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If only our offense could punch.

Scoops might be overstating things - access?

And yet we as a fanbase are very tolerant with mediocrity. I agree with your post. Bubba Ball should be established by now.

It's not like this is Bubba's first recruiting class - although things are always fluid he has had many years to correct our weaknesses. I like some of the talent we have but we are not a complete team.

The media will never call out Bubba for fear of losing access for the inside scoops. They have a symbiotic relationship. The question is - does anyone in the Athletic Department call him on this crap? The only ones calling BS seem to be on this board.

And somewhat related - it doesn't seem like we can keep any defense guessing or off balance.

Great question - no doubt that ultimately the off sides is on the player who jumped. But .... to use your bullying or drug analogy - There is no doubt that kids from all situations can get involved in drugs no matter how many times they are told not to. However, good parenting can significantly reduce this kind of behavior and is much more than saying don't do it - listening to your kids, becoming involved with their development at a young age, help them find an interest to get involved in (music, sports, drama etc), knowing who their friends are and monitoring their internet use. Good practices aren't foolproof, but they do help significantly. Same with coaching and programs. Some programs emphasize discipline and being assignment sharp - they emphasize and insist on it in practice and and work with those who are problems - these are usually successful. In looking at our body of work over the last 5-6 years, we do not do a great job of this. That's on the coaches. EDIT - To give a more concrete and closer to home example - Which teams had better self-discipline and were more assignment sharp - Lennon's or Mussman's? It comes down to the head coach to set the expectations and follow through.

Lots of interesting discussion here about this team's weaknesses. For me though it's the eyeball test - Watching this group can be frustrating, bordering on painful. The continual offsides, the sloppy tackling, the missed assignments, the horrible clock management, the wasted time outs, our offensive play-calling that keeps no one guessing or off balance, and the totally bizarre game decisions among other things. At this level with an experienced coach we should at least be assignment sharp at this point in the season. And although individual players are responsible for things like, say, jumping offsides to start the game, ultimately this is a team problem that starts with the coaching staff. Bubba and company plain not getting it done. We went through 6 years of Muss and have had Bubba since 2014. Yet here we are.

Glad Driscoll got the shut out - he's a good one.

It's pretty clear that Bubba needs to go - the question is will it take UND 5 years or 6 to get it done. Our tolerance for mediocrity in Football is seemingly endless (see Mussman).

Well coached teams execute well - not just with remembering the snap count but with things like tackling too. They may lose some but they don't beat themselves.

Absolutely disgusting that a team playing DI football has this many false starts.

Not many as most of them got busses from Deitrich who are not running any hockey busses this year. The athletic department needs to address this before it gets much colder.

And I will admit that Bubba is not a stupid person - he just made an incredibly stupid decision Saturday.

How do you feel about casually mentioning that a kid was "payed off"? Comments like that helping the program?

Point taken - I guess I am just super frustrated.

They key part of that was "on Saturday". Rate his performance for that game. I agree that he has upped the program while dealing with crappy facilities. I like some of the talent we have coming up. However, his performance on Saturday was not good at all and has happened enough to be a pattern. He is not a good game day coach - especially for big games. The 4th down call cost us big time. We finally had a chance to shut up the Bison and blew it.

Just curious - what did you see from Bubba on Saturday that led you to believe he was smart? I'll wait.

Exactly

To be fair, most of us that came to those conclusions watched the game on Saturday - Bubba - stupid seems like a pretty logical conclusion.

And discipline and play calling - false start on the first play - come on. And we can't seem to keep any defense off balance or guessing. The word is out on our offense.

Agreed that we are a better team - however the Bison are not the Bison of old. Bubba has shown us time and time again what kind of coach he is (especially on game decisions). He had a big hand in blowing what was one of our most important games in recent history. If this is what people want going forward so be it. But don't be surprised if he Bubbas away other important games. This isn't the first time his game coaching has cost us. Time to demand excellence for this program.

Hell - let's make him work for it and manage all of the 4th downs too.

Sums up Bubba in a nutshell.

I admit to being frustrated with Bubba - and I think our horrible 4th down play affected the outcome - not only a poor idea but very poorly executed - we gave the Bison time to stack the line and then went ahead. We could have called time out when we saw how it developed. Yes, Bubba deserves the criticism. In looking at his body of work on 4th downs, it's almost he thinks what the logical thing to do is and then does the opposite. Coaches need to put the team in a position to win. The offense was not sharp and a lot had to do with poor discipline - we were offsides on our first play. This is part on the players but also part on the coaches. We had a golden opportunity to shut up the Bison and didn't cash in.