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Harry Grand Master

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1).  CEO -- manage and run the program efficiently.  Have a vision for the program and where it can go.  Study North Texas and determine the best course of action to maximize our strengths versus a cookie cutter approach.   Have a philosophy on offense and defense that helps you to recruit the best players.  Hire the best assistants and hold them accountable for results.  Clearly outline what you need to be successful here and  hold the administration accountable.  

2).  Recruiting -  hire assistants who can and will recruit the best players.  Have a strategic plan for recruiting that fits UNT profile. If you are losing battles figure out why and address it.  Creates a profile by position of what is needed to be successful at our level.  Implement a clearly defined system which if followed has led to success and will lead to success again.  Rewards those who succeed and hold accountable those who don't. 

3).  Player development - Implement a plan that improves players in strength and ability from one year to the next.  Develop character and academics equally as on the field performance.  Build consistency in each class so there is not as much of a drop off from one year to the next.

4). Alumni, Student, Fan Development - Consistently connect and reinforce the goals of the program in the DFW and statewide community.  Our strength is in numbers and the more hands you shake the better.  Social media can play a big part in this.

5). Embrace the Denton and DFW Community, Alumni, Media etc - Don't just treat this as a football season home.  Truly live and be a part of the local community while you are here.  Don't close practices, open everything up.  You WANT people to see the good things you are doing here.  You WANT alumni and fans to get back to campus and get engaged with this program.  Our strength lies in our numbers.  You WANT writers, bloggers etc reporting on this program.  You WANT to get your message out to a big audience.

6).  Look forward and not in the past.  Don't tell us how bad things have been here.  We know.   We are here because we all believe in what UNT can be, not what it was.  Hold yourself accountable for your results and don't measure them against your predecessors.

These are my initial thoughts.  I would be interested to hear your thoughts as well.

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man-up UNT Newbie

man-up UNT

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Okay, Marshall, La Tech and W Kentucky all have sub-par facilities (La tech football stadium looks awful, yes they built an end zone facility, big woop, looks really out of place on that field) , bad locations and we can't equal their recruiting, WTF! This is just a case of incompetence from the coaching staff; UNT is hard place to recruit to? bull! Run an offense that kids want to run, and get coaches that can paint the dream, shouldn't be a problem. Hire the right coach and get rid of RV!

Yes, win or your @ass is gone!

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Ben Gooding Newbie

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Okay, Marshall, La Tech and W Kentucky all have sub-par facilities (La tech football stadium looks awful, yes they built an end zone facility, big woop, looks really out of place on that field) , bad locations and we can't equal their recruiting, WTF! This is just a case of incompetence from the coaching staff; UNT is hard place to recruit to? bull! Run an offense that kids want to run, and get coaches that can paint the dream, shouldn't be a problem. Hire the right coach and get rid of RV!

Yes, win or your @ass is gone!

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Harry Grand Master

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It's all about recruiting! Nothing matters if whoever we hire does not do a better job of recruiting, period!!!

Agreed.  That pretty much sums it up.

foutsrouts Newbie

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Okay, Marshall, La Tech and W Kentucky all have sub-par facilities (La tech football stadium looks awful, yes they built an end zone facility, big woop, looks really out of place on that field) , bad locations and we can't equal their recruiting, WTF! This is just a case of incompetence from the coaching staff; UNT is hard place to recruit to? bull! Run an offense that kids want to run, and get coaches that can paint the dream, shouldn't be a problem. Hire the right coach and get rid of RV!

Yes, win or your @ass is gone!

Agreed. Run an offense similar to what is commonly run in successful northern DFW suburbs and get a DC in here who can recruit and do the damn job. This Weeping Giant stuff has just got to stop. 

GrayEagle Veteran

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I don't think that there's a soul in the coaching profession that doesn't understand that if you don't win, you don't stay.  That's just ridiculing a good post by Harry that attempts to enumerate the good qualities needed in each category for success.

The only category that I'd have a comment on is #6.  I think that the candidate should evaluate why we have failed in the past and provide a possible solution as to how that can be improved with his tenure.  Not that we need reminders of the past but that part needs to be evaluated by the coaching candidate.  We all know the old adage "those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it".

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