2 Things !

greeneagle69 · October 22, 2006

Things I miss .......and Things I want (to see again)

1. I miss the team that used to cheer and support each other when things were UP and DOWN...yelling,banging, patting each others asses.....solid support for each other and I MEAN THE KIND VISABLE FROM THE STANDS !!!!. We seem to have lost that on the field FIRE.....they look like a group of strangers waiting for a ride at the bus stop.........dont even look at each other.....Seems like we're missing some leadership amoung the players themselves and nobody is gonna step up. Somebody has to lose..I get that........but when it's us, I want somebody MAD about it.....not a mob of slinkers dejectedly walking away into the tunnel. Think back to Blount, Hurd,Spencer,Kassell,Hall,Hickman,Galbraith,Booger !!!!! High energy !!!!!! I miss that stuff !!!!

2. I want to see plays called that have a damn history of working in the actual situation it's designed for....I dont give a flying (brown thang) what the formation is or howmany sets the play can be ran from......If it's a play to get 10-15 yards and we Never Ever in our history of winning or losing EVER get more than 4...what the f#@k are we running it when we need 15+ yards for. Lets say for example sake we have approx 75 plays...and only 8 of them EVER get us 10+ yards....then why dont we pick from those 8...and only those 8...that have a chance to work..........cause friends, those other 67 sets/plays etc.....aint gettin it done !!!!! at least with our present personnel....and to continue to do so is unfair to the team.....I'm sure they are just as tired of the same wastes.

3. Lastly....I'm not a coach basher..I have Div1 (SEC) coach in my family....I see a different side to this thanmost fans...BUT I do have probs w/coaching styles. If the Dickey era ends.,N ORTH TEXAS needs to hire a "Jimmy Johnson" type....somebody who spews fire and damn-nation over "half-assed" attitude.....And maybe even sling some furniture (so to speak) I dont want any more camera shots of a statue chewing gum !!!!! NORTH TEXAS needs somebody who will also kick a coaches ass too !!!! I'd have loved to have heard glass breaking and a body come flying out of the pressbox last nite for the coach that missed the call down to the field over that missed non-call when the QB passed over the scrimmage line and almost did us in.....(or did do us in)

I feel so much better now.....thank you.

NT03 · October 22, 2006

Things I miss .......and Things I want (to see again)
1. I miss the team that used to cheer and support each other when things were UP and DOWN...yelling,banging, patting each others asses.....solid support for each other and I MEAN THE KIND VISABLE FROM THE STANDS !!!!. We seem to have lost that on the field FIRE.....they look like a group of strangers waiting for a ride at the bus stop.........dont even look at each other.....Seems like we're missing some leadership amoung the players themselves and nobody is gonna step up. Somebody has to lose..I get that........but when it's us, I want somebody MAD about it.....not a mob of slinkers dejectedly walking away into the tunnel. Think back to Blount, Hurd,Spencer,Kassell,Hall,Hickman,Galbraith,Booger !!!!! High energy !!!!!! I miss that stuff !!!!
2. I want to see plays called that have a damn history of working in the actual situation it's designed for....I dont give a flying (brown thang) what the formation is or howmany sets the play can be ran from......If it's a play to get 10-15 yards and we Never Ever in our history of winning or losing EVER get more than 4...what the f#@k are we running it when we need 15+ yards for. Lets say for example sake we have approx 75 plays...and only 8 of them EVER get us 10+ yards....then why dont we pick from those 8...and only those 8...that have a chance to work..........cause friends, those other 67 sets/plays etc.....aint gettin it done !!!!! at least with our present personnel....and to continue to do so is unfair to the team.....I'm sure they are just as tired of the same wastes.
3. Lastly....I'm not a coach basher..I have Div1 (SEC) coach in my family....I see a different side to this thanmost fans...BUT I do have probs w/coaching styles. If the Dickey era ends.,N ORTH TEXAS needs to hire a "Jimmy Johnson" type....somebody who spews fire and damn-nation over "half-assed" attitude.....And maybe even sling some furniture (so to speak) I dont want any more camera shots of a statue chewing gum !!!!! NORTH TEXAS needs somebody who will also kick a coaches ass too !!!! I'd have loved to have heard glass breaking and a body come flying out of the pressbox last nite for the coach that missed the call down to the field over that missed non-call when the QB passed over the scrimmage line and almost did us in.....(or did do us in)
I feel so much better now.....thank you.
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I Feel your pain !!!!!..If only I hated animals Id go kick a dog!!

