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By Isaac Avilucea | New Mexico Daily Lobo
Last updated: 11/12/09 11:38pm

Mike Locksley may just have an undiagnosed case of dissociative amnesia.
The same could be said of the UNM football team.

Neither Locksley nor defensive end Jaymar Latchison can recall the Lobos’ series record against BYU: 43-14-1.

Curiously, Locksley rapidly rattled off a barrage of statistics during Tuesday’s weekly media luncheon.

But when it came to the Lobos’ record against ranked BYU squads, Locksley conveniently skipped over it, until a reporter brought it to his attention.

“I like to have selective memory when it comes to negative things, for the most part,” he said.

He kind of has to, since UNM, when facing the Cougars while ranked, has managed just an anemic 1-15 record.

Nonetheless, for the Lobos, in a season gone rancid, beating BYU would be welcomed fumigation, Latchison said.

“To a degree, a win is a win,” he said. “But either way, BYU ranked or not ranked, I’ve seen the history between the two teams, and a win against them would be great. And for them to be ranked — we would love to spoil their holidays.”

Even though it’s the last card he has to play, Locksley stubbornly refuses to admit UNM is playing the role of spoil sport.

“To me ranked or non-ranked, we’ve got three opportunities left, and I’d like to win as many of them as we possibly can, regardless,” he said. “A win to us is a win. The icing on the cake is if you have a chance to be a spoiler for a team like BYU.”

Not only that, but a win could be the tonic to Locksley’s acidic drink.

Still, Locksley said he doesn’t believe getting the community back into a buddy-’ol-pal mood with him is that easy, but winning certainly couldn’t hurt.

“(It’s) not that simple,” he said. “But a great friend of mine once sent me a text saying it’s a great elixir for immediacy. ”

That plan, so far, has been largely derailed, in part because the first-year head coach has failed to win a game and in part because of his tumultuous off-the-field incidents.

Locksley said he just wants to get back to coaching.

“I’m looking forward to the day when I can worry just about football,” he said. “But, when it’s all said and done, it’s like anybody that’s starting a new business.

Obviously, you have to put a bunch of time into all the other factors that lead that business to production or to making money. Once it’s on stable ground, and you’ve got some continuity over a period of time, a program kind of runs itself, and that allows you to get back into the football part.”

And the football part has undoubtedly been suffering. The Lobos are cellar dwellers in various categories: 110th in rushing offense, 109th in total offense, 117th in scoring offense, 111th in passing-efficiency defense, 104th in total defense and 112th in scoring defense, to name a few.

Meanwhile, the Cougars are a well-oiled machine: The Cougars are ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense and passing efficiency.

And Latchison knows the Cougars aren’t going to keel over for UNM.

“They’re not going to sleep on us,” he said. “They know we play them tough.”

Just how tough doesn’t matter, really. UNM’s still a 27-point underdog to the Cougars.
Let’s hope for their sake they can be just as absentminded and forget quickly at the conclusion of Saturday’s game.

Published November 12, 2009 in Football, Sports

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12 comments

Is he gone yet?

November 13, 2009 at 5:18 AM
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Quote from Locksley – “I like to have selective memory when it comes to negative things, for the most part,”

Maybe Krebs and Schmidley also have this same memory????

thomas

November 13, 2009 at 7:55 AM
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Why should BYU or any other team in any other sport play down to an inferior team. They don’t make the roster or the schedule. I think if BYU runs up the score, it was because locksley had no idea how to stop them.

Berns

November 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM
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Writer: Since you’re speaking of NM’s record against BYU, I think you meant 14-43-1, not “43-14-1.”

Chad

November 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM
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Rocky Long is a great coach!

Jim

November 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM
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“I like to have selective memory when it comes to negative things, for the most part,” said Locksley. Yeah, like chocking and punching someone and not remembering; no it’s called lying. Locksley, Schmidley, Krebs and Gonzales all seem to have this same type of memory. Too bad it’s rubbing off on the student/athletes. Then again, they don’t have very good role models or leaders to pattern themselves after.

Hank Hill

November 13, 2009 at 1:07 PM
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“I like to have selective memory when it comes to negative things, for the most part” It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Locksley, an African American possesses a reduced level of empathy as it is the result of his genetic ancestry. Such an emotion did not develop further until the radiation of Homo sapiens up north into Europe. Because of this, I disagree with the notion of firing him for his violent actions as he is only acting out his evolutionary behavior. You wouldn’t get mad at a dog for barking loud or a bird for singing? I do not understand the notion of punishing an animal for something it naturally does…

bakerb

November 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM
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Hank,

I think you might have some issues. I have never heard that African Americans have a reduced level of empathy.

