I think they are very similar. Honestly I would take a chance on either one if they wanted to take a chance on us. Someone will take a chance on them eventually, might as well be us. I still like Marion better because he's developed his own offensive scheme. He's been at many plances so he has lots of contacts in the business and can draw assistant coaches from all over.
This is our guy
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Definitely. I'm fine with both choices, but Marion is more qualified.
Must watch. He takes at least some of his offensive philosophy from Guz Malzhan. He overcomes challenges. He's overcome a lot of adversity. Lots of positive character traits. He's an innovator.
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To add on, utep has always made the commitment in basketball in terms of funding and with success has lost a few coaches since Haskins retired.
To your point, yes. We need to make a commitment and a plan to winning championships in all sports. Improving facilities. The potential of money is there if you just commit to winning. We all saw UTEPs potential back between 2004 and 2010 with loaded basketball and football games.
What else did I say in the sentence that followed about Marion being an offensive coordinator?
His offense is being used throughout college football and in the NFL? What teams? Or is he using someone else's offense not as efficient?
You stated this previously:
"The fact is he's been an offensive coordinator for four seasons."
What makes Ben Arbuckle a better candidate?
This part I can't argue with. That however is the only advantage he has. His on field results our marginally better than the coach we already have and he has the talent advantage. He has a nice story but I want us to win on the field more than I want to win in the press clippings.
This is a pretty disingenuous statement considering he's 4 - 1 with UNLV and averaging 36 points per game and beat the coach we have by 17 points in his first year as a D-1 coordinator. If you think that's marginally better then you're completely mental.
What the heck are you talking about? You still haven't answered anything and are answering questions with questions.
"Those are not quantifiable facts. There's no way to know if young players like him. I'm sure some do and I'm sure some don't. The fact is he's been an offensive coordinator for four seasons."
That's the hard part about the Internet. You don't know if people are trolls or are really stupid.
Look at the offensive production. Yards per play, yards per pass and yards per rush. You'll see exactly what I'm talking about. They scored 36 points a game because their defense is very good at getting turnovers. This gives the offense short fields several times a game.
It's Dimels QB that's turning the ball over. Doesn't he take some responsibility for that? Marion is running a freshman QB that is better than Dimels 6th year guy. You call that marginally better? And it doesn't matter how many yards per play you have if you can't get the ball in the end zone. Marion can and Dimel can't.
This is Marion's first year with UNLV! How many does Dimel have and he's still behind? Marginally better? C'mon mang.
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You sure about that?
2023 UNLV- 4-1
2022 Texas- 8-5
2021 Pittburgh- 11-3
2020 Hawaii- 5-4
I guess my coach has some flaws with his name too. If he gets hired and things are going bad, we're gonna say, "What the Heck, Eck"!!!
calm down ladies... Dimel ain't going no place. He will convince Senter that all we need is a new OC. Problem solved...
We are calm. This is a message board. We are just talking.
Be careful who you call "ladies". It doesn't bother me if you want to talk dumb, but be careful who you talk to that way.
Dimel will be gone eventually.
That's not true I believe or from what I hear if UTEP does not by some Huge miracle win 5 more games and get Bowl Eligible he's gone 1 year before his contract ends!
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Dimel's lost the fans, he's lost the team, losing sponsors and donors. There is no possible way he can survive another year. Senter is in survival mode. The only way he can survive is to hire a new coach that can instill some energy into the organization.
Yes that's what I'm saying. I also believe he's gone after this year, I've dated that
lol That has nothing to do with being woke. I said dumb talking doesn't bother me, but just be careful who you say those things to.
Texas is a 7 on 7 state. Bring in a young innovative gunslinger as a coach. Maybe we'll still lose more often that not, but at least it will be an exciting brand of football, not this boring crap we see every week. You know, a Mike Leach starter kit type.
Based on UTEP's resources, I would look to hire a successful FCS coach with a history of producing without many resources. They will probably be able to react to portal losses and rebuilding rosters.
For some reason, I can see this as the most likely outcome. You can stay as HC but you have to give up play calling duties.
I don't want Senter selecting the next HC, that's for sure. The entire AD needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt.
Give Senter credit, he’s a man of great judgement, that’s hard to fine. Dimel may suck, but he’s super nice and has historically won time of possession. You need to get it together before talking about Senter and Dimel! Sheesh!
Did Senter ever present his "initiatives"? I might have missed them 🤔
PowerPoint take awhile to put together.
Wilson laid it all out: Go into each game with a 50/50 chance of winning.
And a 50/50 chance that we will show up to games. Although that’s getting closer to 10/90.
