iramurphy

The point of hiring him was to get this program turned around and win the conference and get into the playoffs. Recruit the best players, regardless of where they are from, but hopefully get the best kids from the region that are capable of accomplishing those goals.

I’m not a blind squirrel but I believe I have found the nut. Come on man, you are better than this. If nothing else do it for your daughter.

Although I would be surprised if she was interested, I would reach out to her to gauge interest.

Ok pal enough is enough. You seem to be president of the toxic environment club. From your previous posts it seemed you and your daughter were disgruntled and were leaving the program. Now it seems that isn’t the case. Players are staying because they don’t want to give up their scholarship and don’t seem to have other options? From my experiences I have learned a number of things. At the top of the list is you need to understand that you are part of the problem. I would bet a lot of money that the other players, the coaches and other team’s coaches with potential offers are well aware of a player with a problem parent as baggage. You should be grateful that they think enough of your daughter to keep her at UND on scholarship and help her develop and reach her full potential. If she is unhappy, and doesn’t trust her coaches or teammates, no scholarship is worth sacrificing her happiness. Athletes at the college level need to deal with coaches and teammates. Parents need to be there for their kids and support them by listening and making sure their athlete is communicating with the coaching staff to develop an improvement plan as an individual and for the team and program. I doubt part of that plan is to have parents bash the coaches, administrators and support staff on a fan forum. I have been around UND WBB since the beginning. I’m not going to get into the nonsense about chartered flights, and what other schools offer, other than I have been on regular commercial flights with NDSU basketball teams. UND has the resources for our WBB to be successful. There is room for improvement and there are people in the Alumni office and Athletic Administration who are working to make that happen. If our players aren’t in the weight room and working with our training staff to get physically stronger and quicker then that’s on them. The staff and administrators are working to improve practice facilities but before bricks and mortar we need funds. Too many fans are waiting for someone else to step up. As far as recruiting, I believe we have 3 very good HS players coming in this fall. I’ve watched one on TV and one in person. The Arkansas girl is having a very good year and at 6’2” fills a need. They all chose UND despite other options. I didn’t know Hutter but I sent him an email about a 6’ 3-4” 8th grader. I received a response less than 2h later. (He was already aware and had invited her to their summer camp). I met him briefly when he was at the Sonnenberg girl’s playoff game. He thanked me for the email and was very gracious to other fans. He is our coach so you can choose continue to be part of the problem or part of the solution. As a former player, coach and parent of athletes at HS level and beyond I would recommend letting your daughter deal with her coach and you stop being the source of embarrassment for her by being her father instead of behaving like a disgruntled fan airing your frustration on a fan forum. Good luck. Go Hawks.

Good brews. Ullsperger played FB at UND.

I spent 4 1/2 yrs there (interrupted by 4 mos in the Desert for Desert Storm with 1st AD). Great duty in Germany. Thanks for your service. I hope you were able to travel Europe while you were stationed there. If we cross paths, drinks on me.

Tickets were allotted based on Champions Club level and level of financial support to UND athletics. The tickets were gone before they got to whomever was at #100!

Where were you in Germany? I was at Giebelstadt Army Airfield outside of Wurzburg. I filled in for Dr. Jim Leigh a few times as one of team physicians early that season before leaving for Germany at the end of November 86.

Sold them

My sister in law has 2 tix for Thursdays games, Section 204 row R. She’s asking $300 ea.

Goalie is Jr named Lindberg. He is the best goalie DL has had in years if not best ever. If he continues to improve, should get a chance to play Jrs somewhere. They have some good young kids but will lose a good group of seniors. 2 Deraney kids playing elsewhere would have helped, but Ben Noah has done a great job taking over a team that struggled to compete with TRF, EGF and especially Warroad before he took over.

Not even pissed. I just think when our crude comments involve family, we have crossed a line. I realize a fan forum usually doesn’t have limits but I feel we are better than that.

Fair enough. I deleted my post.

Duchscherer (Alabama softball, was outstanding HS BB player), Fricke (Minot, resumed play end Dec. averaging about 15 ppg), Sonnenberg ( Frazee,Mn averaging over 27 ppg) and Smith (6’ 2” from Arkansas playing well), are the four kids coming in this year. This is a very good group. I believe all 4 can contribute next year. Like first year players, the key will be how quickly they can adjust to a faster and more physical game.

Met him briefly at the gathering in the conference room at Hyslop after he made the announcement about the REA and Eddie brought the Stanley Cup. I don’t believe I could say I knew him. People I know with that level of wealth don’t tend to make foolish decisions. Most of them have foundations that manage large donations. They prefer to choose recipients of their donations based on preset guidelines. Most don’t like to be approached with specific requests. Engelstad’s relationship with UND was personal and that tends to make difference. You knew him, I didn’t. I’ll defer to you.

I’m not so sure. McKenna allegedly is getting $700,000 this year. Ralph was not a fool. What would he then be asked to give other guys on the team? What would that do to team chemistry if other guys don’t get even 1/2 that. A $10,000,000 endowment generates an annual income. Depending on how it’s invested let’s say $500,000 to $700,000 per year. Where does the money come from for everyone else? How long will he stay? Will someone else give more to go somewhere else next year or will he be in NHL next year? It’s the “Wild West” corrupted by greedy agents, an ineffective NCAA, and teenagers who are conflicted by big money, loyalty to teammates, and sometimes family giving poor advice. I would have to believe Ralph would want better odds for his ROI to make it worth while

He played well for us. If he had no academic or legal issues you figure out if he makes us a better FB team. If he does, welcome home, let’s get to work. As long as the NCAA allows players to have agents, the agents are going to try to convince players to enter the portal. Is it the scaled down version of free agency?

Ira has never had a twitter account nor posted on twitter.

No big deal. (He is the first DL FB only kid to sign with a conference rival in 34 yrs). As GF hockey said, UND must not have been interested.

You are probably correct.

I sent Duckett an email when he entered the portal with a short summary and a suggestion they take a close look at him. (This first time in over 30yrs that I have been sending a heads up to coaches that someone didn’t acknowledge my note). He is a close friend of Cariveau and was very interested in UND. I would guess USD gave a scholarship and we didn’t. If UND lost him to USD as a PWO, they either didn’t want him or didn’t try very hard. I know where we could have found NIL dollars that matched or exceeded what USD did. I would surprised if he doesn’t play for USD this fall, but time will tell.

Good one. Lots of Al Bundys on fan forums everywhere.

Bet?

Tulane

They aren’t going to offer without doing their due diligence.