Mosley: Fire Morris or leave as well

[Marcelo]

I saw enough after two games last season. We didn't even fire the worst DC in the country after the season was over. Now we HIGHLY embarrass the University of North Texas with this pathetic display on national TV and I want no more excuses. Fire this coaching staff and get serious - stop wasting money and resources on people who are horrible at their jobs. Enough is enough. 

Edited September 14, 2024 by Marcelo

[El Paso Eagle]

As I mentioned elsewhere I don't think you fire Morris at this point but the defensive coordinator has to go

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[Marcelo]

No accountability. Wasted resources. Disgusting. 

  On 9/14/2024 at 5:50 PM, El Paso Eagle said:

As I mentioned elsewhere I don't think you far more at this point but the defensive coordinator has to go

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[Big Z]

Fire both of them 

[untjim1995]

Anyone that wants to pony up the first million to buy them out will probably get some others to help…

[keith]

WTH?  Is @MeanGreenFB an automated X bot or is there really a human posting score updates on Twitter/X?  

[BleedingGreen]

There is emotionally charged knee jerking to a degree.  At the end of the year , if we are less than 7-5 and not in a bowl game then you look at the head coach.  If 7-5 or better then the head coach makes his own decisions based on assistant coaches’ performance.  It’s very possible we are 4-1 in 2 weeks  

[El Paso Eagle]

  On 9/14/2024 at 7:13 PM, BleedingGreen said:

There is emotionally charged knee jerking to a degree.  At the end of the year , if we are less than 7-5 and not in a bowl game then you look at the head coach.  If 7-5 or better then the head coach makes his own decisions based on assistant coaches’ performance.  It’s very possible we are 4-1 in 2 weeks  

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Again I'm not saying we need to fire coach Morris but there's no need jerk reaction to the fact that we have a pathetic defense. We were the worst defense in football last year. A change at defensive coordinator needs to be made.This change should have been made already.

[MeanGreenGlory]

Morris fielded a top 10 offense last year.

The defense was atrocious, though. 

Fire Caponi today and give Morris a few specific requirements for a new DC.

Someone posted that Caponi is the highest paid G5 assistant, so there’s no reason we can’t get a proven DC from the Sun Belt who at least fields a middle of the pack defense. Even a middle of the pack defense paired with a top 10 offense would be a successful team overall.

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[mgfan]

Not sure it is a knee jerk reaction. What has morris done to keep his job at this point? 

[emmitt01]

  On 9/14/2024 at 7:13 PM, BleedingGreen said:

There is emotionally charged knee jerking to a degree.  At the end of the year , if we are less than 7-5 and not in a bowl game then you look at the head coach.  If 7-5 or better then the head coach makes his own decisions based on assistant coaches’ performance.  It’s very possible we are 4-1 in 2 weeks  

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It is in no way, shape, or form possible that this team and this defense is 4-1 in two weeks 😆

[Mean Green 93-98]

  On 9/14/2024 at 7:28 PM, mgfan said:

Not sure it is a knee jerk reaction. What has morris done to keep his job at this point? 

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Get hired at a school who can't afford to buy out 3 years of his contract, particularly while said school continues to pay his predecessor?

[aprice]

  On 9/14/2024 at 7:28 PM, mgfan said:

Not sure it is a knee jerk reaction. What has morris done to keep his job at this point?

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He secured a 5 year, multi million dollar contract.  That's what he's done to keep his job.   Without a mega donor willing to cut a check, getting rid of him isn't in the realm of possibility.

We can and should boot caponi though.  Should have done it last year.  I haven't witnessed a more inept defense since Mendoza graced us with his services.

[Green Lantern]

  On 9/14/2024 at 7:13 PM, BleedingGreen said:

There is emotionally charged knee jerking to a degree.  At the end of the year , if we are less than 7-5 and not in a bowl game then you look at the head coach.  If 7-5 or better then the head coach makes his own decisions based on assistant coaches’ performance.  It’s very possible we are 4-1 in 2 weeks  

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It’s not a knee jerk. We’re watching historically bad defense for the 2nd year in a row - like Ron Mendoza bad. That’s on Morris. Many of us have seen this movie before. Hard pass.

[Andrew]

  On 9/14/2024 at 5:47 PM, Marcelo said:

I saw enough after two games last season. We didn't even fire the worst DC in the country after the season was over. Now we HIGHLY embarrass the University of North Texas with this pathetic display on national TV and I want no more excuses. Fire this coaching staff and get serious - stop wasting money and resources on people who are horrible at their jobs. Enough is enough. 

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2-1…. Chill a tad. Defensive Coordinator could go and then see where we are at. We get blown out at home against Wyoming and we can revisit this. 

[keith]

Do we have to buy them out?  Why not just pretend they have had a season-ended injury or reassign them so they can’t do any more damage?  Next man up.  Let Cobbs take the HC reigns and anyone, really anyone, else take over defensive duties.  Can it really get any worse?

[3_n_out]

  On 9/14/2024 at 8:18 PM, Andrew said:

2-1…. Chill a tad. Defensive Coordinator could go and then see where we are at. We get blown out at home against Wyoming and we can revisit this. 

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What’s our confidence level headed into the Wyoming game? 

[southsideguy]

Fire the DC first, should have been fired last year.

[keith]

  On 9/14/2024 at 8:23 PM, southsideguy said:

Fire the DC first, should have been fired last year.

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And what does that say about our HC?

[MeanMag]

Smatresk fired the last guy for getting to a conference championship. He's not here to have to deal with the pile he left behind. WTF is UNT doing?

[untbowler]

the piss poor recruiting is on Morris, three players not even on the field because of law issues, a freaking walk-on is #2 on depth chart for QB? Where are all of these transfers? 

[Got5onIt]

Should be fired, but he won’t. 

[3_n_out]

  On 9/14/2024 at 8:37 PM, MeanMag said:

Smatresk fired the last guy for getting to a conference championship. He's not here to have to deal with the pile he left behind. WTF is UNT doing?

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The same as always. Skating thru the season just hoping to get by

[97and03]

  On 9/14/2024 at 8:21 PM, 3_n_out said:

What’s our confidence level headed into the Wyoming game? 

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[BleedingGreen]

@most comments on this thread :  Mark!

Edited September 14, 2024 by BleedingGreen