SilverEagle

It speaks volumes about how some coaches can motivate, and some can't.

Yes, he's on the program as well. But I haven't seen him on the sideline any time this season.

Sports wise, what is your first loyalty? To North Texas, or Virginia?

This reminds me of something. What has become of our great DL prospect Esteban Santiago? I've looked for him on the sidelines a couple of games now, and haven't seen him in uniform. If he's hurt, I haven't seen anyone dressed in jeans with a #77 jersey on.

I went crazy when they actually threw a slant pattern. I didn't think they had one in the playbook.

It's my understanding that Andy Brewster and Dickey worked with this group. The "green team" ran the usual "DD" stuff (run left, run right, run up the middle.....throw a play-action pass) but the intensity and fire of the group was the big difference. I don't feel that I will be contradicted when I attribute ALL of the aforementioned "fire" and "intensity" to Coach Brewster. Not only did the green OL block with more intensity, but all of the RB's ran with reckless abandon. I don't think that I saw the green teams RB's lose yardage once. And when James Mitchell got into the game in the second half at RB, it was just thrilling. That guy literally launched himself through the line. My proposal is for Jamario to sit on the bench this next game and rotate James Mitchell, Evan Robertson and Devin Cox at RB. Keep Kerona Henderson at FB, but rotate Ronnie Hull into that position. I also recommend that selected O-lineman sit on the bench as well. Coach Brewster should select which ones sit and which ones start. Oh yeah, leave RF and Coach Ethridge at Denton and let them listen to the game on the Radio.

"Dickey et al?" Man, you can sure tell that you live with a Lawyer. "at least do it for the players like Johnny Quinn who have worked so hard to represent our University." .....and James Mitchell, Zac Muzzy,Phillip Graves, Ronnie Hull, Shawn Early, Sky Pruitt, Dylan Lineberry, Joel Foster,Beau Davidson, and Robert Harmon.

Through the years, North Texas has had MANY of it's alumni go on to law school and become successful Lawyers. Mike Simpson (former NT SGA President) now practicing in Bridgeport is one example. It has always been tradition that your first loyalty is supposed to be to the school where you received your BS (or BA) degree. That being the case, we should have been getting those "big donations" from lawyers for decades.

This hasn't been kept secret from DD. He's known how the team has felt about RF for quite some time. He's made the decision to keep RF around for several years, and so DD can take a big chunk of the responsibility for this horrendous situation.

I believe Drake and Carlson are part of the group.

I'll second that vote. And I'll also vote for the Green Team's OL to block for him.

If the Green Team OL is a direct reflection of Andry Brewster's coaching and motivational ability, then we need to go ahead and give a certain coach some free time to write his next book. I couldn't believe how fired-up and ready to play that whole group was. Devin Cox was just tearing it up out there, and I don't believe that I saw him lose yardage even one time. ALSO, did anyone notice how much James Mitchell was tearing it up when they gave him the ball? To this day, I still don't know why he hasn't been put in the RB rotation and given the ball. And the shock of the night ......RYAN DAVENPORT catching a bomb for a TD!?!? Can someone tell me what position he was playing? Was it FB, I-B or TE? Regardless, I just LOVE stuff like that. I hope someone caught that on film for him. That has to be the biggest moment of his college career. Too bad it didn't lead to a win. BTW, I think the Green team was taken out because they used up all of their play-book and LaTech was starting to catch on.

How about WE DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE!! I can send you the full 50's/60's Scrappy image to put I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE! under.

I'll be out there.

