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Winner. This wouldn’t be so funny except there is a slim possibility it’s true.

I wonder what the legal ramifications of that would be. When I was hiring in business world we had to open up the posting again with different qualifications if wanted to hire someone that didn't meet the minimum quals. Reasoning was that others might not have applied because they were in same situation and would have applied if at 7 years. Didn't want to get sued

If the requirement is that our HC had to be a coordinator for the #2 team in the country last year or for Alabama this year we're going to have to up the ante quite a bit. More realistic is that there's a fair amount of room between those positions and what we should expect for experience level for our new coach.

I only doubt this cuz he doesn’t meet minimum quals set in posting unless he really does have 8 years full time coaching experience. Is strange they’d set it beyond his experience if he was being considered

Schmidt with Fruechte as OC.

Hindsight Hawks still undefeated. (See DeBoer, Kalen decision)

I really like Schmidt based on his mix of understanding the Midwest and UND and the experience he’s gained at higher levels since he was here. any idea on when we’ll know!

RT had this same philosophy about winning recruiting battles (against NDSU back then). One of his assistants told me the story about a big recruit RB or QB that almost flipped last minute to UND. In the end he stayed with SU and had a good career there but in the next few years they were able to out recruit NDSU for a number of players. That is what got the ball rolling for their success at UND.

Chuck from MG is in too. Super

Don’t know any details but guessing Freund burned some bridges at UND when he left for SDSU. I know it PO’d a bunch of the fan base. Probably too soon in that regard although all would be forgotten quickly if he was hired and had success here

Wonder if he was on our radar

DeBoer did great things at SF and they dismantled UND when he coached against us. He has also obviously had a lot of success since becoming a HC again. That said, it was 7 years after UND passed on him before he got another HC job. Either he didn't apply for other HC jobs or it wasn't as obvious back then as it is looking back that he was going to be so successful.

A few years ago some player's parents that I talked to raved about Kostich. They brought him up with no prior discussion about any of the coaches. Just wanted to pass on how highly they thought of him.

Nothing wrong with that. He can probably retire at end of current contract.

Is the press conf today being broadcast live?

Jerry Burns used to say it's your big knockers who decide games. It's a catch 22 in that you don't win until you get a bunch of big knockers and you don't get those guys until you start winning. We need a dynamic recruiter/staff that can get enough of those guys to come to GF to get it rolling.

From the Herald at that time. “Strength coach Nate Baukol will be the point person at Memorial Stadium until a new coach is hired.”

I wasn't debating any of the on field results. Just that he is a good man and a class act. I'm glad we agree on that. I have experienced a few things that he has done behind the scenes that really stand out and show what a good man he is.

Baseless other than NDSU puts up cash? You won't even agree that Bubba is a class act? Hoping that was just an oversight on your part.

Crookston

My belief - if we got the 3 yards on the 2 point conversion at Youngstown, Bubba is still coaching. They win and go into the next week with momentum and beat ISU blue. That alone would have gotten us to 7-5. Then it comes down to beating either USD or Illinois St for a very successful season. It is amazing what a difference one play can make.

I don't think he said in his press conference that anything was status quo. He just did a recap of the year and said he was going to evaluate everything including himself. He said what anybody would say if there was no decision made yet at that point.....regarding his status or the assistants.

My source has mentioned him (Schmidt) also.

If they do make a move does ND still have the hiring rules where they have to wait 2 weeks or more after officially posting? Also name all the applicants publicly? That has hurt us in the past.

Doesn’t sound like this is happening. Said they wouldn’t edit out the logo from throwback merch but that’s all that’s been decided.