Ekeler to Tennessee

[TheReal_jayD]

It looking like Special Teams coach Mike Ekeler is headed to Tennessee to coach special teams sources confirm

Edited March 2, 2021 by TheReal_jayD

[xyresic]

3 minutes ago, TheReal_jayD said:

It looking like Special Teams coach Mike Ekeler is headed to Tennessee to coach special teams sources confirm

If I’m In Knoxville I’m not thrilled with that hire.

[meangreen11]

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Good luck to him. He definitely has his work cut out for him with that dumpster fire. I wonder if his first payment will come via McDonald's bag. 

[Brett Vito]

 

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Ha lol ok bye

[Brett Vito]

 

[southsideguy]

was never impressed with his Special Teams play and I never understood why Griffin-Hair was not returning kickoffs.  Hopefully we find someone good.

[meangreen11]

Just now, southsideguy said:

was never impressed with his Special Teams play and I never understood why Griffin-Hair was not returning kickoffs.  Hopefully we find someone good.

Yeah but he was a good recruiter.

[southsideguy]

How many punt and kickoffs were returned for TD's against us?   Should have never chased Perry away.  Ekler never planned to stay here.  I never said he couldn't recruit.

 

Edited March 2, 2021 by southsideguy

[greenminer]

Wish him the best.

If you're shooting for a high dollar HC gig, plant your roots somewhere and grow.  I can't figure what his end game is, because he keeps hopping around. 

[GreenGang45]

43 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

was never impressed with his Special Teams play and I never understood why Griffin-Hair was not returning kickoffs.  Hopefully we find someone good.

Deion had a nagging shoulder injury. That may be why he didn’t . 

[97and03]

Looks like this might have been news to the players?

 

[Coach Andy Mac]

11 hours ago, southsideguy said:

How many punt and kickoffs were returned for TD's against us?   Should have never chased Perry away.  Ekler never planned to stay here.  I never said he couldn't recruit.

 

Bring Perry back.

[Cr1028]

Makes sense. I don’t know why anyone was hollering for him to take over as DC anyhow. 

[Cr1028]

1 minute ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

Bring Perry back.

[MeanGreenTexan]

5 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

Bring Perry back.

Do you even know where he is now?

Not a chance.

[Cr1028]

22 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Do you even know where he is now?

Not a chance.

Money talks and we are closer to east Texas than nUTSAck. He can’t be making much over $100k. The $150k Ek was making would probably be a nice raise.

[UNTLifer]

56 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

Money talks and we are closer to east Texas than nUTSAck. He can’t be making much over $100k. The $150k Ek was making would probably be a nice raise.

He left shortly after SL arrived.  Either fired or they didn't get along.  Not gonna happen

[Cr1028]

1 minute ago, UNTLifer said:

He left shortly after SL arrived.  Either fired or they didn't get along.  Not gonna happen

You are correct. Littrell kept him around for year one to keep the recruiting class together so Perry was here for both HoD bowls. After the 2016 season he ran Perry off which to this day I think was a terrible decision.

[UNT Mean Green]

Biagi was outstanding. Hoping that we identify and hire another one like him. 

[TheReal_jayD]

45 minutes ago, UNT Mean Green said:

Biagi was outstanding. Hoping that we identify and hire another one like him. 

He was extremely underrated. His last season virtually his whole ST unit was walk ons and people not on the two deep. Not to mention he was an outstanding recruiter. Seth handed out some titles that I wish we would have thrown Biagi way. He really liked UNT and would have stayed with a little convincing.

[greenminer]

Count me in for any Biagi hype.  Is he still @ Purdue? That'd be hard to pull him back from.

[UNT Mean Green]

1 hour ago, TheReal_jayD said:

He was extremely underrated. His last season virtually his whole ST unit was walk ons and people not on the two deep. Not to mention he was an outstanding recruiter. Seth handed out some titles that I wish we would have thrown Biagi way. He really liked UNT and would have stayed with a little convincing.

Absolutely. He had the player buy-in to the culture of wanting to be a successful player on special teams. 

[BillySee58]