College hoops analyst says Grant McCasland should be national Coach of the Year

[keith]

8 hours ago, greenminer said:

 

We need to poach whoever it is evaluating coaching talent at Arkansas State!

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 hours ago, UNTFan23 said:

I gave the reason why he stayed when Mac left, not a reason why he might stay if given a better opportunity. Things will likely be different when the next opportunity rolls around, whenever that might be.

It feels a little like some in the fanbase have some PTSD with Mac having left for a better gig and are fearful that Hodge will do the same even though Hodge hasn't done much in the post-season yet. I think he's at least a year or two away from getting looks, just like it took Mac six years to land a better job.

I'm not sure I follow...
Coach Hodge stayed here because he was offered the HC job immediately after Mac left, which was the easiest slam-dunk hire Mosely has ever made.   
HC jobs are generally better than asst. coach jobs, as Coach Hodge makes over $700k/yr, whereas TX Tech had to open up their purse strings to get Asst. Coach Linder away from Wyoming with a 3-yr deal worth over 1.7mil/yr.    Hodge wasn't going to get that money from Tech, but even if he did, he still makes more here (as a HC) than Linder does as an asst. 

If NT hadn't offered him the HC job, and Coach Mac asked him to move to Lubbock & keep it going, he most-definitely would have.  He wouldn't have stayed in Denton and looked around for a job close by, or cross his fingers that the next coach would keep him on, because his family likes it here.

[Censored by Laurie]

56 minutes ago, keith said:

We need to poach whoever it is evaluating coaching talent at Arkansas State!

worked out pretty well the first time

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, UNTFan23 said:

I gave the reason why he stayed when Mac left, not a reason why he might stay if given a better opportunity. Things will likely be different when the next opportunity rolls around, whenever that might be.

Ah, yeah.  That makes sense.  Thanks

[greenminer]

4 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I think there's usually an assumption that if you're coaching at your alma mater you're less likely to be pursuing the next step up. 

Wow, good catch.  I didn't know that until now.

[UNTLifer]

20 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

Agree.  Grant had some really good players at UNT while he was here.  Hopefully Hodge can recruit quality replacements for the players we will lose after the season.

Like he did this year?

4 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I think there's usually an assumption that if you're coaching at your alma mater you're less likely to be pursuing the next step up. 

Let's get Hodge an honorary degree.

[greenjoe]

I keep hearing fans on this board complaining about attendance at home BB games.  Are we getting all our GOMEANGREEN.com posters out to every (most ?) home games ?  We see the problem and at the same time, we are the solution.  Don’t stay home and watch it on TV.  Come to the Coliseum.  8:00 tip.  GMG

[greenminer]

15 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

I keep hearing fans on this board complaining about attendance at home BB games.  Are we getting all our GOMEANGREEN.com posters out to every (most ?) home games ?  We see the problem and at the same time, we are the solution.  Don’t stay home and watch it on TV.  Come to the Coliseum.  8:00 tip.  GMG

Are there even 50 active posters on this board?  Whatever it is, it's likely a fraction of the problem.  A drop in the bucket.

[2020 Sucks]

I'm here...and I'm there every night. I usually bring 2 others with me.

[CMJ]

51 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

I keep hearing fans on this board complaining about attendance at home BB games.  Are we getting all our GOMEANGREEN.com posters out to every (most ?) home games ?  We see the problem and at the same time, we are the solution.  Don’t stay home and watch it on TV.  Come to the Coliseum.  8:00 tip.  GMG

I'd venture that a lot of us that post during games live hours away from Denton. I'm in California, CBL is in Maine, etc..

[UNTLifer]

6 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I'd venture that a lot of us that post during games live hours away from Denton. I'm in California, CBL is in Maine, etc..

I'm further than both of you...Midland/Odessa

[DeepGreen]

It would be interesting to see where GMG.com posters are from, and how far they have to drive to attend any UNT sporting event.  I'm sure many are from the DFW area and are within a 1-hour drive of Denton, not including traffic.  Many are several hours away.  Others, like myself, are just too far to make many sporting events.

[BigWillie]

Would also be nice if some of the football crowd would come over to basketball. I commend @Matt from A700 for cross posting to try and get those guys out to at least see what winning feels like.