icemonkee
New Member
Hey man...I have to move there on Friday.
New Mexico hires new coach....
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Hey man...I have to move there on Friday.
BogeyGolf7
New Member
don't know why anyone would want to go coach there
just seems like it would be years of frustration
just seems like it would be years of frustration
Zubaz
Member
Welcome!! I always thought it was weird that for how close we are there are surprisingly few frogs here.
Screaming Flea
New Member
Young and Horned
Active Member
Good for NM. Hopefully it helps them out.
VA Froggie
Active Member
Stillwater, OK. I don't think so............ :blush:
New Mexico just fired a guy who could recruit,.....and hired a guy who can't recruit or coach.
Can't think of a more dumb choice to lead the Lobos...
Lobos have nice facilities and no pro sports competition. Their biggest problem, there are very few football players in the state. Albuquerque is a good town in a nice setting. Davie was a defensive coordinator before they ever invented the spread option.
He will be completely lost...
Can't think of a more dumb choice to lead the Lobos...
Lobos have nice facilities and no pro sports competition. Their biggest problem, there are very few football players in the state. Albuquerque is a good town in a nice setting. Davie was a defensive coordinator before they ever invented the spread option.
He will be completely lost...
My Buddy Steve
Active Member
I thought UNM was considering switching to FCS?
Gunner, Bob Davie is considered "King of the Living Room" amongst recruiters. Id check that thought
Gunner, Bob Davie is considered "King of the Living Room" amongst recruiters. Id check that thought
TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
He doesn't know what he is talking about half the time. Called Locksley a good recruiter.
West Texas Frog
Active Member
Bob Davie is a great hire for New Mexico in my humble opinion! At one time he was considered one of the best defensive coaches around. He never would have gotten the head job at Notre Dame if he had not been highly respected. I actually think he is one of the better announcers out there and enjoy his insight. I wish him the very best.
Horned Frog Country
Full Member
New Mexico is nice to visit for great food, horseback riding, and photography. However, I would not want to live there unless I was married. There are not that many good looking single ladies in New Mexico.
Waccy Frog
Active Member
Well, Locksley is a good recruiter (at least at Illinois), which is why he was hired. And he brought a few decent players (like the wide out transfers who didn't suit up for the TCU game due to injury). But you can't build a program in New Mexico out of a few highly rated WRs from Washington DC or whatever. What they need is someone good at recruiting hidden gems out of West Texas.
The part that's really ridiculous in Gunner's post is the part about UNM having nice facilities. Their facilities are joke. Both Fran and Rocky cited UNM's refusal to upgrade and invest in facilities as a factor in their decisions to leave.
Zubaz
Member
Gwah? Fran left because, well, he's Fran and that's what Fran does. Rocky was fired (they called it a resignation, but if he didn't resign he was getting fired, so there you go). Neither had anything to do with the facilities. University Stadium is just fine for where the program is now, it's basically pre-upgrade ACS without the upper deck. The practice facilities are fine, and I sincerely doubt that people are avoiding Albuquerque just because they don't have an indoor practice facility
As an aside, the rest of UNM is pretty nice. The basketball team plays at one of the best facilities in the country, and the baseball team plays at the nicest minor league stadium I've ever seen.
As an aside, the rest of UNM is pretty nice. The basketball team plays at one of the best facilities in the country, and the baseball team plays at the nicest minor league stadium I've ever seen.
They paid $750k to ML. About half the FBS avg.
NubomTurk
Tier 1
I lived there for 7 years, ice. Not a bad place to call home. People aren't as overtly friendly as in Texas. I got tired of the "high desert" after awhile. Not enough green. When I was there, the culture was oppressively P.C. Example: I was frowned on for the following joke: "Did you hear about the guy who was half black and half Japanese? Every December 7th, he attacked Pearl Bailey." Now I'm sorry; that joke is dumb, but it is not offensive!
But I digress...
When I was there, the Southeast Heights was a bit of a war zone. Todd can give you a more current report. And you can't get good bar-b-que to save your life. And always say "you guys," not "y'all."
Now for the good: Food is great. Go by Padilla's Mexican Kitchen on Girard and get the blue corn enchilada plate. Get the green sauce. ALWAYS get the green sauce. Go to Blake's Lot-A-Burger and get a Lot-A-Burger with cheese and extra green chile. Wake up some Sunday in January, decide you want to go skiing today, and GO. Learn to fly fish and cross-country ski.
And tell me if T. J. Trout is still on 94.1 FM - I used to do voice talent for him. Good guy.
My family lives in Waco and the Metroplex and I got homesick, and I'm glad I moved back, but I enjoy going back when I get a chance. It's different -you'll enjoy it.
wes
KIllerfrog Emeritus
Davie will probably do better than his predecessor. Hell, I could have done better than Locksley but the "new" coach hasn't been on the field in 10 years, hasn't spoken to a recruit in 10 years and probably doesn't have the connections that he had 10 years ago.
It'll be interesting
It'll be interesting
joejordan
Member
I knew a girl in Albuquerque and she wasn't proper, liked it rough and ended up being not that nice. So, I would say that's about right.
Wow, we might have known the same girl! :blink:
