When they watched the first 7-15 games of the first season of Tony Benford that this disaster of a head coach would be allowed to... hang around for 5 freaking years? Without improvement?
Hell, after Alabama-Huntsville, did anyone think that he would last longer than one year?
Congratulations, Ernie Kuene, @flyonthewall, and the rest of the power players in UNT athletics. You have destroyed a program to protect a friend. Your "leadership" will result in UNT returning to FCS sooner than later. Your "leadership" will result in students overturning the athletics fee. Your "leadership" will result in another failed football hire.
Your protection of Rick Villarreal is non-sensical. Your manipulation by Rick Villarreal is stunning.
At this point, it would be better for you to walk away from UNT athletics. Your money will be missed short term, but a real college athletic director will quickly find new money that actually cares about results. You are replaceable. We all are. As a matter of fact, new money would come rushing in once the Hattiesburg Hussler has been replaced by the RIGHT hire.
But the dysfunction that is UNT-Denton will never do this. It's an old boys club full of people that accept, and on some level must actually like, losing.