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Perfect.UTEP Football and the Dana Dimel Dilemma
After a disappointing home loss to Western Kentucky, fans are wondering whether or not UTEP is ready to move on from head football coach Dana Dimel.
Finally addressing the issue.
Here's how I see it personally:
Yeah that was us Aggie fans. We are doing a psyop to keep coaches who lose to us around as long as possible.
Dimels peak was 2021 and it was against quite possibly the easiest schedule you could possibly play, with all the stars aligning... and utep still only won 7 games and lost 5 out of the last 6 against the more difficult part of the schedule.
My only disagreement is we are already set back 2-3 years if Dismel stays.
I agree totally. Just to be clear I didn't and don't suggest or want him to stay past this year. I presented the results if Utep doesn't let him go rn and keeps him on. He absolutely should and needs to go if this program wants to turn things around. A shot in the arm is needed to get people caring again, Period!
Unless the ex Miner is Andy Reid.
I hope UTEP gets a Mike Price type of hire. This team has some talent with the RBs and Akharaiyi. I hope they can woo a guy who can convince these kids to stay by playing an exciting brand of football.
Who exactly is injured or is sitting out? Is he basing his comments on Hardison?
Just stop already. UTEP has money - at least enough to buy out 1 year of their football coach’s contract. They lead the conference in attendance. UTEP is not poor. They just choose to be mediocre.
Hardison is probably the main injured player, and maybe it would hold water is McConnell didn’t light up FIU. Player sitting would assumingly be Tyrin though - haven’t heard anything about his “injury” and he just so happens to have been injured in the 4th game, just enough for a medical redshirt
I agree. Wilson would need to allow Senter to use the auxiliary funds, since the booster funded route is likely not an option. So, combined with the Terry non buyout contract fiasco when he left to Texas, and now adding a $550k buyout with Dimel, Senter has really made his mark as UTEP AD. Still waiting on those initiatives as well.
Teicher said during one of the broadcasts (UNLV?) that there were players electing not to play. He didn't name names, but Hardison was still playing against UNLV, so it wasn't him.
Another guy mentioned sitting out is Tevita Tafuna, who like Smith, is listed as a RS-Senior.
I think she gave him more credit than he deserved in that segment but I do agree to give her kudos on asking a tough question. Deaver would never do that. Deaver cared more about his twitter parody account than asking tough questions
That is my “fear” too. Barring any changes, UTEP only has 5 home games next year. 1 against Southern Utah. They will likely have two weekday home games in October because they only had 1 this year. Then 2 other home games.
Every team deals with injuries. Didn’t Aaron Jones get injured in the 2nd game of the year when Kugler was coach? THAT guy was an actual stud on the team. The players from this year are just role players.
Just gonna focus on the injury part. Hardison going down really derailed our conference championship aspirations. The 4th string qb is 2-2. With hardison it could have easily been 4-0. After all with him at the helm we were 0-4 vs FBS teams. Just imagine the kind of year had he not gone down. It would have been one for the history books.
The thing that Dimel is banking on is that Senter is dumb and believes this excuse. Injuries didn't cause Utep to lose the 1st game at Jacksonville St. It was bad coaching, penalties and bad QB play. Injuries weren't the reason Utep allowed a Northwestern team to score 31 unanswered in the 2nd half. A Northwestern team that maybe is better than people thought, but after 6 years of building we shouldn't have gotten beaten down like that and were favored. Injuries were the reason for getting man handled against UNLV. So his excuse may be valid for some games later in the season, but it's BS and if I were the media I would've called him out on it!!! He's an excuse machine now and doesn't take any accountability!
Injuries, yes. But I'm not sure how many teams have so many players "electing not to play for health reasons" after playing exactly 4 games.
I'd say they can't afford not to fire him. Imagine under 15k to open the season, as opposed to over 35k with a new shiny toy.
Senter has been behind the narrative. From 12/2017 to now. "Sell! Sell! Sell!" Dana was almost all year. Dimel did not shy away from interviews and photo shoots. He was supposed to transform UTEP with JUCO talent like he did at KSU. Now on 2/2023 he gave excuses that is not possible at UTEP like KSU. Top JUCO's are snatched up by P5's, commit to G5's to get P5 offers or get caught up with academic or personal issues and don't get on to field "Academic eligibility is more cut-and-dried with portal players". Ok. Fine.
I'll still go with Tommy Hudspeth. 1-14, outscored 692-220, and gave up single game totals of 82, 76, 63, and 62 to name a few. Maybe the worst stretch of college football ever.
Fair to say, he probably didn’t have comparable resources as to what Dismel has had?
