The Sicatoka

Some days you win. Some days you lose. Some days it rains.

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...78&section=News An archive of BRAC stories: http://www.in-forum.com/collections/index....ollection=brac1

MTS Centre (previously called "True North Centre") definitely is not Winnipeg Arena. The place is in a great location for someone coming into Winnipeg from the south.

I went to Kupchella's February 2002 position statement. That quote isn't in there. My recollection is that that quote came from a letter to football alumni in the fall of 2004 who were pressing for a move to DI-AA (because the NCAA DII committee was looking at putting football scholarships from 36 to 24, which they did not). That's the context of that quote to the best of my recollections.

They raised it? I always thought the law in Canada was "if you can open it by yourself."

General Sun Tzu advanced the theory to appear weak when strong, and to appear strong when weak. I wonder if Gene Taylor has read The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

"I think it's an absolute wonderful representation of a proud tradition, one that honors a people and their contribution and their fighting spirit. I think the school has done a wonderful job in passing that on to their student athletes." -- Tom Buning, speaking about the Fighting Sioux moniker and logo. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=91434

That'd be great! How do we convince "The Red Star" to do it? (The corrected statement wasn't a quote from Buning but apparently an error by the paper.)

That's not what I'm saying. In the eyes of the person responsible for the hiring the best man for the job was hired. (Clearly not everyone agrees with the man doing the hiring and I'd be shocked if there ever was any "everyone agrees" person.) "You make the appointments and you live with them. You don't make wrong decisions intentionally." -- Gino Gasparini To believe that Dr. Kupchella hired who he hired for any reason but to get the best available person for the job is to believe that the system has completely broken down. If you believe Dr. Kupchella hired Buning to not hire someone else is to believe that Dr. K made "wrong decisions intentionally." (See above.) My point now and then is this: The new AD has been named. Now we have to work to keep a top-shelf fundraiser in a key position, namely supporting UND.

What kind of bling-bling are they asking for those seats?

Found this at UNDAlumni.org: UND Alumni Association is an independent corporation that supports UND. As an independent corporation their employees don't work for UND. PS - That means that Jeff Bowen couldn't have applied for Blais' job a year ago.

http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?&showtopic=4356 http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/news/r...RELEASE_ID=3900 http://www.UND.edu/stratplan2/draft3.html#section2 then scroll down to "Goal 5". If we can keep a top-shelf fundraiser in a position where he can focus on what he does very, very well, namely fundraising, UND Athletics seems very well positioned.

At the risk of repeating myself:

From the heading of "good advice": Don't ignore warnings from, or continue with the smack toward, the guy who can post as "administrator".

As with anything in life, it won't be the decision, it'll be how one responds to it and what is made of the situation. Some examples: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...18&section=news

Isn't "friendly librarian" an oxymoron like "jumbo shrimp"?

Stories on the hiring: http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/sports/11606865.htm http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...&section=sports

Fixed it. PS - You should have hit the main IAC page (top-most link). All the minutes have links there.

I never said you did.

I went to Army's webpage and found the list of athletics they offer. It has a "+" if UND also offers it: + Baseball + Basketball-M + Basketball-W + Cross Country + Football + Golf Gymnastics + Hockey Lacrosse Rifle Sprint Football (<--- max weight 166 pounds) + Swimming/Diving Soccer-M + Soccer-W + Softball Tennis-M + Tennis-W + Track + Volleyball Wrestling Seems like Buning's seen everything UND does and then some.

Disagreeing with the committee's recommendations or Dr. Kupchella's choice is one thing. Claims that Buning was a second cut choice are patently false (despite perceptions otherwise) and needed to be called such.

The guy with no hockey or football (UND's revenue generators) experience being forwarded in the final four seemed out of place to me.

I'm probably lumped into "some people's". UND, and Dr. Kupchella specifically, have really fouled up in my eyes in the past on a couple of issues. But guess what: I've told those who I believe have erred directly. A message board on the internet means zilch. If you really have a problem, go to the source and tell them in person.

I wonder if this was pure speculation or if star2city knows something that they daren't say. I'm sure neither West Point Athletics nor the US Army are exactly doing cartwheels at the departure of a Lieutenant Colonel with his credentials and position.