Timing on making Hodge official?

[Glory to the Green]

Just now, Caw Caw said:

I would say Benford had a greater affect on attendance than style of play. Second to benford, things are just different post covid and i think the AD is still figuring that out.

The lowest hanging fruits are the communities:  Denton and the university.  Recent successes, outreach, and promotions should help. We’ll see.  

[emmitt01]

47 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

Ha!  Right. “Tournament wins, multiple championships, MVP’s, but the pace is too slow for me.  I’d rather watch a high scoring loss.”  There might be some fans with that view, but not many. 

Sadly, we have a few fans who would happily watch a high scoring loss.  

[UNTLifer]

3 hours ago, meangreenfaninno said:

But did he turn down head jobs?

If so, we need to first know who offered head jobs and then question Hodge’s decision making. 

[Glory to the Green]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

If so, we need to first know who offered head jobs and then question Hodge’s decision making. 

He’s from Dallas and was in line for a promotion when the inevitable happened.  

[UNTLifer]

59 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

He’s from Dallas and was in line for a promotion when the inevitable happened.  

But he turned down a head job!?  Wait, are we talking about the same thing?🤔

[GrandGreen]

5 hours ago, meanrob said:

There’s no way I believe style of play drastically affected attendance. That would have to mean there are thousands of people out there who paid enough attention to figure out the style of play and then decided, “no thanks.”  
 

 

I agree winning is what draws crowds, not what the style of play is.  

As far as attendance, this is NT were most students rather do almost anything rather than go to a sporting event, where Dentonites take NT for granted and wish they had an ex SWC team to support, and far too many alumni become t-shirt fans of UT, A&M or whoever is winning versus being openly associated with NT.  

It is slowly getting better, but replacing about every coach on the staff in one year is not going to help.  

Hodge IMO is the right choice.  For all I know, he may have been more responsible for NT's recent basketball success than McCasland.   McCasland is a big loss, but it is the way of college athletes; the bigger eat the smaller.  

[Matt from A700]

When need to schedule our press conference an hour before Mac's at Tech.

[Glory to the Green]

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

But he turned down a head job!?  Wait, are we talking about the same thing?🤔

I don’t know if they were head positions. I believe JD and Wren made mention of the P5 job offers.  

[p_phelps]

14 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

If so, we need to first know who offered head jobs and then question Hodge’s decision making. 

There was probably already a handshake deal that when Grant left he'd be the guy 

[MeanGreenDan]

13 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

But he turned down a head job!?  Wait, are we talking about the same thing?🤔

I pick up what you're putting down

[El Paso Eagle]

12 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

As far as attendance, this is NT were most students rather do almost anything rather than go to a sporting event,

Well, sadly the University's favorite makes it clear their goals is not to be like other Universities. 🤮

[TIgreen01]

If Hodge wants the job AND Mosley wants him in the job then I’m all for it. Mosley has been a dude at hiring coaches.

 Also, Hodge has had the boy genius moniker attached to him since before he came to UNT.  He’s only grown that reputation more here.  I’m surprised we kept him as long as we did.  

Edited April 2, 2023 by TIgreen01

[Mo Green]

19 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

Sadly, we have a few fans who would happily watch a high scoring loss.  

We've seen that with JJ.

 

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, TIgreen01 said:

Also, Hodge has had the boy genius moniker attached to him since before he came to UNT.

Can you elaborate on this, or point me to some stuff to read about it?