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FirefightnRick

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Between our two basketball teams, we’ve played in, and hosted basketball tournaments as late as March 30th in (correct me if I’m wrong) six of the last eight seasons.  
 

How about we plan ahead for next March, NOW, and avoid ever allowing such an embarrassing cluster phuck from happening again?  

 

Rick

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Well....if all of you would do your part and donate more money, they could build their own basketball arena and then problem solved. We can't expect the current leadership to deal with the current situation. Not their fault.

The athletic department has a senior associate AD, facilities and event management, assistant AD facilities and event management, director facilities and event management and assistant director facilities and event management. And evidently the 2nd largest entity in our athletic department (the basketball program) is in a facility these people have nothing to do with and no influence on.

Boggles the mind...

 

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1 hour ago, FirefightnRick said:

Between our two basketball teams, we’ve played in, and hosted basketball tournaments as late as March 30th in (correct me if I’m wrong) six of the last eight seasons.  
 

How about we plan ahead for next March, NOW, and avoid ever allowing such an embarrassing cluster phuck from happening again?  

 

Rick

You do know what institution you are talking about, right?

You'd be better off to tell them that there will be a big-time music and arts exhibit next March, so block off the entire last half of the month of availability for the Super Pit, then tell these phucks that they got fooled and it was all about keeping the damn place available for something that people actually want to come and see.

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18 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Well....if all of you would do your part and donate more money, they could build their own basketball arena and then problem solved. We can't expect the current leadership to deal with the current situation. Not their fault.

The athletic department has a senior associate AD, facilities and event management, assistant AD facilities and event management, director facilities and event management and assistant director facilities and event management. And evidently the 2nd largest entity in our athletic department (the basketball program) is in a facility these people have nothing to do with and no influence on.

Boggles the mind...

 

LOL, exactly.
 

Was hoping someone could answer this?   I believe our total Athletics annual budget is around $40-45Million?  Does anyone know where that ranks compared to the other departments?

 

Rick

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21 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Well....if all of you would do your part and donate more money, they could build their own basketball arena and then problem solved. We can't expect the current leadership to deal with the current situation. Not their fault.

The athletic department has a senior associate AD, facilities and event management, assistant AD facilities and event management, director facilities and event management and assistant director facilities and event management. And evidently the 2nd largest entity in our athletic department (the basketball program) is in a facility these people have nothing to do with and no influence on.

Boggles the mind...

 

That is on Wren Baker. He inflated the insulation around the athletic director while here. I called it out while he was doing it several years ago. No one seemed to care. We love wasting money at UNT and we hate sports at UNT. 

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2 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

LOL, exactly.
 

Was hoping someone could answer this?   I believe our total Athletics annual budget is around $40-45Million?  Does anyone know where that ranks compared to the other departments?

 

Rick

In the 70s last I checked. Maybe 80s, now? 

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9 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

LOL, exactly.
 

Was hoping someone could answer this?   I believe our total Athletics annual budget is around $40-45Million?  Does anyone know where that ranks compared to the other departments?

 

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The budget is $53 million. From a Vito article in Feb. (D-RC)

UNT finished with a surplus of $59,951 for the 2024 fiscal year that ran from Sept. 1, 2023, to Aug. 31, 2024. The school’s athletics budget was $53.3 million, up from $49.7 million from the previous year.

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32 minutes ago, SUMG said:

The budget is $53 million. From a Vito article in Feb. (D-RC)

UNT finished with a surplus of $59,951 for the 2024 fiscal year that ran from Sept. 1, 2023, to Aug. 31, 2024. The school’s athletics budget was $53.3 million, up from $49.7 million from the previous year.

This is ALL the AD has to do here...while never complaining in public.

 

The Ticket finally gave our basketball some pub today--as they laughed incredulously at this stupidity

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Aquila_Viridis Proficient

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Maybe it is time to let the machines run such things. A moderately well-directed AI would have seen this conflict coming and averted it. It’s a terrible place for lunch anyway; go somewhere with natural light and not a jet black ceiling. Even an AI would know that. 😁

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5 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

Between our two basketball teams, we’ve played in, and hosted basketball tournaments as late as March 30th in (correct me if I’m wrong) six of the last eight seasons.  
 

How about we plan ahead for next March, NOW, and avoid ever allowing such an embarrassing cluster phuck from happening again?  

 

Rick

We may not need to worry about that with all the possible turnover in the programs. And there are several on this board that think the NIT is a waste of time. They say NCAA tournament or nothing. Maybe the administration agrees with them. 

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3 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

This is ALL the AD has to do here...while never complaining in public.

 

The Ticket finally gave our basketball some pub today--as they laughed incredulously at this stupidity

Good.  I'm sure the blame was misplaced, but I'm okay with giving this clown show as much grief as possible.

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58 minutes ago, Shark84 said:

We may not need to worry about that with all the possible turnover in the programs. And there are several on this board that think the NIT is a waste of time. They say NCAA tournament or nothing. Maybe the administration agrees with them. 

Half correct.  

The admin thinks all athletics is a waste of time.

The only way we'd get support from them would be if a trans player was getting national attention for beating the crap out of girls.

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5 hours ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Well....if all of you would do your part and donate more money, they could build their own basketball arena and then problem solved. We can't expect the current leadership to deal with the current situation. Not their fault.

Ha!  After this clusterph_k, any donation that I would give towards a new basketball arena would have to have some guidelines on usage.  It would be a simple one-liner:

UNT BASKETBALL ONLY!

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59 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

Ha!  After this clusterph_k, any donation that I would give towards a new basketball arena would have to have some guidelines on usage.  It would be a simple one-liner:

UNT BASKETBALL ONLY!

And build it in Frisco, just because F Denton. (Yes, I know the logistics of that doesn't really work, but would love to see it happen.)

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TheColonyEagle Grand Master

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12 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

Between our two basketball teams, we’ve played in, and hosted basketball tournaments as late as March 30th in (correct me if I’m wrong) six of the last eight seasons.  
 

How about we plan ahead for next March, NOW, and avoid ever allowing such an embarrassing cluster phuck from happening again?  

 

Rick

I wonder if anyone in the administration knows this…

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1 hour ago, TheColonyEagle said:

I wonder if anyone in the administration knows this…

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They do now, or should?  That was on national TV.  How much advertising value do you think that game earned us?  Whatever it is it should be the lead subject in the “2025-2026 Coliseum Scheduling Meeting” this summer.

 

Rick

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12 hours ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Well....if all of you would do your part and donate more money, they could build their own basketball arena and then problem solved. We can't expect the current leadership to deal with the current situation. Not their fault.

The athletic department has a senior associate AD, facilities and event management, assistant AD facilities and event management, director facilities and event management and assistant director facilities and event management. And evidently the 2nd largest entity in our athletic department (the basketball program) is in a facility these people have nothing to do with and no influence on.

Boggles the mind...

 

Sounds like a job for DOGE. Someone get Elon on the phone!

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13 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

Between our two basketball teams, we’ve played in, and hosted basketball tournaments as late as March 30th in (correct me if I’m wrong) six of the last eight seasons.  
 

How about we plan ahead for next March, NOW, and avoid ever allowing such an embarrassing cluster phuck from happening again?  

 

Rick

Someone said the cheerleading contract was a "long-term" deal. 

I assume that means someone non-athletic was involved with signing the Pit away in late-March and will probably include next year and beyond.

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