El Paso Eagle

If its for the title - 12K to 15K No title - 5K to 8K

Does this persons name rhyme with Robby Bay?

This was NOT a BCS team - It's Memphis. They are down to a true Freshman.

Everyone has heard the saying we lean from our mistakes. Anyone that has one ounce of objectivity would have to admit that DD has not done a good job at preparing back-ups, especially at the QB position. So with all of DD’s talk of how young we are can anyone PLEASE explain to me why we are not getting Philips or someone into the games? And please do not give me “the games have been too close” or “we have to believe DD has a strategy”. The sad thing is that if something should happen to Meager, Dickey would come out and say “well you know X (whatever team we were playing) is a really good and experienced team with a lot of talent and we were so young to start with it only made things more difficult when we had to go with Philips at the QB position. You know we’ve been meaning to get him more reps but the time has not been right”. Well I guess it’s a lot easier to make lame excuses when you feel no pressure for your job and all but laugh out loud when the reference is made that you should care about what the alumni and fans think.

With DD and Ramon both being QB's they should have known how weak we were at the position. They should have had a 2nd or even 3rd JC in the picture.

Agrred, Drews accident was tragic. But, DD should have signed a JC QB. Even if Bryley had not flunked out we were not going to have any experience.

Tech's OC is Skip Dykes (Spike's son). Like Tech or not they are putting on a good show. It's funny but if you open it up on O good players will come your way. Another example - UTEP has always had a good supply of above average QB because the players know they will get a chance to shine.

FIU has NEVER Beat a 1-A team For Pete's sake please do not spin it they were anything but bad.

FIU has a good team

Plumm - Are you and DD related?

The Miners strength on the D is their team speed and on the O it is their passing game. With our inability to maintain ball control I’m afraid the outcome would not be what the Mean Green fans would like to see.

You know if DD would add a few positives in with the negative doom and gloom people might have a little more respect for these quotes.

If things in Aggieland don't change will they be making a change. Coach Fran might have a big contract but I would think the Aggie faithful would have no problem raising the money.

Wow, coming from you this means so much

If you did not get to watch the game you missed Coach Fry and the ESPN crew (Dave Barnett and Craig James) alll but do an Infomercial for all the potential there is at UNT and how great the new athletic facilities are looking now and how special things could be when it is all completed.

We know that Mattress Mac spoke out publicly in support of DD – Has he every done the same for RV??

Every year we argue back and forth about getting rid of DD while another group that says he is doing good things. Like it or not, I do not believe DD will be fired. Let me put out a hypothetical situation. Would you support getting rid of RV and moving DD into the AD position with the condition that the new Head Coach be hired from outside the current group of coaches?

Good points. Don’t get 100% bogged down in the base pay. Load the contract with incentives that basically pay for themselves if the team is successful and draws a large number of fans (see UTEP/Mike Price). Regardless you would have a lot of applicants, anywhere from up-and-comers to experienced coaches looking for another chance.

For those who want DD out so bad they can taste it I have bad news. The University is not going to fire him for the team’s performance this year. SO even though it may feel good don’t be the one to start the www.firecarreldickey.com web site. Your efforts might be better spent creating the site www.hiredarrledickey.com web site since the only way it looks like he will go is if he takes another job.

It might be easy for a coach's wife to go on boards when her husband wins 10 games a year

Arkstfan, Good points. The one that hurts us the most is the fact we are 1 of 4 in our Bowl game where Marshall was 3 of 4. Until the Belt grows a bit more the teams in the Belt will be noted more for how they play in OOC games.

Please keep in mind Price’s base is in the mid $200’s – Where he makes most of his money is in the incentives - WHICH ARE PERFORMANCE BASED. The biggest of those being based on his ability to motivate the fan base and get season ticket holders and individual game tickets. I would not mind seeing DD get a big bonus tied to getting fans to the game. Also, Price’s assistants are paid a lot more than the previous coaches’ assistants. However with their success and the turn outs UTEP is still bringing in more money. In fact they are finding out that they can bring in more money for home games against mid and lower level teams than they can playing the “money” games on the road.

Question - Are we rebuilding into a team that can and will compete in OOC games, or the team that only seems to perform in Sun Belt games?

Harry, Your points are valid but the fact is that the team’s total failure in OOC games only highlights how poor the Sun Belt has been. If it is agreed that the Belt has been the worst 1-A conference then the success DD has obtained has been tainted. This is highlighted by this very thread in as much as the “pre” Belt years are left off.

Any chance Young goes Pro????