HockeyHawk

The whole department

As with many people I have sent my disapproval of Chaves to the president. This is the worst shape the department has been in. If Armacost has the funds to pay out his contract Chaves should be dismissed rather than letting him continue this mess until the inevitable expiration of the current deal.

More than ever. Should this not be the hottest topic in UND athletics? Why is Chaves still here?

Culture and playing for 60 minutes.

So Chaves fires a coach just to hire the assistant? This is an embarrassment as least football brought in someone from the outside to generate some energy

I believe they are charging extra now because UND sports are no longer just a series of games for the fans to attend we are now given daily entertainment in the form of a comedy show coming from the front office with Bill Chaves being the 2025 version of Michael Scott.

I don’t know enough about Title IX or about the soccer field to know how good or bad it is. Driving by the high school fields they look better than the UND soccer field but those fields also have other teams using them so naturally would be nicer when football plays there. I think the big piece is that during Chaves tenure at UND sports have generally got worse, all of a sudden there is a shotgun reaction of firing multiple coaches which to me suggests the problem lies above a department full of bad head coaches, and the cherry on top is a Title IX complaint. is there an athletic department in the country in a worse state currently regarding leadership?

My question is why are all of these sports struggling? At some point it is a culture issue that starts with the AD. And on top of all our sports struggling there is also the Title 9 investigation that is happening on Chaves watch. If there was ever a time for a new leader it is now.

And somehow Chaves is still in a job. We need a completely new administration.

Regardless of your experience hiring/extending here are the facts regarding Chaves: - Jeremiah Tiffin was a disaster - Mal hire was a disaster - Sather hire has been poor - fire the soccer coach and hire the assistant- this is looking more and more like this was due to the Title IX case against Chaves - Fire Bubba after just renewing his contract- disaster you are paying him out hundreds of thousands of dollars - Jesse Tupac hire- looking like a disaster so my question to you: does Chaves know how to hire and extend good coaches? If so, where are the results. Alternatively, and in my opinion there is no way ALL these coaches are bad. Which leaves the alternative- the hiring of Chaves has been the downfall of the department. so which is it?

How much are they paying Berry, Bubba, and Mal out to not coach at UND?

Possibly but the last few years have been rough, now we need to sit back and expect a couple more tough years on the hope that after that maybe basketball will be better? I don’t see anything within this athletic department that gives me hope changes in coaching will help. None of Chaves hires have been good. If we are going to have a rough few years Armacost needs to find a leader that can energize the entire athletic department and create some excitement across the board.

Agreed. With all of this going on most Presidents would have removed the AD by now.

It’s time. Don’t let Chaves ruin this department anymore and let a new leader come in to right the ship.

How does he not?

With all that coaches being fired when is Chaves being dumped? I don’t see how an athletic director can survive this unless he has some dirt on the president.

Can we really trust this administration to handle anything properly at this point?

Yeah it sounds like he supported the athletes during the title IX complaint and Chaves didn’t like that. When this many programs are failing on campus though there must be something going on in the department that is causing everyone to be falling short.

Now let's get rid of Chaves and start anew.

Armacost should be the one handling this. Chaves has allowed the department to rot and it is his running of the show that has led to UND athletics significantly underperforming. The AD shouldn’t be allowed to try and bail himself out of this and should go as well (or even before) as these coaches.

The herald reporters areUND athletics boot lickers and do this so they keep access to athletics coaches. They’re not bearers of truth by any means I don’t recall the last time the herald published an article that was against the interest of und athletics

Monday morning 9am Armacost announces a change in leadership for the hockey program and the athletic department. Or is this wishful thinking?

Right now the only reasons to come play hockey at UND are the best arena in the nation along with the attendances, and the great locker room and weight room. It’s not to because you’re competing for a Natty.

Chaves won’t say anything. His entire tenure he has had no plan or backbone from what it seems like. What was his plan from the beginning? Why are all the sports struggling? i have said this before I don’t think every coach at UND is bad. I think a bad athletic department is bringing the coaching down.

My understanding is that Albrecht paid for the entire project Chaves gets to prance around and pretend he did something to get this done but in reality if the current head softball coach is to be believed then this was not achieved with significant help from athletic administration.