I vote for Mondo ☠️😂🤣

the question of who replaces Teich is an interesting one. His official title is Assistant Athletic Director. So if they expect the next play by play guy to handle administrative duties on top of radio duties that may eliminate several prospective candidates.

JeeberD said:

That's at least three of those types of posts I've seen this week, but haven't seen any new commitments yet. Hopefully they're coming soon!

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I also don't know why that post is in bold text... 🙄

axingfools1 said:

Barnes, Ahamad and Thomas are smaller guards. Terrell, Camper and Horton go 6'4" to 6"5 and Frazier is 6'6". If we go this small then Golding needs to implement the center into the half court offense with pick and rolls and lob plays to keep the defense honest. Also the center has to rebound and block shots which are for the most part impossible when hedging all the time. There would be no backside help either. We would have to shoot and defensive rebound WAY better than last year. Personally I don't think this will work.

Playing Jones at the 4 gives us more size and versatility. He is very efficient on offense, rebounding and blocking shots. With a year under his belt and some more strength I would imagine him as a big contributor this year. IMO Jones also allows us to use Hamilton more for some inside out game. I wonder if he could even play some SF too?

I think Terrell or Camper are big, strong and athletic enough to play the 3 some minutes if needed. I think Frazier could play a little 4 too, but he really needs to be a wing (3 and D finisher) player for this team to strive. Finding another 4 should be Goldings highest priority right now.

PG Terrell/Barnes, Thomas
SG Camper, Ahamad/Horton, Hebb
SF Frazier, Camper/Terrell
PF Jones, Frazier
C Kalu, Hamilton/Mbengue

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I agree, that lineup better win with speed and quickness cause there would be no size to help with bigs. I also expected Jones in the starting lineup at the 4. This is goldings last lineup here at utep and I don’t think he’s helping himself playing small

nattybry said:

I hear ya, but Golding already said he's going with 4 guards. Unless he changes off that before next season starts I think you'll see Barnes start. Yes we defended a capable 4.

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Well let's see how it goes. I'm still not sure what we are missing with Jones. I can't beleive they didn't ask Golding about him or Mbengue

axingfools1 said:

Barnes, Ahamad and Thomas are smaller guards. Terrell, Camper and Horton go 6'4" to 6"5 and Frazier is 6'6". If we go this small then Golding needs to implement the center into the half court offense with pick and rolls and lob plays to keep the defense honest. Also the center has to rebound and block shots which are for the most part impossible when hedging all the time. There would be no backside help either. We would have to shoot and defensive rebound WAY better than last year. Personally I don't think this will work.

Playing Jones at the 4 gives us more size and versatility. He is very efficient on offense, rebounding and blocking shots. With a year under his belt and some more strength I would imagine him as a big contributor this year. IMO Jones also allows us to use Hamilton more for some inside out game. I wonder if he could even play some SF too?

I think Terrell or Camper are big, strong and athletic enough to play the 3 some minutes if needed. I think Frazier could play a little 4 too, but he really needs to be a wing (3 and D finisher) player for this team to strive. Finding another 4 should be Goldings highest priority right now.

PG Terrell/Barnes, Thomas
SG Camper, Ahamad/Horton, Hebb
SF Frazier, Camper/Terrell
PF Jones, Frazier
C Kalu, Hamilton/Mbengue

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I hear ya, but Golding already said he's going with 4 guards. Unless he changes off that before next season starts I think you'll see Barnes start. Yes we definitely need a capable 4.

Kap is THE sports authority when it comes to EP sports. As good sports reporters come and go, Kappy has and will continue to be here. With that said, he’s just the tenured professor coasting it. As the authority he can call attention to or apply some heat for local sports and I just don’t see him doing that.

I assume the ad executive side of Kap is a force, because of the success of Townsquare. But sports Kap and Sports Talk is just ultra generic sports show. Thing is there is just no competition for Kap to elevate his game. 1380 had Tipton, but it’s just another iheart afterthought. And that’s pretty much the local competition he’s had. The Sports Grind on 1380 has always been a San Antonio staple, but they are not going to talk UTEP or anything local.

