…anyway… Season 1 defensive failure could be attributed to the new system, new personnel, etc. So, give it another year with better transfer portal players and see what happens. In season 2, it should be clear to Morris right now that with this offense and our schedule, he’d literally be cruising to an AAC conference championship game and be a legit contender for the CFP if he had a defense that was even middle-of-the-pack in FBS. However, since our defense struggles to tackle and stop other teams from scoring, we’re likely not going to end up in either scenario by the end of the season. If that realization doesn’t make him start caring about defense more, I’m not sure what will.

Indeed it was.

Bingo. Coach Morris would be humming right along to an AAC championship game and potentially a spot in the CFP if he had brought in a solid defensive coordinator.

It’s strange to me that the coaches acknowledged we were small on defense last year but didn’t do much to address it in the offseason despite bringing in lots of new faces via the portal.

Can Graham Harrell coach defense? Asking for an alma mater…