Learn how Coach Odom turned around UNLV by putting together a plan to win

[lynaskin]

Learn how @Coach_Odom turned around @unlvfootball by putting together a plan to win ⤵️

Barry Odom | The Rebel Way

Barry Odom is entering his second season as head coach at UNLV. Last year he led the Rebels to a 9-4 record, a shot at the Mountain West Conference Championship (their first ever) and their first bowl appearance in a decade. The Rebels’ accomplishments during the 2023 season led Odom to be...

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[j. spilotro]

He had the safety net of time … but thankfully he didn’t have that mindset. The “slow build” mentality of hoops coaches when it is MUCH easier to flip the script in basketball is nauseating to me. Then take a quarter pay your first couple of years if you’re going to half ass it and ask for severely lowered expectations from the fanbase. And then there’s no guarantee of the slow build actually working by the time you get to the end of the contract and it amounts to something close to theft.

 

[bcvegaspt]

He had the safety net of time … but thankfully he didn’t have that mindset. The “slow build” mentality of hoops coaches when it is MUCH easier to flip the script in basketball is nauseating to me. Then take a quarter pay your first couple of years if you’re going to half ass it and ask for severely lowered expectations from the fanbase. And then there’s no guarantee of the slow build actually working by the time you get to the end of the contract and it amounts to something close to theft.

per Marcus Arroyo.

 

[1Tripoda]

per Marcus Arroyo.

Marcus biggest fault was his arrogance. The smartest of us all will eventually be bested. I hope Marcus Arroyo get a chance at somewhere else and work his way up. Tony Sanchez is coaching the New Mexico State this year, I have no doubt he will be successful. Tony is smart, he knows team is cumulative of people helping you.

 

[Rebel Hoya]

He had the safety net of time … but thankfully he didn’t have that mindset. The “slow build” mentality of hoops coaches when it is MUCH easier to flip the script in basketball is nauseating to me. Then take a quarter pay your first couple of years if you’re going to half ass it and ask for severely lowered expectations from the fanbase. And then there’s no guarantee of the slow build actually working by the time you get to the end of the contract and it amounts to something close to theft.

Well said on the bball side…

 

[rebneck]

Marcus biggest fault was his arrogance. The smartest of us all will eventually be bested. I hope Marcus Arroyo get a chance at somewhere else and work his way up. Tony Sanchez is coaching the New Mexico State this year, I have no doubt he will be successful. Tony is smart, he knows team is cumulative of people helping you.

CMA never had the committment to UNLV that CTS did. Will definitely be keeping an eye on those Aggies and pulling for Tony.

 

[Masked_rebel]

Marcus biggest fault was his arrogance. The smartest of us all will eventually be bested. I hope Marcus Arroyo get a chance at somewhere else and work his way up. Tony Sanchez is coaching the New Mexico State this year, I have no doubt he will be successful. Tony is smart, he knows team is cumulative of people helping you.

and NMSU is basically a small step up from Gorman, with worse facilities.. lol.

 

[dcut03]

@Bullmastiff 1 : did you read this? This actually sounds like Karl Marx 😆

 

[utestream]

and NMSU is basically a small step up from Gorman, with worse facilities.. lol.

Tony is one of a small number of Division 1 head football coaches in the US. It is quite an achievement and should be respected not downplayed. While I do not know him personally, it is a testament to his character that he overcame a past setback to reach this point.

 

[Masked_rebel]

I wasnt mocking the fact that he is a D1 HC. I was making a point that NMSU isnt that much "bigger" than where he had success at Gorman so its not far fetched to state he can have success there.
Honestly though, I dont care or follow to much on where or what former UNLV coaches are doing after theyre done here. Odom has them to thank for being the driving force behind building better starting blocks but otherwise, I dont really pay to much attention to what/where former coaches go and do, other than TJO because I hate ISU.

 

[RebelScrub]

I wasnt mocking the fact that he is a D1 HC. I was making a point that NMSU isnt that much "bigger" than where he had success at Gorman so its not far fetched to state he can have success there.
Honestly though, I dont care or follow to much on where or what former UNLV coaches are doing after theyre done here. Odom has them to thank for being the driving force behind building better starting blocks but otherwise, I dont really pay to much attention to what/where former coaches go and do, other than TJO because I hate ISU.

Coach Tony Sanchez was a nice guy. He told me “we didn’t have the money to compete” back then. And we certainly don’t have it now under new NIL rules.

His problem was that he stuck with Armani Rodgers for too long.

 

[rebswin2]

Tony Sanchez is coaching the New Mexico State this year, I have no doubt he will be successful. Tony is smart, he knows team is cumulative of people helping you.

I had no idea (or had forgot) he was named their HC. He is the first former UNLV HC to get another D1A HC position since Ron Meyer left for SMU in 1976.

Some coaches retired from Football like Jim Strong and JRob, other like Nunnley, Horton, Sanford had nice runs as assistant coaches after they got fired at UNLV, Hauck went back to Montana after a few years at SDSU. Arroyo I know is at ASU this year, but no one other than Sanchez was given a HC job.

 

[InZoneU]

Tony is a good guy who really loved UNLV. I'll always root for him to be successful wherever he is at.

 

[bcvegaspt]

Tony is a good guy who really loved UNLV. I'll always root for him to be successful wherever he is at.

I was hopeful for Tony the same way I was hopeful for Dave Rice.
I wish both well wherever they end up.

 

[RebelScrub]

I had no idea (or had forgot) he was named their HC. He is the first former UNLV HC to get another D1A HC position since Ron Meyer left for SMU in 1976.

Some coaches retired from Football like Jim Strong and JRob, other like Nunnley, Horton, Sanford had nice runs as assistant coaches after they got fired at UNLV, Hauck went back to Montana after a few years at SDSU. Arroyo I know is at ASU this year, but no one other than Sanchez was given a HC job.

Robinson is was a consultant at L$U.

 

[rebswin2]

Robinson is was a consultant at L$U.

Yep, I saw him in Tuscaloosa when I was there for the Alabama vs LSU game, I believe he was helping out a friend Ed Orgeron while he was there. He also coached his grandson's HS team in North County San Diego.

 

[RebelScrub]

Tony is one of a small number of Division 1 head football coaches in the US. It is quite an achievement and should be respected not downplayed. While I do not know him personally, it is a testament to his character that he overcame a past setback to reach this point.

Bro, he went to PowerYoga on Sahara/Rampart.

Dude was awesome!!