Rick Villarreal stepping down as AD

RushnStudies · May 23, 2016

3 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

My worry is that the New AD didnt select Littrell and will have him on a very tight leash. You see new AD's come in and clean house regardless of how new the Coach is. Surely this isnt the case

I hope not. We haven't even seen what Littrell can do here.

DeepGreen · May 23, 2016

17 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Does 90 go back on his deal for his club seats now??

RV is gone!

I don's know about 90, but I just may renew my Club Seats.

Edited May 23, 2016 by DeepGreen

meangreenbob · May 23, 2016

2 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

My worry is that the New AD didnt select Littrell and will have him on a very tight leash. You see new AD's come in and clean house regardless of how new the Coach is. Surely this isnt the case

Not to worry. Littrell and Company are the real deal.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · May 23, 2016

4 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

My worry is that the New AD didnt select Littrell and will have him on a very tight leash. You see new AD's come in and clean house regardless of how new the Coach is. Surely this isnt the case

No, there's no way. Litrell was most likely the President's hire anyways, and nothing wrong with being on a short leash as long as it is reasonable. If Seth doesn't get it done in a reasonable time-frame wouldn't we want the new AD to fire him? Something RV was always slow to do.

RushnStudies · May 23, 2016

Just now, ChristopherRyanWilkes said:

No, there's no way. Litrell was most likely the President's hire anyways, and nothing wrong with being on a short leash as long as it is reasonable. If Seth doesn't get it done in a reasonable time-frame wouldn't we want the new AD to fire him? Something RV was always slow to do.

"Reasonable." THAT's the operative word.

ChristopherRyanWilkes · May 23, 2016

2 minutes ago, RushnStudies said:

"Reasonable." THAT's the operative word.

As always, and it's subjective. But the good ones seem to know when it's time and make it happen or not happen. That was always one of RV's weakest traits.

Edited May 23, 2016 by ChristopherRyanWilkes

EagleGreen · May 23, 2016

This is great news that I'm sure will help sell some seats. Let's hope the next hire is as good as the coaching hire appears to be. Go Mean Green!

meangreenbob · May 23, 2016

1 minute ago, ChristopherRyanWilkes said:

As always, and it's subjective. But the good ones seem to know when it's time and make it it happen or not happen. That was always one of RV's weakest traits.

RV's weakest trait was in the hiring process.

EagleGreen · May 23, 2016

Ok. Who's on the short list for AD?

Christopher Walker · May 23, 2016

Army of Dad · May 23, 2016

19 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

It basically appears that keeping Benford for another year was the trade for getting rid of Rick Villareal. In that case, I'll gladly support the keeping of Benford for his 5th year to end his contract.

Agree. @Harry can we have unlimited +1s today like you did after HOD win? I'm out already and I need more.

11 minutes ago, Quoner said:

Pretty sure the prophecy was neither can live while the other survives, but will need an Harry Potter fan to confirm. Munthe?

You guys are going to die thinking the banner was more than a pebble against the last two full seasons of our major sports and the overall last decade, aren't you?

Did you hear we we're really close @ Georgia after 3 quarters?

ChristopherRyanWilkes · May 23, 2016

Just now, Christopher Walker said:

That is almost blinding but hypnotizing at the same time.

97and03 · May 23, 2016

One post break from my self ban:

Back to my regularly scheduled ban.

Army of Dad · May 23, 2016

2 minutes ago, EagleGreen said:

This is great news that I'm sure will help sell some seats. Let's hope the next hire is as good as the coaching hire appears to be. Go Mean Green!

The Pres just enabled the 'attendance' booster cheat code.

Ryan Munthe · May 23, 2016

13 minutes ago, Quoner said:

Pretty sure the prophecy was neither can live while the other survives, but will need an Harry Potter fan to confirm. Munthe?

You guys are going to die thinking the banner was more than a pebble against the last two full seasons of our major sports and the overall last decade, aren't you?

So the prophecy says. Although 90 is curiously absent, leading me to worry that they're the same person.

The banner was probably about the last reason he's gone.

MeanGreenTexan · May 23, 2016

I hope this news calms UNT90 down to the point where some of our old friends might return to this website and re-engage in meaningful talk.

HoustonEagle · May 23, 2016

10 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

I don's know about 90, but I just may renew my Club Seats.

I had already told the AD I was going to not renew my club seats this year but this might just push me back in

EagleGreen · May 23, 2016

It's Glorious!!!

DeepGreen · May 23, 2016

2 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I hope this news calms UNT90 down to the point where some of our old friends might return to this website and re-engage in meaningful talk.

They will come back on this board because RV is gone. Not because of UNT90.

CMJ · May 23, 2016

Censored by Laurie · May 23, 2016

12 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I hope this news calms UNT90 down to the point where some of our old friends might return to this website and re-engage in meaningful talk.

something tells me the self-congratulations are gonna make it worse

Ben Gooding · May 23, 2016

Thank you Prez and thank you BOR for listening. I heard this on 103.3 espn just now. I screamed out, "YES!" like a school girl while driving down 288.

Thank you Rick for your servitude to UNT, but this was a very long time coming. If I can find time in the day I'm reupping season tix and MGC donation.

JRock · May 23, 2016

And they say Mondays suck.

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James · May 23, 2016

I'm borderline crying tears of joy right now.

UNT90 · May 23, 2016

27 minutes ago, Quoner said:

I hope RV sends the biggest plane banner over @UNT90's house on June 21

Hell, if it means he is out the door, I'll fly it myself.

I've been ultra negative on here for quite a while. There was always a method to the madness. I will now shift to a neutral mode until UNT announces a hire for AD. If it is anyone currently employed in the AD, I will immediately shift back to negative.

This hire will come about three years later than it should have, and is the most important hire UNT has ever made pertaining to athletics. They desperately need to get it right.

I don't think the Hattiesburg Hustler should have been given the luxury to resign, but I do understand the logic behind it, even if that logic reeks of same ole UNT. But I'm not going to gripe about the gift this program has just been handed.

Now president and BOR, go find an early 40s assistant AD on the rise that is organized, hungry, and aggressive.

This is step one of a 2 step process. I will not get too excited until the 2nd step is successfully completed.

This is an awesome opportunity for healing to occur across this fan base. A divisive force has finally been purged.

Edited May 23, 2016 by UNT90