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From Cooley re. Chambers on the M&G board.... ........................................................................................................ Date Posted: Mon, November 27 2006, 19:46:33 Author: Cooley Subject: Re: I think Chambers name is being used as a smoke screen In reply to: SUE 's message, "Re: I think Chambers name is being used as a smoke screen" on Mon, November 27 2006, 19:05:18 According to a very reliable source today, Bruce Chambers was offered the job. For some reason, he feels that he is too old to relocate and start over. (Age 48) He does have a good situation at UT at about $130,000 base. I've personally known Bruce from our NTSU days to present. Being totally objective, I think this would be a bad hire. From my years of following Bruce and Dallas Carter, I felt that the team was undisciplined & without proper preparation. Game day strategy was not Bruce's strong suit. Though he has a strong background to the inner city of Southern Dallas County, he has been away long enough where I fear existing coaches don't have any loyalties. As a former player at Carter, Chambers was able to join the Carter coaching staff under Freddie James (after graduating for NT). Carter High School had unbelievable talent (12-15 D1 kids; 5-10 more at a lower level each year) during his entire stay. Many followers of the program grew tired of Freddie James to the point where he retired. Most felt that Carter, despite advancing deep in the playoffs, underachieved annually. Carter was also marred with ineligibility concerns and grade scandals under James' watch. Bruce was the defensive coordinator at a time that Carter had 8-9 kids playing on his defense. He was the hand picked choice of James to take over after his retirement. Bruce didn't change much during his short stint as HC before Mack Brown hired him away to UT. Brown, as the new UT coach, made no secret of the fact that he wanted to get into Dallas Carter. Bruce benefited by being at the right place at the right time. I agree that it's important to hire a coach with local ties and being a UNT alum would help. I just can't get excited about Bruce Chambers though.

The DRC would differ with your source on who the leading candidates are. Have your source call their source.

The early termination of DD was to get the process rolling for a new coach & staff and have a shot at the early recruiting period..now thru mid-Dec. It looks like we've already blown that waiting for some programs to finish their schedules. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if RV already had a short list of who he was interested in before the official firing, that's only natural. Then you also wait and see what names pop up on the applicants list, and now other coaches are being let go so there's a new group to consider. But the competition is also heating up to snare a good coach. I have my favorites but I also look at it like ANY new coach is better than DD.

I think Dodge was telling all colleges to bring offers, I'll listen. You can only win so many state trophies before you wonder how you'd do at the next level. The biggest thing in UNT's favor was the proximity to SLC. He could have stayed in his same house and watch son play senior year. Now SMUt would have the same advantage plus larger pur$e if they fire Bennett. Other colleges will be hesitant to hire Dodge only because of his limited coaching in college and the big fear of hiring a HS coach.

But it also allows other programs to come asking about him (re. SMUt). The winter recruiting window also is I believe from Nov. 26 - Dec. 15. Then there is a dead period until like mid-Jan. 2007.

If Dodge were to go to SMUt and we signed Nix it would be interesting to see the progress of the two programs at the same time. I hope we wouldn't look back and regret our choice.

If only Trinity hadn't lost when they tried a fake punt with less than 2 minutes to go in their game...we might have our coach now.

Bennett discusses direction of SMU Athletic director meets with coach, whose job could be on the line 11:51 PM CST on Sunday, November 26, 2006 By KATE HAIROPOULOS / The Dallas Morning News SMU football coach Phil Bennett and athletic director Steve Orsini met for a couple of hours Sunday to discuss the direction of the program. "Obviously it's very important to both of us," Bennett said. "We made progress, but we're not where we want to be." Bennett said that he appreciated the dialogue and that it would continue today. Bennett's job status is in question after SMU, which ended the season 6-6, became bowl eligible but failed to lock up a bowl bid at Rice on Saturday with a 31-27 loss. Bennett said at the start of the season, his fifth at SMU, that fans should expect a bowl, and Orsini agreed with the goal. Orsini, in his first year at SMU, has said all along that he would evaluate the program at the end of the season. "With this being a timely matter, we wanted to begin the process today, and meeting with Coach Bennett was just the first part of that process," Orsini said Sunday through an SMU spokesperson. Bennett, who is 17-41 at SMU, said Sunday that he deserved to return. "We've gotten better, we're making progress," he said. "But we want more." Bennett said he will return the best nucleus of players next season that he's had at SMU. He said that he was obviously disappointed with the loss at Rice and that SMU should play for championships every season. "We've got to keep recruiting hard," Bennett said. "You always evaluate yourself. You never stay the same." Bennett said redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Willis reacted emotionally when he said Saturday that he would transfer if Bennett doesn't return. "Justin belongs at SMU regardless of who the coach is," Bennett said. Bennett said all of his coaches were out recruiting Sunday. Bennett was at work despite suffering a dislocated collarbone and separated rib cartilage after a sideline collision just before halftime at Rice. Bennett said he was in so much pain that he became sick at the half, though he coached the entire game. He took a shot for the pain, but it also made him sick. He said he almost had to leave the sideline in the fourth quarter. He had X-rays after the game and was unavailable for postgame comment. Bennett said he did not suffer a fracture but will be wearing a sling for at least the next couple of days

