Which assistant coach would you keep?

Charlie NT 73 · December 8, 2006

Here is a "What If" question for you-

What if you were hired to be the new head football coach at NT-

Would you keep any of the assistant coaches? If so, which ones, or, would you bring in your own staff?

I would keep Kenny Evans for LB's, Eric Russell for special teams, and hire

Andy Brewster for the OL, and find a spot got Chris Hurd.

Question--Will the strength/conditioning coach stay, or is he gone also?

GoMeanGreen1999 · December 8, 2006

Here is a "What If" question for you-
What if you were hired to be the new head football coach at NT-
Would you keep any of the assistant coaches? If so, which ones, or, would you bring in your own staff?
I would keep Kenny Evans for LB's, Eric Russell for special teams, and hire
Andy Brewster for the OL, and find a spot got Chris Hurd.
Question--Will the strength/conditioning coach stay, or is he gone also?
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I would keep Eric Russell for sure. Outside of that, I would probably keep one or two of the defensive staff. I don't think the new coach will keep any of the coaches on the offensive side of the ball.

SilverEagle · December 8, 2006

I would keep Evans, Bliel, and Brewster.....and Hurd.

UNT_playmaker · December 8, 2006

Only Brewster

Cr1028 · December 8, 2006

I would keep Evans, Bliel, and Brewster.....and Hurd.
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Same for me.

eeally · December 8, 2006

Ramon Flannagan

December 8, 2006

Ramon Flannagan
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Only if the new coach drinks Diet Coke.

FirefightnRick · December 8, 2006

Evans and Bliel.

Rick

UNTLifer · December 8, 2006

I would keep Evans, Bliel, and Brewster.....and Hurd.
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And Ramon Archie

untgirl04 · December 8, 2006

As I've said before, I don't think Bleil or Archie have been here long enough for a coach to make a decision about them. If I were the coach, I would probationally keep Brewster, Bleil, Russell, and Archie unless I absolutely disliked them the moment I met them.

To ease the transition, in my mind you should keep at least one familiar face, if nothing else to help communicate between players and the coach. From what I've heard, Brewster, Bleil, Russell, and Archie have excellent rapport with the team and have earned respect. If I as a coach can get them on board with me, things would be a lot easier.

bigrobdsp · December 8, 2006

Only if the new coach drinks Diet Coke.
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I would pay his slary to see Ramon hired as Diet Coke Boy.

65eagle · December 8, 2006

Russell and Bliel for sure.

MeanGreenBuzz · December 9, 2006

I would keep Evans, Bliel, and Brewster.....and Hurd.
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My choices exactly with Russell added.

Edited December 9, 2006 by MeanGreenBuzz

Eagle1855 · December 9, 2006

Evans and Bliel.
Rick
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ditto

NDT · December 9, 2006

Bliel, Evans, Brewster and Hurd.

the green rokemi · December 9, 2006

Bliel, Evans, Brewster and Hurd.
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agreed

buff64 · December 9, 2006

It will depend on what type of coaches the new HC has already promised positions too and what type of coach he needs. I would think he would keep at least one of the present staff.

drex · December 9, 2006

The new coach will keep no more than two off this year's staff. He has commitments to some of his own buddies who want to make the rise up from high school ball. I am assuming that it is 'Dodge Ball' for 2007.

December 9, 2006

Buff 64 is probably right. He may already have thought about he might get if he is selected. I feel fairly sure that he will want to retain one of the current staff for transition.

IMO his best pick would be Bleil but Coordinators do not often stay. In that case, I'd want to retain Kenny Evans. Kenny knows the ropes (with North Texas) more than any other coach and could be especially helpful with recruiting.

Perhaps a better question might be...if you could only retain one coach, who would it be?

NT80 · December 9, 2006

Perhaps a better question might be...if you could only retain one coach, who would it be?
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Keep the best recruiter.

mad dog · December 9, 2006

Keep the best recruiter.
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In that case, you'd be talking about Evans.

