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Great point! This is an area where I think coaches and teams need to shift how they evaluate S&C coaches in the hiring process. My first HC job, I was at a school with a very small budget, no money for S&C coach so I went to the D1 school in the area, talked to the Kinesiology folks, told them what I was looking for, had no money for a salary but an opportunity, they'll have all the responsibility of a full-time S&C coach, we can offer college credit (like an internship) but most importantly, if they track everything they do and the results, they'll be able to show an increase in tangible metrics and present it in the form of graphs, charts, etc., in their first full-time job interview after graduation. It was kind of like an "aha" moment, this hadn't really been done before, at least not for basketball, it wasn't the norm for the industry at the time and I'm not sure it's really caught on. That's where we should start though, open it up and tell candidates, send us whatever you think is the best way to show tangible results of your work with athletes. It's time to rethink a lot of things in higher ed. and athletics and ban the phrase: "well, that's how we've always done it." I mean, I can't help but think there may be someone out there who's sitting on a gold mine of ideas and has the proof to back it up, but doesn't have the connections to get an interview at D1. If you're seeing charts like this for individual players, position groups, and overall, along with a strong command of the process and a vision for the program, the results should be obvious. Different sport, but Baylor basketball this past season, every single player on that team (Starters through ballboy) was JACKED! So much so, it was blatantly obvious they're S&C program was top notch, I remember thinking, whoever is behind that, you better be paying them well before someone comes a long in need with a blank check!

Seth, get off the message board and back to work!

Walking in the locker room 30 minutes before kickoff like......

Where are you at with SL after today's game?

McElroy: "They've been doing this since peewee, they know better, it's not like they don't know what they can and can't do." All these extra penalties come down to focus, discipline, and priorities. It isn't because they don't know, it's because they're unfocused and aren't disciplined enough to know to get refocused and their priorities have shifted from we to me..... Leadership is responsible, simple can not allow that to happen. Same thing applies to any team in any work environment, just replace the word "penalty" with "mistakes" it's not rocket science or a secret. I'm getting fired up now!

If you're seeing the JFK/Rice Ad on ESPN online, he actually makes fun of Rice in that speech when he talks about doing the impossible and asking "Why does Rice play Texas?" and got a good laugh out of the crowd

Penalty UNT #25 - Sean Thomas Faulkner, Unsportsmanlike = STFU ....... The football gods move in mysterious ways! (Corny joke I know, but this game is turning into a joke, just figured I'd do my part)

Did Bennett come straight from the golf course with those shorts?? I get the highlight colored shirts and hats coaches wear on the sideline, that serves a purpose, when every coach is wearing the same team issued pants and shirts, and one isn't - either the little things matter to everyone or they don't matter at all.

Ironically, I didn't know this was thing, BUT...... A classmate in grad school did his thesis project on what factors drive merchandise sales at UNT Basketball Games (I think Hank was an advisor on this project) and we helped each other out with our projects so several of us helped him and asked people to fill out surveys at basketball games (some of you probably filled this out) and overwhelmingly the number factor was the head coach..... For football, what the head coach wears is free advertising, the NFL figured this out a long time ago, I get the impression all these points have been made before so..... That report/study would still be there in the KHPR office! (That's like a double face palm moment)

Little late on this but I recall thinking that Harrell was a little bit immature in the way he dealt with players. If I remember correctly at some point when he was at UNT, he moved from the sideline to the booth. I do have one vivid image of him going off behind SL during a game and just reading his lips thinking, is this guy for real? I mean you watch a lot of football, you pickup on body language, you can make out what guys are saying and all that and to be left with impression that someone is immature, doesn't happen often. If that was a concern, I don't know that enough time has passed for him to show that he's improved in that area..... HC's are one wrong word or mistimed statement away from losing a locker room, granted this is more a reflection on the atrophied mentality of the generation, but right, wrong, or indifferent, every coach has to handle it and it shouldn't be overlooked in Harrell's case.

There was a class when I was an undergrad, "Coaching Football" a 1-credit hour class and I can't remember the gentleman's name that taught it, short, soft spoken, glasses, was a coach on the staff years prior and that was the game he assigned the class to use for the scouting report assignment. Years later, play by play leading up to the end (I can't remember if it was a catch in the end zone or a no-call) you could just hear him getting more pissed off with each play. I mean this man played that one clip over and over and over and over and over again, mumbling and grumbling to himself, 20-something years later, he still couldn't believe it. We're all sitting there like "this man is having flashbacks" like war-type flashbacks, I'm not one to make light of PTSD but now that there's more education on what a PTSD flashback can look like, I'd say it was pretty damn similar. In fact, I believe he just turned and said "Class is over" and kept playing that play over and over as we all walked out like WTF....... That's raw pride and passion!

