UTEP coach Mike Price talks about Saturday's loss to Tulane

UTEP hits the practice field Tuesday following two days of soul searching that probably felt like two months.

[Jay]

"we wont make those mistakes again next time"......im really tired of hearing the same excuse after every loss....how many "next times" is it gonna take for a change to actually happen.....well coach, next home game im not going. maybe "next time"....

[jdl]

End of the line for the coach, time for a change.

[Jalapeno]

Every week UTEP is facing the best_________ IN THE NATION!!! What bowl are the miners going to, miner fans? What a laughing stock the miners have become.

[Andy]

What BS - "I underestimated their freshman quarterback," Price said. "Eventually what cost us the game was his excellent play." Try no defense!!!!!!!!

DUH - "There are a lot of things we could have done differently......."

Forwarned of another defeat -... Emmanuel Sanders, who leads the nation in touchdown receptions.

Look for players -'soul searching'

Same song - same verse "...the mistakes we made we won't make next time."

With all due respect Coach Price - you don't play them again this year! I think it's time to at least pretend that you know what is going on.

[Navy Man]

Price has got to go. He has over-extended his stay at UTEP. Get the hell out of here....RETIRE!

[Navy Man]

jdl wrote:

End of the line for the coach, time for a change.

He definitely has to go!!!!!!! Excuse, after excuse, after excuse....pathetic!!!!

[Mike]

I think that utep should get rid of the football program. every year the utep minors are a joke, every year its the same old excuses. I think utep should try to create a mens baseball team or soccer team instead. The support its there its the team as a whole that dont want to win. the utep minors fans should stop going to the games for two consecutive seasons maybe that ought to motivate them to play balls out. yet most of this so call football players want to become a nfl player well keep dreaming boys.

[Paul]

It's to bad that we can't withhold paychecks until we see an increase in production from the coaching staff.

If UTEP football was a business - it would shut it's doors and file for Chapter 13.

Chapter 13 bankruptcy is also known as a reorganization.

[whatever]

Why not put in all the BACKUPS that won the game against Houston????? Obviously THEY are better than the scholarship players......

[Nora]

UTEP's bend but don't break defense has proven to be a failure every game. If your first string players aren't working up to par, bench them and give your benched players a chance. Make these guys actually earn their playing time.

[miner football]

If I made the money coach made I try to say all the right things as to why we cant win too! But if I had the same performance at work I'd be gone ,and I don't make crap.( This is El Paso)

[bean bag]

get new players. theyre unmotivated and full of themselves. the receivers cant catch a cold. the defense just plain sucks. all of them know that none of them have a chance of going pro. they suck. plain and simple.

[jUTEP]

Memphis' West fired after 9 seasons
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story...

But not after he records another "W" against Coach Cupcake!

Hey Stull, here's a fine example for you to follow!

Fire Price NOW!!!!!

[Ben]

Maybe it's time for TEP to hire a coach in waiting, someone young who can get away with losing.. Price should help.

[Real Miner Fan]

All you whiners are pathetic. You don't know the first thing about coaching. Get back to your minimum wage jobs and boring lives and leave coaching to the professionals. Miners, some of us still believe in you. Bob Stulls, keep Coach Price as long as you want.

[EPcynic]

Seems to me the problem with Price is that he refuses to adjust his strategy to meet the abilities of his players. Miner defense was great until they started the 3-4 formation. No matter how bad it gets Price sticks with that defense. And don't even get me started on his refusal to remove Jordan Palmer, arguably the worst div 1 quarterback in the NCAA.

[Mike]

Real Miner Fan wrote:

All you whiners are pathetic. You don't know the first thing about coaching. Get back to your minimum wage jobs and boring lives and leave coaching to the professionals. Miners, some of us still believe in you. Bob Stulls, keep Coach Price as long as you want.

i rather spent my above wage money ($21.00 an hour) watching a real team play. You know the ones that actually win bowl games or go to the national championship. Even high school games are more excited to watch then the Minors games. Maybe the Minors should start playing out of town high schools instead. I bet Mayfield can kick the Minors ass. but then again its just me tired of the same story year after year. I guess a loser support another losser huh, since you like looser (miners) then you must be a losser.

[Real Miner Fan]

Coach Price is one of the best coaches in NCAA football.

[grr]

I am ashamed to say that I graduated from UTEP, thank god I am going to UT next year. The Miners were good during the 2003-5 season, but now they are just a disappointment.

[Jalapeno]

Real Miner Fan-You are in denial! They just lost to a terrible Tulane team and were slaughtered by the U. T. third team. All the coaches know the X's and O's, this group of coaches can't recruit good enough players to play at this level, period! If UTEP wants to win, drop out of div 1 and play at a lower level.