UAB's Big Screw Up

SUMG · October 6

Trent Dilfer was a horrible hire. His team lost to Tulane by 51 today. They're 1-4. No one was at the game.

When Bill Clark quit in June 2022....Bryant Vincent was named interim HC. He lead the team to a 6-6 record, and a win in the Bahamas Bowl. (they finished 7-6).

Players wanted Vincent kept as the HC....but the university went ahead and hired Trent Dilfer (former NFL QB)....but who had only been a HC in high school.

Anyway.....that same Bryant Vincent was hired by ULM. They're 3-1 this year....and are leading James Madison at the half tonight.

Edited October 6 by SUMG

Big Z · October 6

25 minutes ago, SUMG said:

Trent Dilfer was a horrible hire. His team lost to Tulane by 51 today. They're 1-4. No one was at the game.

When Bill Clark quit in June 2022....Bryant Vincent was named interim HC. He lead the team to a 6-6 record, and a win in the Bahamas Bowl. (they finished 7-6).

Players wanted Vincent kept as the HC....but the university went ahead and hired Trent Dilfer (former NFL QB)....but who had only been a HC in high school.

Anyway.....that same Bryant Vincent was hired by ULM. They're 3-1 this year....and are leading James Madison at the half tonight.

Ya I thought they did Vincent dirty

SUMG · October 6

Bryant Vincent and ULM just beat James Madison 21-19

peanuts104 · October 6

57 minutes ago, SUMG said:

Bryant Vincent and ULM just beat James Madison 21-19

A name to keep in the back pocket

NT93 · October 6

1 hour ago, peanuts104 said:

A name to keep in the back pocket

You mean if Tech steals Morris away from us?

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NTSU52 · October 6

18 minutes ago, NT93 said:

You mean if Tech hires Morris away from us?

Or if Morris bottoms out and we fire him.

NT93 · October 6

18 minutes ago, NTSU52 said:

Or if Morris bottoms out and we fire him.

I was just making a joke regarding the thread about Tech stealing Morris.

golfingomez · October 6

Dinner is lost and it send like he has given up. Unfortunately, he has a $3.6 million dollar buyout.

So he'll probably be there until next year at least.

meaniegreenie · October 6

Maybe they need to shut down their program every 10 years and spend a couple of years loading up with a bunch of 25 year olds?

wardly · October 6

3 hours ago, meaniegreenie said:

Maybe they need to shut down their program every 10 years and spend a couple of years loading up with a bunch of 25 year olds?

Like BYU?

SUMG · October 6

Proof that it's not always the amount of money you spend. This gent is the ULM Def. Coordinator. His first year being a college DC. I would bet money that the DC at UNC makes at least $1 million. I'd also bet that every defensive position coach on Mack Brown's staff makes more than Earnest Hill does at ULM. Well, Mr. Hill and his staff shut down James Madison....a team that had scored 60+ points two games in a row. And put 70 on that UNC staff. Side note: Our former DC and assistant Troy Reffett is on the ULM staff, too:

https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/earnest-hill/4193

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El Paso Eagle · October 6

At this point you have to say that ULM is the coaching performance of the year based on the budget they work with.

UNTLifer · October 6

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

At this point you have to say that ULM is the coaching performance of the year based on the budget they work with.

Yes, but

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I would want out of Monroe based on this alone.

El Paso Eagle · October 6

That is paying tribute to a world war II fighter pilot group

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Mean Green 93-98 · October 6

If UAB hadn't lucked into Bill Clark when they did, UAB football would no longer exist.

Matt from A700 · October 7

UAB could become a good out-of-state rival for us since losing LA Tech, WKU and MTSU. Good games would help that, but selfishly I'd love to see him last through our matchup next year in Birmingham.

UNTLifer · October 7

16 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

That is paying tribute to a world war II fighter pilot group

My bad for the lack of research/paying attention. That is actually a cool idea.

El Paso Eagle · October 7

1 minute ago, UNTLifer said:

My bad for the lack of research/paying attention. That is actually a cool idea.

I had thought the same when I saw them and just happened to run across an article on the design.

Mean Green 93-98 · October 16

Here's a pretty decent takedown of Dilfer: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/trent-dilfer-inherited-an-ascending-uab-program-but-its-taken-him-less-than-two-years-to-crater-it/

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Amazingly, all five touchdowns UAB has scored in AAC play were in the second half while trailing by at least four touchdowns. This is a team that has been competitive for essentially zero seconds against FBS opponents.

meaniegreenie · October 16

I know you have to beat the good teams to start showing you belong but it sure would be nice to have them for HC in two weeks instead of Tulane.

MeanGreenMat · October 16

2 hours ago, meaniegreenie said:

I know you have to beat the good teams to start showing you belong but it sure would be nice to have them for HC in two weeks instead of Tulane.

We didn’t come to the American to play weenie hut junior football. We want to play games on Saturdays? We have to compete. College football is getting harder, budgets are tighter, and it’s hard to find a bar in Georgia to watch ESPNU during the same time slot as Texas vs UGA.

Glory to the Green · October 16

7 hours ago, MeanGreenMat said:

it’s hard to find a bar in Georgia to watch ESPNU during the same time slot as Texas vs UGA.

No kidding. I had to ask four times to have the bar put on the UNT game on Saturday. Even then, it was like I was inconveniencing them.

MeanGreenTexan · October 16

12 hours ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Here's a pretty decent takedown of Dilfer: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/trent-dilfer-inherited-an-ascending-uab-program-but-its-taken-him-less-than-two-years-to-crater-it/

I hate this for the UAB faithful. Literally going from the brink of program shutdown, to drumming up a ton of support, and achieving a nice level of success... only to see it spiral down the toilet for a silly experiment.

meaniegreenie · October 16

12 hours ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Here's a pretty decent takedown of Dilfer: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/trent-dilfer-inherited-an-ascending-uab-program-but-its-taken-him-less-than-two-years-to-crater-it/

I haven't paid any attention to what's been happening at UAB, so I didn't know most of the things mentioned in the article. Specifically, I didn't know that when Clark retrired in 2022, that the interim coach (Vincent) wasn't retained even after leading them to a bowl victory and he's now the coach that has ULM at 5-1.

Rudy · October 17

10 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I hate this for the UAB faithful. Literally going from the brink of program shutdown, to drumming up a ton of support, and achieving a nice level of success... only to see it spiral down the toilet for a silly experiment.

They were shut down. The Alabama BoR had to get a police escort off campus, otherwise they wouldn't have made it out... period.

Perfect example of why fans of G5 programs should NEVER root for the likes of texas u. If given the opportunity to do so, they would shut down the other programs in their systems, just like bama did.