It’s a tale as old as time— when you’re in the Group of Five, you want your coach to be good, but not TOO good.
The Mean Green Nation did not expect to lose Defensive Coordinator Mike Ekeler after one season, but now he’s gone, speeding off to be Co-Defensive Coordinator at the very same school where Seth Littrell ran the offense until 2015. Sure, the 2016 North Texas defense was good— as we said so vocally, and often— but ACC good? Maybe we were a little TOO vocal.
Replacing household name Gene Chizik at UNC isn’t too shabby, but this leaves UNT with a big problem on defense and one they’ll need to fix quickly, especially with the new signees who thought they knew what they were getting when they committed.