Official GOMEANGREEN National Signing Day Thread

[UNTLifer]

17 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Add in our PWO's and 

**Honestly, there were better options, but this one makes me laugh out loud.

Edited February 1, 2023 by UNTLifer

[Coach Andy Mac]

 

[UNTLifer]

2 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

 

Yes you are young man, yes you are.

[El Paso Eagle]

Hopefully they will release the updated roster and we can try and figure out where we are at to the 85 limit. Would still expect a little more turnover after the Spring

[jtm0097]

Hats off to this staff. They did a remarkable job getting local and instate kids to sign here. The transfer portal additions were solid as well. I'm ready for the spring game now!

[greenminer]

[emmitt01]

I don't think it can be overestimated how great it is to have landed kids from: 

- SOC

- Guyer

- Shadow Creek

- Aledo

- North Shore

Just getting our staff known in the hallways of these schools is a win.   These are teams that have challenged for (or won) a lot of titles in the past few years, so these are kids that know how to win.  

Edited February 1, 2023 by emmitt01

[El Paso Eagle]

I'm hoping the recruiting services (247, On3, etc) actually take the time to give our guys a realistic evaluation and not the generic low 3* that a lot of G5 players recieve 

[MeanGreen22]

7 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

I'm hoping the recruiting services (247, On3, etc) actually take the time to give our guys a realistic evaluation and not the generic low 3* that a lot of G5 players recieve 

Was just thinking this. Be interested to see where we end up when our guys get actual ratings. 

[Brett Vito]

 

[Marty]

what Morris and company have done in so little time is incredible. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

52 minutes ago, Marty said:

what Morris and company have done in so little time is incredible. 

We were saying the same things on SL's first signing day:

https://247sports.com/college/north-texas/Season/2016-Football/Commits/

Looking forward to finding out who of this year's class is going to be the next Mason Fine, LaDarius Hamilton, EJ Ejiya, Rico Bussey, Khairi Muhammad, etc...   That was a pretty special class!

Edited February 1, 2023 by MeanGreenTexan

[Jonnyeagle]

12 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

We were saying the same things on SL's first signing day:

https://247sports.com/college/north-texas/Season/2016-Football/Commits/

Looking forward to finding out who of this year's class is going to be the next Mason Fine, LaDarius Hamilton, EJ Ejiya, Rico Bussey, Khairi Muhammad, etc...   That was a pretty special class!

You are joking right?  Littrell had way more time to recruit that class, and half those recruits never played a down.  The top recruit of the class William Johnson was ineligible for grades at his time of signing and they kept that from the fanbase until two weeks after the season started.  There were some good players out of the class for sure and Mason Fine was his biggest recruit, but he had absolutely no competition for Fine and Graham Harrell was the one who found Fine.

[p_phelps]

1 minute ago, Jonnyeagle said:

You are joking right?  Littrell had way more time to recruit that class, and half those recruits never played a down.  The top recruit of the class William Johnson was ineligible for grades at his time of signing and they kept that from the fanbase until two weeks after the season started.  There were some good players out of the class for sure and Mason Fine was his biggest recruit, but he had absolutely no competition for Fine and Graham Harrell was the one who found Fine.

This was Seth's best class by far... and most of those dudes played meaningful minutes... doesn't take away from what Morris and Co have done with this class... this is a different Era in recruiting 

[GMG_Dallas]

2 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

You are joking right?  Littrell had way more time to recruit that class, and half those recruits never played a down.  The top recruit of the class William Johnson was ineligible for grades at his time of signing and they kept that from the fanbase until two weeks after the season started.  There were some good players out of the class for sure and Mason Fine was his biggest recruit, but he had absolutely no competition for Fine and Graham Harrell was the one who found Fine.

Littrell was hired December 5th. Morris was hired December 13th.

Edited February 1, 2023 by GMG_Dallas

[emmitt01]

28 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

You are joking right?  Littrell had way more time to recruit that class, and half those recruits never played a down.  The top recruit of the class William Johnson was ineligible for grades at his time of signing and they kept that from the fanbase until two weeks after the season started.  There were some good players out of the class for sure and Mason Fine was his biggest recruit, but he had absolutely no competition for Fine and Graham Harrell was the one who found Fine.

