MGB: Villarreal -- "We have things we need to finish here"

Brett Vito · October 19, 2015

MGB: Longtime AD intends to be around to see several more projects come to fruition

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/10/villarreal-we-have-things-we-need-to-finish-here.html/

UNT90 · October 19, 2015

Funny, I thought he had a boss that determined whether he stays or goes, guess not.

And 151-11 isn't a "minority," Rick. Your math skills are as bad as your coaching hires, football scheduling, ticket office management, and marketing skills.

meangreenacct · October 19, 2015

Have fun seeing those projects come to fruition with stands "full" of only your 17 closest friends....

eagle2014 · October 19, 2015

Hopefully the "committee" does not let him do anything with the hiring.

untjim1995 · October 19, 2015

I think its becoming clear that hoping that Smatresk either cannot convince the BOR to get rid of RV or he just doesn't care enough to do it--both of which were my biggest fears with this situation regarding RV. It really is beginning to look as if RV will get to decide when he wants to leave here--#UNTADforlife appears to be a reality.

I congratulate you, RV. You have managed to accomplish something that no other AD in America could've accomplished over 15 years. The Rick Villareal Athletic Department will almost certainly become a reality at this point, overlooking the Darrell Dickey Practice Fields. It really is unreal to so many of us that this could've occurred, but it is well on its way to becoming a reality. Many have fought you over the years, but in the end, you look to have prevailed over results-based expectations on a field or court. Amazing...just amazing.

Aldo · October 19, 2015

Mean_Green09 · October 19, 2015

Hopefully the "committee" does not let him do anything with the hiring.

That only allows him to blame a bad hire on the committee as he did with Stephens in basketball.

Ben Gooding · October 19, 2015

The minority? The man is delusional. The vast majority want nothing but to see you leave immediately and never step foot on this campus again. That is reality.

untbowler · October 19, 2015

Liar always going to lie.

Minority my ass, just because your close friends whisper everything is good and green in your ear does not make it.

More facilities to finish? How about that Center Court in tennis, that is waiting still after 10 yrs. Baseball that has been hinted at forever.

How much more time do you want? I guess when you raise paltry amounts each year it will take you a lifetime to get that 90 million promised back in 2001.

Oh well the hard core fans are about ready to say F*** It and walk away. Brand new stadium and nobody left to fill it, because of your piss poor hires.

JRock · October 19, 2015

I won't be buying season tickets again until he is gone. Looks like I will be saving a lot of money for the next several years.

eagle2014 · October 19, 2015

That only allows him to blame a bad hire on the committee as he did with Stephens in basketball.

That may be true, but I have greater trust in the committee making the right hire than I do in RV.

GRN-WHT · October 19, 2015

What a fool. The only majority he has is within the group of 17 brown nosers.

UNTexas · October 19, 2015

This article makes me dislike RV. Delusional and arrogant come to mind reading this. What other school would put up with his outlandishly terrible performance? It sounds like he is hiding behind building projects. Well guess what Rick, if you build it they won't come because your crappy hires don't win. If he had any class or love for this university he'd resign because he is failing.

He's done great with the stadium build but his hires are terrible. The only consistent team is Soccer and RV had zero to do with hiring that great coach. This guy is unreal.

FirefightnRick · October 19, 2015

Wow...if that doesn't speak volumes as to how little departmental accountability means to the leadership of the university.

Rick

untjim1995 · October 19, 2015

This article makes me dislike RV. Delusional and arrogant come to mind reading this. What other school would put up with his outlandishly terrible performance? It sounds like he is hiding behind building projects. Well guess what Rick, if you build it they won't come because your crappy hires don't win. If he had any class or love for this university he'd resign because he is failing.
He's done great with the stadium build but his hires are terrible. The only consistent team is Soccer and RV had zero to do with hiring that great coach. This guy is unreal.

Don't care...got the UNT17 and BOR behind me///RV

meangreen15 · October 19, 2015

So about that banner...

MGNation92 · October 19, 2015

So about that banner...

I think now, more than ever it makes sense to get one for the UTSA game. The "minority" needs to raise up and show them we are not playing. He is cocky, and thinks he is untouchable. We need to show him how much of a "minority" really wants him gone

ColoradoEagle · October 19, 2015

It's funny that the fan board, the local newspaper, and even ESPN, among others, could call for RV to resign/be fired and he sees that as a vast minority.

I think now, more than ever it makes sense to get one for the UTSA game. The "minority" needs to raise up and show them we are not playing. He is cocky, and thinks he is untouchable. We need to show him how much of a "minority" really wants him gone

He obviously is untouchable. Before these comments, I never had anything personal towards RV. I'm not allowed to curse here, so I'll just say I actively dislike the gentleman.

KingDL1 · October 19, 2015

That is so infuriating to read, Rick has lost touch for sure and needs to be fired immediately.

