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Q is a dude.. he found a role on the team and crushed it.. short yardage.. 3rd or 4th and less than 2. I absolutely loved seeing him trot out there and take the other teams soul. That TD catch last week was a highlight.

I thought the 360 guys were on point this week.. all were clearly frustrated with the direction of the program.. Kelly was super vocal about it. I’m looking forward to their year end wrap up

While there are some people that want Jerry/Feeny to start… most people have said the coaches see them every day and are picking the person they think gives them the best chance what I and many others are arguing for and pointing out.. is the complete lack of time for what everyone thinks is a good future starter. Whether you believe romfo is better or not.. you have to be completely annoyed with the lack of development time for Jerry and others.. pretty much every other team we have played this year gets their backup qb in for meaningful snaps.. for some reason that is beyond the comprehension of our coaching staff.. I don’t know if it’s a fruecte call or bubba.. but it was the same under Danny.. so the common theme is bubba so I lean towards bubba with no real knowledge. I find the lack of development for our backup qbs very odd.. it’s like they want them to leave.

I like the idea.. zero expectations of something like this happening based on unwillingness to do this even during obvious situations throughout the year..

I believe the red flags u mentioned all happened before the extension. the assistant coaches left in Dec/jan.. I think most of the portal guys left earlier.. bubba was extended in March..

This discussion is bordering on rediculous.. remember.. the additional two year extension was after…. 1) another terrible defensive performance leading to a loss of a home playoff game. 2) arguably your best two coaches leaving for lateral moves at best 3) a home town kid/und football player/und football family stopping through town for 5 mins on his way to a lateral position at your instate rival.. seems like any of those three above situations would be a.. hey let’s pump the brakes on an extension and see how this year works out. I mean he still had two years on his contract.. it wasn’t like they were going to throw him out in the street.. and agree 100% with und08.. ndsu ran entz out of town after he had a season we can only dream about.. the difference in expectations is substantial.. I’m old enough to remember when we were relevant and I miss it.

I have a fair amount of agreement with the perspective that the boosters/donors need to step up. Where I believe there is a clear disconnect is the most recent extension. There were two years remaining on his contract.. there was no need for an extension. Why should the boosters/donors step up when chaves is burning money in the middle of the room. i still picture bubba walking into chaves office last spring coming up with his laundry list of excuses expecting to be fired or put on double secret probation and instead chaves hands him an two year extension with no update to severance. I’m sure bubba just about broke his arm looking for a pen to sign on the dotted line.

If you want to feel sick.. Wander back to the bubba extended thread from April.. you could cut and paste the majority of that thread to today

Generally agree.. I also think most people don’t stand in front of an interviewer telling that person and community how much they love their job and company. And I actually do think bubba really loves UND football and I think he is embarrassed at being the 4th best team in the dakotas and it not being particularly close. In reality this one is totally on the AD.. the last extension was totally unnecessary and incompetent.

After the last 4 weeks bubba has to know the game has passed him by. If he has any remaining pride and love for UND football, as he says he does, he will retire. In the previous years he could always argue that the team showed promise.. this year the xDSUs really embarrassed us.. if u watched the usd game and didn’t just look at the final score u know that game was a killing.. and we lost to terrible teams on the road.

This is why this is a rediculous discussion.. I’m not sticking up for Simon… I wanted to see the other guys.. our defense is absolutely brutal.. like really really bad.. we gave up 28.. 24.. 35.. 41.. 35.. to the set of powerhouse teams like Idaho state.. Murray state.. San Diego.. Youngstown.. Indiana state.. we had 21 in the first half on decent play.. our defense was a wet paper bag

As much as I would like to have seen a different QB this year.. Simon wasn’t even in the top 10 of things that were wrong with this team. Offense usually did enough.. bubba and the defense were absolutely brutal… when was the last time we had a defense that you thought was even mediocre?

This game was a microcosm of bubbas entire UND career.. and the last 90 sec of the 1st half were even better 1) a soft as butter defense.. complete inability to stop anything resembling a run.. and I guess the pass as well.. 2) a couple of terrible special teams plays.. terrible kickoff.. dumbest fake punt ( everyone knew it was a fake.. just run your regular offense). Poor timeout usage 3) zero time for your backup qb even when the game was out of reach. It’s almost like they want the backups to leave.. it’s so dumb I just lose my mind. Anyone still have a problem with feeney leaving? 4) offense isn’t terrible.. but certainly not good. If the defense was even mediocre we would win games. There are issues with the offense but the defense is absolutely brutal. Offense looks ok against prevent defenses. Wracks up lots of bs yds Today is no different.. the team does enough to keep it exciting.. but loses due to a whole bunch of dumb stuff and poor coaching and terrible defense.. I mean we almost recovered a 2nd onside kick to have a shot at winning.. this is bubba ball. if they fire Joel and keep bubba it would be the most und football thing ever.

Firing the DC and keeping bubba would be about as clueless a move as an AD could make.

I do not understand the idea of firing the DC and not the HC.. the DC is running bubbas defensive system.. the last DC running the system also stunk.. and Schmidt certainly struggled as well depending on the year.. they brought in dosch to help and the defense still stinks.. replacing the DC and not blaming the HC/system/etc is like tying your shoe on an amputated leg to stop from tripping.