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Agreed there are some very nice balls in there. But I'd be concerned if his highlight film, including some in half pads, was filled with bad throws. Would also love to see Simon and Jerry's practice film cut-ups for an equal comparison. Tom Miller was most of the practices and reported on what he saw and ended up not being real surprised by the decision. That's the kind of comparison that actually carries some weight.

Schmidt knows what an elite Edge rusher should looks like and that is a definite position of need. Good spot to pick up a few higher level guys buried on depth charts.

This thought is the most useful thing you've posted in the last week!

Or hear me out....UND got a couple applicants that had great resumes but they only reason that they were interested is because of their ties to UND.

Schmidt has seen first hand the infrastructure and what is needed to win at the highest level of college football. He also has first hand knowledge of how things were run at UND. Safe bet he's picked up a few things that will pay big dividends and I would expect some visible changes on how things are handled with current players and recruits.

Lol

That's hilarious.

No one that's talking.

People will fall for anything these days. Even a poor photoshop.

Given some of the names who have actually rumored to interview the last day or two, if he somehow got it, it would be because he deserves it. But the minimum requirements among a few other things have me skeptical.

Doubt this will be the case. Bolte is really the only name that's been put out there that fits this criteria and I don't see him getting it. 25 (pretty successful) years in Bemidji in various roles isn't all that strong of a resume. Now, could there be a different role for him? That I could see.

My biggest takeaway is you there is a link (the $) for individual players directly on the Wisconsin roster page that leads directly to a page where you can pay the athlete for posts, videos, autos, appearances, etc (true NIL items). I like it.

Zero argument that on paper that those two have better classes than UND. But ranking by stars isn't the way to do it. Many of the players they signed didn't get upgrade to 2 or 3 star players until after they committed. Plenty of politics that goes on behind the scenes with how players get to those spots. Overall point still remains that UND needs to continue striving to get better players and start winning more battles for players with multiple offers. That isn't debatable at all.

"Finalists" is a relative term. You burn your candidate pool if you're going to release a bunch of names and people that don't want others (like their current bosses) to know they are out looking at other opportunities. It has nothing to do with UND "protecting" themselves. At least one of the serious candidates that was on Tom's list is in that boat.

Finalist interviews the next few days and presser on Monday? I like your timeline better but unfortunately don't think it will be that quick.

His offenses were not good at Cal. Ranked 45, 92, 86 in the FBS his 3 years there and the bottom of the PAC12. They were the 7th ranked offense the year before he showed up. He's a fine candidate (if he's interested) but saying he's had any sort of sustained success in the decade since he left EWU is just not accurate. He has no ties to UND's recruiting footprint and hasn't coached anywhere even remotely close to this area. Those are big red flags. He wanted to call plays to expand his resume and turned him down.

I guess I thought Schmidt had a pretty good run while with Deboer (34-6 excluding covid). Not a great first, single season at SDSU and I have no clue what the new staff inherited there. But you keep championing for Baldwin when he hasn't done much in last decade and his last 3 college stops and one season in the CFL have been flops?

Hope its moves quick as well. Thinking that plane is tied to a trucking company out of Wisconsin. Doesn't mean it wasn't borrowed/rented but who knows.

Here's where Massey has UND's defense the last fifteen years 2 with Schwenzfeier 3 with Holinka 6 with Schmidt 1 with Kotelnicki 1 with Mannausau 2 with Kelling/Mannausau 2024 - 33 2023 - 26 2022 - 30 2021 - 7 2020 - 10 2019 - 23 2018 - 21 2017 - 48 2016 - 15 2015 - 37 2014 - 52 2013 - 74 2012 - 61 2011 - 23 2010 - 25 2017 was the year the team was ravaged by injuries.

No decision has been made. Guessing some guys won't have their application in until late and want to understand where they might possibly rank before having the chance of their name being put out in public as a finalist. Wonder if there's a possibility of UND ending up with more than one names that's been mentioned with a second person filling a possible coordinator position, depending on who gets the head job and where they need to fill in the staff.

Even got a Moorhead kid!!! Hell of a job by the staff. 100% class all the way from every one of them in uncertain times for their future.

Was 23 the number that was expected? Meaning, did anyone get cold feet and hold off or go somewhere else (outside of the WR who flipped a few weeks ago)?

He's also been the DC for 6 years and the first 3-4 were nothing to write home about. The last 2 have been very good though. I think he's a good candidate, no clue if he's interested though

Agreed, but who is setting the rules on the process, which some of might not follow a traditional route?

Curious if this is an athletic department decision or comes from Twamley. On the surface, it seems frustrating either way.