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Supposedly he had great relationship with OC at SDSU who was let go half way thru season. New OC brought in new QB’s

Somebody still working week between now and 31st?

He graduated HS in 2018. Was at BYU then JC hasn’t played much since JC. Probably one of the getting down to 105 players

Also played for powerhouse program in DFW area

Of course the new OC wasn’t as concerned about winning in his new job as internet experts who are attending every practice and watching hours of video every week. He wanted a feel good story to be his legacy as an ambitious OC instead.

Denver is the type of team where you really can’t hide that you are missing a couple of your better players

Which is an analytic that every hockey coach pays attention to when it’s available.

1:45 minute drive from Manhattan

They have done a great job finding older recruits that bigger programs looked at and passed 2 years prior. Also pretty close to major population centers

The arena and history are huge help in recruiting, but not enough to win at historically high levels. No reason not to win once a decade or so. I have been heavily involved in the junior hockey world and definitely noticed the change in where high end players are coming from and what they are looking for as far as college life

Things change, days of winning with small town Canadian and small town northern Minnesota players are a thing of the past

Location shift, programs that are thriving are in population centers, Denver, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis, etc. Kids are coming from cities and like similar environments when attending college.

As a past billet of USHL players(some who played in NHL), most(not all)kids now come from larger metro areas and desire amenities that they grew up with, the ones that went elsewhere all said weather and small town were primarily reasons for not considering or picking UND. Not staff or amenities. The days of high end recruits from Northern Minnesota and small town Canada are changing to any metro with NHL team

Do some homework about what is being sent to Ukraine

Their best recruiter in the past is now head coach at Augustana, they will be good in a few years because of his evaluation and recruiting skills