The Sicatoka

OK gfhockey, if the old boy network approach is best you must support Hak because the old boy network put him in place. It works, or it doesn't.

Actually, the First Amendment does not apply to this private posting forum. The First Amendment applies to publicly owned and operated facilities, the "town square". This is a private forum; it's Jim's house so it's Jim's rules.

Bubba left UMD as a 0.500 coach and new guy (Nielson) come in and takes Bubba's players to the promised land. Wouldn't that point to Bubba being a great recruiter but leave his coaching skills in question?

Talking football, I can't disagree.

You keep posting like that and you'd better IM me a list of places with $1 drinks.

Dude, at least live in the realm of possibilities: Ray Purpur is going to retire at The Farm, not come back and run UND. He has it made out there. I'll go on record now and say there is a better chance of Tim Tibesar or Brooks Bollinger being UND's head football coach one day than there is of Ray Purpur ever being UND's AD.

I know; so I guess you know which way I would bend if those were my only two options.

In five years, we aren't going to be saying, "If only UND had hired a coach three days earlier!" It's going to be all about hiring the right guy. -- Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald

See: Rules > Do > Maintain community standards or Rules > Do > Think if you'd say it to someone's face. Thanks.

Anything posted on the internet lives forever ...

The pizza in VC is pretty good, but what's that have to do with UND's next football coach? And with that I'm off to bed because I have a job to go to in the morning and a life beyond being the profanity police here.

You mean what's done already?

What's stopping you from moving there?

End of day Friday, I'd agree. Again, nothing other than intuition. And I still think it'll be a surprise. Why? The position is open for application until filled. Any new applicant scored at or above the reported list of nine could be called and hired without additional work. I don't know but believe that Faison still may have a surprise in store ...

<yawn> Mack Brown for UND 2.0

I can only work so fast. To all: Lose the profanity ... and don't quote it.

Given that DeBoer has never been at UND I think he could only be "Lennon 1.1" at SIU. At UND he'd be DeBoer 1.0 Thinking some more ... Bubba and Muss were Lennon assistants. ...Uh-oh ... Lennon is Thomas 1.1 Muss was Thomas 1.1.1 !!!

Yes, I believe that would be good. Focus on football, not past buddies and schmoozers. There are always new players, every year. Too long: 2-3 year plan. Sure, but focus on the back yard -- where the good linemen are. I'd like to see higher goals for winning than yours. Best player on the field -- class designation matters not, performance does.* *In hockey terms, skate or sit.

Lennon = Lennon 1.0 Mussman = Lennon 1.1 Bubba would be Lennon 1.2 UND 2.0

'kingranch': Please follow board rules and do not use profanity. Thank you. PS - I was nice and took care of it for you ... this time.

I'm going to keep saying I believe the program needs a fresh start. UND 2.0

Beating Any Defense with Play Action Passing -- by Kalen DeBoer <facepalm>

Good find, but I swear it was video.

I recall something (internet video maybe) interviewing DeBoer where he said that when he was at USF he had a library of tape on UND and modeled a lot of what he tried to do at USF after UND. In that same piece I recall him saying UND would be a dream job for him. But now I can't find it.* *And with that I have put this site's crack team of investigators on the case.

Dang, ... hadn't considered that ...