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Guy had to jump on twitter 10 minutes later after reading SS and say "wait what about me!"

Why did Schmidt leave Washington for San Diego State? Seems like a backwards move.

Not really...it's all been guesses. Today's the day the local paper writer said it would likely be announced... Then former players on twitter said the AD picked a new coach tonight... When you follow SS long enough. You know who actually knows stuff. It's like 100% Schmidt.

Tom Miller not happy SiouxSports broke the news about Schmidt before he did?

Still weird to me Schmidt only ever been the head coach of high school football.

The deep state was pushing hard for Schmidt. So It'll be Schmidt. Likely be announced soon. Like miller said "late tonight" And it's currently getting late...

All you had to do was go on SiouxSports, the day the position opened up, and you could guessed with high confidence it was going to be Schmidt! Crazy how predictable it all was....

It's like election night: "Sorry folks there will be no winner declared tonight. Go home and go to bed. Sorry for keeping you up thinking an announcement was coming."

Another stat is after the year 2000, the year they both moved into new facilities, UND Football and Hockey both have the same number of National Championships. One sport only has to compete against 60 other teams and has the top facilities and attendance. By that metric UND hockey has been the bigger failure.

You don't play doormats in the playoffs. So thats irrelevant with your discussion of how far UND "should go" in the playoffs. ("2 playoff wins minimum") Add 200 more Murray States and that does not affect the quality and level of play in the FCS playoffs.

With the addition of the Dakota schools FCS is stronger than it's ever been the last 20 years.

Just look under toms latest tweet. The same photoshop one from b4.

Tom Miller should at least say hi here instead of creeping in the background.

An article from Tom with a Q&A with Chaves would be nice. "Why did you select the criteria you did? "When do you think you'll announce a new head coach?" "What does the process look like? In town interviews" "Do you think pay will be competitive or do you see a need for a big jump to attract better applicants?" "Did you reach out personally to any coaches?" Etc

At this rate NDSU will announce a new head coach before UND.

Were In a down market for new head couches. Should have kept Bubba until the crash is over. And our clear #1 draft pick becomes available.

I think he just wrote the article after summarizing this thread.

When we all step back and look at such a pivotal moment in UND Football history, this is one of the clearest examples of "We would be light years ahead of our current situation if we stopped giving preferential treatment to people within our university."

All signs to lead to Schmidt being Bubba 2.0...

Lol yall are funny. The extension was far from bad. Exact opposite actually. Many said it was the correct move at the time. Even "undfootball360"! And now with the newly created position in his back pocket, Chaves looks like a genius. New coach and new position to enhance UND football! Chaves isn't anywhere near having his job on the line. Like yall think the ADs is solely responsible for hiring and firing head coaches!? You're delusional if you think Chaves can just fire Brad Berry tomorrow even if he wanted too!

I was half joking before Bubba was "let go" about UND being serious and doubling the head coaching salary. Why these minor baby steps in salary increase? UND needs a serious "jump start" (only 87 nattys behind our neighbor). What better way than saying "highest paid in fcs"! Then they come out with bubbas new AD position and show... Yeah anything is possible.... Even paying some lady $100k+ to your buddy living in Texas on the UND payroll like President Kennedy did.

Talked to a popular former UND football player from the 90s. "Who do you want the new coach to be." ....his immediate response.... "Someone not from the program."

Chaves gonna say these applicants sucks.....have to go with Fruechte now!

What position can they create for Brad Berry in the Athletic Department?

If you read those replies to Ralphie someone said "this is what I want for christmas" and Ralphie just copied that picture.