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Isn’t empathy a learned quality?

I think Locksley is not Head Coach material. Being Black has nothing to do with it.

Offsides

November 13, 2009 at 9:21 PM
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Hank,

Do jackasses like yourself have selective memory and dementia? The Locksley, Schmidly, Krebs trio are an embarrassment to UNM all on their own. By injecting race into the issue you have lowered the bar of acceptable discourse even more than the athletic dept. and administration.

marshal towns

November 14, 2009 at 4:01 AM
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The lobo’s football team is in total disaray, The university has got to cut their losses and right the ship. Bad judgement call on hiring coach locksley who is not ready for a position as coach of this team. He assaulted a fine young man in JB Gerald who was an outstanding athlete at colgate playing wide receiver, and coached at Penn State under Joe Pa. JB left a top school hoping to advance his career in coaching, taking a chance with Locksley to go to New Mexico, and this is the thanks he gets. Good and Evil have a hard time residing together and coach Gerald is definetely on the good side
Justice must be served and it will.

marshall towns

November 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM
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Oh I forgot! Hank Hill you are a 2$.00 jerk and a joke
with your racist selfserving remarks. What happened did
your punk ass get pushed around by another race or something
and this was your only way of lashing out! And now you want to
act like you have some intelligence by talking about selective
memory, well remember this you are a punk ass! select that in
your memory the next time you think about judging someone’s race. with your punk ass!

This Video Says It All

November 15, 2009 at 11:01 AM
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Check out this video from KRQE News 13 it reveals just how corrupt UNM’s Administrators truly are; Parents, students, faculty and taxpayers need to band together to put a stop their incompetent.

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December 5, 2009 at 1:44 PM
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• New Mexico finished the season 1-11, its worst record since the 1980’s. Many of those losses were blowouts.
• Coach Locksley admitted striking an assistant coach during a “physical altercation”.
• As of 10-10-09, Locksley had been blown out in 5 out of 6 games.
• Loss at home to undermanned and less talented NMSU squad.
• Poor leadership and example for student athletes — physical violence in the workplace.
• Talented recruiting class not yet in the works, despite Locksley’s supposed expertise as recruiter.
• Rapid decline in football game attendance, and general apathy toward program under Locksley.
• Segment by ESPN Outside the Lines alleges cover up and previous anger management issues.
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Despite big promises and big words, University of New Mexico Lobo head football coach Mike Locksley delivered only a single victory in 2009, at a cost of $750,000 to the taxpayers of New Mexico. That’s right, $750,000 per victory — what a bargain. The Lobos finished near the bottom of the NCAA in most important offensive and defensive statistical categories — so much for Locksley’s bragging assertion that another number would need to be added to the scoreboard — if it was needed, it was needed on the opposing team’s side this year. Coach Locksley was hit with an EEOC complaint earlier in 2009 that has now been settled, with his former employee being given a newly created, higher-paying position, back pay, lifetime season tickets to UNM sporting events, and an undisclosed, behind the scenes settlement. Coach Mike Locksley has admitted to striking assistant coach J.B. Gerald in a “physical altercation”, and it appears possible that this incident may result in a lawsuit against UNM, as Coach Gerald has opted to leave the team, and retain an attorney. Locksley has also failed to land the recruits he could supposedly deliver, losing two of his top three recruits in 2009 to their failure to qualify. Another one of Locksley’s highly touted recruits briefly left the program and returned because of the controversy surrounding the gerald situation.

The University of New Mexico pays Coach Mike Locksley $750,000 annually, or approximately $14,423.08 per week. Has Coach Mike Locksley done anything to demonstrate that he is qualified to be a head football coach at this level? Is Mike Locksley representative of the values of the University of New Mexico Lobos, or the state of New Mexico? Does he really deserve this kind of money, based on performance, or should the University of New Mexico have terminated him for cause when they had the opportunity to do so? We feel the answer is a resounding “yes”, based on his record, performance, and behavior. Mike Locksley was a very bad hire.

The taxpayers of New Mexico and fans of University of New Mexico Lobo football deserve more coaching and more integrity for their money. It is time to recognize the mistake made by Paul Krebs in hiring Coach Locksley, and sever ties with Coach Locksley, before the program suffers irreparable damage. New Mexico Lobo football cannot survive 5 more years of Mike Locksley, and this style of management, or lack of coaching ability. Our student athletes deserve better leadership.

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