Jump to content

Monday Morning: Who would you rather?

MeanGreenDan

By MeanGreenDan
in Mean Green Football

 Share

Monday Morning: Who would you rather?  

77 members have voted

  1. 1. Who is your new top choice?

    • Kenny Perry (Texas Tech associate head coach)
      6
    • Garrett Riley (TCU offensive coordinator)
      33
    • Joe Gillespie (TCU defensive coordinator)
      7
    • KC Keeler (Sam Houston head coach)
      7
    • Justin Fuente (former Memphis and Virginia Tech head coach)
      21
    • None of them
      3

Recommended Posts

jtm0097 Grand Master

jtm0097

Posted
Posted

Fuente, Keeler, and Riley in that order for me. The program needs someone that has already been a HC. This is not a rebuild, the program is in great shape. We are a QB and a few transfer portal players away from taking the next step.

  • Upvote 2
  • Thanks 1
TIgreen01 Veteran

TIgreen01

Posted
Posted

None of them really move the needle with the exception of Riley…and even then he only excites football insiders.  The casual fan knows none of these dudes.  Which is fine.  Perry being part of those terrible Beaty Kansas teams and then being out of work for two years is very concerning if he is the front runner.  I know very little about him, though.

I want to know who they are bringing with them.  Whoever can build the best staff wins my vote.  Most of this list are guys who have been linked to high school recruiting and/or winning in the portal.  I’m assuming that’s table stakes for our AD/Pres.

  • Upvote 5
KingDL1 Veteran

KingDL1

Posted
Posted
3 minutes ago, TIgreen01 said:

None of them really move the needle with the exception of Riley…and even then he only excites football insiders.  The casual fan knows none of these dudes.  Which is fine.  Perry being part of those terrible Beaty Kansas teams and then being out of work for two years is very concerning if he is the front runner.  I know very little about him, though.

I want to know who they are bringing with them.  Whoever can build the best staff wins my vote.  Most of this list are guys who have been linked to high school recruiting and/or winning in the portal.  I’m assuming that’s table stakes for our AD/Pres.

I think Justin Fuente is known among casual college football fans. 

  • Upvote 2
DentonTD Enthusiast

DentonTD

Posted
Posted

From Rob J: class of '82, As UNT fired good in Littrell, lets hire GREAT:
1. Graham Harrell-OC-UVA, prev OC-USC,OC-UNT (all three stellar performances)
2. Garrett Riley-OC-TCU (but it will cost far more than UNT paid Littrell)
3. Skip Holtz-6-1 bowl record in 20 or so years @ La Tech. Far better than UNT history of 2-11 in 13 bowls.
      current HC-USFL champions-Birmingham
 

  • Upvote 1
  • Downvote 1
golfingomez Veteran

golfingomez

Posted
Posted
16 minutes ago, KingDL1 said:

I think Justin Fuente is known among casual college football fans. 

I highly doubt casual football fans know who fuente is, a casual fan probably doesn't know many coaches names beyond national title contenders.

Side note, my biggest concern with Perry is how he plans to transition his golf knowledge to the gridiron. is there much overlap there?

  • Upvote 1
  • Ray 1
KingDL1 Veteran

KingDL1

Posted
Posted
10 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

I highly doubt casual football fans know who fuente is, a casual fan probably doesn't know many coaches names beyond national title contenders.

Side note, my biggest concern with Perry is how he plans to transition his golf knowledge to the gridiron. is there much overlap there?

You might be right, just several of my non North Texas friends all knew his name. Not sure where they rank on the casual college football fan index. 

  • Upvote 2
MeanGreen22 Grand Master

MeanGreen22

Posted
Posted

Voted Gillespie but after thinking, I’m learning towards Fuente or Riley. I think Riley would bring a lot of name recognition and I could see a huge recruiting spike bc of it. Fuente is proven and would be the “safe” pick. I’m torn. 

Cr1028 Grand Master

Cr1028

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, golfingomez said:

I highly doubt casual football fans know who fuente is, a casual fan probably doesn't know many coaches names beyond national title contenders.

Side note, my biggest concern with Perry is how he plans to transition his golf knowledge to the gridiron. is there much overlap there?

