Caponi fired

Venson · November 17

As much as I feel like we got robbed for having Caponi for two years, Temple has been robbed, conned and ripped off. Their HC is making $2.5 mil a year and he has 6 wins in 3 seasons. Talking about highway robbery. I know that has nothing to do with the Mean Green, but damn we are not the only school being kicked in the nuts financially with nothing to show for it. Okay, maybe I am just trying to make myself feel better about Caponi going past year one.

RBP79 · November 17

I have said this before....

The problem with NT Football is it has a Offensive Coordinator as a Head Football Coach.

Morris will be back next year regardless of the outcome of the next two games. I hope he can pull his sh_t together over the off season. At this point though all I see is a repeat of the last coaching staff....prove me wrong Eric.

GMG_Dallas · November 17

1 hour ago, Meangreen Fight said:

Diving deeper on this team is bad for your health and your fandom. 😆Not much of what they do and who they chose to hire, retain and pay makes much sense. Retaining Seth that last year set all this up. Clearly only a financial decision cause he lived up to expectations and made no progress. The anamoly was the weather aided UTSA win. They used that as an excuse (escaping some fan scrutiny) to keep Coach Littrell. @GMG_Dallas has some great observations here and it is impressive that he is still a fan. I can't dive that deep or else I will freaking blow a gasket. I might go to the ECU game just because the tickets will be so cheap.

There are many fans here who have suffered more at the hands of this program than myself. I consider myself privileged as I went to UNT in 2011. My fandom has had more decent times than bad. I feel like for the majority of my fandom, special teams has been a strength so to see it in its current condition makes it obvious how poor that unit is.

GMG_Dallas · November 17

16 minutes ago, Venson said:

As much as I feel like we got robbed for having Caponi for two years, Temple has been robbed, conned and ripped off. Their HC is making $2.5 mil a year and he has 6 wins in 3 seasons. Talking about highway robbery. I know that has nothing to do with the Mean Green, but damn we are not the only school being kicked in the nuts financially with nothing to show for it. Okay, maybe I am just trying to make myself feel better about Caponi going past year one.

He just got fired.

Green with Envy · November 17

42 minutes ago, Venson said:

As much as I feel like we got robbed for having Caponi for two years, Temple has been robbed, conned and ripped off. Their HC is making $2.5 mil a year and he has 6 wins in 3 seasons. Talking about highway robbery. I know that has nothing to do with the Mean Green, but damn we are not the only school being kicked in the nuts financially with nothing to show for it. Okay, maybe I am just trying to make myself feel better about Caponi going past year one.

This didn’t age well. 😂😂

greenminer · November 17

My two cents: this termination was obviously needed, to the painful point where I don't think you need to to see how the fans feel about Caponi.

Venson · November 17

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

He just got fired.

Just as I finished typing it.

GMG_Dallas · November 17

16 minutes ago, Venson said:

Just as I finished typing it.

Yup. Guess the Temple AD also consults this board for advice.

Green Otaku · November 17

Keeping Caponi shortened the leash on Morris. He basically wasted a full year of resources, personnel, and time by keeping a DC that should have been fired last year. Why should I trust that he can make the right decisions? Next year better be a full turn around or he needs to be gone too.

tmjerm · November 17

13 hours ago, southsideguy said:

Does anyone know where the locks to the gates are?

I believe they can be found on the gates

3_n_out · November 17

41 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Yup. Guess the Temple AD also consults this board for advice.

You see…we make a difference

Green Lantern · November 17

2 hours ago, RBP79 said:

I have said this before....

The problem with NT Football is it has a Offensive Coordinator as a Head Football Coach.

Morris will be back next year regardless of the outcome of the next two games. I hope he can pull his sh_t together over the off season. At this point though all I see is a repeat of the last coaching staff....prove me wrong Eric.

People need to re-read this.

At this point I’m of the opinion that Morris needs to go too. This firing is scapegoating a problem of his own making. We don’t play a championship calibre style of football in any of the 3 phases. Our special teams are flat out atrocious - I mentioned this early in the season as well. They just don’t get scrutinized because our focus is all on the historically disastrous defense we’ve fielded. We need to clean house. Caponi isn’t enough.

wardly · November 17

16 hours ago, NT80 said:

AD, as in Athletic Department (ie HC Eric Morris),, not AD, as in Athletic Director...

SPORTS: Mean Green Athletics Department fires defensive coordinator Matt Caponi

I certainly am not making excuses for the termination of Caponi and agree that it was overdue. However I am surprised that our AD and not HC was the one who reportedly pulled the trigger. I owned a medical device sales agency for 30 years and can testify that no one like firing an employee. In fact those who do , unless its a really egregious act, usually wait longer than the should because the real mistake was made by you in hiring them in the first place. Having said that I have never terminated an employ that didn't expect it and in most cases were relieved that the ax finally dropped.

