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1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:
Is there something after “red flag”?
Wasted scholarship?
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2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
BSU had 2022 DII All-Americans at WR, OL, and LB, not RB. The OL was a junior; the others were seniors.
https://bsubeavers.com/news/2022/12/14/football-beaulieu-cobb-and-kaplan-garner-all-american-accolades-from-ap-and-d2cca.aspxYou must mean RB Jalen Frye, who was a 2019 All-American, didn't have a 2020 season and was hurt all of 2021.
https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/college/football-bemidji-state-lead-back-fan-favorite-jalen-frye-enters-transfer-portalFrye (5'6", 170) is small; he makes Red Wilson (5'9", 185) look like a giant. Frye's YPC from 2019 to 2022 is down over a full yard.
Frye stats: https://bsubeavers.com/sports/football/roster/jalen-frye/12960Frye does not scream "between the tackles" guy (that UND needs).
Drop in production was after “Achilles injury”. That is a concern if not a red flag. Did he fully recover?
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On 12/26/2022 at 1:06 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said:
since we are at it....can someone finally tell me why we punted down 3 scores in the 4th quarter against nicholls?
No.
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35 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:
The guy that I watched and waited to see get involved was Billy Riviere. He was rated as #13 prospect in MN as a senior by one place.
In 2 seasons at UND he never caught a pass. I have no idea if we ever threw to him or not.
This fall at Washington State he had 12 catches for 117 yards and a TD. It's hard to imagine that we didn't find a way to get him involved in the passing game at UND.
That was a huge program error. We can’t afford to miss on guys we already have in our program. Hopefully there was an in house program review to see how that happened. His Dad played at UND. Maybe he just knew he could play up and wanted to. I don’t believe TEs who just want to block. They want to catch the ball and score.
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2 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said:
I want to ask a question (this might have been discussed before on this board and I don't remember), but anyone can chime on this.
How much say does a player have when changing a position? Can it be a simple as going up to Bubba and saying: Hey, I want to play this because x, y, and z.
Player has an obligation to themselves and the team to have those conversations with coaches. If they feel they can better help the team at a different position. The coaches have an obligation to listen to the player and consider the request. Coaches initial response tends to be no. A better answer would be to ask the player why they would be better at a different position and then tell the player the coach will discuss with staff, consider the request and get back to them in a couple of days.
If the player isn’t happy with the response, they can ask what they can do to move up on the depth chart. Every player on every team deserves those courtesies at a minimum. We can’t to not have our players in the right positions.
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Every program needs to reevaluate the performance and progress of every player on the team at the end of each season and in FB again at the end of spring ball. Coaches need a self assessment of what went well and what didn’t, strengths and weaknesses and whether or not they have the right personnel in position for the team to be successful and for the player to be successful.
They also need to reevaluate whether or not they have the right personal to run the schemes they plan to run. Every team has players lingering behind others for whatever reason that can contribute better at a different position. Teams also need to evaluate whether or not they as a staff are developing these players to their full potential.We had Nordby, Zalvaney, Steckler, Gunderson, Klein, Ihry, and 3 younger guys at TE. How often do we ever run a double TE set? How many times do we throw to the TE? Can Ihry or Gunderson play LB or DE. That’s what spring ball is for. Can Koshiol play LB. 3 very good athletes, that may provide depth at some key positions and get them more playing time.
The Coaching staff needs to do self evaluations and answer the question: are we developing this player to their full potential? If not, why not? If so is there any other position the player can play to better help the team. That should also get the player more playing time.
In my opinion those evaluations and decisions are as important as recruiting.
I have no idea if our staff does this, if so, to what extent or are they doing a much better evaluation? I used TE as an example but OL and DL is an example of guys who may better contribute from the other side of the line of scrimmage.
Our staff wants conference, and national championships as much or more than anyone else. It’s harder than we think, but it’s not impossible.
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4 hours ago, Siouxperman8 said:
As a kid in the 70’s I remember UND running a TE reverse from time to time that was very effective.
I say bring back the TE reverse.
Paul Muckenhirn, All-American. He was a HS qb. We used to sign a lot of QBs that ended up as RBs, TEs, DBs, LBs, DEs, and occasionally in the line.
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1 hour ago, shep said:
Gunderson too. Could he be a LB?
Could be LB or DE. Great athlete, tough kid. He should be on the field. I think they should include TE’s in passing tree more often.
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4 hours ago, homer said:
Still think they need a plan at OLB
Look at the athletes at TE. Find a way to get them on the field at the same time. Our best athletes need an opportunity to play. We should be doing that during spring ball. Steckler comes to mind.
