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Title: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Pakuni on April 24, 2012, 11:53:44 AM
According to Jeff Goodman at CBS and Zags blog.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/18812607/north-texas-expected-to-hire-marquette-assistant-benford
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: 4everwarriors on April 24, 2012, 11:56:28 AM
Now maybe we can hook up with one of them AAU coaches.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: brewcity77 on April 24, 2012, 12:00:29 PM
Great news for Tony! Good overall for the program...be interesting to see who Buzz finds to fill the spot.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: tower912 on April 24, 2012, 12:02:45 PM
He has earned it.   Congrats to Tony.   Hopefully, Buzz has a replacement ready to go.   
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: VegasWarrior77 on April 24, 2012, 12:07:26 PM
Congrats Tony!  The Buzz coaching tree has begun!
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: muguru on April 24, 2012, 12:10:36 PM
Quote from: tower912 on April 24, 2012, 12:02:45 PM
He has earned it.   Congrats to Tony.   Hopefully, Buzz has a replacement ready to go.   

I would imagine this is easy....he stays in house and goes with Bart Lundy.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Galway03 on April 24, 2012, 12:12:11 PM
 I wonder if any of the currant staff at MU will go with Coach Benford ? Guru, that's what should happen , Lundy would be a very logical choice.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: brewcity77 on April 24, 2012, 12:14:12 PM
Quote from: Galway03 on April 24, 2012, 12:12:11 PM
I wonder if any of the currant staff at MU will go with Coach Benford ?

Wondering the same thing. Wouldn't surprise me to see Aki Collins get promoted to Benford's Associate HC job. Can't see them offering enough to nab Monarch, but possibly Lundy or Autry could be wooed away.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: TedBaxter on April 24, 2012, 12:19:16 PM
Quote from: Galway03 on April 24, 2012, 12:12:11 PM
I wonder if any of the currant staff at MU will go with Coach Benford ? Guru, that's what should happen , Lundy would be a very logical choice.

Brad Autry would be a very good promotion or he could join Tony in Denton I suppose since Brad is from Oklahoma originally and also has Texas ties.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: MattyWarrior on April 24, 2012, 12:28:47 PM
Really tough to see Benford leave, as he is a big part of our success recently and a great guy! Best of luck to Tony.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Skatastrophy on April 24, 2012, 12:39:21 PM
Grats to Benford on getting a D-I job! 
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 24, 2012, 12:44:51 PM
Of course, they had to wait to name him until after Howard committed to SMU as an assistant.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: TedBaxter on April 24, 2012, 12:47:14 PM
Quote from: LittleMurs on April 24, 2012, 12:44:51 PM
Of course, they had to wait to name him until after Howard committed to SMU as an assistant.

You don't have to worry about Buzz hiring a quality assistant as he has options on the current staff that are very good and if he goes out of house, he probably has a short list.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Slim on April 24, 2012, 12:47:30 PM
Questions. Which of this years recruits were attributed to Tony? Are they allowed any leeway with their NLI? Is this the answer to Hiroshima?

And lastly, I wonder if they have a group called Catholics of University of North Texas.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: tower912 on April 24, 2012, 12:52:40 PM
I would make a small wager Durley ends up there.   
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 24, 2012, 12:56:02 PM
Quote from: TedBaxter on April 24, 2012, 12:47:14 PM
You don't have to worry about Buzz hiring a quality assistant as he has options on the current staff that are very good and if he goes out of house, he probably has a short list.

Indigestion 0    TedBaxter 1
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 24, 2012, 12:59:08 PM
Quote from: Slim on April 24, 2012, 12:47:30 PM
Questions. Which of this years recruits were attributed to Tony? Are they allowed any leeway with their NLI? Is this the answer to Hiroshima?

And lastly, I wonder if they have a group called Catholics of University of North Texas.

Is this the answer to Hiroshima?

Oh, if only it were.  No leeway on LOI, Buzz would have to decide to give 'em a break.

I wonder if they have a group called Catholics of University of North Texas.

No, but that doesn't men that the student body wouldn't use the term, anyway.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 24, 2012, 01:00:49 PM
Quote from: tower912 on April 24, 2012, 12:52:40 PM
I would make a small wager Durley ends up there.   

