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    Moo U diaries

    jdub27 replied to Vegas_Sioux's topic in Football

    What exactly was Chapman's vision, build up the house of cards and hope it doesn't fall? NDSU's lucky Chapman got fired when he did. Bresciani has openly and specifically stated that NDSU was on the verge of financial collapse. As for what is good for the system, I'm sure a way could be found for NDSU to leave it since they clearly know better than everyone else. Did you miss everything I typed? The projected shortfall was known about long ago because the legislature capped tuition below what UND built their budget on. It's no secret there is financial issues in higher ed at UND, within the NDUS (FargoU included) and across the nation. How is something that was known at UND become the "tip of the iceberg"? I work with a many vendors that do work with UND and somehow your anonymous one is the only one I've heard of "not getting paid". Makes you wonder what part of the story you're leaving out.
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    Moo U diaries

    jdub27 replied to Vegas_Sioux's topic in Football

    Your commentary on the financial issues was complete crap. You accused UND of not paying vendors, which has not been proven true anywhere. UND had a projected financial deficit and cuts were made to fix that along with cuts that went above and beyond what the state required. It wasn't some grand revelation about the projected deficit either, the state capped tuition below what UND budgeted after their projections were submitted. NDSU has always and continues to march by the beat of their own drum and playing by their own rules, which is why it isn't a coincidence they are always "surprisingly" at odds with people, especially those in charge. McFeely was critical of them right up until he switched employers. But I guess they wouldn't want Caillou to lose any more access than he already has. I guess claiming he's been accurate is a matter of opinion. I happen to think he's intentionally made comments that don't tell the full story and omitted a lot of other relevant pieces of information to further his opinion pieces.
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    Give me reasons

    jdub27 replied to Fetch's topic in Football

    Obviously you don't want to talk arrest records.
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    Weren't offered prior to March of their senior year? Moody just committed before his senior year started and they already have at least 9 offers out to the Class of 2018. They already have 1 of the 2 spots filled to replace Baldwin and Hooker (Moody) and will likely have the other locked up before the season starts. It is replacing the 4 juniors on scholarship that will be the near impossible task without at least some sort of token extension.
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    And now a live look-in....
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    You don't think coaches recruit during the season? Tough to go into a junior in high school's home and ask them to come to UND when you don't have a contract past March.
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    It is code for a bird with a head dress (in case it hasn't become obvious that was literally the only thing that was needed to for a new logo to have support).
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    By any half decent looking hawk do you mean one that looks like all the other hawk logos? Because everyone (myself included) was adamant that it needed to be unique. Or did it need to have a head dress to pass the test? The logo had zero chance of getting a majority support with UND fans off the bat. However, it is interesting to read the opinions of those who don't have any ties to UND because they are mostly positive.
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    Either your full of it or they really didn't want him if they only offered a partial since that is almost unheard of at the D1 level. Scholarships can't be split like in FCS football, D1 basketball is a headcount sport, not an equivalency sport, so offers are full rides.
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    No other offers at this point but interest from multiple area colleges. The talent is there, just a matter of putting and keeping the rest of it together at the next level.
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    Mid-September for single game tickets.
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    Braden Hanson and Alex Tillman seemed to work out pretty well. Some turn out, some don't, same as other recruits. It's not the way Bubba is working to build the program but sometimes it is what the staff feels is the best option. NDSU will be relying on one at running back and punter this year.
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    Would taste better than bud light lime...
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    Absolutely disgusting and embarrassing. A lot of projection and blame heaped on inanimate objects.
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    Unintended results. There was zero thought given to an FBS move while the decision was being made, especially considering they tried to find ways to save both sports and cutting them was a last resort and was directed by Schafer. UND would still have Title IX issues without adding additional scholarships if they moved up to FBS. There were only 6-7 scholarships cut, going FBS would add 22.
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    Quite certain at this point Dave would have rather Fleury played and they lost rather than having a young gun come in and lead them to the Cup. That "brief" hot streak he belittles lasted over two months and 26 games.
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    No, we had a company that didn't follow the protocol for having their design considered. Again, UND didn't request a logo, they requested an entire new graphic identity package. And the $50k was peanuts compared to some of the bids. The only local company that bothered submitting a proposal had a fee 3x that and their proposal was pretty lacking to say the least. I think it's pretty confusing and amusing that everyone was so dead set on the new logo being unique, yet everyone is all of the sudden in favor of all these alternatives that look exactly like any other hawk minus the occasional extra set of feathers on their head.
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    UND requested a complete graphic identity package, not just a logo and nothing prevented these guys from submitting a proposal.
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    I know right....
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    Is there a different article you're getting that from? Not saying that won't happen, because as @southpaw correctly pointed out, it is somewhat common, but nothing in the linked article seemed close to him saying that.
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    First home track meet in over 30 years scheduled for February: Will be interesting to see what schools come up for this. There are some very big schools in the region that have shown interest in meets at the HPC due to the fast surface and it being a 300m track.
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    They are in a top if not the top conference that has multiple bids each year. It makes money and has a reserve fund in case they don't. All pretty good reasons to be happy. Even if they aren't and wanted to leave, there is a buyout of $1.5 million with a 24 month required notice which only goes up if the timeframe is shortened. They can still play those other teams in non-conference match-ups if they were that important. I don't see them going anywhere.
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    True but all the schools within NDUS are guilty of that, though NDSU is the clubhouse leader. However to continue to complain to the legislature about the condition of buildings while taking zero responsibility of it yourself is definitely an interesting strategy. I was impressed to see Schafer use some of the budget cuts/savings to put towards UND's boiler system being fixed regardless of whether state funds are granted to do it.
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    Do you have any proof of all this stuff you are claiming? If input wasn't taken, I can with 100% certainty tell you that the logo that was released would not look like it does and people would be even more upset. The fact that it wasn't a cartoon character bird tells me that they definitely did listen to outside input. You're going to believe what you're going to believe, but just because you don't like the end result doesn't make your version of the story correct. Of course everyone wasn't going to get what they wanted because as with everything, opinion's are subjective. Getting everyone's input is exactly how we ended up being the Fighting Hawks. I can't even begin to imagine how a designer would 100% use everyone's input on a logo. It was also no secret that the logo was going to be rolled out before Schafer left. The plan was always to give Kennedy a clean slate to start with, which with how big of a mess the nickname issues has been for the last decade plus, was absolutely the right call.
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    While I understand FargoU people defending Bresciani (I mean, these are the people who still defend Chapman), are they really trying to go to bat for his recent record on research, which was one of the things cited by the SBoHE as needing improvement? In the last 8 months NDSU has shut down their nano-research center, dropped in Carnegie classification (especially after previously making a huge deal about their ranking) and kicked the can down the road on a major research initiative instead of making actual budget cuts. But whatever, it is all UND's fault despite the SBoHE very much having a NDSU slant with 3 of the 7 non-student members having NDSU ties and exactly 1 member having UND ties.
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