I just can’t imagine Kap competing versus the hosts on the Ticket in Dallas or San Antonio - past or present.

AB moves the needle for me. It’ll be interesting to see his growth. Hell, give him his own show! The station doesn’t need more national programming hacks providing hot takes! Give me a non-westsider, puro El Pasoan that visits a carnecería for his cookout while listening to Mike Guerrero on Sundays, while helping the Ysleta JV baseball team fundraise for new equipment - to have his own show!

In the end, traditional sports radio will die off soon with all these podcasts. I’d listen to a Colin and Andy podcast if they had one.

Kap would absolutely be the lazy UTEP hire to replace Jon. It should be Tim Hagerty’s if he hasn’t already left.

JCorona said:

Fili do you know anything about soccer? I need your insight. What formation should we use? Should we eliminate the GK position and use an extra striker instead? They say offense is the best defense.

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He’s probably of the school of Simeone and do a 5-5–1 to park the bus. Bas**** did that vs City 😂

nattybry said:

So Joe Golding pretty much said who's the planned starting lineup I'm so many words. He also said they're looking for a 4 that can create his own shot and rebound. Seems to be ok with the shooters brought in and on the roster.

G- Devon Barnes
G- Corey Camper
G- David Terrell
G/F- Otis Frazier
C- Kevin Kalu

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Barnes, Ahamad and Thomas are smaller guards. Terrell, Camper and Horton go 6'4" to 6"5 and Frazier is 6'6". If we go this small then Golding needs to implement the center into the half court offense with pick and rolls and lob plays to keep the defense honest. Also the center has to rebound and block shots which are for the most part impossible when hedging all the time. There would be no backside help either. We would have to shoot and defensive rebound WAY better than last year. Personally I don't think this will work.

Playing Jones at the 4 gives us more size and versatility. He is very efficient on offense, rebounding and blocking shots. With a year under his belt and some more strength I would imagine him as a big contributor this year. IMO Jones also allows us to use Hamilton more for some inside out game. I wonder if he could even play some SF too?

I think Terrell or Camper are big, strong and athletic enough to play the 3 some minutes if needed. I think Frazier could play a little 4 too, but he really needs to be a wing (3 and D finisher) player for this team to strive. Finding another 4 should be Goldings highest priority right now.

PG Terrell/Barnes, Thomas
SG Camper, Ahamad/Horton, Hebb
SF Frazier, Camper/Terrell
PF Jones, Frazier
C Kalu, Hamilton/Mbengue

The only intrest I have is UTEP related, I rarely listen live and use the on demand recordings as I can forward through the show. Cade has future in broadcasting if and when he goes down that path.
Frank needs to take some ToastMaster classes, he talks to fast and his words jumble, he does know his stuff though. Zay also knows a lot about the sports world and could have a future in broadcasting as well.

KROD as a whole lags behind other "Professional" sports shows as far quality. One thing is the breaks in commercials before they finish or at times the hosts are cut off as they go into breaks...etc. I brought it up once but the response was "Hey things happen in broadcasting".

I have lived in the OKC area for 30 yrs now and the local radio sport stations are better at it.

That is all for now

axingfools1 said:

Overall I enjoy the show when I listen. I think it's too long so it gets diluted a bit, but very informative at times.

As far as the Golding and players interviews I enjoyed them, but I would like to know info about detailed basketball stuff like how are Jones and Mbengue coming along? Will there be any adjustments on defense with the loss of Cox or our poor rim defense? What kind of coach is Golding trying to bring in next? What are the pros and cons of hedging and what might change or stay the same? How much does the team practice offense, shooting and free throws? Are those a focus and what has coach changed to improve those areas of deficiencies? How is the recruiting of the last player coming along?

I don't care about blowing smoke up the coaches and players asses and trying to hype the fans to the players.

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Golding did at least answer the offense question in the Miner Talk pod cast. Seems like offense is going to be more a focal point this upcoming year.