We need a new coaching staff

[stodgdog]

He is definitely in with the money crowd who are all about appearance, running a clean program, and keeping stability in the front office.

3 admirable attributes. All we need is championships. I choose to think our goal can happen this year. utep will lose 2 conference games

[DallasDog]

Opened as a 6 point dog at home to #24 UTSA. I thought it would’ve been more.

Vegas knows UTSA is new to being a favorite etc and are literally just hedging their bets this early in the week.

[techman05]

Honest question……What are 7 wins in CUSA worth in Ruston, LA? How badly are we overpaying?

[DallasDog]

To the money people and university I guess they are worth roughly $850,000 a year. I think they see it as a value.

I am more curious as to what are 7 wins costing us in Ruston?

Not just the university but the town itself. The restaurants, hotels, businesses. What are they losing with attendance etc?

[SicemDawgz]

We won’t get to 7 wins this year. We may not get to 5

[HogDawg]

It’s certainly feasible that their D is better than MSUs.

My only point was that this UTEP team is far better than usual. That doesn’t mean our pitiful play was warranted.

I don't even think UTEP was good. They only scored 19 points. That usually doesn't win you a football game unless the other team (in this case, Tech) lays down and quits.

[HogDawg]

Oh please don't tell me that!!!!!!!!!!! I give money to LTAC to help the athletic programs and to tell me that in the middle of the season of the biggest money making program the highest paid employee who has over sight on the biggest money making program is on F'ing vacation. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! If this is the case, then the admin has to address this crap. My ROI is not well spent and it hasn't for the last 8 years...I AM DONE. NO MORE.

In agree with you. I'm pissed to hear this too, if it's true.

[SicemDawgz]

It’s certainly feasible that their D is better than MSUs.

My only point was that this UTEP team is far better than usual. That doesn’t mean our pitiful play was warranted.

I agree that they are better than years past, because in years past they probably couldn’t beat a good high school team. It seems odd to me that a team that has been a cellar dweller for years can in one year make such a stride. Their win had more to do with Techs total ineptness than UTEP being good. Holtz by his own admission has stated that this team is loaded, so how is it that we are playing like absolute garbage? I think you know the answer to that.

[johnnylightnin]

I agree that they are better than years past, because in years past they probably couldn’t beat a good high school team. It seems odd to me that a team that has been a cellar dweller for years can in one year make such a stride. Their win had more to do with Techs total ineptness than UTEP being good. Holtz by his own admission has stated that this team is loaded, so how is it that we are playing like absolute garbage? I think you know the answer to that.

I think they finally had a good schedule too. Winning builds momentum. I knew we wouldn't walk all over them because winning teams fight. We showed no fight whatsoever this past weekend.

[revf]

I think this team looked lost this past week.

This week being homecoming maybe they can get their acts together and look good again.

However, if the wheels fall off again against a strong UTSA team it means that Skip has lost the team for good and the season will be a LONG one.

The ONLY way and I mean ONLY way we even have a remote possibility of getting a new coach in the next 4 years is if Skip Holtz resigns. Cite mental health or aging parents or desire to be closer to kids or something and just take a leave. Until that happens, Skip will coast on fumes and a used Waffle House menu.

And I agree with other posters on here that Skip has done less with more talent than any other coach I have seen. He's got great players to Tech. Look at our draft numbers in the past few years, but he's just squandered it year after year. According to Skip this is our most talented class ever and the game I witnessed Saturday was one of the worst losses I have ever seen. It was just bad. Pathetically Bad.

[Lotsudo]

According to Skip this is our most talented class ever and the game I witnessed Saturday was one of the worst losses I have ever seen. It was just bad. Pathetically Bad.

A lot of verbiage for..."they sucked!...badly!!!!!"

[techman05]

Question….

Would Holtz have won a conference championship by now at Tech if he had stayed with the air raid that Sonny had rolling? I think more than anything I want to see us stay with our identity. Seems like air raid works for us. I wish we could have hired a guy we knew would stick to the style.

[Bone_afide_Dawg]

Week after week, loss after loss, I keep hearing Holtz say, he’s got to do a better job coaching. So, what does that really mean when he still does the same thing every week. Regardless of his supposed improved coaching effort, we’re actually getting worse. Someone tell me how this works and what boss accepts this scale of BS and this degree of repeated failure.

[Lotsudo]

Week after week, loss after loss, I keep hearing Holtz say, he’s got to do a better job coaching. So, what does that really mean when he still does the same thing every week. Regardless of his supposed improved coaching effort, we’re actually getting worse. Someone tell me how this works and what boss accepts this scale of BS and this degree of repeated failure.

And all of the Lord's people said...AMEN

[SicemDawgz]

Question….

Would Holtz have won a conference championship by now at Tech if he had stayed with the air raid that Sonny had rolling? I think more than anything I want to see us stay with our identity. Seems like air raid works for us. I wish we could have hired a guy we knew would stick to the style.

No. Holtz couldn’t win a championship with Manny Diaz as his DC. He couldn’t win a championship with a team full of future NFL players. It’s not about philosophy, it’s just that Holtz is a loser. Spread, West Coast, Wing T or Air Raid, it don’t matter with Holtz. He will find a way to lose.