MeanGreenTexan

oh. Good call. I wonder what Fuente is up to now. He wasn't an option for us by that time. He had already established himself as a P5 target with a top 25 Coastal team.

Not sure if people know, but the guy that some here were pining for during the HC search after Littrell was let go is on staff there. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-adds-former-power-5-head-coach-as-analyst-hoosiers-are-massive-underdog-vs-michigan/

I might attend the Frisco Bowl, or even the New Mexico Bowl. No way I'm attending a bowel game though.

It would be pretty dumb of him to not treat this as an audition, and if it works, you have to think about keeping him. There are times when a 3-3-5 stack works. It's starting to lose it's effectiveness though as more and more offenses scheme to it's weaknesses. You really have to have the right DL (nose, specifically) to make it work. Rod Brown is awesome, and is doing a great job in his role there. Then, you have to have great secondary pieces. Remember our 2017-18 defenses when Kemon Hall, Nate Brooks, Kahiri Mohammed & Eric Jenkins were all patrolling back there in Reff's 3-3-5 stack? Great defenses! It doesn't appear that's what Coach Odom would run if it were his show though... If you take a closer look at what @BillySee58 was saying, Odom seems to work in more of a 4-2-5 formation like Coach Bennett last year. I like this defense a little more, assuming we have good, fast, thumper LBs, (Brown & Smith will do), because it allows a 4 man rush on the regular, while maintaining a strong secondary presence.

I agree it would be a quick turnaround, but I bet he'll at least have some packages ready to go this week, if not a full "base" defense ready. If he wants to treat this like a job interview (which he should), he'll need to implement successful changes immediately. He'll have at least two (better be three!!) games to show what he can do.

Bring the right guy in, and they'll stay and/or bring in guys who will be able to backfill well.

I was just thinking this, reading all of these ignorant posts. Wow. You would think some of the most ardent UNT fans (people posting here) would know something about their opponents.

No wonder he was hired! It's the most magnificent resume I've ever seen.

We already have one, and he gives a ton. Got any other options/quick fixes?

What's so frustrating is that we were there, on the cusp. We were THAT team. WE HAD THE MOMENTUM (starting in 2017) until Littrell's flirtations with KSSt. The wheels fell off after that.... starting with Fine's injury in the NM Bowl game that year, then Harrell getting hired away & replaced by Bodie Reeder. The next season, the lackadaisical SL showed up and he wasn't having fun anymore. No more high energy, "Get after their asses!!". Instead, it was low energy, "we gotta do better in all 3 phases".... Then, we fired Littrell, and rightly so, but brought in Great Value Seth Littrell to replace him, which was a bone-headed move.

This had to have been done because Morris believes Odom can do a better job IMMEDIATELY. Let's hope he is right. Odom has enough credibility and skins on the wall to use this as an opportunity. We'll see if he can get the guys to buy in.

For who? The Gators & their fans??

Army has jumped up and bit enough teams to establish their triple option is well-known to be frustrating. Apparently, NT bball hasn't bit enough teams with eyeballs on them for anyone to know about us... and that's just fine with me. All of the AAC teams' fans know it well, but that's about it.