NewUndFan

Might be unpopular statement but I think this team is more fun to watch then last years with Treyson.

These guys are actually fun to watch! Id like to see A3 and Guga playing more.

Im betting we have Sather for another 3 years

I thought the same thing ! Wylee looked like he was about to tear up when Sather pulled him. I thought great confidence builder for a young guy that plays with alot of heart. You could see he felt horrible about dropping the rebound and Sather pulls him. Next the Curtis twin gets in chucks a 3 with no one back, I expect Sather to pull him and leaves him in.

USD went in the portal and totally transformed there team. We have at least 4 players from the portal. Only one has shown any promise

But it shows what hiring the right coach can do for a program. The first interview i heard Jory speak i knew he'd turn that program around and he has. UND A.D just isnt good at finding coaches and takes the easy way out.

The team has definitely come a long ways from the start. They are fun to watch mainly because how hard they work. Anderson is finally looking like the player we all thought he could be. I am curious what others think if this will be enough to save Sathers Job? I really am looking for a fresh start for this team and hope we move on, but at 3-1 seems a extension will happen. Especially with Chavez in charge.

Who is that?

Jones is so terrible.

Fun game! Glad I went in person. Good crowd. The boys have been playing with some heart and passion ! A few weeks ago I didnt think id be going to any more games! Now I am ready for the next one !

He said in the press conference he already had some connections but thought UND would be more favorable because of distance from where he was at.

Some on here were worried he would not know how to recruit the Midwest and turns out that was some of the reason he wanted the job.

They said during the game I think 2 acls and 1 Achilles tendon injuries. So they are done for the season. I dont know which ones but they had two of their best players healthy. Thats some bad luck for them.

I never said that. What D1 Midwest coach that took a school with a losing record never making the NCAA tournament and turned it around in 3 years? Tell me who you would hire then? I am not talking Bemidji State or Moorhead State. I suppose you think we should hire Faith Dooly a UND all star alum coaching Concordia now. VB is outstanding through out the country. Id say ND and SD is probably the worst when you look at players playing D1. You obviously didnt read my post where I said where the new coach recruited from to come to New Jersey.

The last coach was an assistant coach at a D1 school and had experience with recruiting. Plus a wife that play college for a power 5 school and was in Olympics. Neither had a proven record like this hire.

Easy route would be hire a assistant coach or a former UND player or anyone with any connection to UND. That seems to be the old UND way. He went after a up and coming coach. This is what I was hoping basketball would do. Make a program great in a few years, leave for a better position but leaving the program in a better place. This time i think Chavez DIDNT take the easy way out.

So I see you are old school. Only hire UND Alum or Red River Valley residents. Not a great strategy for a D1 School. Maybe works for Hockey but not many other sports. You probably were happy with D2 athletics. Sometimes you have to recruit outside the state of North Dakota to be competitive. I for one am glad that we got some new blood in here.

Saying a current head coach with a history of taking a bad program to the NCAA tournament in a few years is hardly a rando. If you look at any of my posts im not a Chavez fan at all. But this seems to be a good hire. Could it flop too ? Of course. But we tried hiring a former UND assistant and an assistant coach from a high major school. Neither of those worked out and neither of them had any history to say it would work out. Im excited for this pick and I hope someday mens basketball gets the same kind of coach.

So is Arizona, California and Turkey from New Jersey. Not exactly a destination place either. If he can recruit to New Jersey, I think he can recruit here. Most of current roster isnt from the Midwest.

Looking at the new coaches roster I see 2 players from Turkey, 3 from Italy, 1 from Peru. Then girls from Florida, Arizona, California and even one from Minnesota. All coming to a school in New Jersey. I think he will do just fine recruiting.

I agree I think he is getting better. Only took 10 years to learn his job. I dont credit him with hiring Schmidt. Per sources he was told he was hiring him and others had to reach to Schmidt not him. I credit him for extending Bubba and Sather though. Jackson for hockey was a pretty easy hiring the assistant. I will give him credit for moving on though from the previous coach.

The hire does pass the smell test. Took a terrible volleyball program from bottom to making the NCAA tournament in a short time. Already a head coach that has a proven record. I dont think we could have got much better. Last coach was a assistant at a good program with a wife that played college and the Olympics and that didnt work out. I think if he knows talent, he wont have a issue recruiting. Kind of excited about this hire and usually I am not with Chavez hires.

Doesnt matter now....

Imagine if we had some subs what we would be up by! The boys are playing hard and the refs are not doing us any favors.

And oral roberts was garbage last year and Sather went after their back up center