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7 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:
Berry wasn’t going to deviate from his portal goalies , that’s his line in the sand.
Wouldn’t Karl have been in on the goalie?
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9 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:
Good call out but was making >$800k at last gig in Indiana
He gets $815,000 from Indiana through the end of 2025. Those buyouts usually are reduced by any amount the guy gets with a new job. I don’t think he would come to FCS program, but there have been rumors, and it would give him a chance to get back into coaching with a HC position. His Temple job and Indiana OC jobs didn’t work out. He could use a “reboot”.
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Isn’t Wisconsin struggling this year? How did #1 Michigan State do against them last night?
I haven’t read anything from fans that the coaching staff hasn’t noticed, been discussing with team captains, and trying to solve. At some point in time, changes are made cuz nothing is working. We aren’t there yet.
For those “in the know”, how did we lose the Slukynsky brothers to Western Michigan? Losing guys like that is a bigger red flag in my mind than struggling against Miami, Bemidji, Bob Morris before Christmas. Did we recruit them? Did we offer them. I’m no expert but they were 2 of the best HS prospects I have seen in a long time.
I know we will lose guys to Duluth cuz of location and they have been good, and to Denver, and the other perennial powers. Does anyone know the story on these guys?-
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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:
Chavez rollin up his sleeves at Skyline Chili with Schloss?
Was Rod Carey with them? Shorter trip from Indiana than to GF and remains under the radar.
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16 hours ago, CMSioux said:
Some are looking for an education that UND offers.
The Harvard guy wants an upgrade.
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In the meantime: Go Army, beat Navy!
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13 hours ago, SiouxFan100 said:
I say everyone is still on the table
Including Rod Carey? Probably not cuz he has UND ties.
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8 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:The recruits were more likely to sign here and follow through with it after hearing there was going to be a new head coach… plenty of excitement with the unknown. For decades UND has settled coaching vacancies internally or with heavy connections, would be nice to see them not do that for once. Remember … inbreeding?
Jerry Olson was a asst coach who took over from Marc Helling. After multiple bowl games and a 12 yr win streak against NDSU, UND was struggling and was in the midst of a 7 game losing streak to NDSU. Olson turned the program around highlighted by the win over #1 ranked Bison in the rain, in Fargo where the Bison finished with negative yardage. Under Olson the Sioux were Camelia Bowl Champs in 1972 and ranked #1 in nation in 1975 before being upset in the playoffs.
Gene Murphy played here, was an assistant for many years, no HC experience. He took over a program that was struggling. Was .500 1st yr and Conf Champ second yr, beat NDSU both years.
Behrns was DC, a great recruiter but after initial success the program suffered a long stretch of failed expectations and after initial success against NDSU the 12 year losing streak started.
Roger Thomas, former OC returned to turn the program around and in addition to conference champions, playoff contenders, they began the 10-3 streak over NDSU.
Next was Dale Lennon, former player and asst coach who led the team to conference titles, playoff appearances, and 2 National Championship games with 1 title.
Mussman was an assistant coach whose struggles were skewed by the transition of the SU’s then USD to FCS leaving us at a major recruiting disadvantage.Lastly was Bubba, a former coach. No reason to review but there were some successes and also struggles
So yes, I remember “inbreeding”. For those whose philosophy is not to consider anyone with UND ties, wouldn’t that mean we wouldn’t have hired Olson, Murphy, Thomas or Lennon?That is why you also consider those with UND ties.
Because it doesn’t always work out, you don’t hire candidates just because they have UND ties.
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3 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
Experience doesn’t always equate to success. Some young individuals are really successful and some older guys never quite get the job done, etc., etc., etc.
I agree that experience is nice, but I think a history of success is most important. Winners win. It’s an intrinsic quality for some, although some can learn it, sure. In the case of Schmidt and Luke S., they likely have learned new things and made new connections, but why haven’t they shown more success? Same goes for Freund with UND (2011-2023) and Freuchte (2024).
Based on getting someone who purely knows winning football, that also coincidentally happens to mean getting someone not recently (or ever) associated with UND football in the past.
Simple answer: It’s complicated. I don’t believe it’s a good idea to ignore potential candidates cuz of UND ties nor because they are older or younger than 40. I’m not on the selection committee so my opinion is no more important than anyone else’s posting here. I might opine if I knew who applied but its irrelevant
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12 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
I realize simply looking away from those with UND ties has been frowned upon on here, but the more I think about it, I want someone hired with no ties. The past 15 years has overall been rough for UND considering what NDSU and SDSU has accomplished.
