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At the end of last year I graded Morris with a D (up from mid-season D- because he won the last two games). Many thought that grade was too low, but so far, I think either D or D- is still appropriate. Here are the wins under coach Morris along with the records of the teams we beat. 2023 LaTech (3-9) ACU (5-6) Temple (3-9) Tulsa (4-8) UAB (4-8) 2024 South Alabama (6-5) SFA (7-5) Wyoming (2-9) Tulsa (3-8) FAU (2-9) So after two seasons, the signature win in coach Morris' tenure is arguably Southland Conference and FCS-level Stephen F. Austin. Let that sink in. If South Alabama beats Texas State on Saturday, then we can probably elevate them to the signature win. Yay us. If it wasn't for Chandler Morris falling in our laps, I'm not sure we get any of the five wins we currently have. This was/is the guy to take us to the next level? What a complete debacle.

If we can't fire Morris because we negotiated a horrible contract, then how about firing Mosley who created this mess? It's hard for people to recognize and admit they made a mistake and do what's necessary to clean it up. They usually hold on too long and hope that their guy can turn things around and prove all the nay-sayers wrong and waste another year or two. Get rid of the guy that created the mess and let the new guy clean it up since they have no skin in the previous decision.

This world does not exist anymore. It used to, but not in the portal and NIL age of college football. If players cared about coaching staff stability they would not be transferring at the rate they are. If this thinking permeates our AD, then they need to look for a new line of work because that ship sailed. Seriously, how many 17-18 years olds sit down and review the contracts of the coaches to decide which offer to take? High school recruiting should be de-emphasized. It can't go away completely, but building a program through the high school ranks over multiple years no longer works. When recruiting high school players, I think the only "stability" play is academic stability. There are a lot of players that have the skill and ability to play D1 football, but won't make it to the next level. Hopefully they are smart enough to realize that. Sell them (and their parents!) on playing a sport they love and getting a solid education and degree while they do. That's why it's important to continue to improve the academic status of UNT. We're not going to be a Stanford, but improving 4-year graduation rates and tighter admission standards will help.

The weird thing is we have (and pay for) an OC and QB coach, but Morris seems to want to play those roles. If we can’t fire him, can he be reassigned to the two roles he seems to want to play? Then take the current OC and QB pay and add that to whatever is necessary to bring in a legitimate HC and someone to overrule Morris when he wants to do something stupid.

I’m torn on this one. You don’t pick up the first, you still have a chance, but the game is likely over. Punt it and you extend the game. ECU won’t want to risk a turn-over around their 20, so they go conservative. Maybe we force a fumble. We need our defense to get a stop which may be as risky as 4th and 8. I dunno…coin toss. We ultimately got the ball back, but down now down two scores.

Only being down 1 score just north of 2 minutes left in the game with the 2-minute time-out and all 3 of your time-outs remaining, do you risk it all on a 4th and 8 from your own 32 to keep a potential game-winning drive alive or do you punt to flip the field, get a stop and the ball back with a chance to win on the last possession? Discuss….

You can always watch the replay on ESPN+. 🤮

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Not much to say other than hopefully we've found the bottom (attendance-wise and you know). Regardless of who the opponent is, 2,690 is not good. We still have our head above a 3K average, but not by a lot. Second game in a row with fewer fans than the previous game. Have the students already left for Thanksgiving break? Texas Wesleyan was a tougher test than expected. Are they better than people thought or.....? Will fans come out for Oregon State? We'll see.

What could possibly go wrong?

He had a 2 years left in a 5 year contract worth a minimum of $4M to him and Mrs. Brown. "In 2023, Brown was the 6th highest paid state employee, making $831,065." I wonder how much they contributed to the Football's NIL collective? https://www.recorder.com/UMass-fires-head-football-coach-Don-Brown-after-nearly-3-seasons-with-the-Minutemen-58048344

Right now, on the coaching front, we are missing everything except a running backs coach.

Oh and don’t look now but SMU is on top of the ACC, filling their stadium in week 12 and also playing for a CFP spot. Good thing we didn’t have to play them in conference this year. We were fortunate to have the weak part of our schedule front-loaded that generated some modest excitement, but it was apparently all smoke and mirrors. On the bright side, we still have Temple to play. Yay us.

Two years ago we went toe-to-toe with Boise State in a bowl game. Fast forward to today and Boise State has the inside track to being in the CFP and we’re trending to a #100 ranking. We have Jared Moseley and Eric Morris to thank for that. What a disaster for UNT.

Fun game to watch…so far.

77 new guys are his players plus whoever he brought in last year or kept on the team. Let’s say 90-100 are his players and his team. How is this *not* his team and at what point or how many of his players are necessary to be considered his team?

Yep, too little, too late. This reeks of Morris trying to save his hide. We need a thorough house cleaning.

Explain yourselves.

Wait, we have a new president? Just kidding, I know we do. He’s just missing in action. On brand for UNT.

You are a great fan and I love your optimism, but if this is what it’s come to (and it seems like it has), this program and another generation of Mean Green fans is lost. We took a gamble and it didn’t work out.

Wasn’t it all supposed to be better after he left?

If Mosley can’t, won’t or doesn’t want to fix his mistake, then his head should be on the chopping block too.

We still have Temple 😜

0-2 against the @Brett Vito “Premier Rival” is a fireable offense, right? Time to cut our losses with this regime.

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