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Makes sense. I would say a good rule of thumb is when you struggle, simplify things and focus on fundamentals. I had the opportunity to sit down with Wade after games when he was with the Cowboys. Very intelligent defensive mind and a great guy.

Maybe. I believe we also have had TE’s that could be DE or OLBs based on their athletic ability.

That NDSU team is pretty damn good when they play up to their full potential. Miller is a very good QB. He does what they ask him to do. He is a very good running QB and decent passer. Miller made himself look good more than we made him look good. Schuster didn’t have a good game but Bison secondary is very good and their defense was pressing him even when they didn’t get to him. I don’t know why we played so poorly defensively early on but we have struggled to play consistently on defense all year. We were ok offensively and had the defense been more than a speed bump, we would have been ok.

I coached BB at GFC one year under Dick Vinger and Pat Sullivan. Hall of Fame coach Dick Vinger said “ when you win say little, when you lose, say less”.

I would play Koshiol. He tackles well. I think he is less likely to be out of position or miss an assignment. Speed may be the factor but I’d rather have a guy who is assignment sharp and can tackle. Especially against a run team. Just a guess. I’m not at practice so who knows. Gotta do something.

I agree but I don’t think it would have changed the outcome unless NDSU started making mistakes. Offensively, they were clicking on all cylinders. Defensively, we didn’t have an engine started to click cylinders. That and missed scoop and run on blocked FG changes momentum but then they dropped an interception early so it goes both ways. Not sure if we get in but we need another win to better define this season. I think our guys played hard but we were overmatched. We would need to play our best game of the year to stay with them and then those breaks can be the difference.

Good question. When we can’t stop other team, I’m not sure I would punt from own 45 or beyond but at some point it doesn’t matter. I thought this would be decent game. I don’t think we were as diverse with play calling as we had been most of year especially early. Our KO and punt coverage was bad. Guys didn’t stay in lanes. Their RB’s were very patient and then hit seam quickly. Not sure where our “second level” defenders were on those long runs. Other than the early sack that Tommy kind of ran into our young RT did ok against a future pro. Tommy did ok even with pressure. I thought his fumble was knocked out of his hand by Hoosman when he was starting to throw and Hoosman moved across to block but I’m not sure. KO’s weren’t getting to end zone but we need to cover kicks. When officials ate the flag on the personal foul against Maag on the early drive we had been moving ball. Missed int and blocked FG both potential TD’s but frankly they outplayed us and we got dominated by their oline. Lastly, Miller had a great game. Whoever said he is “slow” may want to watch the game film. Bad day. They played well and we couldn’t stop them. Hopefully we get a playoff game and can get past this.

Classless, moronic remark.

It was pretty clear to the refs/reply officials and Seemed clear to me. Elbow was clearly down and ball wasn’t coming out. I guess I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. Doesn’t matter.

No you couldn’t. All of the negative comments about everything being the coaches fault make us look stupid. They are from the same suspects who have seem to show little insight as to what is happening on the field and those comments derail in-game discussion. Our kids got outplayed. We missed tackles and missed assignments. When you are dominated like this the responsibility is shared by players and coaches but there will be no coaching changes during the season. It’s pretty clear we are overmatched and in addition, the Bison are playing well and we aren’t.

It was the correct call. No fumble.

But you rank them on this years performance. Different than evaluating a team/program. Prior history doesn’t get you wins or cause losses this year.

Yeah, this is a whole different level. I’ve noticed when they drive the lane and go up with a shot, they almost always use the backboard. We seem to toss up a weak floater or bounce it off the rim. We certainly aren’t shooting with any confidence. Finally got a 3

I’m not sure that we have set a screen to get a guy an open look. If we can’t make free throws on our home court it often means we don’t have confident shooters.

You mentioned “competing with the Ralph”. My comments were related to attendance. There are many fans who attend hockey and FB as well as MBB and WBB. Fans want to be associated with success.

Student section wasn’t full at hockey last night. Lots of empty seats through out the arena. Cold weather, very limited tailgating, and the distance to the Alerus from campus hurt student attendance. Travel issues from the west also hurt overall attendance. Hard to get that bandwagon warmed up enough to compensate. If we can get into the playoffs and a home game, we need to make sure students have easy access to buses to and from game, a free student parking area and some sort of organized pregame or postgame activities.

