Would you prefer we focus all of our resources towards basketball now?

[cousin oliver]

Would you prefer we focus all of our resources towards basketball now?

Edited April 7, 2023 by cousin oliver

[CMJ]

No.

 

More resources than we have?  Yes.

[greenminer]

We just won the NIT without focusing all our resources on BBALL.  We have football, and our bball trajectory is great.

Edited April 7, 2023 by greenminer

[NT80]

1 hour ago, cousin oliver said:

Would you prefer we focus all of our resources towards basketball now?

This is stupid.  Go to UTA if that is what you are pushing for!

[tmjerm]

Absolutely not.  Ridiculous to even consider. 

[Dannymacfan]

Not just no but HELL NO!

[MGNation92]

Compare the revenue. Easy no

[p_phelps]

No football is on a trajectory that could take us to the next level. 

[Wag Tag]

The AD with the new athletic building has been on the drawing board for maybe 6-7 years. The number one thing football needs is a bigger wt room and rehab area add this to the IPF and move on. I have double my donation to BB!

[Old Denton]

4 hours ago, cousin oliver said:

Would you prefer we focus all of our resources towards basketball now?

Dude.  NEVER go full-retard.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Cousin Oliver is one of my favorite posters.

@cousin oliver 
How is your girlfriend doing?

[MrAlien]

All resources... NO

However I would be OK if some of those resources transferred from Football to Basketball.  With a little more effort from the school, UNT could be a tournament bound team every year.  I would rather see UNT Basketball in the Big Dance every year, then see UNT Football play in some meaningless bowl game.  

[GoMeanGreen1999]

I would be good with it. Where has football gotten us again?  When was the last time our football coach was hired at a bigger school?  

[greenminer]

5 hours ago, GoMeanGreen1999 said:

I would be good with it. Where has football gotten us again?  When was the last time our football coach was hired at a bigger school?  

Would you have cut the bball cord at the end of the Benford era, before hiring Grant?

[drex]

Seth got hired by Oklahoma, if you consider that a bigger school.

[southsideguy]

I think the key word wash hired away. Grant was hired away but SL not so much.  

[UNTLifer]

You want to gauge the results?  Look at what happened to UTA when they dropped football. No thank you. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

12 hours ago, MrAlien said:

All resources... NO

However I would be OK if some of those resources transferred from Football to Basketball.  With a little more effort from the school, UNT could be a tournament bound team every year.  I would rather see UNT Basketball in the Big Dance every year, then see UNT Football play in some meaningless bowl game.  

This right here is the correct answer. 

[NT80]

15 hours ago, GoMeanGreen1999 said:

I would be good with it. Where has football gotten us again?  When was the last time our football coach was hired at a bigger school?  

Seth just got hired at OU.  
Seriously, football will put us higher up the food chain, not basketball. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

44 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Seth just got hired at OU.  
Seriously, football will put us higher up the food chain, not basketball. 

The question was, “When was the last time OUR football coach was hired…”?  Not, “When was the last time an unemployed, former football coach was hired…”?

[Mean Green 93-98]

2 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

The question was, “When was the last time OUR football coach was hired…”?  Not, “When was the last time an unemployed, former football coach was hired…”?

Our football coach had the opportunity to be hired away as head coach at a P5 school, but chose to come back to North Texas instead.  I'm not sure why that would count as some kind of strike against our football program.

[Green Otaku]

More money for basketball? Yes, we should double or triple what we put into BB, but football is still important. 

[GoMeanGreen1999]

18 hours ago, greenminer said:

Would you have cut the bball cord at the end of the Benford era, before hiring Grant?

No, but I would have built on the success of Jones getting hired away and hired a much more experienced coach, which we could have had significantly more resources to do if we had basketball as our main sport.

[GoMeanGreen1999]

8 hours ago, NT80 said:

Seth just got hired at OU.  
Seriously, football will put us higher up the food chain, not basketball. 

I used to believe this.  I don't anymore.  

[GoMeanGreen1999]

15 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

You want to gauge the results?  Look at what happened to UTA when they dropped football. No thank you. 

So of all of the successful basketball programs that don't have football, UTA is the one you went with?  Just a question: would you drop football to have the success of Gonzaga in basketball?  Or maybe Providence?  Marquette?  

We have a MUCH better chance at winning a NC in basketball then we do in football.