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So your saying we could have saved $100k+ a year hiring coaches who apparently can't recruit a high level for CUSA standards, sorry but right now UTSA has made a much better hire with Wilson, who has even less to work with in regards to facilities.

Well for UNT it worked out so well with DMac and Peterson. Two Stellar options that came in to retire and sucked the life out of WBB & FB for a few years. Would not be shocked to see this happen again since UNT loves Insanity

Ditto, JJ did great but he could not win the big game, we never came close to sniffing a Top 25 win, but did have plenty of chokes. No thanks, let the search find a coach that can pull a few upsets, which UNT has rarely if ever had.

So what does UNT Staff see that 125 other FBS teams is not seeing?

If the GPA dropped below a certain level, it is very possible be that the school sent him packing, especially since he had some academic issues prior. Either way tough loss for the team, just hope he can right his ship

Everything leading to bowl said Academically Ineligible. Think that says it all. Hopefully we as fans just say good luck and hope he can right the ship get a degree and be successful.

he failed himself and the team in the classroom, Staff had no choice to make him miss the Bowl Game. Should have been incentive to Ivery to work on academics but apparently has decided to go another route. Disappointing.

How has Benford taken responsbility? He blamed many players for failure, if not directly then via RV. Sorry but it is 2 yrs past time for Benford to have been shown the door.

Sounds to me like Vito is playing defender for Baker, hoping to keep his scoops coming in. There is zero reason to keep Benford on the payroll. Fire him and Evans name an interim and finish out the season, guarantee the players will play better with the albatross gone.

disappointing article but typical of the culture, don't do anything radical. Benford has been an abject failure since Day 1 and has done more harm to the BBall program than Dodge did to FBall. Trilli had worse record but Benford took a Conference Contending team and ran it into the ground. What would it do to throw out the cancer, Benford, and interim an Asst Coach. Tired of the losing.

Outside of money, why would Dooley take demotion to come here where BBall is an after thought, see Benford situation. Dooley will looking at G5 or very least a top 3 mid major team

Wow 3pt half time game to a 22 pt blow out in 10 min. Nice adjustment coach. Please end it now. Wow 3pt half time game to a 22 pt blow out in 10 min. Nice adjustment coach. Please end it now

Why wait, toss Benford and father Evans out and promote an Assistant down the line. This season is a lost cause but a firing mid-season at least shows the fans that the new AD is tired of the losing and incompetent coaching.

Why does Benford still have a job? If he finishes the season, then UNT BBall will be in even worst shape, especially with regards to fans.

his choice to transfer to UNT, if he did not know how bad Benford truly was then he truly is clueless

He will then cpoach team right upto signing day, practically or worse he is fired after CUSA Tourney, leaving 30-45 days before signing day, at UNT it takes a least 30 days to hire, so you screw the team for one more year.

Ok yippeee Benford has a created family environment full of losing, if that is way it should be then drop his salary to $100k a year and he can be a cheaper family man. The time is well past to fire him and promote up one of the assistants that is not Evans. Only reason to keep him on is because of money, and if so that shows how pathetic fundraising was under RV and apparently still is under WB.

How does a supposed NBA Caliber player sit out a year, only to come back be a bench player and now injured, so he not work out at all during his year off? What a joke of a transfer right now, but then again that is right down Benny's alley with how he has killed the basketball program.

ladies lose again, Sophmore Slump for Jalie, guess all those transfers who sat last year are not paying off

Obviously a great year that few expected, but concerned at losing 5 of 6 down the stretch and the quit in the team at UTEP, when firm bowl bid was on the line. Of course injuries and team violations hurt the team down the stretch, but Littrell and Company has set a high bar after year one.

My oldest is 15 and we adopted him at the age of 7, after had been in a foster home for a year. So he is also eligible once he gets to college. Bless you and your family for adopting. This is a great thing Texas and other states do to keep these kids moving in the right direction.

He won't be going anywhere this year, losing 5 of 6 to close the season, regardless if some losses were close will shut many doors. Now he did great the first half of season, but finished weak. Now if he goes 8-4 or better in 2017, then that would be awesome and if he is picked off, great for UNT and exposure as long as we make another strong hire.

wtf!! Give me a break it is one thing to be a jackass on a forum it is whole other thing to make threats, hope they lay it thick on this idiot.

it's the least he could do since we donated so much to his cush job for nearly 2 decades and a cush retirement, but he is gone still Thank the Lord.

terrible guess but the defense decided to knock them back after 3 straight conversions