"Where Are The Fans?"

[GoMeanGreen1999]

On 10/3/2024 at 10:02 AM, UNTLifer said:

https://dentonrc.com/sports/colleges/mean_green/brett-vito-eric-morris-becoming-familiar-with-age-old-unt-issue-with-fan-support/article_66fde1a2-7e84-11ef-9b5a-7316195ea700.html

Eric Morris had just finished talking about an emphatic win over Tulsa on Saturday when UNT’s coach took time to address what has become an age-old topic when it comes to the program.

Where are all the fans?

The stands were pretty empty to start when UNT kicked off its game against Golden Hurricane at DATCU Stadium. It didn’t get much better throughout the night and emptied out by the time the Mean Green finished off a 52-20 win.

I guess he is out on campus weekly drumming up support?  Out in the community doing things and being seen?  

 

[Green Lantern]

On 10/4/2024 at 10:41 AM, SilverEagle said:

Looks like a good sign to hang in the offices of every administrator and employee of the athletic department. And also.....

2. The UNT Alumni Association

The better sign to UNT admins related to this group would be “Quit hiring outside talent when you have dedicated degreed alums on staff who would crush this leadership role”. Grass is NEVER greener (pun intended) outside the UNT family for these roles. It’s a passion business.
 

All our experienced and highly regarded alums that worked there and/or in tangentially related UNT Advancement roles have been poached away by other institutions (SMU, Colorado, OK State, Sam Houston, A&M Commerce, amongst others) or left for private sector roles that compensate appropriately because of being passed over for external hires (minus the smart KFra hire) time and time again. 

[TheColonyEagle]

Haven’t seen this mentioned, but once again……

We started the season out pretty well. Got some local and national attention, to the point we were a trendy pick. “Tech better watch out!” Reece Davis on ESPN Game Day picked us as his “superdog”. We were starting to turn a corner regarding perception. 
 

And not only do we get beat, we got absolutely destroyed on national TV. Outclassed, out coached, out played and embarrassed. 
 

We were taking a few steps forward only to get hit in the face ONCE AGAIN and get launched back to what many think is our rightful place. 
 

How many people paying attention to our game vs TTech didn’t even bother to look at the schedule to see our next games much less make plans to show up. This probably happened about halfway through the 2nd quarter of that game. 
 

We are in a situation where we have no room for error. When you’re in this situation, no amount of marketing can overcome getting embarrassed like we were in Lubbock. We had our chance. Blew it.