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Hunter’s perspective comes from a guy who played FB at UND and played on special teams. This is from a man of character who has tackled adversity with courage and distinction. (This will not sit well with those who are not in the “arena”. Those “who point out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better”). Hunter’s place “shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat”. (Apologies to Teddy Roosevelt). Hunter’s perspective comes from his personal experience. It is different than the perspective of those whose experience is from the outside looking in.

Might stop taping over shoes. Smith tapes over both shoes. Doesn’t do anything for ankles but 2-3 inches of bottom of his shoes are covered with adhesive tape.

You are welcome I think. You made a number of points. I’m not sure which one you think I proved. I agree that neither you nor UND FB Fan are the problem with our FB program but neither is CMSioux nor those who don’t lose sleep over our favorite sports. All that does is make you tired the next day. I would guess wins and losses matter to anyone who played or coached high school sports and their parents and fans. Get your letter sent to Santa and I hope you get the gift of your dreams.

I hate to bring reality into the equation. This CMSioux’s post isn’t “the biggest problem” for UND athletics. The biggest problem is our coaches and players are struggling and that has nothing to do with a loyal fan who enjoys the game experience. He makes it clear he doesn’t like our lack of success but stated why he still likes UND FB. He didn’t say it doesn’t matter if we win or lose. He says nothing about his philosophy regarding sports or anything else. What is impressive is that he attends so many games both home and away. That is something fans can do to help our programs. This forum represents only a small number of all UND fans. The anonymity afforded us empowers us to not only opine regarding teams, coaches, fans or administrators, we can do so without having to divulge anything about ourselves that might give us credibility among other readers. I like it to get information and entertainment. Money is the driving force behind so much in college athletics. That is how we might affect changes when needed. Change won’t come because of what we post on a fan forum.

No reason for him to come here. He is already at an excellent FCS school. His next step is likely either FBS or NDSU.

No we aren’t.

Gene Murphy, Roger Thomas and Dale Lennon had UND ties. Pat Behrns had UND ties, struggled here moved to FBS as an assistant then to Omaha as a head coach a with better success. Bubba had UND ties. There may be better options out there so we don’t limit the pool so we don’t miss best option.

Didn’t say that at all. You don’t limit options. You find the best coach available. That could be from a small college like Sioux Falls with no UND ties for instance, but could be someone with UND ties. It doesn’t matter where they are from it matters where they are going and where they can take the program.

Nonsense. Doesn’t matter where they come from. Don’t limit the pool, cuz you may miss the right guy. When the time comes, one of the biggest issues is salaries for head coach and key assistants.

Maybe. I can see no reason to complain if we win and get left out. If we can’t win games like today, we won’t go far in the playoffs anyway.

Wasn’t going to be TD but he should have caught it.

The call was good. Should have been a TD. Poor throw

Pretty soon???

I would offer this kid as soon as allowed by NCAA. I would keep an eye on the brother who is a freshman.

The coaches teach them when to break down, to wrap up when they tackle, and finish. Just like offensive linemen are taught to keep their feet moving and finish their blocks. It’s basic fundamental FB. I’m not sure why we are still struggling. My earlier point was that although Geaux-Sioux makes valid points, I’m not convinced our size is the problem. I just reviewed the Bison depth chart for tomorrow. We are actually as big or bigger. At some point the players need to go out and do their job. If you can’t block and tackle it doesn’t matter what offense or defense you run or what plays are called, you will struggle. I believe we are capable of winning this game. All 11 guys can beat their opponent on a given play. They need to dig deep and make that happen each play and trust their teammates to do the same.

I just reviewed our depth chart for this game. We rotate the front 7 on defense and use 3 TEs. I did compare with the SDak state depth chart and we are similar to the top FCS team size wise. I couldn’t easily find the USD depth chart but here is ours: TE: 255 250 245. T: 305 305. G: 300 320. C: 315. DE: 260 270 250 245. NG: 315 290. OLB: 220 220 225 225. ILB: 230 230 235 235 I don’t think our size is the issue it had been. We are big enough. Bigger can be better if quickness and speed also improve. Defensively, I believe our biggest problems are we don’t tackle well, we overrun plays that take us out of position and we lose outside contain or have poor angles on the ball carrier or QB in the pocket or scrambling. Too often we don’t wrap up on the ball carrier. Offensively we have been decent except for UNI game but Oline has to have their best game against a good defense. UND 24-20.

Agree, but wasn’t it his choice to decommit? Was it true that UND wanted him to play juniors last year and come this year? Considering his play last year, UND seems to have been correct. It would be great to have him at UND. You probably have the inside info.

That’s also a reason when, all else is equal, many coaches choose the multi sport athlete over the hockey only kid. There is a higher upside to the multi sport kid once he focuses on one sport. Studies show single sport athletes peak earlier than multi sport athletes in addition to being more prone to injuries.

Their start has been impressive for a new program. Garret Raboin is an outstanding coach, well liked and highly respected by his players. Josh Morton (former UND FB) is the AD and will give the program the support they need to develop a competitive program.

I don’t have anything to do with either the good old boys, nor the hiring or firing of coaches. I had nothing to do with firing the last coach nor the hiring of any of this staff. They don’t ask for my opinion, they ask for my money. I happen to agree with the rest of your post. If we can’t win out we have no reason to complain if we don’t make the playoffs.

You his said there are “some idiots” on this forum. It seems you agree with Kelly. If you aren’t going to provide your résumé/CV then say so and we move on. Don’t get your grundies in a bunch when some of us want clarification of your posts. I don’t care if you and your pals feel better debating my comments, making derogatory/critical comments toward me, especially if I say stuff that sounds stupid. It’s a social media forum. It might be interesting to debate the future of the program over a couple of beers but you lose me with the name calling and comments about mediocrity, laziness, cowards etc. We have derailed this thread so I’m done. PM me if you wish to debate, trade barbs etc. Same for the rest of your posse. I apologize to the rest for my part in derailing the thread.

Sorry, but I don’t qualify as a “cotton top”. I didn’t respond to a post about me. A guy says he is going to show us his résumé/CV I took him for his word. I would like to read it. I’m not defending the 360 guys I haven’t heard their podcast. I normally don’t listen to podcasts. Has nothing to do with egos.

Nothing tricky. Guy says he will provide his résumé/CV “any day”. Time to man up. Kelly isn’t the guy bragging about his CV.

What did they do? Who was it that called others fairies cuz they don’t agree with an opinion? You said you would put your résumé/CV up against Kelly’s “any day”. Well, todays is the day. Let’s hear what makes you and for that matter your little group of self proclaimed experts so much more knowledgeable than everyone else. I’ve seen no evidence that you nor your pals, collectively or individually, know more about FB than others here. Those who proclaim themselves as experts it usually means they are only experts in their own minds You and your pals make valid points at times but your recurrent nonsense about how those who don’t agree with you at times means they are satisfied with mediocrity, admin and coaches are afraid, are cowards, can’t lead, are too old, etc. detract from your valid points. It lends one to wonder about your sparkling CV. Kelly can fill in the blanks if he wishes, but I remember part of his. Kelly was a 3 time all-Conf player and a 2 time All-American for UND. He was an outstanding FB, Basketball and baseball player for Bismarck Century. He worked for an Engineering firm in DL and has returned to Fargo with an insurance firm that just made a huge donation for HPC phase 2. You said you would put your résumé/CV(credentials) up. Are you a man of your word or not? If not, your credentials mean nothing.

Check your post on p 41 of the Boise State thread from Sept 16: “we’re realistic and probably know football more than you and the other clueless clowns on here”.