I think you're right  on this one.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: GGGG on April 24, 2012, 01:02:12 PM
Quote from: Slim on April 24, 2012, 12:47:30 PM
Questions. Which of this years recruits were attributed to Tony? Are they allowed any leeway with their NLI? Is this the answer to Hiroshima?

I don't know about Hiroshima, but I really doubt either of the Taylors or Ferguson want to follow him down to Denton.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: brewcity77 on April 24, 2012, 01:13:19 PM
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on April 24, 2012, 01:02:12 PM
I don't know about Hiroshima, but I really doubt either of the Taylors or Ferguson want to follow him down to Denton.

Ferguson's lead recruiter was Aki. Doubt either Taylor would request a release to go to UNT.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: hdog1017 on April 24, 2012, 01:49:46 PM
Mike Deane as replacement
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: JTBMU7 on April 24, 2012, 01:55:11 PM
Quote from: brewcity77 on April 24, 2012, 01:13:19 PM
Ferguson's lead recruiter was Aki. Doubt either Taylor would request a release to go to UNT.
also, no player would ever do that. leave a high major program to follow the assistant down to a low major? MAYBE could see them requesting a release to go to a different high major school, but even that would be very rare.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Golden Avalanche on April 24, 2012, 03:12:25 PM
Excellent news for Benford. Very deserving. And North Texas has some momentum so it's not a dog show job.

Couple good options on the bench to elevate so long as its not Monarch.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: real chili 83 on April 24, 2012, 03:46:33 PM
Don't know much about North Texas.  Is it a mid major, low major, none of the above?
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: nyg on April 24, 2012, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: real chili 83 on April 24, 2012, 03:46:33 PM
Don't know much about North Texas.  Is it a mid major, low major, none of the above?

http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncb/story/_/id/7850281/tony-benford-hired-new-north-texas-mean-green-head-coach

This should answer.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Henry Sugar on April 24, 2012, 03:57:29 PM
Warriors > Mean Green > Golden Eagles
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: real chili 83 on April 24, 2012, 04:01:03 PM
Quote from: nyg on April 24, 2012, 03:54:12 PM
http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncb/story/_/id/7850281/tony-benford-hired-new-north-texas-mean-green-head-coach

This should answer.

Thanks for the link nyg.  Good spot for Benford to land.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 24, 2012, 04:39:56 PM
The Mean Green, so that's how Mean Joe Green got his nickname.  He was an alumnus.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: jsglow on April 24, 2012, 07:44:50 PM
Congrats Tony.  Well deserved.  Keep your eye open for kids down in Texas that might fit MU better than NTU.  You're old bud Buzz will appreciate it.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Blackhat on April 25, 2012, 06:55:53 AM
Congrats Tony!   


Now lets go find a stud for director of basketball operations.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: brewcity77 on April 25, 2012, 07:00:47 AM
This tweet from Mike Broeker about Benford made me chuckle...

@mikebroeker: "Tried to schedule him to guarantee game yesterday, he passed, smart guy, showed me he is ready to be a HC. #mubb"
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on April 25, 2012, 08:03:17 AM
Quote from: real chili 83 on April 24, 2012, 03:46:33 PM
Don't know much about North Texas.  Is it a mid major, low major, none of the above?

I don't know much about North Texas either except my cousin, also from Connecticut, went to college there.  He was music major so they must have a good music school.  He stayed down there after graduation and is supposedly playing in a band with the former lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: GGGG on April 25, 2012, 08:11:54 AM
Right now, it is a low major in the Sun Belt.  But they are rumored to be going to Conference USA if they choose not to merge with the Mountain West. 