 

2 hours ago, KingDL1 said:

You might be right, just several of my non North Texas friends all knew his name. Not sure where they rank on the casual college football fan index. 

Most casual fans, if they knew of Fuente, would know him as being the guy who took over for the legendary Frank Beamer. I doubt more than a small minority of them would know he coached at Memphis prior to VT.

Matt from A700 Grand Master

Matt from A700

Posted
Posted

We need someone who can hit the portal and get us a good QB, based on either recruiting skill or name recognition, which I think will be Riley. Thinking short-term, and looking at next season's nonconference schedule, we have a good chance to start 3-0 heading into our first year in a tougher conference (and who knows who the 4th OOF game will be). If we want to avoid any kind of drop-off, I think it will be him and even if/when he don't contend for a title next year, we will remain bowl eligible and continue to build from there.

Don't want to be stuck with a Greer/McNulty type and *not* beat a beatable P5 Cal at the next home opener.

UNTLifer Grand Master

UNTLifer

Posted
Posted

KENNY PERRY COACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 – Texas Tech Associate Head Coach (Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs)
2021 – SMU Assistant Coach (Special Teams Coordinator)
2020 – SMU Special Teams Quality Control Analyst
2020 – Dallas Renegades Special Teams Coordinator (XFL)
2017-18 – Kansas Assistant Coach (Special Teams Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator)
2015-16 – Kansas Co-Defensive Coordinator (Cornerbacks)
2014 – TCU Assistant Coach (Cornerbacks)
2013 – TCU Director of High School Relations
2006-12 – Arlington Bowie Head Coach
2004-05 – Haltom City High School Head Coach
2000-03 – Sam Houston High School Head Coach
1992-94 – Houston Graduate Assistant (Special Teams/Defensive Backs)

What about the above is attractive?

  • Upvote 3
  • Thanks 1
  • Puking Eagle 1
MeanGreenTexan Grand Master

MeanGreenTexan

Posted
Posted

Here's a tease for y'all...

One of my posts from early last week has been garnering a bunch of upvotes today, which is odd timing for a bump in +1s.   Especially with so much content over the past week.   

I'll refrain from saying who or what that post is about, in case we shouldn't read into it (I am)...  but it's regarding a guy on this list.

I'll come back and revisit this post after the hire to see if there was any correlation.

  • Upvote 1
  • Eye Roll 1
97and03 Grand Master

97and03

Posted
Posted

People on this board want a guy with 2 years coordinator experience and less than 10 years overall experience (much of it an an analyst or GA) to head our program into a new conference is so on-brand for this fanbase.  Good grief.  Riley, Gillespe, and Perry are such an old Denton type of hire.  It is EXACTLY what people outside the program expect of little ole' UNT. 

Why do I think this?  In addition to the multitude of "who does NT think they are?" posts on social media after firing Seth, I experienced it personally this weekend at the Army-Navy game.  As usual, I wore my bright green North Texas hoodie to the game and was stopped by a couple of guys while walking into the stadium with a "Mean Green!"  So I walk over and was appreciative of the brand recognition which was surprising in Philadelphia.  (Turns out they were Texas guys.) They asked me if we were going to hire Riley and I responded that I hoped for Fuente or similar because I preferred more experience.  His response: "I mean, no offense, but it's North Texas.  What are they trying to be?  It's not Oklahoma or something."  He completely dismissed my logical explanation that the AAC offers us the opportunity for a NY6 or eventually an expanded playoff spot.  He eventually just blew it off and said, "just teasing you" but it was clear that he thought the concept of North Texas trying to better itself was laughable. 

I guess at least he knew who we were...

  • Thanks 1
golfingomez Veteran

golfingomez

Posted
Posted
35 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Here's a tease for y'all...

One of my posts from early last week has been garnering a bunch of upvotes today, which is odd timing for a bump in +1s.   Especially with so much content over the past week.   

Was this your post about how you were baffled that the governor of our state continually disrespects our nation's flag by refusing to stand?

  • Haha 1

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!