I gotta go with Dodge. He IS a head coach. He IS an offensive mind. He IS known in the metroplex and state-wide by fans and by recruits. All things we NEED NOW!

You think fans will be excited by Nix? Excitement, selling season tickets, alumni relations, corporate sponsors, and making donors want to give are some things the new coach will need along with his name recognition to accomplish. Dodge has that ability.

DickeyBall.

Nix and Butler. I'd like to see some other names contacted.

He gets my vote.

Tyrone Nix bio & photo from U. South Carolina

UTA is also like 4-1, lost in OT to TCU, not that bad.

He's a defensive coordinator at SC in his 2nd year there after 10 at USM, not sure if he is the asst HC. He is only 33 years old. No Texas connections that I could find, a Deep South guy who has only coached defense.

Troy took the lead over the MUTS with 14 seconds left. I guess I'll be a Troy fan next week too... MUTS =

Oh please YES! Could it get any better than that?

Nix ? As for Dickey: "....finished with a 42-64 record with the Mean Green." That says it all.

As much as DD wants to take credit for the Bowls, there would have been none without WW and the forming of SBC football.

SMUt ends season at 6-6, Rice is 7-5. Too bad , so sad...not!

Preview: UNT at La.-Monroe 6 p.m., Malone Stadium (KWRD-FM 100.7, KNTU-FM 88.1) 11:11 PM CST on Friday, November 24, 2006 By BRETT VITO / Denton Record-Chronicle UNT (2-4, 3-8) at La.-Monroe (1-4, 2-8) Line: ULM by 7 WHAT'S ON THE LINE UNT –The Mean Green is trying to send coach Darrell Dickey out on a high note and build momentum for the off-season. ULM –The Warhawks look to build on a win over Florida International and a near-win against Kentucky. WHO'S HOT UNT –Redshirt freshman RB Evan Robertson ran for 201 yards against Fla. Atlantic. ULM –Junior RB Calvin Dawson rushed for 179 yards and three touchdowns last week in a loss to Kentucky. WHO'S NOT UNT –Quarterback Daniel Meager committed three costly turnovers and injured his elbow against Florida Atlantic. ULM –The Warhawks gave up 359 passing yards to Kentucky. STAT THAT TELLS THE STORY ULM rushed for 351 yards at Kentucky. UNT is fourth in the Sun Belt with 143.3 rushing yards allowed per game. KEY MATCHUP UNT S AARON WEATHERS VS. ULM RB CALVIN DAWSON: The Warhawks have gone to an option-based attack behind Dawson, who leads the Sun Belt with an average of 96.4 rushing yards per game. UNT has allowed only two 100-yard rushers this season and needs to avoid surrendering a big day. UNT WINS IF The Mean Green channels its emotions in Dickey's last game. ULM WINS IF The Warhawks could end their season with a flourish if they run the ball the way they did against Kentucky. PREDICTED SCORE ULM 27, UNT 17

Those facts, 42-63, say UNT did the right thing by firing him!!! Now, about Miami firing a coach that goes 59-15?

I was at the Plano/PNG game in '77. The actual listed attendance was 49,953, so close to 50K. I think 4A was the top classification then too.

Now 15-9 Trinity in 3rd. Fan on DMN blog estimates 40,000+ at the game.