KaneFan29 said:

Check out the empty seats vs USAO. Nothing better than watching a game at the Don with 10,000 empty seats. Great atmosphere.

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JCorona said:

Curious to what they meant by that’s all he did? Cuz the boy threw for close to 10k yards in high school. Locklear on the other hand threw for 7k yards. I put all the blame on Walden’s play calling.

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utep2step said:

Pickles family went on Twitter/X after last week's game stating that's all he did in high school which explains his recruitment for CS RPO.

However, you have to be able to throw a decent contolled ball at the FBS level. I say controlled because we saw two opposite ends of the spectrum under Dimel with Locksley and Hardison. One was often off target and the other threw a 100 mph fast ball on a dink and dunk pass.

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MinerManiac said:

I realize that the ultimate goal is for a school like us is to make the NCAA Tournament, and the only way to do that in a conference like ours, unless you have a season like FAU did a couple of years ago, is to win the conference tournament. That said, the only reason that conference tournaments exist is a cash and recognition grab. Otherwise it makes no sense that a conference champion is determined by which team gets lucky over a three or four game stretch rather than who has the best record after playing everyone home and away all conference season. Winning the conference tournament may be more important, but winning the regular season title is more impressive. Should Golding win the regular season title he certainly deserves to stay, and a case can be made if he finishes in the top two or three. Finishing with another losing record record against Div 1 competition again should earn him a ticket on the first bus out of El Paso, provided he doesn't pull off some miracle in the tournament.

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MinerManiac said:

For the basketball hire I was all for either Golding or Tang, so I don't fault him for the Golding hire. But I think that he has given Golding too long a leash, I would have fired him after having a losing record against Div 1 competition last year. Golding has this season to prove me wrong, hopefully he does so. If Golding doesn't have an outstanding season this year he needs to get the axe.

I knew nothing of Walden coming in, but things did seem positive upon his hire. On paper he appears to be a good recruiter (the proof will be how well his recruits play on the field). So far I am very unimpressed with his offense and play calling. It is too early, in my opinion, to call for his head, but if things don't improve significantly each year he definitely shouldn't make it past year 3. Hopefully Walden proves that Senter made the right hire, but so far things don't look good.

One last, very important note: a key job of an AD is fundraising. From everything that I've heard Senter has done a terrible job at this. That is another reason to fire him and replace him with someone more competent.

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axingfools1 said:

Yep. The decimated defense may be the worst in the NFL right now

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