You are correct about the importance of winning. I don’t believe we competing with hockey or the Ralph. They are both an important part of UND and UND athletics. The hockey difference in addition to solid outside financial support, is that many of our hockey fans are otherwise NDSU fans and Hockey has had a long successful run. FB has been inconsistent especially through the slow transition. FB benefits from successful hockey, MBB, WBB, and VB as does the University. Anything bringing positive attention to UND will benefit the athletic programs.

I’m not leading anyone here. I’m not sure I know who is who on this site. I’m not bashing social media, but it isn’t the vehicle to affect change in our athletic programs. Also, I have no issues with your opinions or others. They are as valid as mine. But I would hope you understand my opinions and the opinions of others are as valid as yours. You are correct in that we all want Championships. We may disagree on the path to get there and clearly some of us get tired of the repeated, almost constant criticism of coaches for anything that doesn’t go well. I happen to fail to see the purpose especially when we have been playing better and making progress. My opinion is we assess the need for change at the end of each season including evaluating coaches. Every fan base has fans similar to ours. But give some thought to the criticisms of those who have a more positive opinion of where we are and where we are going and then the response when those critics are challenged. You and most here are much more important to our University and athletic teams because odds are that you all will likely be around longer than I.

I believe this last sentence was cut and pasted from the dictionary under irony: example of.

Kostich being Kostich?

You do realize that we don’t set expectations or anything else on social media (or maybe you never played). Most people who post here are fans and realize that the team culture, goals and expectations aren’t influenced by those posting on SS.com. or any other social media sites. Maybe that’s why you seem to get frustrated when others don’t agree with you.

That isn’t how one determines talent. That is how most fans and media types evaluate talent. Waletzko had no other offers. The Hegg kid from NDSU was a walk on. Belquist is an FBS talent. If we evaluated talent by your method these guys would have been at Concordia or MSUM. We have a lot of talented kids on this team. The fact is every team we play has talented kids. Some more than others. There isn’t a cupcake on the schedule this year.

Don’t think the folks trying to move things forward is “ all beer, skittles and sunshine”. Far from it. Some understand what it takes to turn programs around, resurrect businesses, and even how we can lose our edge. Some, and I am one of them, see no purpose in calling for coaching change publicly until the change is going to be made. Public calls for coaching change usually has an adverse effect on recruiting and creates negative vibes on the team and staff. We all have the same goal and that is championship FB as well as tourney appearances and conference championships in all sports. Obviously there are those who feel otherwise. Bringing back other sports isn’t fiscally feasible without a designated sugar daddy right now, but it would be a mistake not to listen to all stakeholders to see what they bring to the table. I think we will see improvement in MBB, WBB this year. We have made big strides in VB. We seem to be making strides in FB but need to get better each week. We have hockey where it needs to be financially. Now we need to get our other sports there too. It isn’t easy.

I will let you and the other folks who are beating this to death on some facts. First of all, you all have some valid points and valid concerns. Why you all seem to have a need to continue to throw these comments into most every thread says more about the people posting than it does about the coaches and programs. Positive change not only in sports but in successful organizations is not driven by those whose primary contributions are firing someone and complaining. There are a number of people working to move our programs forward but that group doesn’t include those with this attitude and it won’t. It is complicated because the discussions include not only FB but other sports and always what is best for UND and how it can be done successfully and to be able to sustain that success over time. It includes some who also want to bring back swimming, women’s hockey, baseball and so it’s complicated.So I guess if it makes you folks feel better, feel free to continue to the same negative rhetoric. The difference makers have no time for that nonsense, because seldom, if ever, is there anything that would contribute to making the necessary positive change to move all programs forward. Some of us had to learn that by experience and regret the time wasted with the shortsighted negative thinking.

Yes I was. If I buy drinks they let me tag along. The nursing home back home doesn’t know I’m not there yet. I left my teddy bears and a box of depends under the covers and put a sign on the door that I have monkey pox. They won’t check til Mon AM.