DRC: Five thoughts on UNT's win over Texas Southern

[Brett Vito]

 

[KingDL1]

Brett that was funny.

I saw a lack luster team struggle at times and not cover the spread against a super bad FBS team. We suck bad. Everyone associated with the football program should be fired. 

[UNTethered Eagle]

I appreciate the sentiment Brett, but we’re one step in the right direction too short, and one day late on showing signs of growth for this team and 7th year coach.

[edcollopy]

Frankly I’m shocked at Gunnell’s arm strength. I don’t see the tight release with zip or much mobility. I guess I haven’t quite figured out all the ridiculous star ratings for recruiting. 

[Glory to the Green]

4 hours ago, edcollopy said:

Frankly I’m shocked at Gunnell’s arm strength. I don’t see the tight release with zip or much mobility. I guess I haven’t quite figured out all the ridiculous star ratings for recruiting. 

He walks with a little limp. I wonder if that’s a new thing that’s affecting his throw?

[untjim1995]

Wasn’t at the game yesterday, but Gunnell seems like a very washed up QB at this point. Don’t know what happened to him, but it’s obvious as to why he ended up here. He can’t play…

[meangreenfaninno]

23 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

He walks with a little limp. I wonder if that’s a new thing that’s affecting his throw?

Definately has an issue with his gait.  I was thinking it may just be he is bowlegged but you are right it could be an injury causing it.

[emmitt01]

39 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

Wasn’t at the game yesterday, but Gunnell seems like a very washed up QB at this point. Don’t know what happened to him, but it’s obvious as to why he ended up here. He can’t play…

Ever stop to think “Quarterbacks can START at other programs before transferring here, or can leave here to start at other programs, maybe it’s not the players who are ‘washed up’”?  

[GMG_Dallas]

14 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

Ever stop to think “Quarterbacks can START at other programs before transferring here, or can leave here to start at other programs, maybe it’s not the players who are ‘washed up’”?  

Exactly. At some point, we've got to start looking at our coaches. Other programs have success bringing in P5 transfers and getting the most out of them. How come we can't do that?

[Glory to the Green]

I thought there was a moment when Ruder was primed to go in (after GG’s pick). I guess the coaches reconsidered?  
At this point, I don’t care who gets the start, I’m just tired of seeing consistently overthrown/underthrown balls to our open receivers. It’s frustrating. 

[The Insider]

6 hours ago, edcollopy said:

Frankly I’m shocked at Gunnell’s arm strength. I don’t see the tight release with zip or much mobility. I guess I haven’t quite figured out all the ridiculous star ratings for recruiting. 

I am not impressed with what I've seen thus far.  I don't fault the kid, but the Offensive Coordinator has done a terrible job at putting guys in a position to be successful.  He is absolutely horrific at his job and needs to be resign to assistant walk on coordinator.  Also, how can you expect a QB to perform, and will not hire a real QB coach.  Hell, go get Mason Fine to come back and coach since you want every QB to be him.  We can't move on because the coaching staff still acting like they in bed the the players who are gone.

 

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, emmitt01 said:

Ever stop to think “Quarterbacks can START at other programs before transferring here, or can leave here to start at other programs, maybe it’s not the players who are ‘washed up’”?  

There has not been one quarterback that transferred into this program that has been more successful than where he was at when he arrived. It is freaking hilarious that people won't acknowledge the issue with a lack of a quarterback coach and a crappy ass offensive scheme and system under Seth. But hey let's keep blowing smoke up everyone's asses and talk about how we're just about to the point of reaching some new level.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, Glory to the Green said:

I thought there was a moment when Ruder was primed to go in (after GG’s pick). I guess the coaches reconsidered?  
At this point, I don’t care who gets the start, I’m just tired of seeing consistently overthrown/underthrown balls to our open receivers. It’s frustrating. 

Maybe at this point we should just implement the wishbone and quit acting like we have a quarterback

[MeanGreen22]

… are we sure we “saw what we needed” on offense? Bc we did not. 

[UNTcrazy727]

The fact our coaching staff hasn’t been able to sign someone better than Aune the last 2 years is embarrassing. Total failure at identifying talent and developing it. 

My main takeaway from last night is our defense has regressed back to 2020. Our secondary can’t cover anyone. Our offense looked solid outside of Aune’s usual inconsistencies. 

[MeanGreen22]

1 minute ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

Our offense looked solid outside of Aune’s usual inconsistencies. 

We can win games as long as Aune is throwing 15ish times a game. Just pound the rock, maintain possession, and hope to god we don’t have to play from behind. 

[greenminer]

We have at least 2 more QBs we can hope for, right?

[MeanGreen_MBA]

If we had a top 20 rated QB who was up in the top 5 for TD throws….things would be much better…..

 

Ih wait…AA rated 17th yardage wise among all QB’s and tied for 3rd most TD throws in CFB.   How is that possible???

[Cr1028]

1 hour ago, The Insider said:

Hell, go get Mason Fine to come back and coach since you want every QB to be him.

We already have a quarterback who was coached by Mason Fine. He plays linebacker.

[untjim1995]

11 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

Ever stop to think “Quarterbacks can START at other programs before transferring here, or can leave here to start at other programs, maybe it’s not the players who are ‘washed up’”?  

Well, I agree on the coaches part, but he ended up here for a coach that is clearly on the hot seat. That would suggest he didn’t have many choices—the others see that he’s no longer what he was at Arizona…

[MeanGreenTexan]

A lot of y'all put a ton of expectations on Gunnell early on based on some Arizona tape.    It's clearly not the same guy out there limping around.  

It's time to face facts.   Austin Aune is the best QB we have on the roster.   And quite honestly, he should be able to win games for us.  But I really don't think he's being set up to succeed.    There's a reason why the run game works so well for NT.

[El Paso Eagle]

8 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

A lot of y'all put a ton of expectations on Gunnell early on based on some Arizona tape.    It's clearly not the same guy out there limping around.  

It's time to face facts.   Austin Aune is the best QB we have on the roster.   And quite honestly, he should be able to win games for us.  But I really don't think he's being set up to succeed.    There's a reason why the run game works so well for NT.

Maybe we should go to two tight ends and just tell people we're running and stop us if you can

[MeanGreenTexan]

16 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Maybe we should go to two tight ends and just tell people we're running and stop us if you can

That suggestion basically won us 5 straight games to end the season last year...

[El Paso Eagle]

Just now, MeanGreenTexan said:

That suggestion basically won us 5 straight games to end the season last year...

With the teams we face the rest of the way there's no reason we cannot be successful running the ball. I may have a lot of issues with the staff but I do believe in Coach Cobbs

[El Paso Eagle]

I would also add that I believe we should go to ball control from the beginning of the game. If we get behind by a couple scores not sure we have the offense to catch up or the defense to stop the opponents