VideoEagle · October 19, 2015

Brett certainly found a subject that's going to generate interest!

On a side note, I wonder if he asked about that parking pass?

BillySee58 · October 19, 2015

Everytime this man talks he makes himself sound worse. It never ceases to amaze me. Saying only a minority want him out, smh.

This ticked me off over the summer:

“What we need now is for folks to come out and be a part of what we do,” Villarreal said. “It’s fair to say that we provided the facilities and atmosphere that people wanted. We have the kind of coaches who can do what we need to do. Dan proved that a year ago. We need people to come out, fill the stands and help move the program forward.”

http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/sports-headlines/20150519-coaches-talk-attendance.ece

Then he cans the guy 5 games later with no remorse, and no sense of accountability, and has the audacity to call the hire a good hire.

Then he comes on the podcast and says the now infamous Northern Arizona excuse, after giving a ridiculous Tulsa excuse before that which, in reality, would've given us one less home game if you really look at it.

Also said Johnny Jones didn't have a winning season in his first three or five seasons (can't remember which, but inaccurate either way), that Benford won 18 games his second year, and said "We've got to get to a situation where we're competitive in the top part of the conference. We can't go backwards."

To which Tasty replied:

Basketball tidbits:
Not accurate. Johnny had a winning season in his very first year. Took a team that was 4-24 the season before and had a winning season IMMEDIATELY.

Not accurate. Benford only won 16, still didn't crack .500.

We already have. We're going into year 4 of it, and because of how we've let ourselves get derailed, the next guy may as well be starting from scratch.
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The fact that it's even something being discussed going into a 4th year is inherently proof that we're not serious about our basketball program, or making a sustained identity of success around it.
WKU fired Matt Kilcullen and Murray Arnold and Ken McDonald, because they REALLY believe that they couldn't go backwards. And all of those guys won NCAA tournament games in their first year. Our coach LOST 20 GAMES, and here we are 3 years later talking nonsense about needing to see some results.
We're not serious, or this "discussion" would never be happening in the first place. When you're on track, you don't let an idiot derail you. Anyone can make a bad hire... WKU made 3 of them. But they fired them all, and that's why they're a legit program and we're not.

He also called our kicker, Trevor Moore, "Zach" on the same podcast.

Also, to our fans emailing President Smatresk saying RV should be removed, he's emailing our fans, with this bunker mentality, telling them that they are wrong in their criticism. How? His last 6/7 hires in the revenue sports are now down to 128 games under .500. 130 games under .500 if you factor in Canales' 2-4 record as an interim, accumulated while attempting to clean up the messes created by RV's two straight bad football hires.

Updated numbers for the revenue sport hires made under RV in the last decade.

WBB:

- 25-67, Stephens (2008-2011)

- 15-16, Aston (2011-2012)

- 28-61, Peterson (2012-2015)

68-144 total

MBB:

- 12-20, Benford (2012-2013)

- 16-16, Benford (2013-2014)

- 14-17, Benford (2014-2015)

42-53 total

Football:

- 6-37, Dodge (2007-2010)

- 22-32, Mccarney (2011-2015)

- 2-4, Canales as interim (2010,2015)

30-73 total

Total combined:

140-270

130 games under .500, and that includes FCS and non D1 victories, and losses to FCS and non D1 teams.

1 winning season out of 19.

Edited October 19, 2015 by BillySee58

James329 · October 19, 2015

He's a child.

Withers940 · October 19, 2015

When he says "Minority", on what scale is he putting that on? Cause I think there are several hundred people that are calling for his head. If you base it on UNT's Enrollment (37,231) and the population of Denton (113,383) then I guess that puts those several hundred into the Minority but I would say that "Minority" doesn't have their head up their ass like the masses and actually knows whats going on in the program and follows it on a Daily basis.

I could be wrong and I sometimes am

LongJim · October 19, 2015

Ian Faith: "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no...no, no, not at all. I, I, I just think that the...uh...their appeal is becoming more selective."

Eagle-96 · October 19, 2015

Fun takeaways:

1. RV does not care what anyone(outside the 17) thinks. I repeat. DOES NOT CARE.

2. If we wanted a new AD to choose the new football coach, RV would have to have been fired the day after Mac. It would take several weeks to hire the new AD followed by the new AD taking several weeks to hire the new coach. We need a new coach ASAP to get a staff and then get on the recruiting trail. RV's not going anywhere and I am coming to that realization.

3. We are the minority in RV's eyes. It comes down to $$$ not the number of people who think his time should be up. Rest assured that was a shot at us. He is laughing at us because he knows he's not going anywhere. He's turned into David Koresh trying to get airtime on KRLD.

4. RV does not care about any banner we could/would fly.(See #3)

5. When this coaching hire is a disaster, RV will initiate the baseball program and say "don't look at the coaching trainwreck, I got baseball".

Lather, rinse, repeat