The Ticket

[LAZER]

"saying good bye to Fouts Field" talk in 2 minutes on the Ticket

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Junior doesn't mention Riprocks or Ricks. Odd.

[Marty]

Mostly positive from Junior so far.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Yeah. Sounds like a few people at the station haven't been there in a while - they didn't know The Flying Tomato was completely gone.

[Marty]

Both think McCarney is a good choice. George hopes Chico is retained as OC.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Positive about McCarney...points out the obvious: first time in a long time we've hired a football coach who has been a college head football coach before. Also, mentioned two of the prior four hires being high school coaches.

We're finally going in the right direction.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

I hope Canales and Conroy Hines are kept. Hines was calling the plays the last five games. Kudos to Canales and Hines for reformulating the offense on the fly. They played to our roster's strengths and - surprise, surprise - it worked.

[greenjoe]

Help me with the names of North Texas Head Coaches with prior college HC experience.

Hayden Fry

Bob Tyler

Anyone else ?

[UNT90]

First time I have heard Junior say anything positive about UNT in years. Maybe the trip back for the K State game rekindled some fond memories.

[GoMeanGreen1999]

First time I have heard Junior say anything positive about UNT in years. Maybe the trip back for the K State game rekindled some fond memories.

I just about fell over when he said he was actually IN attendance for the KSU game...WOW. Then as you said, he was mostly positive about the hire and such. He might actually start coming back to some games.

[VideoEagle]

Help me with the names of North Texas Head Coaches with prior college HC experience.

Hayden Fry

Bob Tyler

Anyone else ?

Unless someone before Otis did then that's it.

[McKinneyMiner]

Unless someone before Otis did then that's it.

None of the coaches before Mitchell were head coaches before or after their time at North Texas...

[foutsrouts]

Unless someone before Otis did then that's it.

The dude from Mayberry?

[Baby Arm!]

Unless someone before Otis did then that's it.

Dennis Parker. He was the HC at Marshall High School and just won a state championship when UNT hired him.

[VideoEagle]

Dennis Parker. He was the HC at Marshall High School and just won a state championship when UNT hired him.

Question was about college head coaching before coming to NT. We have done a lot of promoting coordinators or position coaches or high school coach but not much be way of hiring experienced D1 Head Coaches.

[Got5onIt]

Why would McCarney keep the guy who wanted his job at NT, on staff? The minute things get rough, everyone will be calling for Canales to take over. I like Mike, but for this thing to transition smoothly he's got to go elsewhere, IMO.

Edited November 30, 2010 by Got5onIt

[Mean Green 93-98]

Why would McCarney keep the guy who wanted his job at NT, on staff? The minute things get rough, everyone will be calling for Canales to take over. I like Mike, but for this thing to transition smoothly he's got to go elsewhere, IMO.

That's a fair argument. But if Canales is not a guy to undermine the HC, and I don't believe he is; and if he buys into McCarney, he can really help the transition. Some players indicated they would not remain at UNT if Chico was not hired as HC. If he stays on, he could help the players buy into McCarney's plan.

[oldschoollefty]

Can't let the players run the show here. If someone doesn't want to be here just because coach Chico wasn't retained, then happy trails to 'em.

It might soften the blow for the players if Canales is hired fairly quickly as an HC somewhere else. Then it will look more like a positive career move for him instead of him being fired here.