If senter ain't fired too, then firing dimel is pointless too.
Disagree about building a foundation of talent.
Amen. Senter shouldn’t be allowed to hire another FBS head coach after hiring Dimel.
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I agree Bigwood. Well said.
I’d probably favor UNLV. Maybe I’m comparing apples to oranges but they only lost by 28 to number 2 Michigan and we got spammed by a dismal northwestern team. And we’ve still gotta go to Tucson and take our pounding on the road.
Kugler hasn’t been a head coach since 2017, yet three of his recruits have had a job and role on a NFL roster since, Dimel has been a head coach since the same timeframe and zero NFlers or legit standouts, that’s how i measure talent guys who make a difference in the win column and have NFL talent just like P5 rosters. Talent has not gotten better, we’ve played two FCS level rosters this year and the talent is even with those teams, what roster or UTEP team have you been watching my guy?
About to make the same point. I can't see another win on the schedule right now. But Incarnate Word won by 35 yesterday, so that is going to look better to the selection committee.
That’s fair. They play Vandy this week, so we’ll see how they do.
I agree with everything but the talent level. Kugler landed some nice recruits but by the end he transformed that team into a JV squad. That roster was B-A-D…. Bad.
That's actually not correct. Knight would 100% start at any CUSA or AAC school, past that, maybe a couple of the O line guys, Praise and Tryrin Smith. I get it man, trust me I'm frustrated beyond words, but there is better talent here than in Kugler years, but it amounts to a hill of beans, cause key positions are lacking and our Coach is not very good at all. Our main position QB is terrible and costs games, we have a high school kicker and not even a good high school kicker and the coaching calls are mind boggling and coaches on the opposition constantly out coach Dimel in the second half. I watched yesterday as most of y'all did and we didn't even see that second half coming. It wasn't that they were better, Utep looked like a better team in the 1st half actually. So na man, I hear ya, but politely disagree.
So 3 more grueling years of this sh!t…minimum. He’ll probably get another fvcking undeserved extension…with our luck.UTEP Athletic Director Jim Senter Signs Contract Extension - UTEP Miners
UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter has signed a contract extension that will keep him in the Sun City through August 2026. Additionally, Senter's title has been
Honestly, pretty good gig if you can get it. Just hang around, collect a check, and then officially "retire". 😉
I wish I could be as incompetent as him and keep my job. I picked the wrong career.
I’m back on the NFL ticket after a hiatus last year since I moved out of El Paso. Enjoy brother! 🍻
Not saying the end result has gotten better. But I’ll take a Dimel roster over a Kugler one, any day. Aaron Jones saved Kugler’s ass, aside from that, it was terrible. Mack wasn’t any better than Gavin. Kugler’s recruiting philosophy was recruit ELP kids with scholarships to Sul Ross, and try to get laid with the rest of the budget.
Kugler couldn’t recruit to save his life. When he said “I want to have every high school represented” on his radio show I couldn’t believe it. He made Dimel look like Knute Rockne. If there is a Mount Rushmore of stupid statements that would be right up there.
From what I heard about Leftwich from some insiders I know was that he had the intangibles just didn’t have the size. If he was the same build as Hardison, he would’ve done more.
And I’ve got a bad feeling about McNamara too. He’s listed at 5’11, but there’s no way in hell he’s that tall. I don’t know if he’s RPO offense material.
Thanks for sharing, had a listen while driving up to Winstar Casino in Oklahoma to drown away my Utep Sorrows lol
We’re not better at the most important position.
I can’t argue with that. And if he had kept the same trajectory, even very incrementally, from year 4 to 6 as he had from year 1 to 4, this conversation probably wouldn’t be happening.
Listening to that show, seems the fans have spoken. The VAST majority of callers and or social media posters no longer support Dimel or Hardison. If the show is representative of the larger UTEP/EP community as a whole, support for Dimel sits at less than 10%, and it’s even lower for Hardison. Too bad Senter seems as out of touch and tone deaf as Dimel.
The roster doesn’t matter if we’re still losing. Both suck a$$. As long as building a roster is the standard, and not the ability to coach, UTEP football will continue to be an embarrassment.
It’s UTEP. 10 years ago Tx- San Antonio wasn’t around. Texas State was not D1. Sam Houston was not D1.
Rodney Terry had no issues recruiting to utep and utep has a decent sized basketball budget. Golding just never developed the skill at Abilene Christian, so he's learning on the job.
From what I have seen, I don't think this team will suck. Idk if they'll win CUSA, but I think they'll be in the mix of top 3 or 4 and then we'll see what happens in Huntsville!
I hope so seeing as pretty much all of the top teams from last season are gone. No excuse utep shouldn't be top 3 or 4. Last years team was just so bad, I don't have the same confidence.
