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Harkness had given Miller a “conditional “ yes to the offer. He wanted to review offer and he was not happy when he learned UND had hired Gino. Harkness was Miller’s choice after Armstrong. The story was that UND faculty and ultimately Clifford had an issue with so many of Harness’s players enrolled in school but not attending classes nor passing courses or earning credits. Back then, the NCAA rules required that athletes only needed to be enrolled to be eligible.

That was Murray Armstrong. He was our first choice, supposedly his wife vetoed the move.

I shudder to think where the program would have gone had Clifford caved to fan pressure back then. The “hockey experts” in our fan base nearly rioted when Tom Clifford overruled Carl Miller’s choice of Ned Harkness as head coach and gave the job to Gino. One guy set up a table in Gamble Hall trying to get people to sign a petition to force Clifford to reconsider his decision.

Augustana hockey is no cream puff and an amazing story. Their AD is Josh Morton who is a former UND football player. In a short period of time, he established key corporate relationships and obtained funding for a new hockey arena for a team that didn’t yet exist. He then convinced an assistant coach who had been the top recruiter for Motzko’s teams at St. Cloud and Minnesota to become their head coach. He came from Detroit Lakes where he was an outstanding RB and along with Reed Manke led an overachieving, undersized team, to a state championship in FB. He was an outstanding, albeit undersized defenseman in hockey. His Dad who played at Providence was his HS coach. Garret was as tough of a HS defenseman as I have watched. Because of his lack of size, he didn’t receive D-1 offers until after he played an extra yr of juniors when St. Cloud State signed him. By his Soph yr he was a team Captain and by the end of his career he was All-WCHA and an academic All-American. Post college he played professional hockey in Europe before joining Motzko’s staff at St. Cloud. He successfully recruited a number of “lunch pail” guys to come to Augie to start their program. They practiced together at rinks in town and lifted and conditioned at existing facilities on campus. Within just a couple of years he has put together a team that can hold their own against the top teams in college hockey. Raboin is arguably the hottest young new coach in college hockey. He is married to his HS girlfriend who is a UND grad. I would definitely have him on my list of who to consider as our next head coach the next time the position opens up (if another major program doesn’t get him first). I would also try to hire Josh Morton the next time the AD job opens up. It will be interesting to watch how Augie does this year.

Typically the staff will be assigned recruiting areas. The position coaches are involved with recruits that play their position. The staff communicate with HS coaches to get their input regarding potential recruits. They view film and when able will watch games in person. They develop their “board” listing recruits at potential positions and as they evaluate kids they tend to rank them in order. The staff has input and often they may fight for kids they are convinced are guys who will play. Recruiting is a team effort by the entire staff. Usually OC,DC, and HC make the final decision on the recruits regardless of what position the kid plays or is projected to play. It’s a team effort.

Lots of 5’ 11” guys at all levels are able to do that effectively but I get your point. We have had big athletic QB’s and if they have struggled early, especially when our oline can’t give them time, they get crucified on this board. Some of these guys need 2-3 years. It obviously helps to play behind a veteran, skilled QB, but I don’t think we have done a good job of developing our QB’s. Just my opinion.

I don’t care if they are 5’11” or 6’2”. I care about whether they can read a defense, audible when necessary, get through their reads, have a quick release, get the ball to the receiver on their break or as they get into the seam against the zone, can escape the rush, and run the ball to effectively. If those guys are 6’ 2” or taller great, but 5’ 11” or 6’ is tall enough. It’s hard to see over linemen even when you are 6’ 3”. QB’s need to move and find the “throwing lanes”. I was surprised over the years when I stood next to NFL players including QB’s how many were 2-3 inches less than their listed height. Before the “squad” downvotes and points out the obvious, I agree the 6’3” 220lb QB who can do all of the things listed would be better, but most of them are at FBS schools. When we get them, we need to be able to develop them. I’m not so sure we have done a good job of developing them, and we as fans haven’t shown the patience that is required to get guys to the level where they can care a team and win games for us.

That’s on the WR. Happens a lot in the NFL and often ignored. They also ignore the rule about being set instead of running in place but I digress.