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 22, 2006

2. I want to see plays called that have a damn history of working in the actual situation it's designed for....I dont give a flying (brown thang) what the formation is or howmany sets the play can be ran from......If it's a play to get 10-15 yards and we Never Ever in our history of winning or losing EVER get more than 4...what the f#@k are we running it when we need 15+ yards for. Lets say for example sake we have approx 75 plays...and only 8 of them EVER get us 10+ yards....then why dont we pick from those 8...and only those 8...that have a chance to work..........cause friends, those other 67 sets/plays etc.....aint gettin it done !!!!! at least with our present personnel....and to continue to do so is unfair to the team.....I'm sure they are just as tired of the same wastes.
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I thought some of the same things last night. I still have yet to have anyone explain to me why we didn't run the one play that was working last night, on that Fourth and One from the ONE.....what was that play we ran?

NT03 · October 22, 2006

I thought some of the same things last night. I still have yet to have anyone explain to me why we didn't run the one play that was working last night, on that Fourth and One from the ONE.....what was that play we ran?
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Is it just me or do we have to be leading the nation in 3rd and Long situations ???? And im not talking about from the defensive side of the ball , though we probably lead the nation in second and short for our opponent!

MGW · October 22, 2006

message thread title: 2 Things !
1. I miss the team that used to cheer and support each other....
2. I want to see plays called that have a damn history of working in the actual situation it's designed for....
3. ...N ORTH TEXAS needs to hire a "Jimmy Johnson" type....somebody who spews fire and damn-nation over "half-assed" attitude.....
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I just have 2 words in response to this post: "Good post, man."

DallasGreen · October 22, 2006

I thought some of the same things last night. I still have yet to have anyone explain to me why we didn't run the one play that was working last night, on that Fourth and One from the ONE.....what was that play we ran?
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It was called stumble, fumble. and fall. We carried it out to perfection.

scratch1976 · October 24, 2006

that's what I'm talking about... Great post

greenminer · October 25, 2006

Oh man what a great post. I'll add my own reminisce to this:

1. The 2002 NMSU game. That game was so see-saw. Anyone ever remember seeing heads hanging everytime the Aggies took the lead? I sure as heck don't.

2. Booger. I know some of you might knock on me for living in the past. But I'm not dwelling on a guy who had talent and intangibles. I'm dwelling on a player that worked his a$$ off on every play, and shot a lightning bolt of energy across the field into the heart of every player wearing green. Boy I loved seeing that. How 'bout those celebrations that Kassel/Spencer displayed every time a play was made?

3. How much did those players who shared the field with Scott Hall (and Andrew Smith, for that matter. RIP) actually HATE losing? When those guys returned to practice following a loss, you can bet there was some blood shed and effort fueled by anger and focus. And those guys didn't just hate losing, they had fun and LOVED playing the game; appreciated every second of it. They weren't giving a rats behind what the media thought of them in the Sun Belt, or where they ranked among the D-1 ranks.

I was there for the '01 win over MTSU that started that whole run, and I came to town a couple weeks ago to witness an ugly win over FIU that I thought for sure would turn the corner like the former. While that hasn't been the case, I'll keep watching. Waiting and hoping for that one moment where we turn to the upside...permanently.

-gm

Edited October 25, 2006 by greenminer

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 25, 2006

It was called stumble, fumble. and fall. We carried it out to perfection.
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Well you are right, we definately carried it out to perfection. What a great call. I wonder how many times they had to run that in practice to make it perfection? I hope we can find a good time to use it again this week - and hopefully it will be as pretty this week as it was last week. That play was a thing of beauty.