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NT Athletic history of growth or demise can largely be tracked by who the President and AD were at the times. Fry and Nolen provided a huge re-make of Athletics in the 70's leading with the Flying Worm and using Mean Green officially. Tyler and Hurley presided over the drop to 1-AA. RV and Dr. Pohl spurred conference upgrades, the new football stadium and Athletic complex west of I-35. Wren and Smatresk saw revival of Men's basketball and the move to the AAC. Jared and Keller = ? to be determined...

No.

NT and other G5 schools are just a gateway to the semi-pro's when successful. Thats reality. Next man up!

They could if everything alligns, but they also could go 2-10 if it does not. If the defense can play at a high level, and not give up big plays it a good possibility.

Grant and Hodge both came here with the goal to leave for the P5 as quickly as possible. They never intended to stay here longer than they had to. Grant, for some reason, stayed longer than just taking the first promotion offered. Hodge did not, as far as I can tell. Either way, they both won here, helped raise our profile, and ultimately reached their own personal goals. Good for them, and good for us. They are, and always will be, legends at North Texas. We need to put them in our HOF asap. Now its time to turn the page. Hopefully Robinson has similar goals, wins even bigger and we can ride that to bigger and better things (more NCAA tourney appearances and wins). I do not, and will not, get emotionally tied to a coach here like several seem to do. The only possible exceptions are those coaches that played or went to school here (IE: Pat Cobbs). Objectively, Hodge was not the complete package that Grant is/was. The drop in attendance, I think, is directly attributable to his personality vs Grant's. Grant is a public figure and a great salesman, along with being a great coach. How many times do you remember seeing Grant grab the mic at a game or event and pump up the crowd, or run over to the students and jump into the crowd or high five the front row? Hodge is an expert technical coach and tactician, but he doesn't have that same gift and presence that Grant did. They were a great team together, but ultimately Grant has the higher ceiling. Hoping that Robinson is more like Grant and can help re-engage the students and fanbase.