A winner with no ties to UND is preferred. Need new ideas, new philosophies, new blood.
That means no to Schmidt, Freund, and even Fruechte. I like Luke Schleusner but really that would count him out also.
New ideas, and new philosophies evolve over time so I don’t believe Fruechte has been overly influenced by one year here. Along that line Schmidt and Schluesner have been gone long enough with other programs such that their ideas, philosophy and style has been evolving while gone.
The best coaches can flat out recruit and can coach. That is what we need regardless of UND connections. More importantly, is D1 experience, HC experience, and evidence of successes as their careers evolve.-
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58 minutes ago, Dustin said:Not to poo-poo on the signing day celebration, but there's a lot of talk about what a good thing it was keeping all the recruits in this class, but also a lot of talk in the new coach thread that we need better recruits. So, if the current staff, whose recruits have underwhelmed the fans, especially on defense, just recruited this class, what should make me feel any better about their future performance as student athletes? Were these recruits committing to UND over our primary rivals?
Some were, some weren’t. Evaluating recruits starts when they come to summer camps and/or when HS and JC coaches respond to questionnaires sent asking them to rate any of their players who they think have enough potential to play college ball. Coaches review those responses and subsequently invite kids to summer camps and get game film. No one checks fan forums to evaluate players.
If some FBS and multiple FCS teams offer then it’s more likely you have a potential blue chipper. But this staff has uncovered a number of guys who no one else offered or were PWO’s who have excelled.
The staff is convinced these are 23 guys who can help the program and they all signed this am. None of the 23 decommitted despite the coaching unknowns. That is impressive.
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2 hours ago, bincitysioux said:I don't know if that's a given. I am trying to remember the last time UND had a really GOOD defense.
2007 maybe? 15+ years of average at best, but often atrocious defenses. The one constant has been relying on variations of the Thomas-Lennon-Schwiegert defensive philosophy that was installed over 30 years ago.
Schmidt seems to be high on the list of contenders. We know what his scheme will be. He was certainly our most successful DC of the DI era. Also have to remember his time here coincided with Big Sky membership, which most here like to claim is a "soft" brand of football compared to the MVFC.
I'm actually really concerned that Freund or Schluesner would simply leave the current defensive staff mostly in tact...........
I don’t believe Big Sky is “soft” but MVFC is a better conference top to bottom.
We don’t know what Schmidt would do. He has been gone for some time. I doubt the new HC will leave coaching staff intact regardless of who we hire.
Whomever we hire better be able to adjust schemes based on personnel rather than putting players into schemes they may not be suited to. They will also need to try players at other positions if they aren’t contributing.We need an upgrade on both sides of the ball if we want to compete for a National Championship.
I would also echo the praise for this coaching staff to get all 23 guys signed. Now let’s see if we can minimize portal loses and maximize portal gains.
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2 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
Same argument as Fruechte. If he was the answer, why wasn’t UND winning playoff games and championships with him and Bubba from 2014-2023?
No thanks, need new ideas and a new philosophy, and these guys from the Bubba coaching tree (Eric Schmidt, Danny Freund, even to a degree Isaac Fruechte) don’t offer that.
I’m not advocating for anyone in particular but I’m not so sure we can assume these guys would continue the status quo.
All 3 have coached at different places but over the years have spent time at coaches clinics or even spent time with other programs during the off season.
They also have experienced what doesn’t work and could very well have different ideas about moving the program forward. If any of them are interviewed, that would need to be clearly evident.-
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4 minutes ago, Hawkster said:
He's not my choice. Hopefully he just visiting family.
Only if he brings the RR lineman back with him.
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18 hours ago, AJS said:All signs are really pointing to Travis Johansen being the guy.
The hype train is picking up steam, seems to be if not everyone’s first choice at the very least someone everyone likes the idea of.
Are we ready to have @The Sicatoka contact Chaves and tell him Siouxsports.com has endorsed Travis Johansen for the next head coach? @UND-FB-FAN @Oxbow6
SS.com hasn’t endorsed anybody. It would be foolish to endorse a candidate before we even know who applies.
That is an example of why school officials across the country aren’t interested in what is posted on social media. We all have opinions but we all have our preconceived ideas (including myself) of how things should be done. We don’t have all of the details nor inside info. The vast majority base our opinions on wins and losses and our personal experiences. We get it right sometimes so we think we may know more than we do.
My opinion is that we thank Bubba for his time and stop bashing him. We all know how the how the program has evolved since 2013, successes/failures.
The most important comments made at the recent press conference included moving the program forward and staying positive. If we don’t want to help be part of the solution, we may be part of the problem.