How can you discount a class that included Raveon Hoston?   I think he still has us listed as his eventual college destination.

[MeanGreenTexan]

24 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

You are joking right?  Littrell had way more time to recruit that class, and half those recruits never played a down.  The top recruit of the class William Johnson was ineligible for grades at his time of signing and they kept that from the fanbase until two weeks after the season started.  There were some good players out of the class for sure and Mason Fine was his biggest recruit, but he had absolutely no competition for Fine and Graham Harrell was the one who found Fine.

Huh?  Littrell was hired after the season just like Morris.  Remember “Lock the Gate”?  
I love that you singled out a flop in this class & ignored the future HOF’ers.  And again, as has been hashed out over & over here… Littrell’s relationship (not Harrell’s) with Fine’s HS coach is what got us Fine.

The boogeyman is gone now.  It’s OK to reminisce about the good times.

[Jonnyeagle]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I love that you singled out a flop in this class

Singled out a flop?  The #1 recruit in the class and they crowed about it and let everyone get their hopes up knowing he would never qualify the entire time and then waited until almost the 1st game to sheepishly let everyone know he didn;t have his grades.  Sorry Charley, but you really need to stop polishing a turd.

[MeanGreenTexan]

6 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Singled out a flop?  The #1 recruit in the class and they crowed about it and let everyone get their hopes up knowing he would never qualify the entire time and then waited until almost the 1st game to sheepishly let everyone know he didn;t have his grades.  Sorry Charley, but you really need to stop polishing a turd.

My man, I’m not arguing that William Johnson was a success.  Sheesh.

But what would you call Mason, Rico, Hambone, Ejiya, & Khairi?   Successes, right?  I’m just looking forward to who those types of guys are in this class.  

People were commenting about how amazing this class is with the limited amount of time Morris had.  I was just recalling people were saying the same thing about 2016’s class… and rightly so.  It was a good one! (& Littrell didn’t have the luxury of taking over a team that had just played in a CCG!)

[Green Crazy]

53 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

You are joking right?  Littrell had way more time to recruit that class, and half those recruits never played a down.  The top recruit of the class William Johnson was ineligible for grades at his time of signing and they kept that from the fanbase until two weeks after the season started.  There were some good players out of the class for sure and Mason Fine was his biggest recruit, but he had absolutely no competition for Fine and Graham Harrell was the one who found Fine.

I'm not arguing which is better, but Morris is getting the benefit of coming off a much better season than Littrell and company had to pitch to their recruits, which was 1-11.

Eric Jenkins was also in that class.

[greenminer]

Some of y'all, please ask yourself "Am I comparing this to SL?" before hitting "SUBMIT REPLY"

[Cr1028]

Fantastic haul by Morris and Co. Really, really, impressive class.

[p_phelps]

3 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Singled out a flop?  The #1 recruit in the class and they crowed about it and let everyone get their hopes up knowing he would never qualify the entire time and then waited until almost the 1st game to sheepishly let everyone know he didn;t have his grades.  Sorry Charley, but you really need to stop polishing a turd.

Dude... I called for seth to be fired for 3 years.   But you're saying the best class that produced the best years in 2 decades for the university wasn't good? That's a bad take.. if anything THIS class raised our standards to what we have now

[97and03]

3 hours ago, Green Crazy said:

I'm not arguing which is better, but Morris is getting the benefit of coming off a much better season than Littrell and company had to pitch to their recruits, which was 1-11.

Eric Jenkins was also in that class.

Glad you mentioned Jenkins. He and Bussey got NFL looks, Hamilton is with the Packers, EJ also got NFL looks and is playing professionally, and Fine is a potential CFL starter next year. Nick Smith and Wyche were competent RBs and JoJo was a decent pass rusher (although I think he was a Mac grey shirt). We can also add Pirtle to this class, btw. Yes, half the class didn’t make it here or contribute much but that is pretty much every G5 class, especially when the coach has to take risks to fill a class - also as mentioned after a one-win season.  We don’t yet know which of Seth’s classes will end up being the best one but this one helped turn this program around. 

[UNT 90 Grad]

4 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Huh?  Littrell was hired after the season just like Morris.  Remember “Lock the Gate”?  

#neverforget