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5 hours ago, SkoHawks said:
Watched the signing day special and the Kaminsky interview really got me excited. Can't wait to get this kid here. Definitely nothing against Feeney, still hopeful on him, but the better the competition the better the starter will be. Hope these two will be pushing each other daily.
I hope they allow all 4 to push for the starting job. We can improve at every position and that includes QB.
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12 minutes ago, sioux rube said:
Minot St coach did none of that
Then the AD should have a meeting with him/her.
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20 hours ago, Kevin G said:
Good grief. Not only is the initial crosscheck to the back of the head worthy of a major penalty, so too is the follow-up punch to the back of the head. Maybe there's more to it or something, but what the video shows is pretty bush-league, IMO.
Minot kid should have had game misconduct. 5 min major. Minot coach should have benched the kid for additional game. If coach didn’t do that, the Minot AD should make that happen.
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46 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
Yes. Sometimes we forget these are 18-23 year old kids. How they do in high school certainly doesn’t always translate to how they do in college. A lot more on their plate when they go to college, and sometimes they just don’t mesh well with that. I agree that good mentorship and development from the coaches can mitigate that some, though, which is again why a good rounded staff is so damn important.
Feeney was a very good high school quarterback, but there’s a ton of unknown for him still at the college level.
Correct but the same can be said for all HS recruits. He has the intangibles: leadership, winning program, Championship. These are the guys who can develop in QBs who can carry a team. Schuster had those intangibles. Feeney does. Kaminski seems to. Romfo does. They were all winners and leaders. This has been one of my concerns. Can we develop these guys in our program to reach their full potential. Is that more of an issue for us than X’s and O’s?
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3 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
What happened to Hindbjorgen?
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2 hours ago, Big Green said:
I would like to see a Hockey/Football Destination weekend. Maybe play Maine both in Football in the afternoon and in Hockey in the evening. I understand by the time hockey gets going Football is in Conference play and there would be other issues, but I can dream.
FB and hockey deal with Army could be fun.
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I’ll share some thoughts. I don’t believe at this point I am qualified to call X’s and O’s anymore (or any less) than others here. It’s easy to second guess and all fan bases have plenty of “Monday morning QBs”. Some calls are inexplainable (4th down call against the Bison) and others are great calls or terrible calls depending on whether or not they work. I’m not sure why we are still hashing out calls from 2,3 or 4 seasons ago. If your point is you have no suggestions other than coaching changes you may be correct.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but some of the comments about how how many times we have practiced certain plays, how well we ran them in practice and whether Danny or Bubba call certain plays could only be known by someone who is at practice every day.
The folks who repeatedly accuse those who don’t agree with them as being satisfied with mediocrity or responsible for UND not winning a National Championship yet haven’t a clue about the passions and support any of us have for winning. Talk is cheap.
My concerns have little to do with play calling. My concerns since we moved to FCS have more to do with support and resources available to help move the programs forward. We are better positioned than most FCS teams. Our immediate priorities are finish Phase 2, raise coaches salaries, and deal with the challenges of the transfer portal and NIL. My biggest concerns with the program (since FCS) including staff, is more related to how well we develop the guys we recruit that we think can help us reach our goal of a Nat. Champ. Is our program helping all of our kids reach their full potential? Have all of our guys improved their fundamentals? Do our guys understand how to break down and study film? Have we improved our tackling skills, blocking skills, ability to secure the FB, improved our ability to know where the weaknesses are in zone vs man to man defenses in order to get open? Are we learning how to close gaps and man up when receivers come into our zone. Is our game awareness improved so we know the importance of first down yardage in our routes and when running the ball on third down. Do our QBs and receivers spend the extra time to develop timing on pass routes so the ball gets to receivers as they come out of their break or move into the seem of the zone. Are we getting our players the necessary speed/strength/nutrition to maximize their speed and strength potential. Lastly are we matching all players to the positions where they can best be successful and more importantly help the team be successful. How many outstanding athletes are stacked up at TE? How many of those guys could play DE, LB, or OL?
Moving forward I believe we will also need to better compete with FBS teams to hang onto the guys we have, to recruit guys from the portal and to recruit our share from the top FCS schools and even some FBS schools.
We also need to be prepared to move to FBS if necessary/opportunities with the other Dakotas/Montanas arise.
That in my mind should be our focus and they are attainable goals. If we do that, the X’s and O’s get a lot easier.
