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I wonder about this ... because Mac and Hodge both used very short game-time rotations. I tend to think it's more of a "trust" and "what I've seen in practice" thing where UNT (like most G5's) just don't have deep rosters... and coaches are paid to win... so they are going to keep their best 5-7 out there as long as humanly possible (unless they have a lot of depth).

I caught that also ... obviously he knows little to nothing about UNT 🙂 I'm glad we have a good amount of time between our last game (Ok St) and this semi-final. We'll need to be well rested and very energetic with our suffocating D to win.

I was conflicted on Memphis - part of me wanted them to win for the conference's reputation, and part of me wanted them to lose and be humbled since they see themselves as high and mighty over the AAC. I bet their fans are super pissed though... as a 5 seed, they had a chance to make a nice run.

Yup - I think the Paladins are in trouble this Wednesday...

Kind of the same issue with our women's team... a good, solid team that struggles to win against very strong, high-level competition (South Florida loss ... still very proud of the ladies). We do need to figure out how to win games against the Utah St, McNeese, and High Points of the world. Seems we are a "consistent go to" person away in most cases - the player that puts the team on their shoulders when the team is having a bad shooting game. Maybe Atin Wright becomes that player during this AAC tournament!

Road conference games are tough (Memphis at Wichita St) ... that's why a close, 6-point victory at Rice doesn't bother me at all. When on the road, just figure out a way to win 🙂

Agreed - no need to expand the number of AAC schools. If a member school leaves the AAC, then I think Texas State is a strong candidate to consider. The eastern schools might not like that though ... I would imagine that they would pitch other candidates such as Western Kentucky.

I guess we'll see over the next couple of years. I have a feeling that Jimerson is coming to UNT expecting to compete and play at the QB spot. His HUDL says 5'11" but that's likely exaggerated 🙂 The guy can sure heave the ball downfield and has excellent speed.

This is much more like the DC hire I expected EM to make originally. The Caponi choice was confusing to me at the time and is still confusing to me. 🙂 Let's please never go back to being the "coordinator promotion" school where we promote OC's and DC's into head coaches and position coaches into OC's and DC's. Let FCS, CUSA, MAC, and Sun Belt schools be those proving grounds... we need to act and be at a different level. It is always nice to see UNT as a step-up for a D1 coach ... like when we brought McCasland over from Arkansas St.

Yup - at least 2 more years of exciting 5-win football 😐

I have no doubt he is gone along with half of the roster. It's just a fact of life where we are with football, and some players that know they are transferring are going to start shutting things down early (not just at UNT, but something we definitely struggle with here). Not really anything we can do about it unless we start playing big in the NIL arena.

No 🙂 I think Mosely is also in over his head. Fortunately for him (and us), Coach Hodge was here and fell into his lap. - No confidence EM can hire the right defensive coordinator - No confidence that Mosely can hire the right football coach

Problem is this program never hires well at football coach ... just one disappointing hire after another. So Morris will be here for his entire contract... then we can make a change, but doubt we'll make the right change.

No one has to wonder why this program has never attracted a sizable fan base ... no signature wins, and we perform poorly in front of our largest crowds. This program just isn't capable of turning the corner.

We need to let Caponi go and show that this program has turned the corner on expectations. This won't happen... but it is what *needs* to happen, and it would send a clear message that our program won't tolerate horrible play. This wouldn't negatively impact our outcome this year as our defense is already one of the worst in D1, but it would be a wake-up call to the staff and would allow us to start the interview process for our next DC... and give Caponi a head-start finding a better fit for him.