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Schuler isn't flashy, but he sure makes alot of clutch shots from about 15 feet.................

This team needs him..................

That was a BS charging call on Webb....................

The worst shooting team in the conference is shooting the ball pretty well right now............

Come on boys, FOCUS!

I'm back so everything will be OK now........... I did!

Very nice win for the Sioux, against the Big Sky favorite. The UND ladies have had a pretty darn good week...................

Oh, I thought it started up again this week for some reason. I bet it will be packed for the next home game.

Up 4 with 16 seconds left.............

There are 6 people in the student section. What do college kids do nowadays?

Looks like Buck's right hand is all wrapped up. Is she battling through an injury too?

Sounds like Evers is having another nice game. If wall was healthy, this team could be dangerous. Kind of like when we had Langen and Kimbrough at the same time..............

Big 3 by Smart. Sioux up by 5.............. 3:27 left

Is Wall playing? What is her injury anyways?

Sioux up by 3 with five minutes left.............

UND up 30-9. Things appear to be going well. I think I am gonna switch over and catch the end of the women's game......................

Off to a very good start. Let's keep it up!

21 North Dakota 7 ISU ~10:00

Video working for me.................

12 North Dakota 4 ISU Under 16 min All of the Sioux scoring has come from beyond the arc.....................

Mussman has been here for 13 years. He was part of the staff that went to two national championship games. He was the OC for some of the best offenses in UND history. He could have left to become a head coach at a DII school at any time from about 2005-08, but chose to stay on Lennon's staff. He turned a 3 win team into an 8 win team in a year's time. He's demonstrated that he holds his players to high standards off the field and in the class room. Mannassau is a former player, and with the exception of the debacle that was 2012, has fielded a competetive defense during his time as DC.

As long as the team that we took with us to Southern Utah wasn't on the plane, I like our chances...................

I must be out of the loop. Who is the transfer from Wisconsin?

I was very critical of John Kelling during his tenure as co-Defensive Coordinator. The reason was because I saw his secondary regress every year he was at the helm, while Mannassau's front 7 typically played quality defense, and at times even stellar defense as far as stopping the run. Much to my delight, Kelling departed during the last off-season and the entire defense was handed over to Mannassau, a change that I trumpeted. As we all saw, the 2012 pass defense continued to be pourous, while the normally stoudt run defense was even worse. My point is, a simple coaching staff change, whether it be the head job or assistant positions, does not automatically translate to success. My personal opinion is that both Mussman and Mannassau have built up enough equity within this program to be given more time to prove themselves. Circumstances like the transition and the nickname have been discussed ad nauseum, so I won't revisit those issues again here. Regardless of any circumstances, it is not like the last 5 years have been a disaster, although they certainly could have been better. There have been some embarrassing losses like Sioux Falls and blowout losses like EWU and MSU. There have also been quality wins against Top 25 programs like Cal Poly in '09, and USD and SUU in '11, a finish in the Top 25 polls, and a conference championship. Has it been all roses? No. I may change my tune if we muddle through the next 2 or 3 seasons near .500, but for now I would like to see what Mussman can do with this program in the near term with a level playing field and solid footing in a quality football conference.

I didn't see that article at first. I was going off of this excerpt from the first article you linked: