Originally Posted by
War Machine Dawg
No, it goes back much further. They became completely unhinged when Mullen whipped that ass 3-0 right out of the gate and rubbed their noses in it. I thought they'd go the JWS route, call in their NCAA Gestapo allies, re-hire the PIs to follow our staff, etc. the way they did in the early 2000s. Instead, they went internal and blatantly tried to have the best team money could buy.
Of course, one could also make an argument this behavior has been ingrained into their institution since the Vaught Era. He and the Bear wiped the South clean of croots back in the day. Fast forward not long after Vaught and you get Dog Brewer. He left them with one of the biggest scandals and harshest penalty sentences since SMU. Tubby & Cut come next and refuse to play the game. They both go after short tenures. Enter O, who started this current run. He hired a relatively unknown coach as his crootin coordinator and eventually named him the OC. That coach went by the name of Hugh Freezus. O taught Freezus all the dirty tricks prior to being fired. Nutt comes on board and is uncomfortable with playing the Northern Mi$$ crootin game. He doesn't last long. Which leads us right to the return of one Hugh Freezus....
UNM has been doing this for literally 4-5 decades. What's simultaneously hilarious and ironic for me is slapping them with LOIC. Their institution is fully in charge. There's no lack of control. Quite the opposite. The only thing out of control is their delusional image of themselves as a rightful national power and the Grooooooove as some Football Mecca.