December 9, 2006

I just noticed the second part of charlie's question concerning the strength & conditioning coach.

The strength and conditioning coach is a part of the Athletic Department and not the football staff. He and his staff cater to all sports, not just football.

PlummMeanGreen · December 10, 2006

TRUTH SERUM SOMETIMES TASTES BAD TO SOME

One alum I spoke to this weekend told me this: "One of UNT's past glaring weaknesses has been its attempt to persevere its athletic program with those on its payroll who were part of an unsuccussful program; or at least one that had no higher profile aspirations."

It was also our fellow alum who came from the "any new AD at UNT should all but clean house and bring in mostly all his people if those on payroll before his arrival were found to be part of a clique that was part of a not so successful clique that were part of a not so successful athletic program." Who could not diagree with that alum? I wholeheartedly agree with that alum. After all, don't we need to change almost 2 1/2 decades of what we've mostly been getting?

Before Rick Villarreal came to town and UNT had (what was reported as "50" total members in the Mean Green Club) well.......................whose job had it been prior to Rick V's arrival in bringing in that whopping total of 50 MG Club members and whose job was it to do all the fundraising BRV (before Rick Villarreal)?

Whoever that person is, I would hope he/she is no longer on the UNT payroll and if he or she is on the payroll then there might be some who would want to ask the question.............................WHY? FWIW, we are still not the Mean Green Retirement Center for those who were part of a low expectation "operating in a lower profile" UNT athletic department. We are (hopefully) leaving all that kind of modus operendi in the past soon. Sorta' hard to hide behind numbers that show failure now isn't it?

So......................should we strap a new Mean Green HFC with even more pressures than he is already going to have?

<>*<> Let the new man hire "HIS" folks...............folks; after all, if you were in his shoes wouldn't you want to be able to do the same?

Edited December 10, 2006 by PlummMeanGreen

buff64 · December 10, 2006

TRUTH SERUM SOMETIMES TASTES BAD TO SOME
One alum I spoke to this weekend told me this: "One of UNT's past glaring weaknesses has been its attempt to persevere its athletic program with those on its payroll who were part of an unsuccussful program; or at least one that had no higher profile aspirations."
It was also our fellow alum who came from the "any new AD at UNT should all but clean house and bring in mostly all his people if those on payroll before his arrival were found to be part of a clique that was part of a not so successful clique that were part of a not so successful athletic program." Who could not diagree with that alum? I wholeheartedly agree with that alum. After all, don't we need to change almost 2 1/2 decades of what we've mostly been getting?
Before Rick Villarreal came to town and UNT had (what was reported as "50" total members in the Mean Green Club) well.......................whose job had it been prior to Rick V's arrival in bringing in that whopping total of 50 MG Club members and whose job was it to do all the fundraising BRV (before Rick Villarreal)?
Whoever that person is, I would hope he/she is no longer on the UNT payroll and if he or she is on the payroll then there might be some who would want to ask the question.............................WHY? FWIW, we are still not the Mean Green Retirement Center for those who were part of a low expectation "operating in a lower profile" UNT athletic department. We are (hopefully) leaving all that kind of modus operendi in the past soon. Sorta' hard to hide behind numbers that show failure now isn't it?
So......................should we strap a new Mean Green HFC with even more pressures than he is already going to have?
<>*<> Let the new man hire "HIS" folks...............folks; after all, if you were in his shoes wouldn't you want to be able to do the same?
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Good post Plum

December 11, 2006

Jim, I'm going to 'sort of' agree with you on that. There certainly can be a lot of deadwood in a low-producing program. But, as our friend Deep Green has often said the speed of the captain = the speed of the crew. It almost seems that anyone under Craig Helwig who showed a little initiative was soon gone. Tim Fitzpatrick comes to mind. I felt like many on the staff just worked for Helwig; in other words, they just did as they were told. The reason probably was that it costs money to make money and we were trying to hard to stay within budget.

Now, if the staff was given the tools to work with and they simply didn't produce then I say 'don't let the door hit you...'