UNT90

untjim1995 · April 7, 2015

In my opinion, this next year is Benford's last unless he finishes at least 5 games over .500 AND we finish in the top 4 of CUSA AND don't lose in our first CUSA Tournament game. And I don't see us doing any one of those, much less all of them. Just got to hope and pray that a really good coach wants to come here and gest hired by RV and the BOR.

Football is in a totally different place, as far as athletics is concerned. Oranges vs. Apples. Football gets more funding, more butts in seats, more media attention, and more fan interest, just because we are in Texas. Comparing the results of those two sports isn't fair, either way. I do think that Dan McCarney parlayed a great season into multiple years to finish out his career in Denton, which is at least three more after this past season. It might very well include the last year of his contract if Mac decides to retire and announces it before the end of the 2017 season, which would save UNT his salary for a year. That's a "known" savings, which is why Tony Benford is still here--because we know that his "known" costs are two more seasons of an annual salary of near $400k.

Because I have absolutely no faith in Tony Benford at all--and I mean none--I don't think we will fall into the trap that a decent season (see qualifications above) should earn him an extension. As a matter of fact, i expect Rob Evans to be coaching this team at some point in February, taking over for a fired Tony Benford, just as Chico did for Dodge in his last season. And much like Chico, but with a much better resume, Rob Evans might be giving us his interview as more than an interim coach with results on the court. That wouldn't surprise me, either. Benford has been a disaster from Day 1, even if the team got better results in the last two years due to a very watered-down OOC schedule in both seasons. The best he could do was .500 in his second season and with an extension probably availbale to him if he could just get back to that pesky .500 level again, his team couldn't do it. That tells you a lot about a coach and his ability to develop his team in his third year. I understood giving him a second year, even as abysmally awful as that first year went, but when Year 2 was nothing spectacular and grumbling about his job got louder, I thought there was a small chance he would get fired. But he didn't and followed it up with an even worse Year 3, record-wise, yet he gets his ultimatum year 4, where a buyout of just one season is acceptable here. If he gets an extension for anything below the meager expectations listed above, you can expect this place to continue to just flounder in front of about 1200 diehards. BUt I don't see that happening--because I don't believe Benford can coach a team to be a winner...and we have three different seasons to look back on to make that claim.

NM Green · April 10, 2015

I have never felt that 90 has the best interest of this program in his posts. You can beach and moan or you can be so upset that you organize a torch marching ceremony at Apogee. I would have so much more respect for that than someone who just complains through a keyboard and chalks everyone who has a positive outlook on this program as being in bed with Rick. I can't afford to be a Bid Donor alum, but I do what I can. I choose to see the glass as half full and hope in the future. If it is really that bad grow a pair organize the firing squad and descend on Denton. Just stop crying. There's no crying in football.

Bring on the Spring Game and Fall!

GMG

UNT90 · April 10, 2015

I have never felt that 90 has the best interest of this program in his posts. You can beach and moan or you can be so upset that you organize a torch marching ceremony at Apogee. I would have so much more respect for that than someone who just complains through a keyboard and chalks everyone who has a positive outlook on this program as being in bed with Rick. I can't afford to be a Bid Donor alum, but I do what I can. I choose to see the glass as half full and hope in the future. If it is really that bad grow a pair organize the firing squad and descend on Denton. Just stop crying. There's no crying in football.

Bring on the Spring Game and Fall!
GMG

To each their own. I'll continue to post problems with this program while you keep seeing the Sarah Desert as an Ocean.

If everyone was like you, RV would have a lifetime job no matter his performance. Oh wait...

If you choose to have zero standards for your AD and coaches, more power to you. You won't ever see a post from me calling you names for your views.

You will also never see me create a thread with your screen name as the title...

Edited April 10, 2015 by UNT90

GMG24 · April 10, 2015

90 you should feel famous. You're own thread!!!

UNT90 · April 11, 2015

90 you should feel famous. You're own thread!!!

Ya, my parents would be soooo proud...

untjim1995 · April 13, 2015

I have never felt that 90 has the best interest of this program in his posts. You can beach and moan or you can be so upset that you organize a torch marching ceremony at Apogee. I would have so much more respect for that than someone who just complains through a keyboard and chalks everyone who has a positive outlook on this program as being in bed with Rick. I can't afford to be a Bid Donor alum, but I do what I can. I choose to see the glass as half full and hope in the future. If it is really that bad grow a pair organize the firing squad and descend on Denton. Just stop crying. There's no crying in football.

Bring on the Spring Game and Fall!
GMG

The guy has season tickets to football, he posts on here often, and wants us to act like a real athletic department at a large university. To me, that is completely in the best interest of the program. The only ways a small donor can put pressure on an AD are through money, attendance, and social media.

Again, to me, the worst thing a fan can do is to just blindly support whatever they get spoonfed from losing ADs, coaches, and boosters who l ike being close to the leaders of the department. I've got no interest in knowing the AD personally, especially if that AD has no worries about ever losing his job.

GreenMachine · April 13, 2015

Again, to me, the worst thing a fan can do is to just blindly support whatever they get spoonfed from losing ADs, coaches, and boosters who l ike being close to the leaders of the department. I've got no interest in knowing the AD personally, especially if that AD has no worries about ever losing his job.

This is so damn spot on! Great post.