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[Gmoney4WW]

Yea, Panic sucks something fierce. He needs to just keep his loyalties in Dallas with SMU.

If he never claimed to go here or that his dad was who he was, then I would be fine with his attitude. He'd just be another SMU fan.

 

[goldenhurricane1992]

I gotta agree with BLA this is not a home run announcement. I hope I can be wrong in a couple years. But this guy is 27-25 in the FCS so it looks like an awful hire. Meanwhile, Charlotte hires a real FBS program builder, Temple gets a guy who has won a title at nearly every level he’s coached (except FBS but was 9-3 this year), FAU got the guy from TTU who worked with the OC OU just hired where the QB passed for nearly 6,000 yards that year at Western Kentucky. Even Rice hired a guy who, between FCS and D-III is 86-52.

I will have a bit of hope just because it’s not Wilson anymore but 7-5 (which seems to be this guys best so far) shouldn’t cut it for a program that used to win 8-10 games frequently.

 

[chito_and_leon]

Am I the only one who read the full article and in particular Brad's quote? Brad is an optimist but he's not a bullshirter. If he says that, then he plans to do it. I suspect we suffered in this search from "I'll believe it when I see it". If we end up in the market again in the next few/several years, then it should be a different situation.

"We intend to make an unprecedented investment in our football program, and Coach Lamb is the right person for this new era – one in which conference championships and beyond are the expectation."

 

[chito_and_leon]

This took days to figure out?

Lol, I'm good I can do other things with my time and money. We are about two heartbeats from not having football and joining ORU in the same conference.

A guy with a barely .500 record in FCS and NAIA isn't even plausible, we could have paid slightly less for a local high school coach and made an argument we were serious. Its been a good run 120 years in the highest division is nothing to sneeze at, our basketball is in the toilet, we lost what edges we had in non-revenue sports. We're done, I guess I can look at tickets for the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Cubs now.

Wonder what I'll get my niece and nephew now that season tickets are off the table? Going to have to put some thought into it for the first time in a decade.

Let's just be brutally honest for a minute - with as dismally bad as our hiring has been, the best thing to happen to us is to miss on our top several choices. Get past the "obvious" choices that we screw up and get creative.

 

[TulsaFan2000]

That isn't true. We have nil money to pay, and we will pay it next year. We paid it this year to the basketball team, and both the football & basketball team get it next year. We're just a little late to the party, but we now have money to pay the larger football team.

The money that's there for next year is what they might have been told they would take it from for this year's team. I think there were vague promises that they would try to pull from that well, for the players this year. But I don't know, since I wasn't there.

We may be in the bottom 20% but we are certainly not dead last. We are not last in a money driven game, just a little slow to find and arrange the funds.

There is information on the pay side being discussed right now. But we aren't discussing it on this side, for reaaons of privacy for the university.

We paid NIL money for this basketball team???

 

[Gmoney4WW]

We paid NIL money for this basketball team???

Yes.

And if we had the Nil money to get a really decent rim protecter,(which we didn't) this team would actually resemble a better basketball team. When you don't have a decent inside part of your game, it can make an inside, out game look pretty inept. Not saying we would be happy with the team if that had happened. Just saying it would draw less criticism and irritation from us as fans.

 

[dougheffking]

I gotta agree with BLA this is not a home run announcement. I hope I can be wrong in a couple years. But this guy is 27-25 in the FCS so it looks like an awful hire. Meanwhile, Charlotte hires a real FBS program builder, Temple gets a guy who has won a title at nearly every level he’s coached (except FBS but was 9-3 this year), FAU got the guy from TTU who worked with the OC OU just hired where the QB passed for nearly 6,000 yards that year at Western Kentucky. Even Rice hired a guy who, between FCS and D-III is 86-52.

I will have a bit of hope just because it’s not Wilson anymore but 7-5 (which seems to be this guys best so far) shouldn’t cut it for a program that used to win 8-10 games frequently.

No one cares about your idiotic negative take. Go kick rocks.

 

[goldenhurricane1992]

No one cares about your idiotic negative take. Go kick rocks.

It’s a forum. Where everyone signs up for information and to give their opinions. If you don’t like differing opinions then maybe you should be the one to consider kicking rocks sir.

I will be the first to come on here and say I was wrong if coach is awesome. If he isn’t, I will be the first to say I told you so. And I’d be willing to bet you’ll be nowhere to be found in that case.

 

[T_Hans]

Yes.

And if we had the Nil money to get a really decent rim protecter,(which we didn't) this team would actually resemble a better basketball team. When you don't have a decent inside part of your game, it can make an inside, out game look pretty inept. Not saying we would be happy with the team if that had happened. Just saying it would draw less criticism and irritation from us as fans.

Basketball would still suck with a rim protector. Also it’s 2024 there’s hardly any rim protectors anymore.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Basketball would still suck with a rim protector. Also it’s 2024 there’s hardly any rim protectors anymore.

Their definition and skill set has changed significantly but the still exist, and no matter what you say, we would improve significantly. Maybe not enough to make Konkol palatable and winning enough to satisfy fans, but it would be definitely be an improvement, and get us a few more wins. So no, to your response. Having a decent option to pass inside, and either get a basket, or have better options to pass outside more than 10 or 15% of the time would be an improvement.

 

[drboobay]

Am I the only one who read the full article and in particular Brad's quote? Brad is an optimist but he's not a bullshirter. If he says that, then he plans to do it. I suspect we suffered in this search from "I'll believe it when I see it". If we end up in the market again in the next few/several years, then it should be a different situation.

"We intend to make an unprecedented investment in our football program, and Coach Lamb is the right person for this new era – one in which conference championships and beyond are the expectation."

We'll see. I heard him say similar things in person. As Huffy has pointed out, intending to do is great but doing is necessary.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

We'll see. I heard him say similar things in person. As Huffy has pointed out, intending to do is great but doing is necessary.

Or as Walt Disney put it - "It's time to stop talking and start doing".

And Elvis said - "A little less conversation, a little more action", but I don't think he was singing about football.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Or as Walt Disney put it - "It's time to stop talking and start doing".

And Elvis said - "A little less conversation, a little more action", but I don't think he was singing about football.

You didn't know? Elvis was a gambling addict.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

Nah, it will. I’m not a bad guy, just get too emotional about TU. I want them to win so bad it can be to my detriment hahaha.

I hope it lasts. Reminding Heff on an almost weekly basis for over 2 years that Konkol was in over his head was really tiring.