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I'd say there are some pretty good investments made to the sports above if salaries continue to increase. No one will be able to question facilities once the IPF is complete. I'd say the "is fine" comments are based on the thought Tibesar would come back or a BCS coordinator was coming.

Great post. To tie this to Oxbow's thought on timing, which I agree with..............Faison could have asked anyone who was around when Bubba was here and probably asked anyone at Duluth and the way everyone described Bubba would have been consistent. And it would have all been positive. So at least in terms of Bubba, he could have done his own work during the wait period and even if he had to narrow it down to 9, Bubba could have been named shortly after. I have no problem with Bubba being the guy. He will be a solid head coach with a plan. The key to me is still the funding of assistant coaches and the staff he puts in place.

My opinion is no one has anything against Schweigert. He is a guy who could have been named the head coach the day after the deadline and that is frustrating.

Bubba could talk about his tie to the program. I've said it from the start, to me the hiring of the assistants is more key than the head coach. That is true especially if Bubba is the guy. He is here long term, he has strong ties to the program, strong ties to ND, SD and MN recruiting grounds and he brings discpline. Bubba used to be the man when recruiting ND. Ask a high school coach in ND about Coach Schweigert and they have nothing but positives. We need to get back to that. I think that while not the sexy pick, the safeness of what you are getting with Bubba is ok with me. Now, if Bubba can bring an Eric Schmidt as a D cord and a big name O cord, we have something. Keep Freund on staff and things could be ok.

I'm sure he was misquoted Sic. Silence will be the sign of whether it was found or not.

I don't know about results based but I work with a couple parents of athletes on the swimming and diving team and they are very impressed with their new coach and some of the changes there.

^^^^this for Bubba. Also for what it's worth...... Pflugard's 2013 offense rank- 111 DeBoer 2013 offense rank- 56

If we didn't have an all American WR this year your argument be legit. Hard to say he won't get recognition with numbers like that when it was proven false this year.

I wonder how many more yards Hardin would have had if he had a running back like Chappel.

So in regards to Pflu, a coach gets credit for wins with players he didn't recruit but isn't accountable for those same players troubles cause he didn't recruit them. Makes sense.

If Deboer interviews well and gets the job I don't have a problem with him. His teams were always prepared. I still believe the coordinators and assistant coaches are the key to this hire.

So who on our staff would have you promoted?

Well said. The problem I have with this process, besides the length, is that Faison recognized head coach salaries and asst. salaries needed to be improved and found the money. I applaud him for that. However, he now seems to have no drive to put that money to work and go recruit a guy off that list. Its frustrating this has been so quiet.

At this point we can't worry about FU. We need to get a hire to get a staff put together. Allow them to start recruiting and give the returning players a face so we don't lose anymore.

Unless your Tibesar, I know nothing more than you. I would assume since the NFL is the pinnacle of playing, and coaching, he's not coming back to UND. As for BB, there have been multiple ideas why he's not interested stated. Pflugard should have at least been a finalist at Weber and wasn't.

Tibesar wasn't interested because of his current position, had nothing to do with the current state of the program. While I'm not sure what to think of the potential hire, the fact that Weber St. passed on Pflugard is more alarming than what happened at Montana. The guy was on his staff and they had a couple seasons to evaluate him. That is better than any interview. I wonder if Oxbow's sources mentioned anything about any follow up done on Pflugard.

Good hire. Lesson I take away from this- from this point forward, UND needs to have its next head coach on staff. Or change the process

Hoping these guys to stick together and some leaders step up .

It's been stated by many people on this board anything but winning the conference tournament is a disappointment this year.

Eastern Washington moves on. Will face Townson next Saturday.

And FU fans ignore the 20 point loss.

Nice win for the ladies today. Another Super Bowl victory.

FU fans come back here desperately begging for attention again. Good win vs Notre Dame. Still doesn't change the 20 point convincing loss from earlier.

So how many years do you give the new head coach to right the ship here?

Also, of all the applicants, Bubba is the safest hire. We all know what we are getting with him. The wild card is the offensive staff he brings in. The risk or chance as you put it is limited with him