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This team is soft because our coach is soft.

I'm not rooting for Temple next Saturday. I'll never cheer for UNT to lose. But, even if UNT beats Temple by 100 points, Morris still needs to be fired. This season started 5-1. There is no excuse for dropping 5 straight games. Just like there is no excuse for blowing 21 point lead to an interim head coach... at home no less. The portal changes everything. That's why other AAC programs are able to fire their coaches in their 2nd seasons at their schools. Morris has already had two season to fix the defense. He hasn't been able to fix it. I can't think of any reason why he might magically figure it out this off season. These are Morris' FBS wins this season... USA 6-5 (bowl team) Wyoming 2-9 Tulsa 3-8 (Fired their 2nd year coach) FAU 2-9 (Fired their 2nd year coach) Morris has built a team that for the most part, only beats bums. We saw this movie before with Littrell. I'm done with this crap. It's time to rebuild.

Based on the on our record, it looks like Morris' current recruiting hasn't got the job done. I think the idea is that a new coach and staff would be more successful at luring better players in the portal and on signing day.

Is it time to contact members of the BOR and express our frustrations? Change is certainly needed. I remember when a banner was flown during one of their meetings.

I whole-heartedly disagree. We are not a mob. We are the fan base, and the only ones that actually give a crap. That's why we are demanding more than the sh!t show that is currently being feed to us. I refuse to marginalize the frustration of our fans. And if our AD can't or won't fund a Morris buyout, then he needs to be replaced too. Our stadium is usually half full on game day, when we have around 400,000 alums within an hour of campus. It is time we get someone that can build a real program in Denton, not make excuses for why we should continue to accept failing in football.

Why does Morris still have to be here next season? FAU was able to fire Herman in year two. Tulsa fired Wilson in Year two. Charlotte fired Poggi in year two. All three were hired the same year as Morris. Why can't Mosley fire Morris in year two? If three of our peers in the AAC can fire coaches in year 2, why can't North Texas?

I agree with this 100%. Only a soft team gives up at 21-point lead to lose a game.

Sheffield dropped some passes, but this loss isn't on him. He wasn't sending in bad plays for the offense, or playing on the defensive side of the ball, or kicking field goals tonight. When a team has as many issues as we had tonight, the blame falls squarely on the coaches.

I could never cheer against tour team, but..... When this big of segment of our fan base is reduced to cheering against our team's success, it is past time for our AD to step in and fix this sh!t. We have to have a change at head coach.

With the exception of Cobbs, I agree. It is time to clean house.

1. In two season, Morris has been phenomenal at finding QB's and having them put up insane passing numbers. The problem is that no other facet of our team comes close to looking elite in the AAC. Our receivers are okay, but they drop way too many passes. 2. Morris isn't even good enough to remain here as an offensive coordinator. Every defense with a pulse has shut down his gimmick offense. Morris is so locked in on his pass happy scheme, he has no answer when our offense needs to line up and play smash-mouth football and fight for a yard. Plus, sometimes he goes for it, when a real OC would punt. 3. His attention to defense has been appalling. Sure he finally fired Caponi, but a bunch of us regular non-football coaching fans knew Caponi was a fraud last season. Why couldn't Morris see it? A real coach would have seen it and addressed it before it reached this level of embarrassment and incompetence. 4. The best hire he has made on his staff was Cobbs, and that was probably because us fans on this message board pushed for it (Cobb has done an amazing job of patching our RB room into something respectable). 5. Tonight, Morris was outcoached by an interim that might not be ECU's head coach next season. Think about that. In short, I'd keep Morris here next year, but only as the QB coach on someone else's staff. As a head coach, Morris is shaping up to be another Littrell. He beats bums, and loses to any team that will actually post a winning record. I have no interest in watching more of this crap for two more year, while the AD waits to afford a new coach. What a waste of a 5-1 season.

All I see is quit from our players. Sad & embarrassing.

Not just that guy.

Blocked the kick. Fire everyone but Cobb.

The cumulative number of embarrassments under his leadership would not merit his return.... if we have an AD that gives a crap. But we will see,

24 unanswered points. You can't make this crap up. Our offense sucks too now. This staff is just another Littrell staff. North Texas needs to go in a different direction.

He never should have been here for this season.

Oh my goodness! Tunrover. Interception. Three-&-Out. Is this defense we are seeing?!!

I used to think Texas ties were an important factor to consider when hiring coaches, but now I couldn't care less. It seems we have looked for Texas ties for at least the last 20 years, and more times than not, we got burned with bad hires, especially on defense. So, I don't care if the next DC can even spell Texas. I want a guy that doesn't run a 3-3-5 and has proven he can get it done at our level. Preferably at a program with less resources. That's my two cents.

Respect to FAU for cutting their losses and having standards. I love to see actual accountability.

Johnson has had a fine season at LA Tech, but I question the caliber of opponents LT has faced. I think NIU's Benedetto defense has faced some tougher competition and had more overall success. As far as current G5 defensive coordinators go, no one has matched his defense's success statistically against a similar level of competition.

After doing a little research, it is my opinion that Benedetto needs to get the job. The dude runs a 4-2-5, and this season his defense has not given up more than 28 points in any game. That includes NIU's 16-14 win over Notre Dame, and NIU's 24-17 loss to NC State. Benedetto's defense is only giving up an average of 284.4 yard per game and 18.5 points. for comparison, if UNT's defense didn't allow more than 28 points in any game this season, the Mean Green would be 7-3 right now. And that's with Morris' questionable discissions like passing up points, onside kicks after the first drive of the game, and not having a jumbo package in goal line situations.

Let's go totally gangsta, and make a statement with this hire. Let's send notice that North Texas will not tolerate losing to the likes of UTSA. I think we could get this guy as our next DC.............. Jess Loepp https://goutsa.com/sports/football/roster/season/2024/staff/jess-loepp He is currently in his 3rd season as the Runners Defensive Coordinator. And, UTSA doesn't have enough money to stop us from taking him.

I'm glad Caponi is gone. His firing is long past due. My problem is that most people knew during Morris' first year that Caponi wasn't the answer for our defense... except Morris. Morris let Caponi go into his first season at UNT without the players to run his 3-3-5 defensive scheme, and so UNT finished dead last in defense that season. Morris allowed Caponi to continue force feeding us the 3-3-5 going into year 2, and Caponi brought in a bunch of transfers, but the results have still sucked, even after we implemented more traditional schemes. And to make things worse... Morris has a habit of passing up points and going for it on 4th, which hasn't been successful against teams that can actually win games. Plus, Morris has no jumbo package for short yardage situations, which makes it easier for defenses to scheme against us on 4th down attempts. All of that to say, Morris is also a big reason why our defense sucks. Morris' decision making tends to place our defense in tough positions. Who is going to rein him in.

No, I remember the OU debut. But that was against a highly ranked OU team. This was UTSA, and they had a losing record this season.