Merry Christmas all and remember it’s just a game but still a game we should strive to win.
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10 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
Can anyone refute or explain those pics?
Looks like ICW ball.
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11 hours ago, rochsioux said:
Of course the refs were sure of the call. Just because they were sure doesn’t mean they are competent and made the correct call. They certainly had a number of missed opportunities but that doesn’t absolve the officials mistake.
I didn’t say they were good. I didn’t see on the replay who recovered the fumble. I’m not sure they missed that one.
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3 minutes ago, rochsioux said:
“How was your team able to win?”
Correct answer was well paid officials.
ICW turned it over 4 times. Poor special team play. Missed open receivers. Missed opportunities. Miller carried the team with his run game when they needed him. Bison won a game when they weren’t playing their best. I didn’t see who recovered the fumble but refs were sure of the call the one I disagreed with was the TD pass but I could be wrong. ICW lost a game they could/should have won. Bison won one they could/should have lost. More than refs I thought ICW had too many unforced errors and missed opportunities.
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31 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:
NDSU is the luckiest F'n team I have EVER seen!!
Started with punt returner not fielding a punt. Another punt the blocker commits the mortal sin of letting a punt hit him. Two bad snaps fumbled by QB cost points and stopped a drive. Bison also dropped 3 passes and screwed up the KO return. They also lost a TD on the holding call. The TD that was called no catch I thought should have stood. Receiver caught ball took 2 steps then bobbled ball slightly as he went down but I don’t think lost control. In college I thought rule was it was catch if you don’t lose control. Bison have ICW reeling and they get ball back to start second half. If they score on their first drive, I don’t think ICW will recover. They looked awfully good for a quarter.
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27 minutes ago, UND08 said:
Sorry been a busy week at work so I missed a couple days here.
First...I started the term gray hairs...I'll own it and I'll double down on it. Look at the average lower level seat holder between the 40s...it's not a young bunch. That's not abnormal...older folks have more $$$ to shell out. If you took offense to the term, well sorry I guess. I didn't mean it in a derogatory sense.
Second...The core UND folks get so damned defensive about anything critical it drives me nuts. In my line of work, if my company was happy with the status quo we would get buried eventually over time by competitors who are bigger, better, and richer than we are. Many of my coworkers are ok with that. Well ya know what? I AM NOT! I don't understand why it's so damned vilified on a message board of all places to question why we can't do better?!?
I don't always agree with UND-FB-FAN on many things, but I think him and I are on the same page here. I think what's worse than the shortcomings is the apathy that gets displayed from many of the "Pledge Your Loyalty 100% of the time" folks. I will tell you this, I'm not rich, but I was donating $2500 per year plus my season tickets on an annual basis. I discontinued this year. Multiple hour road trips just aren't worth it for me to follow this team the way it's currently run. It's easy enough for me to buy single game tickets, and I actually made it to all but two home games this year. Flame me for my lack of loyalty if you want, but people vote with their feet. I figure if I decide to get back in, I won't have any problem buying season tickets again given the apathy that's set in both at UND and nationwide.
Do I have some ideas? Perhaps...but that's not my job. There are people in administration that are in charge of those types of things...and I'd like to see them earn their paycheck every once in awhile. Maybe this is what's best for UND sports, and if it is I won't question it. But as a consumer it's not a product I feel the need to consume at a high dollar amount.
I’m not at all offended by the term gray hairs. I’m not offended by any of this. It seems some can’t discern the difference between disagreeing with how to get where we all seem to want to go and being satisfied with where we are right now. Also disagreeing with characterizations of a large group of people based on the color of one’s hair doesn’t necessarily indicate people are upset or offended. Because virtually every other sports teams best seats are usually the most expensive, then for the most part they will be occupied by people who have worked longer and have enough money to spend on expensive seats. It says nothing of “stagnation or conservatism”. It doesn’t indicate apathy. I would guess the seating demographics are the same at other schools.
I also don’t care if you and others are critical and call for changes. That may be the solution. My opinion is that those changes weren’t going to happen during the season nor until contracts are up. The folks who didn’t feel firing coaches is the answer now are not happy with mediocrity and they aren’t apathetic. There are people young and old who will support UND athletics regardless of wins and losses. Loyal fans aren’t necessarily stagnant, old, rich, apathetic, conservative etc. I can’t speak for others but I shared my philosophy. At this point in time, it doesn’t matter what I think about coaches so I move beyond that. I try to see what can be done to improve the programs with what and who we have until such time we can improve things. I am ok helping when and where I can.
In that company you work for you are correct in that companies must evolve over time with changes in technology, the economy, demographics etc. I dare say that if your company has a culture where if my attitude is “it isn’t my job” my company may not reach its full potential.
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5 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
Once again, assumptions of my personal accomplishments and resume are the focus of your post. I’m unaware of what I’m unaware, apparently. Unknown unknowns. Okay, Donald Rumsfeld.
Ridiculous. I’m not going there… again.
This isn’t about me or any individual person, other than maybe those employed by UND.Furthermore, there are several issues, and conservatism and stagnancy is part of it. Using the term “gray hairs”, which I just carried forward on this forum, apparently upset you. Don’t excessively focus on that. No individual (other than maybe coaches) is being singled out (or at least I’m not doing that, you are though). This is an overall group/institution issue, and there’s no easy fixes given the hole, but ultimately there are fixes.
You missed my point. Your criticism and characterizations of an entire group of people based on a physical attribute is ridiculous. That group may also have business and leadership experiences that others don’t have. I “assumed” because of your constant criticism of anyone who doesn’t agree with your opinions and solutions you must have extensive experience in those areas. I now assume I was wrong. My point is that many of the “gray hairs” you criticize may have experience with problem solving, building successful programs, dealing with failures etc. Those experiences may be valuable in trying to solve these issues. Many young people already have those experiences and are also needed to solve our issues. We won’t move forward as quickly if we leave people out of the equation. That includes young and old, dyed hair, gray hair or no hair, those with financial resources to donate and those who may not have financial resources but have the time and the energy to be part of the solution. For what it’s worth there isn’t anything you say or do that upsets me. Your posts are entertaining and I don’t mind “pulling your chain” and the seeing your responses. (I got a kick out of the Rumsfeld comment). I hope you and your loved ones all have a Merry Christmas and Happy and healthy New Year. Go Hawks.
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4 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
There’s always exceptions, but as a whole, the “gray hairs” aren’t doing enough. So, yes, fair criticism is warranted. By fair, I mean UND’s lack of compete ascension is certainly not entirely due to the gray hairs. There’s internal misdirection to thank for some of the issues.
Well what a surprise. It seems you always find someone to blame. Now you have labeled a group based on the color of their hair, characterized them as “stagnant “ blamed them for “conservatism” and based on hair color they are responsible for “UND’s lack of complete ascension” (though not entirely “). Of course as a board member of a multi million dollar business, and with your vast. experience having taken over failed businesses and turned them into Fortune 500 giants, all the time coaching 3 college sports to Championships you would know this. What about the red heads? Are they also a big part of the problem? I am curious as to what other than agree with your constant negative comments and firing everyone you want the gray hairs to do. How about the ones with big noses? Better yet big yabbas?
I doubt you have the ability to understand how stupid your recent posts are. Most can understand why you want a coaching change whether they agree or not. This recent post tells a lot about where you are coming from.-
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1 hour ago, nodak651 said:
At face value, I agree with this post.
However, I looked back for context and it looks like you were responding to a post of mine, which was about negotiations for a new operating agreement rather than a new donation. I don't agree that this quoted post is applicable to the usage agreement negotiations if that is what you are referring to.
I don’t (nor have I ever) liked the contract that gives REA any control over anything not directly related to REA revenues or the Engelstad donations. However donors often tie strings to their donations. The recipient needs to know where to draw the line. UND drew the line with Sanford and turned down a $10,000,000 initial donation. Sanford wanted exclusive sports med rights. Frankly, I don’t know if there were any other strings but the parties had a tentative agreement.
I don’t know the details of the issues with the Engelstads and UND but I wasn’t aware of “corruption”. If they negotiated and got a legal contract, then I don’t believe there is evidence of corruption but that’s my opinion. I don’t know all if the facts. I do know that Ralph and his foundation has been extremely generous to multiple organizations and causes including UND.
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I don’t believe we have any idea of all that went into Washington’s success. We are far removed from the inner workings of their program. How did the X’s and 0’s change? How did the culture change? What about the game management was different? If you really want to model your business or program after another, I would think we would look at what happened previously to have led to failure. How did admin address those issues? What changes were brought about? Head coach, assistants, resources, but also team leadership. Key players back with another year of experience. Change in player leadership and team captains can also be a major factor. So what changed for Washington? How did their X’s and 0’s change. What about their culture changed before this season? What is different in game management this year? I’m not disagreeing with you but I’m not able to make those claims cuz I’m not close enough to the program to know.