Agree defense is the major issue. Whether you run a 3-4 or a 4-3, the front 7 need to stop the run and pressure the QB. Our DB’s are improved especially at safety. It seems like we recruit 4-5 TE’s every year. A number of them are very good athletes. We just don’t use them. I’ve spent time with coaches at every level from HS on up. Virtually every one of them stated you need to get your TE’s into your passing game or else you are easier to defend. The UNI game turned into a must win. The team needs to regain momentum and confidence.

I understand, but my point is that this is our staff and these are the players that played and coached Saturday. Chaves must accept responsibility for program success or lack there of. Saturday isn’t totally responsible for UND getting beat. That is primarily on the players and coaches.

I see no point in kicking that dead horse now. That is why I said it should be addressed at the end of the season. Yes the AD has ultimate responsibility but my response was to the comment that it was entirely on Chaves. No one is going to fire any coach nor administrator in the middle of this FB season. I wouldn’t have approved a contract extension either, but winners find a way to win despite the obstacles. Successful teams/organizations don’t tolerate players/ employees who complain and always blame someone else. Chaves is accountable for coaching hires but it’s on those coaches and players to execute and be successful.

We had Feeney, Kaminski and the freshman Sulik. We did, we don’t anymore. Fruechte needs to be reminded that TE’s are eligible receivers.

Good question for our coaching staff. We had 3 here when we started fall camp. I thought they would start Feeney cuz he played well when given the chance. I thought he had earned an opportunity to start unless one of the other 2 were clearly ahead of him. I also don’t like them not getting our backups more playing time. Kaminski needs experience to develop. Feeney should have had more reps last year.

Chaves didn’t play. His primary role is to oversee the athletic department and put our teams and coaches in a position to be successful. I believe our FB program has the necessary resources to be successful. He , and the selection committee, are responsible for hires. At this point in the season it accomplishes nothing to kick that dead horse again. Those issues need to be addressed at the end of each season. For those who have played, I doubt you blamed others for lack of success. If you did, that’s why you sucked. When you were successful it was because you made it happen. Some may disagree, but the success and struggles are squarely on the shoulders of our players and coaches.

My response to the question isn’t a recipe for anything. I wasn’t referring to garbage time. I believe we have 3 capable QB’s, 2 of whom are in a tight race to be a starter. I don’t know how good we will be cuz we lost a lot of key players esp OL. I also don’t know how good Iowa State is. I’m hoping we can win but until I see results, I will remain hopeful but realistic. (If you have inside information on vast improvement from last year, I defer to your expertise). If you have 2 QB’s who are in a virtual dead heat to be the starter, you need to figure out who the starter is as early in the season as possible. If whomever you start, plays well and the team is winning, you would stick with him. Otherwise, if he struggles and the team isn’t successful, you would be stupid not to make a change. You also need to get these guys game experience early in the season whenever you have an opportunity until you decide who your stater will be.

Not all season. They should both get reps against Iowa State unless the starter is playing well and we are in the game. They are similar in many ways. Normally if it’s this close you start with the guy who has game experience. Unless Kaminski separates himself, there would be no reason to start his career at Iowa State. Start Feeney and give Kaminski the 2nd half. If they start Kaminski give Feeney the 2nd quarter unless we are staying in the game. I believe you always start the upperclassman unless the younger guy is clearly the better player. They need to play both of them early if it’s that close.

Bubba made it clear this past week: They haven’t made a decision yet on starting QB.

Fall depth charts elsewhere: Kilty listed as starting left tackle for Kansas State, Jack Wright listed as starting wide receiver at Tulsa and Tommy Schuster listed as #2 QB at Michigan State.

Admin, Alumni staff and athletic staff personnel at gatherings in DL Wed, Thur, and tonight. Bubba, FB staff guys, Chaves, Martinson, NIL guys, and Champions club staff did a great presentation at annual FB alumni gathering Sunday/Monday. Lots of excitement about the campus and athletic facility changes. Bubba has been going back and forth between his FB camps and DL this week. Yesterday he said they got 5 commitments out of the 6 guys they offered and the 6th was still considering. I don’t know names etc. but I suspect that will be coming out over next few days. Campus and facility changes are making a difference. These folks are hustling to get the word out. Armacost will be at tonight’s Alumni gathering at Poolman’s on Pelican. They believe UND will have record numbers for incoming freshmen and also record enrollment of over 15,000.