This forum should be entertaining and at times informative. We shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously.
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There will be no requirement for candidates to have present or prior UND coaching/playing experience.
There won’t be set minimum/maximum age limits but younger guys will need to have built an impressive resume in a shorter period. Although there won’t be a set maximum age we don’t want guys who don’t have the energy, don’t have the passion and can’t relate to players and their families.
No reason to limit our chances due to preconceived prejudices.-
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31 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:
are we doing this correct? normally doesn't the new HC bring in who he wants? are we "telling" our new HC that fruchte is so golden that he's your OC? what if the HC we bring in has successful bc HIS oc uses the tight end and play action and whatnot and now your telling your new HC ....nawh leave your bro behind and learn to love isacc.....
HC chooses his own staff. Present staff knows it. HC may keep some of present staff. Depends on who and how many he brings with him. Keeping guys who can recruit and who are liked and respected by players can help with transition and recruiting.
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1 hour ago, 90siouxfan said:
Did the press conference reveal big news?
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7 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
"Minimum 8 seasons of full-time collegiate coaching experience"
This rules out Fruechte. He's only at 7.
Not sure why they would pick 8 years, but experience would be a key factor.
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1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:
BODY. TYPES.
With speed and quickness.
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14 minutes ago, UNDhoops said:
i know they'll never do this but i think they should hire someone who runs the option. we're never going to out recruit ndsu and sdsu so we need to do something different.
If we hire a coach who doesn’t think we can “out recruit” the other top FCS programs then we probably won’t. We recently have started to win some of those battles.
The coach who we hire better be able to coach FB. He needs to b flexible enough to adjust schemes that will put his personnel in a position to succeed. 3-4, 4-3, even 3-3-5 when needed and whatever combo of offensive schemes that fit his personnel.-
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1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
The “next DeBoer” would have not gone 5-7 this season or been apart of a 5-6 (record) division II program.
When you say the next head coach needs to be the best person for the job, that is incredibly ambiguous and unclear.
When you say fortunately no one with that philosophy will be making that decision, then that is both an unjustified and uninformed jab at me but also failed insight on your part into the track record of UND’s recent hires.Since you may actually have UND’s attention with all of this, I would just say getting the best person is getting the person who best can a) recruit, b) retain, c) develop and d) coach student-athletes in real-time (need to be a good in-game head coach), and thus produce the most competitive teams possible for UND football, hopefully championship caliber, while also e) fostering positive growth and mentorship.
In my opinion, someone who has been a successful head coach previously should be held in high regard, but certainly interviewing a good coordinator and selecting one who projects to be a good recruiter, developer, and in-game strategist is appropriate, we just DON’T want UND leadership to settle for someone who has UND ties only because they have UND ties. I would like to think you can at least appreciate that perspective and the possibility of it (based on the past), @iramurphy. Hopefully the leadership sees through that potential distraction.
You are correct. I have stated more than once that we aren’t looking for someone with UND ties, we are looking for the best candidate to turn this program around. UND ties not required but not a disqualifying factor either.
I have previously stated what I think we should be looking for in a head coach and we have listed similar qualities. Where we seem to differ is that I don’t care whether or not they have “UND ties”.-
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1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
The entire staff should take responsibility for the 2024 implosion and 5-game losing streak (that includes the popular interim head coach and recent OC Isaac Fruechte). Next head coach should be and needs to be someone external and without previous UND ties, but I’m feeling unsure that will be the case, unfortunately.
Then we could miss the next “DeBoer”. The next head coach needs to be the best person for the job regardless of what schools he has played or coached at.
Fortunately, no one with that philosophy will be making the decision.
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4 hours ago, MinnDak said:
How was the offense against the good teams? How did the spunky experiment work out? There is 5 coaches that stood by each other this season and didn’t do one thing or call out one thing during 7 game implosion. None of those 4 should even be a consideration.
I’m not sure how you know that none of those coaches “didn’t do one thing or call out one thing”.
Those are discussions, that can get pretty heated sometimes, occur in staff meetings. Players get those messages in the film room all of the time. They also get those messages in group meetings with position coaches or private meetings with one of the coaches.
I don’t know who on the staff should or shouldn’t receive consideration moving forward, if any. Fortunately, those decisions are up to the new HC.
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Who would UND hire?
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Schmidt hasn’t cut ties to DeBoer. They still communicate and DeBoer said he is welcome to join him in Alabama.
If FB Alumni were organized and “now fundraising “ I would know. That isn’t to say there aren’t FB alumni pushing for him to get the job, but probably just as many pushing for Tibesar.