I just can not forgive Krebs for literally demolishing the Lobo football program with an arse of a hire called Locksley. Apparently he is a gambler and wanted a high payoff with that hire. He is totally out of his mind to listen to ****** on radio and the Journal calling for an "exciting" offense. I want to sell Krebs a ranch on the moon since he bought into the 3rd digit score board crap.

After watching this season unfolds and knowing how bad we are at the QB position, how weak we are in the secondary, how many juniors and seniors with play time coming back, and the residual effects of NCAA sanctions, this is a heck of a building job in front of coach Davie and it will take him YEARS to be a winner in an already depleted MWC.

Thank you Krebs

Yeah he messed up badly. At least he got Davie right, but the Locksley hire was maybe the worst move ever made by a major college AD besides Notre Dame hiring Gerry Faust. Krebs completely blew that and thus ran the program into the ground face first.

I'm still very proud of how well the Lobos played tonight, they didn't give up and had a chance to win.

Paul Krebs should have been fired a Long time ago. He does nothing for this football program. The marketing and promoting the football program is horrible. I feel bad for Davie Who has to work with limited resources. Krebs has no skills to bring much needed corporate sponsers to hell move the football program foward. With the resources Davie has it would take several years to compete with BCS schools. i just hope UNM does not end up as an FCS program because of KRe s poor leadership to move the football program in the right direction.

Hmmm.... Well he hired Steve Alford....and Yvonne Sanchez.....and Ray Birmingham.    Hes done all right.  He made a mistake with Locksley.

Hiring the other coaches has nothing to do with Krebs inability to move the football program foward. His inability to generate money and resources the football program is embarassing. His marketing and promotions to bring in new fans is horrible. I hear about other schools taking steps ti expand and improve facilites and move foward. I do not hear anything from Krebs. Indtmead of adding new turf Krebs could have used that money to expand the seating of the stadium or help Davie get more resources to recruit better players etc. While Krebs has done well for other sports he has failed badly for football.

I think the turf is a great first step! Next up hopefully is doing something with Lobo Vision and sound speakers! That is a must in my opinion...

As far as the Locksley hire... When made it was NOT a bad hire, it turned into one, but it was a solid hire at the time...

The MISTAKE was listening to the fools screaming for Rocky's head, instead of complaining and whining about what he was doing, perhaps he should have been supported more and the Locksley hire would have never been made.

Alas, it is water under the bridge now! We have to move forward with Coach Davie and his staff and support these guys with ticket sales, attendance, and atmosphere... There is something with these players and we as fans have to tie into it.

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Hiring the other coaches has nothing to do with Krebs inability to move the football program foward. His inability to generate money and resources the football program is embarassing. His marketing and promotions to bring in new fans is horrible. I hear about other schools taking steps ti expand and improve facilites and move foward. I do not hear anything from Krebs. Indtmead of adding new turf Krebs could have used that money to expand the seating of the stadium or help Davie get more resources to recruit better players etc. While Krebs has done well for other sports he has failed badly for football.

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Most of those schools improving their facilities are getting bcs money. Please don't mention UNLV. That will probably never happen. They have cut back on programs, and Vegas isn't doing all that great. For goodness sales, they have empty 20 story condo buildings. That should tell you something. Now CSU, I will be amazed if they pull $125mil out of the private sector. I bet you money it's gonna cost more than that. That's if it ever happens. North Texas, lot's of money in Dallas. Enough said.
Now there is plans on the board. But you have to figure out how to pay for it. That's you showing up to the games, high priced donors, and possibly bond money. Now if you see how long it's taken just to get Paseo interchange funded. Just imagine how difficult it would be to raise money for stadium renovations. Krebs is doing fine. We're just in a difficult position. But we are headed in the right direction. Ask what you can do for your Lobos, not what your Lobos can do for you.

Krebs killed the football program and it has been made crystal clear that football is what drives college athletics.

I can forgive him for hiring Locks.  I can't forgive him for not firing him earlier.  Aside from all the off-field problems...  One visit to a practice in year 2 should have given evidence this guy could not coach.  It is all water under the bridge now.  As far as I can see, UNM has a stellar collection of coaches now across the board.  I don't see any purpose in firing Krebs though.

The BCS is looking for schools Who are ready to move foward now and have strong financial and can support UNM has neither. We need an AD that knows how to generate money to the football program outside of government support. We need aN AD Who knows how to market and promote the football program to bring in new fans to the stadium. We need an AD that understands and knows how to negotiate better tv coverage to reach out to all lobo fans all over new mexico .and the rest of the country. We need an AD who is outspoken and not afraid to move foward regardless of the obstacles.

Bandit0 wrote: I think the turf is a great first step! Next up hopefully is doing something with Lobo Vision and sound speakers! That is a must in my opinion...

As far as the Locksley hire... When made it was NOT a bad hire, it turned into one, but it was a solid hire at the time...

The MISTAKE was listening to the fools screaming for Rocky's head, instead of complaining and whining about what he was doing, perhaps he should have been supported more and the Locksley hire would have never been made.

Alas, it is water under the bridge now! We have to move forward with Coach Davie and his staff and support these guys with ticket sales, attendance, and atmosphere... There is something with these players and we as fans have to tie into it.

He can't even get the PA system in the Pit fixed how is he going to get the PA system at University Stadium fixed???

LoboDen wrote: Hmmm.... Well he hired Steve Alford....and Yvonne Sanchez.....and Ray Birmingham.    Hes done all right.  He made a mistake with Locksley.

Schmidley hired 2 of the 3 you mentioned. Yvonne was hired by Krebs. Great hire. But I know that others turned it down first.

Alford was hired on Krebs watch but Schmidley forced the hire. Same for Birmingham. Someone else was going to be offered the job when Schmidley forced Krebs to hire him.

Bandit0 wrote:

As far as the Locksley hire... When made it was NOT a bad hire, it turned into one, but it was a solid hire at the time...

LOL!  The only UNM coaching hire that was worse than McKay was Locksley with Mo Eckroth a distant 3rd.  It's amazing that Davie did as well as he did considering the mess that he inherited.

OK.  Fire Krebs.  Is there someone else out there itching to be our AD?  Someone fantastic?  Anyone?  Bueller?  Bueller? I am all for moving this **#&#& storm, known as Lobo football forward, but I think Coach Davie is the right guy to do it.  Do you want to fire Krebs but keep Davie?  Fire them both?  Why?  I don't think anyone is unhappy with Davie.  So why fire Krebs at this point, especially if you are happy with Davie?  Spite?  Bitterness?  OK.  I am probably the most spiteful and bitter person you will ever meet but I still don't see why we fire Krebs at this point.  I was also excited about that extra digit we were going to have to add to our scoreboard.  It's not like Krebs was the only one sticking with Locks too long.

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The BCS is looking for schools Who are ready to move foward now and have strong financial and can support UNM has neither. We need an AD that knows how to generate money to the football program outside of government support. We need aN AD Who knows how to market and promote the football program to bring in new fans to the stadium. We need an AD that understands and knows how to negotiate better tv coverage to reach out to all lobo fans all over new mexico .and the rest of the country. We need an AD who is outspoken and not afraid to move foward regardless of the obstacles.

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Kerbs is all of these. The problem is.. Where is the money? Show us where those millions of dollars are. Since Krebs has been here. We've had some big donations already. Everything you said takes money.

Lobofanatic1 wrote:

He can't even get the PA system in the Pit fixed how is he going to get the PA system at University Stadium fixed???

This is what cracks me up... Lobo fans will go to The Pit if the roof is leaking, it will go to The Pit if the announcer had to scream through a megaphone, Lobo fans would go if the baskets were bent, if the seats were broken, we went to The Pit forever...

High levels of recruiting have moved forward at The Pit through Bob King, Norm Ellenberger, Gary Colson, Dave Bliss, Ritchie McKay, and now Steve Alford...

The fans have filed into The Pit (even more fans in the past than now because of capacity) in all those years.

There is still a demand for Lobo hoops, which is great!
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But in order for this university sports programs to move forward in any capacity Lobo football has to move forward, SO how does UNM get resources there? How do fans get motivated to become more a part of?

Certainly not rehashing the Krebs and Locksley situation. Certainly not constantly complaining about games won or lost at this point...

Lobo fans through the decades have always reinforced that Lobo football is horrible and Lobo hoops is great... Why not start doing both?

See I think Lobo football has always been great because it is just fun to be outside in the stadium with fresh air, eating with friends at a tailgate party, going into the stadium, yelling out lungs out, and watching the greatest game on the face of the Earth... FOOTBALL! There is nothing like it in my opinion... Hot, Cold, Rain, Shine... It is a gladiator battle and nothing is more exciting than seeing your team compete and ultimately win... To see all the moving parts, and it is the ultimate team game! You cannot isolate a player and have him take over, one player does not make a team, there are so few games that every single one is vitally important to the season, and there is just a feeling in every community in the country when their football team is doing well...

So yeah that is what I convey when people ask me about Lobo football, when they say something stupid like "They suck!" I say really how is that? Have you been to a game? Have you seen them play? Then I emphasis the good stuff, make it sound like the grand game and fun time that it is...

Krebs has done a great job. Everyone is entitled to at least one mistake. He corrected it when he hired Davie.

The field was way more important that expanding the stadium.  Last I checked the stadium was half empty.  Why would more seats help?

Bandit0 wrote:

Lobofanatic1 wrote:

He can't even get the PA system in the Pit fixed how is he going to get the PA system at University Stadium fixed???

This is what cracks me up... Lobo fans will go to The Pit if the roof is leaking, it will go to The Pit if the announcer had to scream through a megaphone, Lobo fans would go if the baskets were bent, if the seats were broken, we went to The Pit forever...

High levels of recruiting have moved forward at The Pit through Bob King, Norm Ellenberger, Gary Colson, Dave Bliss, Ritchie McKay, and now Steve Alford...

The fans have filed into The Pit (even more fans in the past than now because of capacity) in all those years.

There is still a demand for Lobo hoops, which is great!
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But in order for this university sports programs to move forward in any capacity Lobo football has to move forward, SO how does UNM get resources there? How do fans get motivated to become more a part of?

Certainly not rehashing the Krebs and Locksley situation. Certainly not constantly complaining about games won or lost at this point...

Lobo fans through the decades have always reinforced that Lobo football is horrible and Lobo hoops is great... Why not start doing both?

See I think Lobo football has always been great because it is just fun to be outside in the stadium with fresh air, eating with friends at a tailgate party, going into the stadium, yelling out lungs out, and watching the greatest game on the face of the Earth... FOOTBALL! There is nothing like it in my opinion... Hot, Cold, Rain, Shine... It is a gladiator battle and nothing is more exciting than seeing your team compete and ultimately win... To see all the moving parts, and it is the ultimate team game! You cannot isolate a player and have him take over, one player does not make a team, there are so few games that every single one is vitally important to the season, and there is just a feeling in every community in the country when their football team is doing well...

So yeah that is what I convey when people ask me about Lobo football, when they say something stupid like "They suck!" I say really how is that? Have you been to a game? Have you seen them play? Then I emphasis the good stuff, make it sound like the grand game and fun time that it is...

Great post.

Fettleibiglobo wrote: Krebs has done a great job. Everyone is entitled to at least one mistake. He corrected it when he hired Davie.

I agree.  In the big picture of Lobo athletics, he's done a good job.  Of course there are those that refuse to look at the big picture.