SiouxDiggity

We have gotten a little off topic here. This thread is supposed to be about the Coaching Staff so I will jump back to that. I am not sure what to do about them. I like Bubba and I think he is a fantastic ambassador for the University and football team. That being said, there are things that are definitely his fault and stuff that isn't but because he is the head coach it almost all falls at his feet. His main fault is being way too loyal. That got him in trouble with hanging on to Rudolph much longer than needed that's for sure. He might be doing the same thing with the Strength and Conditioning guys as well as Schmidt. This team is definitely better off then when Mussman was in charge and I would hate to see it go back the other way. Is Bubba the answer, I dont know anymore but there comes a time when just being middle of the road with the occasional scratch at the playoffs just isnt tolerable anymore.

There is nothing better than when they score a big goal and the ENTIRE crowd is up singing and doing the dance. You wont get that with another song.

I think both sides need to calm down. I am an alum, it was Fighting Sioux then and will always be to me. The issue is people on both sides of the issue are thumbing their nose at the other side because of the stance they have. The university has changed their name and its never going back. The more people degrade the other side because of their stance only makes it worse. If people want to go by Fighting Hawks, more power to them. I am not going to get mad at you, you have that right. I choose not to use that name as I was a Fighting Sioux when I was there. The hawks side shouldn't yell at me for not conforming either. Let each side work through it at their own pace. The more you shove your point of view in their face, the worse it makes the situation.

I wasnt singling you out when I was talking about paying for the content, its more of a broad yell at the people that dont pay for it and want it to be given to them for free. Kind of the "Get off my lawn" grumble grumble... As for the company buying the newspaper somewhere and not covering it part, those things dont need to go hand in hand at all. If Forum Communications were to go buy the Omaha World Herald, why would THE FORUM have to cover anything in Omaha. That would be that newspapers job still. Forum Communications isnt going to keep pushing money to keep something going if there isnt equal support from that community to keep it going. I get that you are saying that because of the small area that between the towns they should cover it. They do still cover UND Sports but The Forum has 3 Universities in town that they cover and have more of a demand and money behind them to be covered. I hope it changes as I am an alum and avid UND sports fan and continue to go to games and read as much as I can on them.

Local News outlets run on Advertising $'s and now sadly paywalls to keep things going and provide content. They are not there as a public service. I wish it were different but its not. If the community is not supporting them then they cant keep the staff required to provide all the content that people want for FREE. If you want better content, help them out by either advertising in the paper or buying a subscription to the paywall. Miller and Schlossman do a fantastic job with the stuff they do but in order to keep getting that content or increased content, someone has to pay for it. I used to have a totally different attitude about this until more and more newspapers started going to a paywall system and got me thinking about it. The Forum doesnt have to produce UND content unless there is a demand and money being pushed to proved it. Thats why they produce more Bison content because the money and demand is there.