Leadership(players): as I stated in an earlier post is either missing, weak or leading in a way that none of us would think is good for UND football. Does anyone really think the captains on the team had no idea what was up with Poole, Taylor and Randolph? (Are there others?)
Focus: we know for sure that 3 guys were not focused on school and football. How many guys on this years teams missed games because of a suspension, being sick, or for reasons that have never been defined? I follow two college football teams pretty hard and have for 25 years and I have never seen the number of missed games come even close to approaching what this season has been for UND.
Culture: in every organization there is a culture. Disciplined, hardworking, focused on the goal and doing the activities to consistently move the organization towards the goal. If the team was scored between 0-10 with 0 being completely out of control and not doing the right things and 10 being obsessed with football and school, how would you score the team? I would say a 3-4 and that is really too bad, because there are lots of guys that 8- 10, but IMO way too many guys that are a 1-2.