Right now the collective is in the middle of the 9.15 campaign. I like the campaign. If they can get 1000 people to donate $9.15 a month, which becomes recurring, it becomes almost $110k a year. That's not P5 money but it's a good way to get all the small donors to have an impact. How many on here have committed to the campaign?
Yes he would have done the same at UTEP. He's doing fantastic at Sac State thus far in terms of recruiting. It'll be an interesting comparison to see how good of a head coach he is vs Walden. I wanted Marion out of the candidates for the utep job in 23. I liked Marion's P5 experience and proven success on offense at the FBS level(UNLV). Waldens success was at the FCS level.
He better recruit well there and no he wouldn't have done well here. Sac state raised over $35 million in NIL. You can't compared that to UTEP NIL. If UTEP had that kind of money, Nelson and other highly recruits would have already signed with UTEP. UTEP can barely raise to a $1 million in NIL. Walden is a hell of a recruiter with he's high energy but Marion is the better coach.
I think he would do well.
He had some good offers coming out of high school. Great pickup if the Miners can get him.
You know if he does well it's basically a 1 year rental for Utep. This guy guy was only 2 spots under Archie Manning in QB recruiting rankings. This was like getting Derrick Caracter.
Yep and great exposure for UTEP and Waldens offense. This gives Chad Warner time to redshirt and develop.
This is huge for UTEP and El Paso. Coach Walden is showing the college sports world that you can recruit top talent to EP. Great players like Nelson will help bring other talented players. I’m excited for the coming season.
He already said he turned down better offers because of the coaching staff.
If that's the case then so be it. If (and that's a big if) we do well enough for Walden to leave next year, that means the standards will officially be raised here forever. Too many coaches have said that they can't recruit here. If Walden does a magical turnaround then that excuse must never be accepted again.
Walden has been able to assemble two back to back top CUSA recruiting classes at UTEP. Many coaches said that was not possible at UTEP and he’s proven them wrong. What’s remarkable about this is the fact that he did it with limited or no NIL money. What remains to be seen is how much improvement will we see this upcoming season. With the talent we have we should have a winning record, compete for conference title and get to a bowl game. If Walden does well, he deserves to move up to a bigger program.
Walden won the same amount of games that Dimel did in 2023. Anyone who is boasting about his coaching, needs to look at other games besides the NMSU game.
That’s a valid point Killer. Again, I’m cautiously optimistic about Walden turning things around. Im just pointing out that he’s been able to recruit good talent to EP, while other coaches had excuses. We did have a couple of close losses that could have ended up in wins. I’m not drinking the kool aid yet, but he’s moving in the right direction. Many of us asked for a QB transfer and he’s getting us that guy. Let’s see what the new QB can do.
