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Public schools have also been recruiting for many years. That hasn’t been just parochial schools for a long time. Also, in larger communities, when school boundaries are adjusted, much of the debate regarding boundaries is related to athletics.

If this kid has no offers he should get to UND’s BB camp. That is arguably the best way to get looked at and increase scholarship opportunities. He certainly warrants consideration especially as a junior.

Raboin is well liked and respected by players. Great recruiter. With Morton as AD, new arena and Sanford money I would expect them to do well given time.

His brother Grant committed to Northern Michigan. Was with FForce a couple years but now I think with Omaha or Sioux Falls. I thought Grant was top MN top HS scorer his senior year. Might be tough to flip if brother still committed to NMU.

Augie coach was similar story coming out of HS. Was team captain 3 yrs and 2 time WCHA all star.

Can he move his feet, rebound and play D? If he can do that there will be a place for him. 3 pointers are frosting on the cake provided he can get open and get his shot off.

Fellas, let’s let it go. Some of you obviously are hurting right now. Travis was such a great guy and a wonderful ambassador for UND hockey as well as the game of hockey and the University of North Dakota. If he knew you were from UND or a UND fan, he would often great you with a smile and introduce himself. He was a true gentleman and one of the classiest, kindest guys you could ever meet. He always had not only great hockey stories but great UND stories and stories about his family. He made you feel like you were one of the guys and even as a fan, part of the history of UND hockey. That is a rare talent. For those who were close, my condolences and prayers. God speed to a man who added honor to Fighting Sioux hockey and to the University of North Dakota.

Yeah I know. Even if we were battling for conference titles and playoffs I doubt we would get 5000 except maybe Bison game. It’s tough to re-engage the fans especially the students.

You must not have been at the UND Kansas (Boschee) game. It can rock given the correct circumstances. They introduced one of our HOF teams, they had the Wizard of Oz “we’re not in Kansas anymore” video and UND went up on Kansas early.

I stand corrected. I googled but only found salary and I guess I didn’t look thoroughly enough. I still wouldn’t buy out but that’s just me. Thanks for correcting.

If the athlete recovers and does not have an enlarged spleen, he/she may not need to sit out 6 weeks especially if the spleen isn’t enlarged and the symptoms mild. Unfortunately, it also means sometimes they are out >6wks.

His contract runs through April 2024. Salary was around $180 000. Salary plus benefits are likely around $190,000. Dump him now and buyout would be next year plus $45,000 for the remaining 3 months through April 2023. In my experience buying out school administrators, it would be the cost of salary and benefits for the remainder of the contract plus attorney fees and any incentives to get them to move on if you would like to minimize hassles. In this case, with the lack of success of the program, you probably would have to throw in incentives. I’m not sure where you came up with only $80,000. I’ve estimated based on base salary I found listed on one source. I would estimate a buyout at the end of this season to be at least $190,000 which is a conservative estimate of salary and benefits for April 2023-April 2024. I’m guessing. Show me what I’m missing. So who pays for it? I’m not going to. To be clear, I haven’t suggested those who want Sather gone should pick up the tab. I suggested those who want to buy him out now, have some boosters donate the money or find money in the budget, should pick up the tab. I would rather weather the storm and spend the $190,000-$235,000 on better coaches salaries or program upgrades wherever needed. I also would spend from now until the end of his contract searching for viable candidates. I’m sure the real “best fans” (or whatever they claim to be) and our BB experts with a better understanding of BB, coaching, contracts, buyouts etc than I have, will be happy to point much better solutions.

His wife said it wasn’t the vaccine. He had been vaccinated many months prior to death.

Says she feinted. Had happened before.

Yes. I experienced that question personally more than once. Not only that, but opposing teams use it against schools where it is rumored that a coach is either taking a different job or losing their job.

“Heart attack”. Coronary artery disease isn’t a risk factor for either Covid or the vaccine.

Died of “natural causes”. That leaves the vaccine out.

His sister said it wasn’t related to the vaccine.

She died of suicide according to her father.

On the contrary, you just expressed your opinion and I doubt you gave UND $50,000.

I can take anything you want to toss out here but if you think it’s clear that everyone outside the ss.com experts can tell when your pals are “kidding” or “sarcastic”, I beg to differ.

I didn’t say I thought the program was going in the right direction. My comment about a buyout was to those who are frustrated someone else isn’t doing it. I’ve never liked the comments from those who have answers as long as someone else pays for it. My comments aren’t to everyone who wants a coaching change but to those who want someone else to pay for a buyout. I have no issues with those whose opinion is to change coaches. Maybe they are correct. I’m not blind. My basketball experiences, and coaching experiences are irrelevant. You may think your basketball experience and expertise far exceeds mine and anyone else who isn’t in full agreement. You may be right. I’m smart enough to know I haven’t kept up with either sport to think I can coach. Maybe others have. My initial comment was after a post related to a poll that might influence UND “brass”. I made another comment about the AD’s home phone number. Some of you infer an awful lot from nothing. Because one disagrees there is no reason to take it as an offense.

That is why you aren’t in control. You aren’t experienced enough nor capable of being in “control”. I assume that means you won’t be forking over your $50,000 share of the buyout. You equated me with a term used to describe white women who use their so called “white privilege” to get what they want. You say it is because I felt an administrator’s home phone is off limits. You can do that because you can hide on a public forum and get away with it. I would give big odds that you have no idea what it is like to have meals interrupted either home with family or in public. I doubt you have any idea you no what it is like to have family time interrupted either at home or in public because some moronic fan whose life revolves around a sports team wants an autograph, photo or to give you an opinion. You seem to fit the bill, but I have no idea if you are an expert like or some poor misunderstood soul who was the 12th man on his 9th grade BB team and pines away for those days. Of course the guy who posted the comment about Chaves home number was “kidding”. Easy to say that but there was no indication he was kidding.

Read earlier posts: “ a sharp vote of no confidence from the most active fans of the program looks a lot like a referendum on coach Sather and that should carry some weight with the brass”. That is the post I initially responded to.

My opinion, right or wrong is 5 years. It gives a coach a chance to build his or her program with their own recruits. I’m not sure if Sather can get this done, but I like his freshmen. Missing on Nelson hurt. My life doesn’t revolve around UND athletics so although it’s frustrating to see our teams struggle, it doesn’t affect me. It’s great when we have loyal fans who attend games whenever they can and do their best to support our programs. They recurring theme of people who don’t lose sleep because of the success or lack of success of our athletic teams are satisfied with mediocrity is nonsense. It was different when I played or coached but those days are long gone. Nothing wrong with different opinions or solutions, but that should mean we can disagree.