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Anderson needs to sit for a while. No ball movement.

Congrats to both FU and Towson for making the final game.

We miss Brekke so much. Without a post player right now we are getting killed on the glass.

I remember your fans booing Nick Mertens a few years back in the dome. No different really.

Bohl and his staff have had a recruiting plan and stuck with it from the start. They knew the type of player they wanted and where they were going to get them. Someone asked in another thread for reasons Muss didn't succeed. My biggest reason was recruiting and not having a plan. In the last few years our main recruiting area has changed from ND, MN, WI to California than to Illinois. We can get talented players from there to fill some roster spots but it can't be the main recruiting area. FU will be fine next year. They might lose a couple but if they can still get homefield in playoffs, they will be tough out.

I'll maybe agree with you after I see the staff either of these guys has put together. I originally wasn't sold on the idea someone mentioned earlier but perhaps there is a chance we sign a guy like Pflugaard to an O-Cord/Asst. Head Coach position. Bubba could tell him the offense is yours and Bubba can focus on the defense with Schmidt and whomever else he brings in. I don't think we need to offer over $150,000 to get either of the two finalists so Faison needs to use that money on filling the staff.

UND by 10 but we have to attack the hoop. I think the combo of Webb and Hooker have a big day

Could happen. EIU was having some success throwing the ball last week on Towson. They went away from it for awhile and it hurt them. I think Towsons RB will have a nice day. I'll take EWU by 17. I think the beat 3 teams all year are still left but there is a drop off from FU to the two playing today.

Congrats Kotels. Best of luck.

Wow, how dare fans show emotion after coming back from almost ten down with 7 minutes to play.

Its worth the cost. I really don't care if he's talking about us or not.

I would think that possibly the only coach to have ever won a Nat'l Championship here and is also an alumni here (wants UND to be as successful as all of us do) possibly recommended either of his cordinators if contacted by Faison???

Not every team in the Big Sky makes the conference tournament so yes, that has to be goal #1. Last year there was a lot of disappointment after the conference tournament so your hockey only thoughts are tiring. And I heard Saul the other day trying to justify his loses this year but he didn't touch the UND game at all. He knows they got embarrassed and I don't think there is any doubt it would happen again if the game was tomorrow. From what I saw that night, those two teams aren't on the same level.

If you talk to a majority of coaches in North Dakota, Bubba will get us back in the door. We haven't done a good job the last few years reaching out to these coaches, Bubba was the man recruiting ND when he left. As far as recruiting against Bradley, a majority of that was done by Hedberg with taking over that territory just prior to Bradley leaving. I'm just going off of what I have heard from coaches in Bismarck, Dickinson, Minot etc but I have way more confidence in Bubba in getting back in good standing with our new staff. As far as recruiting other areas, our assistants need to be better. The last few years we only had a couple coaches hauling in the players. I'm going to assume Freund stays and he is a better fit in Wisconsin than he was in AZ. We need someone who will do a better job in the cities although Kotelnicki got a few guys from there last year after he was moved from the Nebraska territory. I don't disagree that Bubba is busting with charisma and energy but our assistant coaches can do a better job than they have in the past.

Don't think Brooks turned down the job. Just wanted to clear that up.

On the court, head to head is what matters. Thank you.

Welcome to UND Deion. Moved to QB his senior year to help his team. His coach said WR and DB are his natural positions. Also had a a lot of good things to say about him as a person and things he's already been through as a kid.

Deciding factor for me is the staff I feel each of these guys could put together. Also, after seeing two years of a Big Sky schedule, I've wanted a head coach who is defensive minded. Coach Schweigert fits that description. If I was a defensive player on this team I would be excited if Bubba is the guy. I think Bubba can bring in a guy to coach the offense and continue improving there. Need to get back to a more balanced offense. Maybe Bubba even gets Lotyz back to help with the Oline.

Do you think Bohl comes back to FU if he wasn't unemployed at the time?

Well he'll find out in a couple days. And starting in the spring he gets a chance to show his stuff on the field and be the man. Lots of opportunity for him now. These young guys will all get their chance.

Bubba might not be the big name but we all know what we are getting with him. We know discipline will be addressed.

I wonder what the percentage of coaches have a previous tie to the school they are at?

Who is the other one? Cain?

Yet his name was thrown around. I bet some of the "I'd be fine with" quotes on this board come from some of the same people who mentioned him as a potential replacement. You can't pick and choose which posts off this board are the voice of the fans and use as a measuring stick for where the fanbase is at. Edit: When I say you- I don't mean you directly. Just blanketing the dialogue theme of the day on using that statement as where the program is at. I agree with your statement on time and wish a coach would have been made the day after the deadline. Whether that is a Faison thing or a process thing or a combo of both is something that can be discussed after the new coach is hired.

But yet his name was mentioned. I'd add to that as well. Looking at this whole process the open records law clearly hurt this search. Look at the list when the process started, how many of those guys were realistic with that law in place. I'll take a guy like Klieman for example, even if the whole coaching change there didn't happen, was it ever really realistic a FU coach was going to apply during the middle of their playoff run? Some thought so, looking back now, it wasn't going to happen. Other coaches were in the same boat. The other thought was a FBS O or D cordinator, with what the pay was/is, we or any other FBS school isn't getting an FBS cordinator that is currently employed or isn't coming with baggage. Again, the hope was a guy like Minnesota's OC (Clays I believe) would maybe apply. He wouldn't have even been realistic for even FUs position.