So we should believe a moron who regurgitates the false narrative from the antivax websites rather than the former patient who states clearly how he was injured and subsequently developed a DVT? You have no knowledge of the different vaccines, a basic working knowledge of our immune system nor a clue as to risks and benefits of the vaccine. You also seem unaware there were different vaccines for COVID and not all of them increased the risk of blood clots. You also don’t seem to understand that none of the vaccines do anything to our DNA and therefore your stupid claim that Brock received “an experimental gene therapy shot” is dishonest. Every doctor “worth a damn” utilizes evidence based medicine as a foundation for their medical practice and a standard of care consistent with what is in the best interest of each individual patient. There are reasons that virtually every competent, board certified physician would have recommended a patient like Brock be vaccinated. He would be at increased risk because of his frequent travel as well as increased exposure to many people whose Covid status is unknown. Although as a healthy young adult who would likely survive a Covid infection, he would decrease his chance of becoming infected which decreases the chance he would spread the disease to others including teammates. That decreases the risk of players missing games cuz they are sick. Vaccinated people are less likely to develop serious illness or die from Covid. For Brock he also should have been vaccinated to protect his immunocompromised father who had multiple risk factors. Failure by medical personnel to have reviewed those recommendations would be a failure of the physician to provide the appropriate standard of care for this individual. None of the other athletes you mentioned have reported clots related to vaccines. It has been known for a number of years that professional athletes have a higher risk of blood clots than the average patient. Montreals Howie Morenz died of a pulmonary embolus in 1937. Tbs Andrei Vasilevsky (2015), Penguins Tomar Vokoun (2013-14), Rangers Jed Ortmayer (2006), Panthers Tomar Fleishman (2011), Flyers Kimmo Timonen (2014), Penguins Pascal Dupuis (2013), Cleveland Cavaliers Anderson Varejao and Browns Jason Pinkton all developed DVT’s or Pulmonary emboli long before COVID or Covid vaccines. Sports Illustrated did an article in December 2014 about the increased risk of blood clots in athletes. Your ignorant Big Pharma comment has nothing to do with this topic. Take that discussion up with the morons and conspiracy nut jobs on a different website. Your continued attempt to push a false narrative regarding a former player and others shows ignorance, dishonesty, immaturity and a lack of character.

It took very little effort to view a replay of Brock’s interview where he explained the cause of his blood clot. He was struck on his calf by a puck which initially caused a superficial clot and subsequently a deep venous thrombosis. What made you think you had the faintest idea what caused his DVT? To post a photo of a different athlete with band aids on his shoulder after a vaccination, is a deliberate attempt to mislead others. Billy Price (former NFL lineman) issued a statement relating his saddle pulmonary embolus was “spontaneous with no medical cause”. Reading something on the side of a bottle like you claim you did is not a substitute for years of training, years of experience, a thorough review of the medical literature and an honest evaluation and discussion regarding risks and benefits of a vaccine . That is why people should make an informed decision after discussing medical recommendations with their physicians. It would be the same as claiming everyone who rides a bike will develop diminished cognitive skills because of one known case where a guy morphed into a pathetic, ignorant moron from riding a bike with his head so far up his ass he has to brush his teeth every time he takes a dump.

Too late now, but UND Hall of Fame BB player has a daughter Makena Gardner, who signed with Stephan F Austin last fall. Scored over 1200 pt and over 1000 rebounds for Newark Valley, NY. 6’4”, athletic, also played VB. I would hope UND would have at least been aware. Considering, our need for an athletic big we may have missed an opportunity. Anyone know anything else about her?

Yup and that means speed, quickness and strength, more than height and weight listed in a program. Hopefully, those traits and appropriate weight gain will improve with the speed and strength training program.

4/5 DE’s taken in yesterday’s NFL first round weighed between 245 and 260lbs. Other guy weighed 285lbs.

You miss my point. How big do you think they need to be? My point is how important speed/strength/quickness is. Slow big guys aren’t very effective. I agree that when combined with size it is even better. Small slow guys are worse.