UND Football Fan

I would imagine Schmidt dictated his wants and needs while being courted. If so there should be positive and impactful changes within the structure of North Dakota Football.

I do want to see Schmidt show some fire to the Dakota school coaches, like he did to the UC Davis QB in the D2 playoffs his senior year!

I think so. At Washington he was Special teams coach and worked with edge rushers.

Hopefully Schmidt (Mandan native) can be to us, like the other Mandan native Ron Erhardt, who coached high school and then college, was for NDSU!

I really don’t care the specifics of defensive fronts. I just want some better athletes on defense to bring pressure, be able to TACKLE IN SPACE, and break on the ball in coverage!

If it is Schmidt, I wonder if there is a team meeting tonight introducing him as coach.

Yes, those who can identify talent and make them better players after they are recruited!

I was hoping for someone new but, if it is Schmidt, I hope he seriously evaluates the assistants, and remove those that need be.

Ethan Thomas 58-8.5 very, very good throw winning at SDSU today. He has potential to be very special in the throws!

I do not know but he took 3rd place at State Senior Year.

The last two years was a million times worse! 2019 I felt it was his best coaching just because of the injuries we had on the defensive front and we still made the playoffs. That year I believe we beat Sam Houston at home….. then they went on to win the Covid Title the following year.

Even a Mark Callahan was under under 275 in high school (he wrestled) It should not take long for him to gain muscle/weight. I do agree the 6-2 300 pounder we got should try some NG/DT. My time at UND it was not uncommon for big D-Line that are not overly twitchy get move or OL later in their careers. Once on offense line, they never crossed over to D-Line unless goal line defense.

If defensive staff stays than it will be a repeat and rense on defense. Schmidt coached edge rushers at Washington. Need an overhaul on defensive staff.

USD recruited athletes on defense and UND never gave up less than mid 20’s a game in their best year. Let alone shut down an offense (especially a NDSU or SDSU offense) on their own turf.

I am not saying I’m all in on Schmidt, he had a motor when he played.He is competitive, and intense. I do think his last year he did a decent job with the defense, we burned practally all the quarters Red Shirted D-Line because of all the injuries. Unfortunately the lack of depth caught up to us with the outdoor locker room playoff loss to Nichols State. One of the negatives I noticed last night. His bio at SDSU said he would put in a 4-2-5 at there. Watched some of the Air Force game last night. I saw a 3-4 defense get shredded. The only 4-2-5 was like his time at UND. Used in long yardage situations.

Jake left us right away and enjoyed coaching a talented team and QB. The AD may not want him because his he quit as soon as he was hired.

Lennon was solid D coordinator at UND, good D2 coach but could not sustain at Southern Illinois. Great OC/DC is not always the case, DeBoer you could say wasn’t lighting the world on fire at Southern Illinois as OC. He did not look over powering at Eastern Michigan, had a solid 2nd year OC at Fresno, did ok at Indiana before coming back to be head coach at Fresno. His HC at Sioux Falls showed how he could command a team. Just needed a break at a higher division which unfortunately UND did not give him that break.

Last DC before Schmidt was getting about 450,000.

Possibility, of him stepping down is end of year meetings with players and some $external$ dialogue. A coach should leave with the program in a better position then when they came. If he would have stayed, that may not be true.

The Oracle may be accurate.

If Schmidt, he was running 4-2-5 for the Aztecs. He does have more fire and he could of followed staff to Bama, but chose to be a D-coordinator job. He may is young and may want to move up. Not splashy but not a for sure lifer as a coach.

Makes sense, he left for same salary I believe at SDSU with lesser role. Doubt AD would hire him after leaving the way he did.

Or this is my dream job and my goal is to win a national title in 5 years. Or what ever the contract length was. (John McKay of the Bucs had a five year playoff plan because his contract was five years)

Can’t hurt, we even offered a QB 6 years ago or so not inviting him to campus, what was his name….Tommy Schuster. Need to take chances.

Unlike North Dakota’s weather our head coaches rarely change. I hope Bubba is staying because the players believe in him. I thought on another thread Bubba talked of poor tackling this past season (which has truth) but you also need to recruit/hit portal with some guys that are physical and some edge that love violent contact. (It’s ok to take a risk, nothing wrong being a lifer on Study (Knob) Table (not sure if they still have that)) Sorry for all the parentheses.