Here is an interesting article that would seem to apply to this subject. Coaches are playing game of make believe By NAKIA HOGAN Star-Telegram Staff Writer SPECIAL TO THE STAR-TELEGRAM/WILLIS KNIGHT Coach Bob Wager has Martin holding down fourth place in 8-5A. More photosThe postgame locker room was usually church-quiet last season. Except for the occasional sniffle of a player struggling to hold in his emotions, nobody said much. It hurt too much to talk. Arlington Bowie senior defensive back D.J. Davis figured there would be plenty of similar Friday night sessions this season. "People were just mad that we weren't winning the last couple years," Davis said. But new coach Kenny Perry has brought about some change, having -- in a flash -- turned the once-moribund Volunteers into playoff contenders. Just when players, parents and the community were about ready to write off this season, convinced the team would continue its string of never making the playoffs, Perry cut off the naysayers in mid-sentence. "There's a saying out there that losing breeds losing," Perry said. "That's a true statement." And Perry wanted none of it. He told his players that in preseason drills. Not all the players believed, though. Those who didn't are no longer around. "In this profession, to take a program that hasn't been good and to make it good, you have to be a psychologist," said Perry, who in his second year at Sam Houston in 2001 broke a seven-year playoff drought at the school. "You have to be a cheerleader. And you have to be a coach. There are so many things that go into turning a program around. "It's not all physical. There's a lot of mental preparation that goes into getting your team to really believe in what you are doing as a coach." The Volunteers, who have gone from a 1-9 record last season to a 6-2 mark this season under Perry, weren't the only players buying what their new coach was selling. First-year coaches at Martin and Boswell have resurrected struggling programs and have their beleaguered teams on the cusp of elusive playoff berths. At Martin, Bob Wager was hired to take over a team that hadn't sniffed the playoffs since 1999 and was coming off a 3-7 season. But if the postseason started today, the Warriors (3-5), winners of three of their last five games, would be in. Wager isn't surprised. He'd been in similar situations before, having turned teams at Tolar and Groveton into playoff regulars. To ensure the trend continued, Wager snatched up a handful of his former assistants and brought them to Martin. "The one thing that is common with Tolar, Groveton and Martin is we had great staffs and we had great kids," Wager said. "When you have people that all believe in the same thing, I think it gives you a chance." Not everyone gave Wager much of a chance. In fact, Martin opened the season with three consecutive losses. Fans questioned his playcalling. Parents wanted their kids to get more playing time. Outsiders assumed it was a typical Martin year. But Wager told his players there was no room for doubt. "There are a lot of things that pop up when things aren't going your way," Wager said. "But to our kids' credit and our coaches' credit, we were able to focus on the main thing. And that's the reason why we are in the situation we are in now." Unlike Perry and Wager, John Abendschan didn't have to start from scratch at Boswell. He had spent the previous four seasons as an assistant with the Pioneers, so he was familiar with the players. But the coach knew changes needed to be made if Boswell, which is off to a 7-1 start, was going to earn a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2001. Under previous coaches and playing in the ultra-competitive Class 5A, the Pioneers were typically satisfied with moral victories. Now in Class 4A and with Abendschan running the show, wins are what matter most. "For the last four years, it's been a feeling that we just compete," Abendschan said. "That's not anybody's fault. But it was just the situation that we were in. "Now we have to believe that every time we step on the field we are going to win the game because there is no other reason to come out and play." IN THE KNOW Pretenders to contenders A look at the turnarounds the programs at Martin, Arlington Bowie and Boswell have experienced this season: Team '06 rec. ' 05 rec. Last playoff app. Arl. Bowie 6-2 1-9 None Boswell 7-1 5-5 2001 Martin 3-5 3-7 1999 Hmmmm, sounds like the coach at Boswell is a strong believer in...... I DIDN'T COME HERE TO LOSE!

Well, we could always talk about those eye-popping stats that the team is putting up this year. Speaking of which, are we and La Tech the "pillow fight of the week?". Actually that would be a kind term for the game.

I think when he was OC at A$M he was asked if he would be interested in the NT job, and he said no thanks.

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The last time we signed a "name" coach was Hayden Fry. It has been pointed out that we got him because we payed him two salaries AD & HC. In order to do something similar again, we would have to fire RV and give Hank Dickinson more administrative duties....including fund-raising....and take him out of the booth. Now, if we were going to do something like that, then I would advocate firing both RV and Hank, pay some promising radio/tv intern to do the color commentary with GD, and then hire Jim Hobdy to be the athletic director. ....or (I like this better), keep RV, fire Hank Dickinson, hire the aforementioned intern, and then hire Jim Hobdy to be assistant AD in charge of promotions and fund raising. With Jim, we would get much more bang for our buck as far as promotions and fund raising goes. OR, we can learn the lessons of having Hayden Fry as our coach and hire an up-and-coming coach just like him, for a bargain price. You know, someone with a lot of fire, people skills, and someone who is not afraid of sending out a long bomb pass play to the QB, when we are back up on our own one yard line. This coach will quickly be hired away from us. But if we are smart, (past history says that that is a big IF) we will already have his replacement in mind, and insert the "next Hayden Fry-type" coach into the position and keep going. We could even make money on this. We could build in a very profitable buy-out clause for the school, so that the University will have more money to offer the next up-and-coming "Hayden Fry".

.....AND finished with a winning record (6-5).

We're talking about ten years, so "how many times they change the logo/brand/mascot/name" would be the question.

Well then, here's the solution to our problem. Let's re-assign Dickey to some administrative job, and move the Women's soccer coach over to coach the football team.

I'll take one.....size XX please.

Isn't this a day early for a Halloween joke? At least I hope it's a joke......

I think that Evans (for his ability to recruit) and Bliel (for the excellent work he's done with the defense in such a short amount of time), as well as Ramone Archie, and Andy Brewster should stay. The main coach to replace would be the OC. Let's suppose that we're told that a search for a promising OC is going to take place. What promising OC would come here and work under the conditions that we all know exist. Everything would have to be approved by Dickey, and DD is not going to approve the kind of offense that we all want to see installed. He'd be vetoing 95% of what a new OC would be sending down to go out to the QB. I repeat, no promising OC would work under those conditions.