Green Lantern · November 17

I’ll say this as well - There are people in my group of 20+ season ticket holders that have held them since 2003 questioning if they’ll renew next year because it’s not fun anymore. It feels hopeless after 20+ years. They’re just saying, I’ll keep supporting basketball because at least we have a real program and coaching staff that we can all believe in through wins and losses. No one believes in the football coaching staff - except Patrick Cobbs - who we might as well elevate to HC. He’s the only one that actually produces and legitimately gives a shit about UNT.

This program’s situation is dire whether the AD realizes it or not.

UNTLifer · November 17

3 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

He just got fired.

They were waiting for Caponi to come available.

Jonnyeagle · November 17

1 hour ago, Green Lantern said:

People need to re-read this.

At this point I’m of the opinion that Morris needs to go too. This firing is scapegoating a problem of his own making. We don’t play a championship calibre style of football in any of the 3 phases. Our special teams are flat out atrocious - I mentioned this early in the season as well. They just don’t get scrutinized because our focus is all on the historically disastrous defense we’ve fielded. We need to clean house. Caponi isn’t enough.

Same here. I am tired of trying to convince my group to re-enlist their time and money to football at UNT. On the other hand I have no issues getting excited for basketball. We have a basketball program that is deserving of our support!

Glory to the Green · November 17

1 hour ago, wardly said:

I certainly am not making excuses for the termination of Caponi and agree that it was overdue. However I am surprised that our AD and not HC was the one who reportedly pulled the trigger. I owned a medical device sales agency for 30 years and can testify that no one like firing an employee. In fact those who do , unless its a really egregious act, usually wait longer than the should because the real mistake was made by you in hiring them in the first place. Having said that I have never terminated an employ that didn't expect it and in most cases were relieved that the ax finally dropped.

This was an error on my part. I misread the title. The initial report showed Eric Morris making the change. I’ll update my post.

UNTLifer · November 17

7 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

This was an error on my part. I misread the title. The initial report showed Eric Morris making the change. I’ll update my post.

Morris fired him.

Glory to the Green · November 18

5 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Who said Mosley fired the DC?

I had misread a headline. A mistake on my part. I deleted my post.

Edited November 18 by Glory to the Green

MeanGreenTexan · November 18

This had to have been done because Morris believes Odom can do a better job IMMEDIATELY. Let's hope he is right. Odom has enough credibility and skins on the wall to use this as an opportunity. We'll see if he can get the guys to buy in.

peanuts104 · November 18

Found this old video. Sound familiar.

greenminer · November 18

On 11/17/2024 at 12:44 PM, Green Lantern said:

People need to re-read this.

At this point I’m of the opinion that Morris needs to go too. This firing is scapegoating a problem of his own making. We don’t play a championship calibre style of football in any of the 3 phases. Our special teams are flat out atrocious - I mentioned this early in the season as well. They just don’t get scrutinized because our focus is all on the historically disastrous defense we’ve fielded. We need to clean house. Caponi isn’t enough.

Leech tree weakness.

peanuts104 · November 18

On 11/17/2024 at 2:05 PM, Green Lantern said:

I’ll say this as well - There are people in my group of 20+ season ticket holders that have held them since 2003 questioning if they’ll renew next year because it’s not fun anymore. It feels hopeless after 20+ years. They’re just saying, I’ll keep supporting basketball because at least we have a real program and coaching staff that we can all believe in through wins and losses. No one believes in the football coaching staff - except Patrick Cobbs - who we might as well elevate to HC. He’s the only one that actually produces and legitimately gives a shit about UNT.

This program’s situation is dire whether the AD realizes it or not.

So the solution is to *checks notes* fire the new coach so we can get a new coach that will have to rebuild a roster after we lose all of the talent on our roster?

Get a grip people.

Green Lantern · November 18

1 hour ago, peanuts104 said:

So the solution is to *checks notes* fire the new coach so we can get a new coach that will have to rebuild a roster after we lose all of the talent on our roster?

Get a grip people.

I’m saying after watching primarily bad North Texas football for going on 27 years, that I’m pretty confident we’re not building a championship calibre program here. I know he’s not going to be let go but I think we’re probably wasting our time and continuing to jade our fans. Would love to be wrong on this.

And in the time of NIL/Transfer Portal mercenaries, I think you can make a change pretty much when you want and rebuild a roster. Again, we’re not gonna do it, but we could.

meaniegreenie · November 19

On 11/16/2024 at 3:12 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Funny thing is, the defense had probably their best performance under Caponi last week. Then they turn around the very next week and have possibly their worst.

I think this is part of why the firing happened.

I posted in the game forum that the team had always kept their composure and played hard until the end and not 10 minutes later they started losing control on the field. I think after giving their all the previous week to only get let down by the offense and then come out and have the O not do much to help again, they were starting to disintegrate (and I don't blame them).

If something like this didn't happen immediately, EM was facing losing the whole team for the last two weeks.
And with the portal, he might be losing many of them permanently.