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
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
at this point that most think your opinions are suspect and repetitive but you continue to teach all the less knowledgeable football ex-players and coaches what’s what
No-interceptions are worst throws QB can make, anybody that fantasizes about a guy who if has better tools but plays behind another is likely a guy coaches haven’t convinced the value of risk/reward of decisions. Some get it sooner, some get it later, some will always overestimate their ability to make something happen when there isn’t much there.
Why would they want to share media money with teams that will bring minimal additional media revenue. The dearth of population is a difficult hurdle to overcome, especially 4 ways. Just not enough eyeballs