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I believe Jones showed he's pretty strict given the length of Youmans' suspension last year for getting into a fight with a teammate. It sounds like young Mr. Callahan has some growing up to do.

I never actually saw the kid play, so it's hard to say. Based upon his high school accomplishments, I think he has a chance to be a player at SDSU, but I'm not sure I'd necessarily call this a huge loss, either. Time will tell, I guess.

UND press release on the Callahan departure from the program.

Kauker would never be mad at me. I went to Central!

I forgot to post last night that I'm reserving judgment as to the accuracy of the info until I get confirmation from Mark Kauk.

On the coaches' show tonight, Swyg said that Mussman will be named as Lennon's successor on Friday.

I guess this makes it official--Callahan's name has been removed from the roster. link

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Good points.

Nobody else internally will apply. And since the process apparently isn't going to be opened up to external applicants, I guess there won't be any more applicants, period.

Like Jon Heimler, it sounds like running back Bradie Ewing has both a scholarship offer from UND, and a preferred walk-on offer from Wisconsin. link

I have to defend NDSU grad on this one. According to the post by "Marlins" earlier in this thread, Cavil had offers from UND, USD and UMD. He definitely knows Wisconsin recruiting, as he talks to pretty much all these kids. In terms of head-to-head "wins" in the recruiting game so far this year, Wisthoff for sure was offered by NDSU. I don't know one way or the other about the rest of the UND commits. I know there was considerable NDSU interest in Nichols and McGurran, but whether offers were actually made I can't say.

I believe it's more or less simply a kid who is invited to walk-on (as opposed to the player contacting the coach and asking to walk-on). There may be a bit more to it than that, but I believe that's the gist of it, anyway. EDIT: This is from Wikipedia:

According to a post by what I consider a very credible poster on the wisconsin sports network board, WR Jon Heimler (6-3, 189) from Menomonie is still deciding between UND and a preferred walk-on invite from Wisconsin.

Things should start happening again soon with regard to the presidency. On-campus interviews are to take place sometime in January (according to the above-mentioned Nov. 28 Herald article), with a new president expected to be named in early February. Hopefully then the a.d. hiring process will then begin in earnest.

Yeah, me and about 99% of the other posters on this board who never sign their real names.

UND has reportedly offered Fennimore (WI) linebacker Tyrell Rosemeyer: link

This link contains a fair amount of info on UND coaches' salaries and projections for future years.

I believe all I really said was: Can we call a truce and drop this matter?

It's ridiculous that Twamley would really care about who gets hired as volleyball coach.

*sigh* I now wish I hadn't even brought this up, but here goes: I DON'T THINK RALSTON WAS AT FAULT FOR LENNON LEAVING! Are we now clear on that? I didn't really even think this thread had anything to do with Lennon. Some had brought up who is supposedly at fault for any perceived turmoil in the department. I'm not even saying there's turmoil, but I attempted to use facts to say that I felt it was fair to question Ralston's decisionmaking. If you disagree, that's fine. However, given how I phrased my initial post, I feel that you personally attacking me was uncalled-for, and wrong. I'm not saying Ralston should be fired. I don't know what kind of job she's doing overall. If the next a.d. feels like she's doing a good job, then presumably she'll remain after her currrent contract is up. If not, perhaps she won't. If I were a.d., I'd probably want to surround myself to the extent possible with people I hired, but maybe that's just me. Congratulations. Whose ultimate responsibility was it hire a head coach in any sport? Tom Buning. Who has more knowledge about volleyball as between Buning and Ralston? Ralston. So yeah, there should be blame placed on both, but clearly Ralston must bear some of the blame for what appears to be a rather poor hire. Also, whose job was it to sift through the men's basketball applications, which ended up giving us as finalists Jones, two dII assitants, and a high school coach? As for your comment about a mandate from University Relations, that's ridiculous and you know it. With all this said, I now plan on never criticizing another UND administrator again. It's not worth the backlash, regardless of how fair the criticism may be.

I agree (not that anyone cares what I think ). If nothing else, he would be a strong leader, and wouldn't be afraid to make decisions. However, simply because of who he is, I think people would be more accepting and receptive of decisions which may otherwise be controversial coming from a so-called outsider.

Don't assume anything. You know the rest of the expression, I'm sure. So you're saying that the SWA who used to be a dI volleyball coach shouldn't have any responsibility for hiring an inexperienced volleyball coach at UND who is clearly not doing a good job? Whatever. I never said there was any evidence of Kojich doing anything wrong. I just think in a situation where you have a SWA with such a "connection" to Twamley, perhaps it could be construed as potentially blurring the lines of who's "really" in charge? I know I'm not the only one who thinks that. As for my identity, it's none of your business. I do not, and never have worked at UND. Neither has my wife or any member of my family. That's all you need to know.

That seems rather hard to believe considering he's on record as being interested in the Mankato job again this time around (at least before Lennon's departure) despite the impending scholarship cut necessitated by joining the NSIC.

Feel free to doubt Tibesar's interest, but it wouldn't be difficult to confirm or refute. Remember, his brother is on the team. I'd be very interested to know which of the two the majority of the players would prefer.