HAHA LOVE IT!!!!!! Here's one to add to your list, just have someone on ESPN say "I'm not sure Deion is ready for the jump to the FBS or has what it takes to run an FBS program right now" and he might be banging down the door to take the job!

Here's a little tidbit for the Astros fans, there's a new scandal brewing and this time they're cheating their fans. This is a short clip from hours of screen video where tickets have been uploaded in-house and added to the system but it appears the ticket ops staff attached the equivalent of a presale password to them, where only specified accounts could access and purchase. It'll be interesting to find out how much the kickback was for each transaction. (Restricted tickets, password protected pre-sales, direct to account ticket additions for premium subscribers for example, are never made available to the public, this is how it's been whittled down to 'kicks for ticks' - regular season, no one cares, if you're in Chicago, no one cares, it's expected there, World Series though, you're an idiot!) I know a local area soccer team did something similar when a certain British soccer player joined the league about 14 years ago. The difference then was they didn't take kickbacks, just alerted friends to when tickets were released back into the system (still a first come first serve deal). Technology has also come along way since then and MPV has the MLB contract for ticket sales for a reason: their system doesn't make mistakes. (*Not my video - I'm part of a group of that that all used to work in some fashion on the business side of pro sports teams and we share information like the reconciliation and release times for different teams. We don't do it for profit, only personal use. It works like this: Team A's reconciliation is at 11pm and 11am, let's say Community Relations has 20 tickets to a game and they only gave out 16, those four go back into the system, if that happens at 11:30pm, they will be reconciled with other adds from other people/departments and made available to the general public at 11am, unless the ops manager overrides for a different time.) You almost wish we had enough people come to our games at North Texas so we could have a scandal like this. I mean, even the OU/UT game has fans that have found their way into the game for years and years without paying or with a little cash in hand action by some secluded gate at a certain time, and then the UTSA kid who found his way into the Texas A&M Locker room after they beat 'Bama posing as a "recruit." I don't advocate for this stuff, but after the fact, I gotta give 'em props for a ballsy move that maybe the most victimless crime ever! Me and a friend got into the Cowboys locker room at training camp at the Alamodome simply by taking the elevator all the way up on the side where fans were allowed, then walking around to the other side and talking that elevator all the way down and walked into the locker room and got our football signed by the whole team when they came off after practice - wayyyyy too easy but we noticed there was absolutely no security on the other side! 1941559215_SSWSTCMPV1_14.mov

For sure, that's what I was getting with calling myself a hypocrite/bandwagonner 🤣 I was a Yankee fan for a long time, I grew up mostly on military bases outside the USA and at the time AFN (Armed Forces Network) had one sports channel, literally called "AFN Sports" and all we'd see were the good teams, so the Yankees became the team I rooted for (this was all before Firesticks, ROKU, Facebook and more or less, the internet). After they kept signing A-Rod after he admitted to lying, like three separate times, there was no way I wanted any part of the organization, the Yankees used to stand for something and then they sold out to A-Rod. So I stayed a fan until Jeter retired, then I became a free agent fan haha! Kind of the same about how some folks view Jerry Jones firing Landry when he brought the Cowboys, just a step too far.

Rooting for Dusty Baker and the Braves (Been a big fan of Joc Pederson fan since his days in the minors!)..... I know what I said, but hell, it's fun to be a hypocrite sometimes and ride a bandwagon! That's Baker, number 12, he was on deck when Hank Aaron hit is record-breaking home run!

@rcade Hank?

