They quit on Littrell tonight

[Tom McKrackin]

I know this has been a tough night for the mean green family but we gotta call it like it is.

[untjim1995]

8 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I know this has been a tough night for the mean green family but we gotta call it like it is.

Like you quit on us earlier this week? 

[KingDL1]

8 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I know this has been a tough night for the mean green family but we gotta call it like it is.

They sure looked that way to me. I think you are a 100% correct. I can't believe you received a downvote for that. 

Someone has decided not to face reality 

[Moobs]

Tonight, I quit on Seth “1st down run up the middle” Littrell too. 

[meangreenbob]

14 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I know this has been a tough night for the mean green family but we gotta call it like it is.

Littrell quit on UNT when he went flirting with Kansas St after the University gave him two pay raises and contract extensions.

I said it back then, look it up, that he would never be successful here. I called it the June Jones curse.

Littrell is NOT a head coach. However, he is very good at taking advantage of situations and people and fans who both trusted and welcomed him with open arms. 

Edited September 19, 2021 by meangreenbob

[southsideguy]

The group I was with was laughing because when they did the dice roll in the ends-zone the team was more focus on that than the game.  SL just looks like rather be somewhere else.  Maybe he will be the next guy in the Southwest Airline commercials "wanna get away".  

[Greendylan]

6 minutes ago, meangreenbob said:

Littrell quit on UNT when he went flirting with Kansas St after the University gave him two pay raises and contract extensions.

I said it back then, look it up, that he would never be successful here. I called it the June Jones curse.

Littrell is NOT a head coach. However, he is very good at taking advantage of situations and trusting people and fans who welcomed him with open arms. 

I don't know if this is a fair statement or not, but there has certainly been a palpable difference ever since things fell through between Littrell and KSU.

[Matt]

9 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

Like you quit on us earlier this week? 

Hey I don't blame him, I practically quit too. There's a reason I just watched this on Stadium instead of paying to see it in person. There's no reason to support the crappy product being put on the field. 

[Cr1028]

14 minutes ago, meangreenbob said:

Littrell quit on UNT when he went flirting with Kansas St

I disagree with that. The beginning of the end was LaTech 2018 and the nail in the coffin was Harrell leaving.

[akriesman]

Upgraded conferences looking for new candidates:  "OK Guys, show me what you have today".

• North Texas At Home:  "Lets throw down one of the worst all-around performances in recent history".
• UAB on the road:  "Hold my beer"

I will be back next week hoping for the best.  In the meantime, I am going to take a 1 week sabbatical from all things Mean Green.   This appears to be a turning point for our program and not in a good way.

[GrandGreen]

23 minutes ago, meangreenbob said:

Littrell quit on UNT when he went flirting with Kansas St after the University gave him two pay raises and contract extensions.

I said it back then, look it up, that he would never be successful here. I called it the June Jones curse.

Littrell is NOT a head coach. However, he is very good at taking advantage of situations and people and fans who both trusted and welcomed him with open arms. 

Littrell quit on NT after he flirted with the KSU job.  Does that make any sense? 

I have no doubt that Littrell is doing everything he can to turn this program around. Why would he do anything else?

The problem is that based on what we have seen, he is not head coach material.   

It is highly likely that Littrell will finish the season even if NT does not win a FBS game.  

As far as taking advantage of the situation when he was winning, I doubt there are any D1 head coaches that would do any different   

[Ken14]

I like SL too....but when I told the Mrs who is heavy duty NT EX...the 1M+ he makes...and she asks "Why is he here?"

[Billy Clyde]

This was an awful game in every way. I regret attending. My 11 year old son said, “dad, I thought you said UNT had a good offense?”

Unless there is a monumental reversal of fortune, this has to be the final year. And I really liked SL initially.

[peanuts104]

1 hour ago, Tom McKrackin said:

I know this has been a tough night for the mean green family but we gotta call it like it is.

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

1 hour ago, Moobs said:

Tonight, I quit on Seth “1st down run up the middle” Littrell too. 

Hahahaha 15 from my count!! That was fun

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

4 minutes ago, peanuts104 said:

You still on the Aune train???

[peanuts104]

4 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

You still on the Aune train???

He did better than Ruder, but not by a lot. It is a coaching issue for sure. That's part of why I wanted to see him on the field. To see if the offense behaved differently.

[UNT 90 Grad]

I knew we were doomed today when Herbstreet said on College Game Day this morning that anyone could beat UAB the way Georgia did last weekend.  

Edited September 19, 2021 by UNT 90 Grad

[El Paso Eagle]

4 minutes ago, peanuts104 said:

He did better than Ruder, but not by a lot. It is a coaching issue for sure. That's part of why I wanted to see him on the field. To see if the offense behaved differently.

How do you get he played better? If anything's there was a case of who may have sucked less tonight but Austin was 8 of 21. 

[Pavlovs Eagle]

7 minutes ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

I knew we were doomed today when Herbstreet said on College Game Day this morning that anyone could beat UAB they way Georgia did last weekend.  

Since the reincarnation of their program you do not want to draw UAB the weekend after they're beaten by anyone much less a P5 team.  

[Salsa_Verde]

They quit way before tonight. 

[peanuts104]

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

How do you get he played better? If anything's there was a case of who may have sucked less tonight but Austin was 8 of 21. 

A number of the receivers dropped catchable balls. Enough to get him over 50%. Aune had fewer chances since Ruder played the second half.

I have a very specific criticism of Ruder. He's done it in all three games. When he rolls out of the pocket and gets chased back he back pedals 10 yards and makes a 15 yard throw a 25 yard throw. He did it multiple times this game, multiple times against SMU. Incidentally, this is where most of his picks come from. It was highlighted in the first offensive snap of the game. He rolled right, nowhere to go, threw it right to a UAB defender (no receiver even in the area).

I've heard Ruder described as a "film junkie" and all sorts of things. He can sling it when the conditions are perfect, both long and short, but it is football. Conditions are never perfect. He can have all the cerebral parts of the game mastered (he doesn't) and still fail if he can't navigate the pocket and throw to wide open receivers. I feel like the coaching staff has been trying to create mobile QBs out of natural passers. They aren't being taught how to ride it out in the pocket and instead are just being taught to roll out of it or run out of it. The QB coaching is garbage and our very talented passer room has regressed significantly. Almost like they were being taught by Quinn Shanbour. Oh wait.

[Got5onIt]

Like I said in another post, the football gods hate North Texas. All this conference realignment mess going on with teams  jockeying for position and what’s happening with lil’ ol’ North Texas? A losing season of epic proportions in the works. 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Got5onIt

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

27 minutes ago, peanuts104 said:

He did better than Ruder, but not by a lot. It is a coaching issue for sure. That's part of why I wanted to see him on the field. To see if the offense behaved differently.

Lmao what?!

Aune looked absolutely awful.

[peanuts104]

1 minute ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Lmao what?!

Aune looked absolutely awful.

Threw for more yards, hit receivers in the hands that dropped passes, was more decisive (although not by much). They both sucked and I said as much. It is also clear this is a coaching issue.