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Agreed - I'm certainly not a mover and shaker in Sioux athletics, but I was personally lobbied by the gobc several times. That group is strangely silent now after 10 years. That certainly moved the needle for us to hire a 22-21 coach instead of an up and comer. However Chave's decision to extend Bubba after a 5-6 season is the main reason we are mired in mediocrity now.

Who are you going to believe - him or your lying eyes?

When 5-6 gets you an extension it's not like the bar is very high. We are here because successive AD's and Presidents set that bar. We knew exactly what we were getting with Bubba - he was 22-21 at Duluth and we knew exactly what we were getting when we renewed him. Until we get an administration that insists on excellence here we will stay. And I am absolutely stunned that not only couldn't we build on the Bison victory but we have actually regressed.

I think this all goes back to Chaves - Bubba is always going to be Bubba - he is incapable of change. But the administration thought they would reward him after a 5-6 season so now we can't afford a buy out.

This season's test to see if Bubba can actually get it done. I'm very surprised he couldn't build off of the momentum of the Bison game and we seemed to go backwards. Time to right the ship.

Because Bubba built on the excitement following the Bison victory and has a great road game record?

Hmm - Bubba's hire and he has Bubba's confidence and is coaching under Bubba's guidance and systems. And not being able to buy out Bubba is directly on Chaves and his idea to renew him after a 5-6 season.

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I would prefer "get your team ready for the game and make good gametimes decisions Bubba" to "Dancing Bubba" but it doesn't seem like we get a choice in the matter.

It's starting to look like this is our real team and the one that beat the Bison was just an anomaly.

But hey - we're gonna still be day by day.

You can thank Chaves for our coaching predicament - he thought that 5-6 Bubba (after pissing away the Bison game) deserved an extension before his contract was up. Absolutely no demand for excellence from the administration.

It's just amazing what Bubba has done with the momentum from our victory over the Bison. So far 3 of the worst halves of football I have seen in a long time.

Even with the penalty difference I felt the refs were horrible. The tripping call for example. Most of their misses occurred right in front of them.

I think Bubba is very resistant (and almost incapable) of change. We've had a 10 year sample of his work. Everyone seems to understand this except one person - Our AD who thought it was a great idea to extend Bubba after his fantastic 5-6 season (where he pissed away a chance to beat the Bison). Now we're stuck.

Bubba isn't hockey's fault.

If he can only get to 5-6 he would get another extension.

It's been a long time since I have seen our lines bully the Bison - but we definitely saw that today. Great execution. Well done. Keep up the good work.

Or The Big Steer

Izzo is the original Bison lickspittle - can't stand to see his face.

1953-1964

The big factor in the heartburn is the pathetic execution - even after we knew they smelled it out we fumbled around a bit then ran it.

Some absolute snipes in this game. I hope this continues because when things weren't going well it seemed all of our shots in some games were center mass on the goalie. If we can shoot like this it will be a good year.

Actually, I think it is more if the administration demands excellence - fans had nothing to do with renewing a 5-6 coach before his contract was up.

And "culture"