MGB: Sources say Baker is UNT's leading candidate heading into call on Friday

UNTexas · July 26, 2016

Looks solid on paper. In all honesty, at this point I'd be happy with Ronald McDonald as the AD with camp getting ready to kick off.

(Hopefully his scheduling philosophy is polar opposite of RV.)

ChristopherRyanWilkes · July 26, 2016

1 hour ago, Christopher Walker said:

Long may he reign.

King of the North! ... Texas!

outoftown · July 26, 2016

I will admit to thinking I would have preferred Teague for having been the head man at AD long enough to see how his decisions turned out. But I can live well with Baker. Seems like an up and comer. Wonder if he can get his old boss to bring Baylor to play in Denton.

UNT90 · July 26, 2016

1 minute ago, outoftown said:

I will admit to thinking I would have preferred Teague for having been the head man at AD long enough to see how his decisions turned out. But I can live well with Baker. Seems like an up and comer. Wonder if he can get his old boss to bring Baylor to play in Denton.

I have a feeling he will get a lot of teams to Denton that the last guy was too lazy to bother with.

All About UNT · July 27, 2016

34 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

I have a feeling he will get a lot of teams to Denton that the last guy was too lazy to bother with.

or that the last guy couldn't get because noone liked him and nobody was willing to throw him a bone.

Harry · July 27, 2016

39 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

I have a feeling he will get a lot of teams to Denton that the last guy was too lazy to bother with.

Baylor, Missouri, Memphis... Just for starters.

hickoryhouse · July 27, 2016

2 hours ago, greenjoe said:

Get that man a green tie. Do we still have the keys to that fancy smancy airplane ?

I sure hope so... But I also suppose its possible that RV forgot to give them back...

DeepGreen · July 27, 2016

6 minutes ago, Harry said:

Baylor, Missouri, Memphis... Just for starters.

We have a one for one with Memphis on the scheduled.

UNT Mean Green · July 27, 2016

2 minutes ago, hickoryhouse said:

I sure hope so... But I also suppose its possible that RV forgot to give them back...

Should matter given that one of our top boosters owns the airplane ...

Army of Dad · July 27, 2016

4 hours ago, TreeFiddy said:

Either way, the same output will be produced by each.

Savage

Harry · July 27, 2016

55 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

We have a one for one with Memphis on the scheduled.

How about another? Heck Memohis may be a B12 team by then...

DeepGreen · July 27, 2016

24 minutes ago, Harry said:

How about another? Heck Memohis may be a B12 team by then...

I'm in for another series B12 of not. Why not Cincy, an old MVC adversary as well as former bowl opponent?

drex · July 27, 2016

Burnout will occur if they hit it hard doing their job...5 years ain't a bad thing....better than AD for life.

Wag Tag · July 27, 2016

Buy out of a few of those OC home games!

TreeFiddy · July 27, 2016

According to this story Wren Baker had a salary of $230,000 as of last summer as Missouri's Deputy AD. For comparison, RV was in the $300k base salary range according to published reports.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-releases-salaries-for-ad-rhoades-defensive-coach-odom/article_3c47dc58-6acf-5a9d-8493-0c592d5837fb.html

Edited July 27, 2016 by TreeFiddy

EagleGreen · July 27, 2016

4 minutes ago, TreeFiddy said:

According to this story Wren Baker had a salary of $230,000 as of last summer as Missouri's Deputy AD. For comparison, RV was in the $300k base salary range according to published reports.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-releases-salaries-for-ad-rhoades-defensive-coach-odom/article_3c47dc58-6acf-5a9d-8493-0c592d5837fb.html

Holy Shit.

Aldo · July 27, 2016

2 hours ago, Harry said:

Heck Memohis may be a B12 team by then...

Hey RV scheduled TWO P5s.

#visionary

Maybe Lamar and Houston Baptist will be P5s by then too.

Matt from A700 · July 27, 2016

Congrats guys! We accomplished a whole lot in the last year.... our only needed upgrade now is our men's basketball coach...

UNT 90 Grad · July 27, 2016

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Congrats guys! We accomplished a whole lot in the last year.... our only needed upgrade now is our men's basketball coach...

...and get the baseball train back on the tracks.

UNT Mean Green · July 27, 2016

6 hours ago, TreeFiddy said:

According to this story Wren Baker had a salary of $230,000 as of last summer as Missouri's Deputy AD. For comparison, RV was in the $300k base salary range according to published reports.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-releases-salaries-for-ad-rhoades-defensive-coach-odom/article_3c47dc58-6acf-5a9d-8493-0c592d5837fb.html

Guess would be that we pay the new AD around $350,000 base plus an incentive plan to get total compensation north of the $400,000 clip.

FirefightnRick · July 27, 2016

A personal friend of mine who is on staff at Mizzou just notified me that he had a meeting scheduled with Mr. Baker today but it's been canceled. He suspects it's due to an announcement that he's leaving.

Rick

GrandGreen · July 27, 2016

Now we are anticipating losing an AD that has not even been announced.

jtm0097 · July 27, 2016

13 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

A personal friend of mine who is on staff at Mizzou just notified me that he had a meeting scheduled with Mr. Baker today but it's been canceled. He suspects it's due to an announcement that he's leaving.

Rick

Inside information +1

oldguystudent · July 27, 2016

I await final announcement. Early breaking MGB stories had Fran (is that the right name) as the 100% for sure basketball head coach and Doug Meacham as the football coach. I wasn't around, but I'd wager the MGB announced Jim Harbaugh as the football coach for the 2007 season too.

My faith lies in my perception that I don't see any dicking around or political capital hunting on this.