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Trouble for Todd Dodge in Denton?

Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:37 am

article in tomorrow's DMN (currently online):

DENTON – Greg Matthews couldn't believe what he heard last week when the North Texas coaching staff was accused of racial bias.

Matthews, a defensive back for UNT when Todd Dodge was the team's passing game coordinator from 1992 to '93, is one of several black players from that era expressing their support for Dodge.

"Coach Dodge never had any problems with black players at all," Matthews said. "I never even heard a rumor of him having any problems with players, and those rumors travel fast in locker rooms."

Dodge returned to UNT as head coach in December after leading Southlake Carroll to four state titles in his last five seasons at the school. Until the recent accusations, UNT's problems this season have been confined to the field. The Mean Green is 1-7 entering Saturday's game against Navy.

Suspended UNT defensive back Dominique Green filed a complaint with the NAACP last Monday claiming racial bias by the Mean Green's coaching staff. Fellow suspended defensive back Desmon Chatman and Gary Oubre, a defensive back who quit the team earlier this season, have also said they will give statements claiming racial bias to the NAACP.

The university also is investigating the claims.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 11dcd.html
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Postby smupony94 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:47 am

Dodge is fine - Dickey leftovers causing trouble
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Postby expony18 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:26 am

that's silly
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The bloom is off the rose

Postby Sam I Am » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:28 am

Todd Dodge is going through player transition problems. Out with old and in with the new. The real problem is the win-loss record to date. Even making allowances for the time a coach needs to recruit his kind of players for his program, usually there are signs of future success in the first year after a top notch coaching change. Dodge needs more time and will get it; but the initial enthusiasm that UNT had about his hiring, and our own desire to get someone who looked as good as Dodge have now been cooled off by all the initial losses in Denton. And so it goes.
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Postby expony18 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:29 am

it's not the coach; it's the model
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Postby QuikSStang » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:32 am

isnt there already a thread about this?
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