in going winless against Div 1 teams this season? By the way, if Senter believes his statement about the current coaches auditioning for the job, I would hope that last night’s showing(or lack thereof) would be enough for him to say, “Next!” The mess of what is happening on the hardwood is just as much his as it is Floyd’s.
Having seen enough in the games played this season, I have seen enough to say that there is no way in Hell that the current coaching staff should even be in the expanded list of possible replacements. As a matter of fact, if Senter allows the season to proceed as a train off of the rails I will have started with a complete loss of respect for him and his hire. The season is old enough to get rid of the coaches and young enough to find someone to take over instead of allowing it to continue for the next few months.
There is losing and there is humiliating losses that indicate that the team has no business being on the same floor as the opponent. So far, it has been apparent that the UTEP Miners basketball team perhaps might be competitive in a division about three levels below where we are. Let’s be brutally honest. UTEP Basketball IS the anchor around the necks of the rest of Conference USA. While we talk about moving up from the crappy C-USA to the MWC, the teams that unshackled themselves from us once already because we couldn’t compete, the teams in C-USA you can bet are already holding secret meetings somewhere figuring out how to get away from the losers.
I started attending classes at UTEP in 1982 and in all of that time, this is the worst it has ever been. The term “dumpster fire” has been used a lot in the past few years. Well, our dumpster fire of Athletics at UTEP rivals the A&M Aggie bonfires of old. UTEP fans have had decades to condition themselves for the humiliation and wonder at our ability to find new ways to show the world how bad we can be, and yet nothing could prepare a fan for the level of bad we have become. Right now, I see Senter running toward a fire extinguisher when there should be fire trucks coming from surrounding cities to help put out the inferno. Changes? Those people who look like Smurfs are Miners fans that have been holding their breath. The only change in have seen in 35 years is UTEP Athletics steady decline with a couple of accidental winning moments along the way. If I sound pessimistic it is because I tried. I am. I hope the basketball players are getting good grades, at least.
UTEP’s new Athletic Director eliminated some of the questions many may have had about the next head coach of football. There won’t be a big name trying to catch a little lightning in a bottle one last time. The school isn’t going to spend a bunch of money on a big name. They are looking for a good man on the way up. He needs to run a high scoring offense. And the search is well underway. I will say today so that I can be the first, that if the head coach at James Madison gets the job it will be all of the proof that any one even leaning toward conspiracies point out that the entire process is a sham. Funny how he may just fit to a “T” what we are looking for. So, all of you out there wanting to get an inkling about who could be on the short list, the process of elimination just made your work much easier.