Programs & Recruiting

NM Green · November 25, 2008

On the radio this morning I am listening to a national show out of the east and they are talking about the demise of Notre Dame football. They were talking about the horrendous buyout they would face 15 million just to get Weiss out of South Bend. He then went on to say and then you have got to pay the new guy! Further he said "Who are you going to get?" "Who is worthy of wearing your crown?"

The host broke down and said name the big time NFL players playing on Sunday that recently came out of ND. He couldn't name many and that was a testament to how ND is not what it use to be and is surely not the sexy program that can draw recruits like it use to in the past.

This had me think about UNT's situation and I refuse to sift through this board these days because the holidays are a happy time in my life and all I have to do is look to Wall Street for dreaded doom and gloom news. While not ND the one question that he asked was "sit in my living room and tell me why I should not go to FL or TX and choose ND?" It triggered in my head that Dodge can still sit in kids living room across the state and sell them on the future of North Texas. We have a lot to look forward to and attainable goals as well. I mean it seems like everyone is bowl eligible this year and with the sour program we have, with a couple of more wins we could be knocking on that door too - crazy! I mean UNLV - yes tragic UNLV football was knocking on that door this year and blew it with a loss to one of the worst teams in the country in Qualcom last week!

So I would be willing to toss Dodge aside IF he was having trouble getting talent to UNT. I don't think this is the case yet and hope it never will be. We are not sexy, but we can promise sexy. We are not playing for Sugar, but we can still get to party in New Orleans. We are not in a pretty house right now, but we have one of the best stadiums in the Southwest on the way. We can play in a BCS game just like Utah one day with just the right strategy.

Now, I am not sure assembling terrific talent helps at all if you do not know what to do with it. But I cannot image TD has lost what it takes to assemble a winning football program. Remember what he can do with amenities and they are on the way. I would just hate to be in a situation where we let another coach go and then fail again (Willingham & Weiss). If the players stop coming then we have another story completely, but Dodge walking into a parents living room after knowing what he can do, has done and promises to do goes a long way. And don't forget the squeaky clean image he promotes from his soul. That stuff sells to parents like ice water in the desert in July.

Happy Holidays everyone and Go Mean Green!!!!!

The Fake Lonnie Finch · November 25, 2008

But I cannot image TD has lost what it takes to assemble a winning football program.

Where did Todd Dodge ever "assemble a winning football program"? He's had a losing record everywhere except Southlake, which already had a winning tradition when he got there. He's never come close to "assembling" anything. That's the problem. He doesn't know how to do it.

Please, Rick Villareal, Gretchen Bataille, and Board of Regents...get us someone who knows how to build a program! Please.

And, make sure you tell the new coach, "Some Assembly Required"...which means (1) they have to know how to assemble, and (2) they have to bring their own tools.

Edited November 25, 2008 by The Fake Lonnie Finch