Scotty Walden new UTEP FB Coach
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Love how Scotty continues to preach about the Sun Bowl and El Paso!
El Paso is very poorly regarded across the rest of the state. I've literally had people say "Oh, I'm sorry" when I told them I was from EP. I think racism plays a role, but EP is NOT good at marketing itself either. Neither has UTEP been.
Looks like Scotty recognizes this obstacle to recruiting and tackling it head on, and you've got to appreciate that. Does UTEP even have a marketing staff? I thought I remembered some news about hiring someone but have they done anything?
From what I've read here UTEP needs strong marketing, an NIL for football, better food for players, an indoor practice facility and better recognition from around the state. Winning will help all of that, but if or when it comes we need leaders who can capitalize on it this time.
The fans will come if UTEP wins. It's been proven time and time again.
The fans come even if UTEP doesn’t win. UTEP has the best fan support in the G5. No team that loses as much as UTEP does, gets the fan support that UTEP does.
NMSU had less than 16,000 for their last home game, a week after they beat Auburn, had clinched a spot in the CUSA title game, and had their best season in forever. If that was here, 30,000 easily.
Is this an actual compliment from Nowins? I don't believe it.
Na. I think we are just seeing things. Maybe he finally had a cup of coffee or got a hit of nicotine.
It’s a compliment towards the city and fans. UTEP 100% does not deserve the fan support they get. UTEP has given us fools gold for most of the last 30 years.
UTEP can get almost 4,000 to any mens basketball game and 10,000 to any football game. San Jose St can’t do that. Lamar can’t, and many others can’t either.
Aside from basketball and football results, UTEP is doing better at merchandise. Adidas gear seems to be readily available. UTEP is still very poor at fan information and marketing.
I agree my biggest pet peeve living here in Dallas is the misinformation and ignorance. When most say eww El Paso, or that sucks or whatever when I say I'm from El Paso, 95% of them have never been or only driven through SMH 😒
How many jobs is Scotty going to have?? Where is Utep getting all this money? Did Dimel have this many positions in his staff?
When you get these young guys you don’t have to pay as much.
I'm gonna ask Scotty for a job. I could be the waterboy.
You could be the offensive skill player assistant coordinator/water boy.
hopefully it’s that and not you get what you pay for…
Hopefully Walden knows how to evaluate coaching talent and hire assistants. Bob Stull's staff was probably the best coaching staff in the history of the school, and I doubt that our assistant coaches' salaries were competitive back in 1986. Unfortunately no coaching staff since has matched that one. Hopefully Walden knows what he's doing with his hires.
OKG's don't need money, they do it for the glory...
Damn, I bit my tongue.
Damn, I bit my tongue.
Coming from FCS, most of these guys are getting a pay raise just coming to Utep. Giving Walden more money to spread around and get more coaches on the field. It’s a new approach for Utep and hopefully it works out.
Wasn't Walden earning 200k at AP? You can imagine how much his Assistants were making.
I disagree. El Pasoans crap on El Paso.
In my lifetime, I have yet to hear from any American anything good about
L.A.
New York
Chicago
But yet the world travels there and moves there.🤔
I think that the rest of Texas thinks El Paso is just an extension of the Rio Grande Valley and that El Paso, Laredo and McAllen are interchangeable. That’s why there is such a surprise when someone comes to El Paso and realize that it is so different.
You must not talk to many people.
That's a very very small minority. The vast majority who live in El Paso love it here.
I like the approach but the big problem is if there is any success at Utep, we will not be able to keep them from being poached for a bigger salary. Every coach that UTEP now has is considering this job a stepping stone to something better.
Just happened to NMSU and they lost a couple of coaches to Vanderbilt, I believe. Kill had brought in some highly experienced FCS coaches and they were poached.
It's better than not being a stepping stone and constantly losing and accepting the mediocrity. I miss those days of basketball and I hope football gets to that point. It means utep athletics is successful and can continue to be successful.
I assume the 80’s salaries were decent compared to other schools. Wasn’t until the late 80’s and early 90’s that coaching salaries went crazy. The NCAA used to negotiate all the TV deals until lawsuits by the Power Conferences challenged that and it was ruled they can negotiate their own contracts.
In the mid 90’s, when Bobby Bowden got the million dollar deal, TV deals got crazy, and conferences started to form based on Contracts instead of Geography
Let me change that. I love NYC and I like L.A. and Chicago. NYC is like no other city in the U.S. It is lively and fun despite the negatives that people often talk about. There are tons of things to see and do that are only seen and done in NYC. Love the place.
That’s fine, let win and go on to better paying jobs. Isn’t that what we all do?
Technically it was Steve Spurrier in 1996 who got the first million-dollar contract, Bobby got just under a million in 1995. Now it's wild, Oklahoma's strength coach got 1 milly in 2022.
Just an interesting tidbit. Nolan Ryan was the first million dollar/year athlete in 1979.
Arch Manning has an NIL deal and doesn't even start
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Isn't Caleb Williams making like 5 million?
Caitlin Clark is making 3 million just in endorsement deals.
I would've been perfect for this job. I'm good at making creative content.
She has a degree and previous experience. Did you even get accepted to community college?
You really need a degree to make creative content?? How hard can that be?
Fili,
“Gym” [any UTEP FB players last name] has been used (yes, I mean “Gym” Bice).
Just making sure in case you get hired as her assistant, just watching your six.
Is that what you call it?
I have left behind more creative things in the toilet bowl.
I didn’t realize you were being creative. I just thought you were off your rocker.
My apologies.
My apologies.
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