Smatresk and Wren deserve majority of the credit for modernizing the program. And leaving out Coach Mac is a big oversight IMO. It ended badly for Mac but he is the one that elevated expectations around here to fit the new stadium. Seth did his best to meet those raised expectations. So no I disagree he elevated the program. He didn’t hurt it either. But also other coaches in our conference (and other G5s) operating with less over a shorter amount of time to build their programs routinely beat his teams.
Admittedly I have not. My question to you is how much of that falls on the teams they've played? We've seen what 2-5 looks like over the years. We know how bad a team has to be on all sides of the ball to go 2-5. They've played 4 teams who are 2-5, one who's 1-6 in UAB, and ECU who just fired their coach. We'd be undefeated with their schedule too.
Having gotten on campus in 2005, the run from 05-15 only saw one season I was proud of. That was so miserable. I didn’t get to experience the joys of the years prior and spent a decade in my favorite hobby’s hellhouse. I appreciate Seth for modernizing the program, giving us something to finally cheer about (before, apart from a solid 2013 and a handful of small wins here and there, there wasn’t much) and some hope for a while. So I would definitely say he elevated the program. Not to crazy heights but it was better than how he found it. I think Smatresk and Wren deserve a lot of credit for all of that elevation too.
So North Texas never won any championships or bowl games? Give me a break. "We only beat bad teams", could apply to his most visible win here; a historically bad Arkansas team that got rid of their staff later that season. He is a good man but a mediocre coach when he arrived, while he was here, and today as an unemployed OC still cashing checks from UNT. You can find numerous other post from me and others questioning is resume at hiring, first guessing the extensions, and lamenting that he wasn't fired sooner.
It isn't "happy he was fired" that is coming from me it is an “I told you so”. And I think my sentiment is shared by others. You can be mediocre as a professional it isn’t an insult or slight when your record is below 0.500 against FBS competition, with no Bowl wins or conference championships. It is what the numbers say he is, which factored into him being fired here and now OU.
He work hard here, I appreciate that. But he was also paid well best salary this institution paid a Head Coach at the time he was hired. He also got 2 raises. Now that this appendix of the UNT Book of Seth is complete can we stop fighting about a coach THAT WON NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE HERE?
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