It's not a bad place.  Right on the northern edge of the DFW metro area.  It has the potential to be a nice program if someone comes in and makes the right moves.  If he comes in and does well there, he could very well take that next step into a higher level program in a BCS conference.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: TedBaxter on April 25, 2012, 08:20:54 AM
Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on April 25, 2012, 08:03:17 AM
I don't know much about North Texas either except my cousin, also from Connecticut, went to college there.  He was music major so they must have a good music school.  He stayed down there after graduation and is supposedly playing in a band with the former lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Didn't Don Henley go to the music school there?
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Canadian Dimes on April 25, 2012, 09:06:26 AM
How awesome for Tony!!!  Best of luck with the opportunity!!  What a dream come true day for him!
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: real chili 83 on April 25, 2012, 09:15:24 AM
Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on April 25, 2012, 08:03:17 AM
I don't know much about North Texas either except my cousin, also from Connecticut, went to college there.  He was music major so they must have a good music school.  He stayed down there after graduation and is supposedly playing in a band with the former lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Check the link nyg sent me on North Texas.  In one of the posts above.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: warriorchick on April 25, 2012, 09:20:15 AM
Quote from: real chili 83 on April 25, 2012, 09:15:24 AM
Check the link nyg sent me on North Texas.  In one of the posts above.

As a kid, I worked at Opryland and got to know a several of the musicians who worked there.  Quite a number  of them were North Texas grads (It was called North Texas state back then).  It was very well respected, especially for traditional jazz (i.e., Dixieland).
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: 4everwarriors on April 25, 2012, 08:49:17 PM
Traditional jazz=oxymoron
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: MattyWarrior on April 25, 2012, 09:09:12 PM
Any info or ideas on a new assistant?
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Spaniel with a Short Tail on April 25, 2012, 09:26:50 PM
He even gets a shoutout from Phil Rogers, Tribune baseball writer:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-your-morning-phil-dawson-campana-royals-20120425,0,1173543.story

QuoteTalking baseball while congratulating Marquette assistant Tony Benford for becoming the head basketball coach at North Texas:
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Blackhat on April 25, 2012, 09:37:34 PM
Quote from: Blueprint on April 25, 2012, 09:09:12 PM
Any info or ideas on a new assistant?

It'll be Bart Lundy.    Then we'll find the best director of basketball operations in the country.  

We don't hire assistants we hire DBO's.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: GGGG on April 26, 2012, 08:24:03 AM
Quote from: Blueprint on April 25, 2012, 09:09:12 PM
Any info or ideas on a new assistant?


If it isn't someone on staff, my guess is Buzz has a pretty good idea who it is and may have a verbal agreement in place.  But by not announcing it, or officially signing him, he can stay out on the road recruiting as much as possible.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: We R Final Four on April 26, 2012, 08:52:50 AM
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on April 25, 2012, 08:11:54 AM
Right now, it is a low major in

If he comes in and does well there, he could very well take that next step into a higher level program in a BCS conference.

Sultan-doesn't this go without saying?
Do well and you may get a shot at a better program
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: brewcity77 on April 26, 2012, 09:29:59 AM
Quote from: Stone Cold on April 25, 2012, 09:37:34 PM
It'll be Bart Lundy.    Then we'll find the best director of basketball operations in the country.  

We don't hire assistants we hire DBO's.

There are also rumors Benford might try to bring Lundy with him to UNT.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Galway03 on April 26, 2012, 09:40:37 AM
 Wow, Benford and Lundy at the same time. If that happens, and irregardless of who is hired or promoted, the basketball IQ of this coaching staff will have taken a major hit.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: TedBaxter on April 26, 2012, 12:27:40 PM
If I am Buzz I promote Brad Autry to replace Tony and Jamie McNielly to the Director of Basketball Operations. 

Brad's a good basketball guy who also has the personality and experience to recruit (Arkansas-Little Rock) and Jamie's been here 4 years so he can move up as well.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: PVMagic on April 26, 2012, 12:30:00 PM
Quote from: Galway03 on April 26, 2012, 09:40:37 AM
Wow, Benford and Lundy at the same time. If that happens, and irregardless of who is hired or promoted, the basketball IQ of this coaching staff will have taken a major hit.

Hiroshima.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Galway03 on April 26, 2012, 12:41:20 PM
  PVMagic, keep that thought.
Title: Re: Benford gets North Texas job
Post by: Dawson Rental on April 27, 2012, 11:52:00 PM
Quote from: We R Final Four on April 26, 2012, 08:52:50 AM
Sultan-doesn't this go without saying?
Do well and you may get a shot at a better program

Ooops, nailed by the posting police, Sultan.
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