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Two known publicly or two mentioned by Darnell yesterday?

Morning after reaction. I’m excited. Some current / former players really are sticking their necks out that Dane is the right guy. I love that. Everything will be heightened next year. A lot of pressure. Imo, we’ll be able to tell next year if this was the right hire.

Cannot only be amount the $. If current coaches actually fundraised, easily covered.

Would be interested what they really thought of Berry, Goehring, Simpson as coaches. % chance Berry was the weak link? Which coaches idea was it to continue to put Kunz on the 1st line and PP? Warming up to Jackson if Berry was the one making all the awful decisions.

If the reason Jackson is appointed HC has anything to do with that, then UND will stay a Tier 2 program. Edit: I may have mistaken your post. If you’re talking two candidates you feel are the same, then I would absolutely agree. Tie goes to the guy who has the higher % to keep current players.

For Chaves. Why stay in house, after letting Jackson’s predecessor go. What differences do you expect to see from Jackson.

Yes. Schmidt’s was a few days prior to his press conference. Slightly different since Jackson is already in town. Announcement on Sunday / Press conference Monday.

@Siouxdaddy a list of some questions to ask Jackson on Monday? • Will there be a change in style of play / philosophy from what has been in the past. Ex: Dump and chase vs more free flowing (we can workshop this one) • In the NIL era, how closely have you been working w/ 1883 collective? Is that going to be an emphasis moving forward.

Chaves / Jackson / Schlossman rehearsing for the press conference on Monday? Even with softball questions, fascinated to see some of the answers. It’s going to be @Siouxdaddy time to shine!

Fair. We’ll be able to tell in a few years if it was the right call. I did edit to add. Hiring Jackson will also lead to most uncomfortable questions at the press conference on Monday.

When Jackson is announced tomorrow, I actually think it opens Chaves to the highest level of criticism if it doesn’t work out / not real change of direction for the program. Also, Chaves will have to answer the most why questions when it’s announced.

Sunday. First reported by @RhettRingers, but Schlossman also expects that date per his interview on Dom Izzo’s show on Friday.

I’ll be incredibly disappointed if they felt there was a viable candidate, but didn’t pursue because they were coaching in the NCAAs (non-FF teams). We’re talking days, not weeks. A current players decision to stay / go would not change, because it was announced next Wednesday vs Sunday. Disappointing narrative that Schlossman has been pushing.

Haven’t listened yet. Defensively, take time to (1) See improvement (2) Become Average FCS (3) Championship caliber I’ve said it the last two off-seasons. The thought has been, it can’t possibly be worse than the year prior. Each year, it’s either worse or equally as bad. My hope is new system, coaches & attitude can get the defense to slightly below or average. That would be a huge improvement.

What candidate gives this program the best chance to get back to elite status. There’s different variables, but that’s the ultimate question Chaves needs to ask himself. Everyone would risk losing a few players for a better chance to get back to the elite status. Here’s to Jackson being the guy

What were the perceived weaknesses of the program under Berry? What’s an important note is things can change quickly. I know some have given @yzerman19 a hard time about perception of Top youth players and UND, but last recruiting cycle (HS Juniors), something seemed off. It needs to get better. Weaknesses • Style of play (attract high end talent) • Roster management • Accountability (Berry’s guys. Not everyone was treated the same, based on performance) • Recruiting • NIL I’m sure there’s others. I have no doubt Jackson will either be an improvement or couldn’t be worse in some of those categories. I would be worried about 1 / 4 / 5. Can he fundraise? Being a collegiate coach in 2025 in the transfer portal / NIL era is completely different. Can he adapt? If he cannot, and he’s not out trying to fundraise for the collective, then this program will just be a slightly better version of these last few years under Berry. All of these facets need to improve, some drastically to get back to an elite program. Chaves better think he can check all those boxes. If he does, he’ll be incredibly successful. No outcome would be worse than hiring Jackson, although it wouldn’t be said, but the reason was so players didn’t leave. Or more accurately, threatened to leave, we don’t know if anyone would have (my guess most would stay), 2nd seed / 1st round exit next year. All the players that said they would leave, are now gone. And this program is stuck with a slightly better version than Berry, but stuck in Tier 2 level for another 10 years.

We want Barr in the mix!

Any chance they can try to get Barr in the mix? Or is he 24rs too late for the zoom call interview?

I connected the dots earlier today.

Chavez got his guy! The process was a joke, but at least we've connected the dots., so we've got that going for us now. I was so confused for days.

All coming together. Great post.

Chavez just reeling people in! He's sharper than I give him credit for.

Just connecting dots based on the information @RhettRingers has stated. If this has been in motion for months and Berry was blindsided, someone had to sound the alarm of the disfunction that was going on internally.

Dane just proved program > person! I'm starting to warm up to this!