MGB: UNT president Neal Smatresk: “[I] will be a part of the decisions”

[Brett Vito]

MGB: UNT president says he intends to be part of process of hiring new football coach

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/10/unt-president-neal-smatresk-i-will-be-a-part-of-the-decisions.html/

[Mike Jackson]

I think this could be good news.  Especially if he knows how losing reputation of the football team has been a drag on UNT's national reputation.

[Eagle-96]

Brett, please please please ask him the question we all want an answer to. Get him on record. Does he give RV a vote of confidence or not. It's either yes, no, or no comment. Two of the answers mean the same thing.

[GRN-WHT]

Of course he's going to be part of the decisions.

[greenit]

I wonder why there are so many contradictory statements coming out of the university these days when it comes to athletics?  The AD seems to keep saying things like there will be a committee, and then suddenly says there will not be a committee and he will make the decision himself.  Then the president comes out and contradicts the AD and says he will in fact be a part of the hiring decision.

It is speculation on my part, but it sure seems like RV might have been the one that threw out the idea of a committee and his boss said, oh no you won't hide behind a committee, and then the AD makes a public comment about how it will be his decision and his along, and his boss said, oh no it isn't. 

It seems like someone besides the AD is controlling the narrative no matter how hard the AD is trying to make it seem like he is the one in charge.

And then there was the whole 'we will have co-interim coaches', only to be changed to a single interim coach.

I feel sad for North Texas.

[Harry]

Smatresk has been down this road before.  This isn't his first rodeo.

http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/nov/16/sanford-koloskie/

 

[Rudy]

I hope President Smatresk can right this ship, this is going to hell in a handbasket faster than Portland State's first TD against us.

[EagleMBA]

Tina Kunzer-Murphy is the AD there now, Harry, and you'll notice her mentioned in the article. So Kolostomy, or whatever his name was, didn't work out.

[meangreen08]

This isn't good enough. Need him to be 100%