Saw this article while reading the DMN. Curious as to what some UNT posters have to say about it.

Quote:Trip Kuehne, a consultant hired by North Texas to evaluate the school’s athletic program, called for UNT’s fans and boosters to unite what he termed a divided fan base on Monday night.

Kuehne and Michael Sicuro were hired by the university to examine the state of its sports program in the wake of athletic director Rick Villarreal stepping down late last month after more than 15 years on the job.

Kuehne and Sicuro met with more than 100 UNT fans and boosters at Apogee Stadium.

“The reason we put this event together is North Texas has a very passionate fan base,” Kuehne said. “Things around this institution haven’t been really great, but they haven’t been going bad. We have some phenomenal facilities, but we have a fan base that is fractured. We have a fan base, alumni base and boosters that need to be brought together. This is the first step in bringing all the boosters and fans of this fine university together.”

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(06-28-2016 12:25 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  Saw this article while reading the DMN. Curious as to what some UNT posters have to say about it.

Quote:Trip Kuehne, a consultant hired by North Texas to evaluate the school’s athletic program, called for UNT’s fans and boosters to unite what he termed a divided fan base on Monday night.

Kuehne and Michael Sicuro were hired by the university to examine the state of its sports program in the wake of athletic director Rick Villarreal stepping down late last month after more than 15 years on the job.

Kuehne and Sicuro met with more than 100 UNT fans and boosters at Apogee Stadium.

“The reason we put this event together is North Texas has a very passionate fan base,” Kuehne said. “Things around this institution haven’t been really great, but they haven’t been going bad. We have some phenomenal facilities, but we have a fan base that is fractured. We have a fan base, alumni base and boosters that need to be brought together. This is the first step in bringing all the boosters and fans of this fine university together.”

Keep reading here....

I've posted about the issues within our fan base before. We have been fighting with and about our athletic director and the direction of the athletic department for the past few seasons. Last season it all came to a head at the Portland State game. That's why we only averaged about 13,000 last season. These consultants were hired by the university to evaluate the athletic department. Needless to say, our fans are expecting a lot more from our university's athletics, and they know it. I'm not going in to more detail then that.

North Texas is in the process of hiring a new athletic director. I'm sure they will be looking for someone that has experience in addressing many of the issues that were discussed in the meeting last night.

Ya think?