"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." I can accept the point of view that this is unlikely to happen, you could even put it at a less than one percent chance of happening but for the sake of discussion, at least add to the conversation by citing a source or example to the counter claim or other idea. My argument is substantiated, supported with evidence and examples, which can be verified. If I made a mistake, misinterpreted something, came up short or missed something, I invite that criticism and clarification. Also, I never said successor and clarified the "claim" sentence yesterday almost immediately after posting it. Your position is that the minimum is 6 teams is to stay as an FBS conference and CUSA can continue to exist and still collect the exit fees [as long as there are 6 teams]. The only way CUSA is going to agree to mutually dissolve and not collect exit fees is if everyone finds a home and [as it stands right now] UTEP, LA Tech, and FIU are going to [stay until the end and] take the exit fees. I agree with your position and said as much, albeit with one team as an example versus three: I would assume there would be a CUSA bylaw pertaining to something you mention, the dissolution, maybe there's specific circumstances laid out that would trigger an automatic dissolution and what that would look like? Has this been a thing in the past with other conferences? We've come a long way since the SWC but I wasn't around then, maybe someone recalls a similar situation that may provide a precedent or perspective? That's really all I'm trying t get it, what's the sphere of possibilities, and how can that be leveraged for our benefit (UNT) and our new conference partners?

Posted this in another thread in a response to the potential of no exit fees and the tongue-and-cheek comment about Ms. Judy keeping the $$$, more relevant here (sorry I'll get it together): Exit Fees, 501(c)3's, and the Possibilities (Dropping bars on a Sunday 🤣🤣) So, MLB restructured Minor League baseball when the professional baseball agreement expired in 2020. Prior to that all the minor league, leagues (i.e. Texas League) were non-profits which oversaw the operations of the leagues, renaming them Low-A, Double-A, Triple-A etc. and getting rid of the "Texas League" and "Pacific Coast League" for example, but this was not a marketing move, this was done for legal reasons. When a non-profit dissolves, part of the process (which they are guided through and must report back to the IRS) is dissemination of funds (the money left in the coffers). To do this, they must simply identify a similar non-profit, clear it through the IRS, and those funds would be transferred to another non-profit organization. It is illegal for a for-profit organization to take control of a non-profits funds and intellectual property (The Texas League name and logo are examples of intellectual property), which is why MLB, functioning clearly as for-profit in this circumstance, can lay no claim to the names of The Texas League, Pacific Coast League or remaining funds (end of year balance for the Texas League has usually always been less than $500k). MLB also has an anti-trust exemption (since 1922) which has allowed them to take control of the entire professional baseball market in the United States, without legal recourse for competitors, it can legally be a monopoly. Being the monster that they are, they did try to commandeer two league names which has been contested by a new group, Summer League Baseball Inc., which is a 501 nonprofit, which I briefly advised when this all went down and am an ex-officio member. This is where I learned about this stuff, I'm not a lawyer but learned pretty quickly that non-profit law is big business! Anyway, I digress (as usual), with regards the exit fee, these will need to be account for in the final audit, short of a vote to change the exit fee and bylaw, prior to the proposed dissolution date of the 501. This is to say, while there may very well be no exit fee when the time comes, it would need to be done officially, per the bylaws that govern it. I'm really curious to see how this goes down, I think about UTEP Athletics and what they're facing in the years ahead, and they have every incentive to say "screw all of you, pay your fee, leave, then it's just us in CUSA, and we would then control all assets." I'm not saying this will happen, but I do think it's on the table. Judy's $$$ Aresco, the AAC Commissioner, may be the most competent commissioner in all of college sports, he's forward thinking, incredibly and unapologetically bold, and could care less what other people think, he's proven time and time again he's going to get things done and do it in a big way that benefits everyone in the conference - dude is the real (emphasis word) deal. He has probably already played out every scenario, including UTEP holding up the CUSA Coffers, and has made moves to ensure the AAC reaps the most reward from the dissolution of the CUSA. There are five people in the CUSA which make six-figure salaries, and with the dissolution of the 501, will be looking for new jobs. Transferring the assets and $$$ of CUSA could be at the discretion of the Executive Officers, or the Commissioner, or some combination thereof, depending on how the bylaws are written. If you've ever set up a 501(c)3 you'll remember that this seemingly routine process required more than one individual to be named in the organization, and you could always add more and remove later, but when a 501(c)3 is first set up, this lays ground of the framework for an eventual dissolution. What I'm getting at here is this, Aresco will have all of this laid out (he probably already does) and it could be that when the CUSA dissolution process begins, all assets (including exit fees as they must be account for, see above) could be transferred to the AAC. The modicum of truth: Whatever role Judy and co. may play or not play in this, may prove worthy of a job or position in the AAC front office. I've attached the full 990 from 2019 as well for anyone interested. TL;DR: CUSA MONEY HAS TO GO TO ANOTHER SIMILAR NON-PROFIT THE AAC COULD CLAIM IT OR HAVE IT GIVEN TO THEM BY THE CUSA COMMISSIONER INCLUDING ALL EXIT FEE DOLLARS WHICH THE IRS REQUIRES TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE CUSA BYLAWS UNLESS THE BYLAWS ARE OFFICIALLY CHANGED PRIOR TO THE DATE THE NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF THE CUSA 501 IS SUBMITTED Below is from 2019, BUT some of you might find it interesting that Ms. Judy got a $140,000 raise to her annual salary from 2019 to 2020 (it would be patronizing to everyone for me to point out that this was a six-figure raised during the COVID pandemic but I just realized this for the first time and it kind of pisses me off so I'm adding it to the record should an accident befall me on my drive into the city). GMG! CUSA 990 - 6.2019.pdf

Not necessarily, there is a of money in the coffers that must be accounted for and when a non-profit dissolves, there are procedures that have to be followed which if not done correctly could land those in charge in some serious hot water, I'll elaborate below. There is a modicum of truth to this, I'll elaborate below. Exit Fees, 501(c)3's, and the Possibilities (Dropping bars on a Sunday 🤣🤣) So, MLB restructured Minor League baseball when the professional baseball agreement expired in 2020. Prior to that all the minor league, leagues (i.e. Texas League) were non-profits which oversaw the operations of the leagues, renaming them Low-A, Double-A, Triple-A etc. and getting rid of the "Texas League" and "Pacific Coast League" for example, but this was not a marketing move, this was done for legal reasons. When a non-profit dissolves, part of the process (which they are guided through and must report back to the IRS) is dissemination of funds (the money left in the coffers). To do this, they must simply identify a similar non-profit, clear it through the IRS, and those funds would be transferred to another non-profit organization. It is illegal for a for-profit organization to take control of a non-profits funds and intellectual property (The Texas League name and logo are examples of intellectual property), which is why MLB, functioning clearly as for-profit in this circumstance, can lay no claim to the names of The Texas League, Pacific Coast League or remaining funds (end of year balance for the Texas League has usually always been less than $500k). MLB also has an anti-trust exemption (since 1922) which has allowed them to take control of the entire professional baseball market in the United States, without legal recourse for competitors, it can legally be a monopoly. Being the monster that they are, they did try to commandeer two league names which has been contested by a new group, Summer League Baseball Inc., which is a 501 nonprofit, which I briefly advised when this all went down and am an ex-officio member. This is where I learned about this stuff, I'm not a lawyer but learned pretty quickly that non-profit law is big business! Anyway, I digress (as usual), with regards the exit fee, these will need to be account for in the final audit, short of a vote to change the exit fee and bylaw, prior to the proposed dissolution date of the 501. This is to say, while there may very well be no exit fee when the time comes, it would need to be done officially, per the bylaws that govern it. I'm really curious to see how this goes down, I think about UTEP Athletics and what they're facing in the years ahead, and they have every incentive to say "screw all of you, pay your fee, leave, then it's just us in CUSA, and we would then control all assets." I'm not saying this will happen, but I do think it's on the table. Judy's $$$ Aresco, the AAC Commissioner, may be the most competent commissioner in all of college sports, he's forward thinking, incredibly and unapologetically bold, and could care less what other people think, he's proven time and time again he's going to get things done and do it in a big way that benefits everyone in the conference - dude is the real (emphasis word) deal. He has probably already played out every scenario, including UTEP holding up the CUSA Coffers, and has made moves to ensure the AAC reaps the most reward from the dissolution of the CUSA. There are five people in the CUSA which make six-figure salaries, and with the dissolution of the 501, will be looking for new jobs. Transferring the assets and $$$ of CUSA could be at the discretion of the Executive Officers, or the Commissioner, or some combination thereof, depending on how the bylaws are written. If you've ever set up a 501(c)3 you'll remember that this seemingly routine process required more than one individual to be named in the organization, and you could always add more and remove later, but when a 501(c)3 is first set up, this lays ground of the framework for an eventual dissolution. What I'm getting at here is this, Aresco will have all of this laid out (he probably already does) and it could be that when the CUSA dissolution process begins, all assets (including exit fees as they must be account for, see above) could be transferred to the AAC. The modicum of truth: Whatever role Judy and co. may play or not play in this, may prove worthy of a job or position in the AAC front office. I've attached the full 990 from 2019 as well for anyone interested. TL;DR: CUSA MONEY HAS TO GO TO ANOTHER SIMILAR NON-PROFIT THE AAC COULD CLAIM IT OR HAVE IT GIVEN TO THEM BY THE CUSA COMMISSIONER INCLUDING ALL EXIT FEE DOLLARS WHICH THE IRS REQUIRES TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE CUSA BYLAWS UNLESS THE BYLAWS ARE OFFICIALLY CHANGED PRIOR TO THE DATE THE NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF THE CUSA 501 IS SUBMITTED Below is from 2019, BUT some of you might find it interesting that Ms. Judy got a $140,000 raise to her annual salary from 2019 to 2020 (it would be patronizing to everyone for me to point out that this was a six-figure raised during the COVID pandemic but I just realized this for the first time and it kind of pisses me off so I'm adding it to the record should an accident befall me on my drive into the city). GMG! CUSA 990 - 6.2019.pdf