  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 30

      24/25 MBB Attendance Tracker

      Third home game in a row under 3K in attendance and 4th for the season. Now at 2,947, average attendance is down almost 13% (439 per game) compared to the first 7 home games last year. We are now down 1,185 in average attendance compared to last season's full year average. The home conference slate kicks off with UAB on New Year's Eve. Hopefully, we will be able to chip away at this attendance deficit as some familiar foes visit the Super Pit, but it looks like hitting a 4K average and growing average attendance for the 3rd year in a row is becoming increasingly out of reach. Just win and they will come they said. SMH. On the bright side, we're currently sitting at 9-3 and 7-0 at home and own the 2nd best Net rating in the conference only behind Memphis. Unfortunately, the conference is incredibly weak this year so we don't have many opportunities to improve that ranking. Aside from winning on the road at Memphis, holding serve in terms of a Net rating may be the best we can do from here. Actually, looking at the schedule, we do have three Q2 road games (Wichita St, FAU and Temple). They need to keep winning and we will need to win those three to improve our resume.
      keith in Mean Green Basketball
    2. 61

      SMUt getting owned by State

      Tell me you’ll peddle BS on SMU’s behalf without telling me you’ll peddle BS on SMU’s behalf. Here is SMU’s attendance claim for this season; one so amazing that they made a nifty graphic for it. The only issue? Well, they played 7 home games and the stadium seats 32k…so an average attendance of 32,651 which is standing room only and beyond capacity is a bit difficult to swallow and leads one to believe that only believers in SMU math would buy it. And save me the “but look at North Texas’ attendance” garbage. Even someone as committed to being separated from reality as you knows that if North Texas 1) bought their way into the ACC to allow us to fill our stadium with opposing fans, 2) overpaid for players, and 3) had the easiest conference schedule possible to stack wins…Apogee would have been LEGITIMATELY sold out. And let me save you the trouble of the next silly argument you were just itching to type as a retort…yes, we have far more alumni, but we are not situated DEAD CENTER in a city of 1.3 Million people like SMU has been for decades
      • 2
      • Upvote
      emmitt01 in Mean Green Football
    3. 22

      Stop Blaming Athletes and the NCAA for Ruining College Football

      Come to think of it, ESPN and the other networks who really benefit from all of this, should contribute $$ to a NIL fund and distribute equally to each schools NIL for them to use at their discretion. Wouldn't that be fair?
      • 1
      • Thanks
      Hunter Green in Mean Green Football
    4. 61

      SMUt getting owned by State

      Say you didn't see any SMU crowds this season, without saying you didn't see any SMU home crowds this season. That place was packed and rocking, like nobody could've dreamed.
      • 1
      • Upvote
      dodgefan in Mean Green Football
    5. 15

      Auburn warns of potential ticket price hike ahead of revenue-sharing model

      I mean are you saying you want to know exactly what every player is paid? My worry is you would have each of them know that number is so they can be jealous and fight about it. I think the coaches have to determine the amounts and allocations unless you are an SMU or someone who can afford to pay every player on the roster 100k a piece. If you don’t have mountains of cash you have to allocate per the coaches wish I would think. Agents come into play sadly as well I suppose.
      • 1
      • Upvote
      Jonnyeagle in Mean Green Football

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,505
    • Most Online
      1,865
    Jepper
    Newest Member
    Jepper
    Joined

  • Most Points

    1. 1
      El Paso Eagle
      El Paso Eagle
      170,044
    2. 2
      NT80
      NT80
      136,958
    3. 3
      KingDL1
      KingDL1
      130,960
    4. 4
      greenminer
      greenminer
      123,785
    5. 5
      TheReal_jayD
      TheReal_jayD
      108,904

  • Biggest Gamblers

    1. 1
      EdtheEagle
      EdtheEagle
      26,591,107
    2. 2
      UNTLifer
      UNTLifer
      4,480,984
    3. 3
      untphd
      untphd
      841,161
    4. 4
      flyonthewall
      flyonthewall
      670,422
    5. 5
      3_n_out
      3_n_out
      578,480
    6. 6
      SteaminWillieBeamin
    7. 7
      cousin oliver
      cousin oliver
      448,120
    8. 8
      UNT_FH_FR_YR
      UNT_FH_FR_YR
      389,039
    9. 9
      meangreenfaninno
    10. 10
      South Texas Green

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

News

Recruiting

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.