What are your thoughts on this? I like our court but is there room to do even more with it? (I do believe D1 has parameters as far as shade and tone, which may make courts like this impossible at the D1 level moving forward but D1 Bakersfield below has reaped some of the benefits of courts like this.) As a coach, being the visitor on courts like this can be a nightmare, causing spatial disorientation (think spacing, out-of-bounds, etc.). As a fan, I think it's badass!! https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32454049/paul-quinn-college-new-basketball-court-beauty-important-history-lesson

Makes sense! This is interesting, and the definition of dissolves or legal arguments of what constitutes dissolved, may be the cliffhanger if a school or schools decide to pursue legal options. I use UTEP as an example because it looks like they're going to get the short end of the stick and if they can recoup $10 mil or more through legal channels, I'd be calling for it if I was a UTEP alum.

I posted this a response in another thread, but it's unrelated to the topic so thought I would make a thread for it: Does anyone know the actual language in the contracts that define the exit fee, the terms, and any exceptions? I'm thinking if I'm UTEP for example, I'm talking to some lawyers about the prospect of being "the last school standing" and holding every other school to account for their exit fee. Of course, unless the language in the bylaws allows for a simple majority vote to alter the exit fees and terms, in which case the nine schools who have already announced their intent to leave can vote to change the exit fee? Even in that situation, if i"m UTEP, I'm having some heavy handed lawyers go through that thing with a fine-tooth comb and throwing around words like collusion and false claims (Texas has its own false claims act, some Fed. Higher Ed. Act language may also be applicable here) - can anyone recall a school suing in previous realignments or when a conference has dissolved? Or even threatening legal action? Edit: Damn, I just thought, if you are UTEP and you want to do this, it's going to put Adm. McRaven the Chancellor of the UT System and BOR in one helluva position, the Big 12 would be watching very closely. They may need another non-Texas school to hold on an initiate it with them, which may muddy the waters even more as the UT System would be put in one really tough spot considering the precedent a case like this would make, and the impact it would have on other UT schools now and in the future.

Does anyone know the actual language in the contracts that define the exit fee, the terms, and any exceptions? I'm thinking if I'm UTEP for example, I'm talking to some lawyers about the prospect of being "the last school standing" and holding every other school to account for their exit fee. Of course, unless the language in the bylaws allows for a simple majority vote to alter the exit fees and terms, in which case the nine schools who have already announced their intent to leave can vote to change the exit fee? Even in that situation, if i"m UTEP, I'm having some heavy handed lawyers go through that thing with a fine-tooth comb and throwing around words like collusion and false claims - can anyone recall a school suing in previous realignments or when a conference has dissolved? Or even threatening legal action? Edit: Damn, I just thought, if you are UTEP and you want to do this, it's going to put Adm. McRaven the Chancellor of the UT System and BOR in one helluva position, the Big 12 would be watching very closely. They may need another non-Texas school to hold on an initiate it with them, which may muddy the waters even more as the UT System would be put in one really tough spot considering the precedent a case like this would make, and the impact it would have on other UT schools now and in the future.

Agree, I would just note that entering the portal doesn't necessarily mean someone has decided to leave for good. In a most cases it does mean they want out, but if they don't enter the portal then no other coaches can talk to them so it's kind of like "testing the waters of free agency" in pro sports. With a new coach coming in, guys will have anxiety about the new offense, defense, where they fit in etc..... As soon as one guy transfers to a "bigger/better" (in the eyes of the beholder) place, other guys will wonder how they stack up and enter the portal. For some of those guys who thought they were the bee's knees, they will learn quickly when there's no "better" offer that they're pretty damn lucky to be where they're at.

Contract attached. Littrell, S. - UNT 2.1.pdf