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I think are people just as qualified as him. You keep discounting the baggage (real or perceived) that he will come with as well and if you think Faison is going to not take that into account you're crazy. I get your Griz buddies are sold on him but before his semi-final run his last year, there were a lot of fans not sold on him. Just for the record, I think he's a good candidate, I just think there are other ones as well and won't be all that surprised if he isn't hired.

From the way things are shaking out and from what the Herald guys have mentioned, my take is that Faison is still trying to get his guy to apply and there is either an issue with the salary (fixable) or there is another committment they need to take care of (timing). All the stuff about point system and what not is required by law but will not be final determining factor. It is there so that bozo's like the FU sandwich artist get their applications tossed. Being a state institution, all qualified applicants deserve to get their names looked at. Very frustrating situation, especially for the fans since we can't see what is going on behind closed doors. If you think Pflugard is the only decent name on the list, you should probably look it over again.

So that is what minimum means huh? Who would have thought...

Unless the coach has some other obligation, I can't figure it out either. And I can't figure out what that obligation would be?

Well how is that going to work when gfhockey said the new coach will be announced tomorrow morning?

You going on record saying that is what will be announced tomorrow morning?

Not per Dan Corey's list (WDAZ). 71 applicants as of last update. Likely be quite a pay cut.

Me either, just throwing out a possibility. Agree that it would be odd for Faison to not have it posted externally as soon as possible due to the minimum posting requirements.

Michael Bath still remains an interesting candidate. Doesn't quite check all the boxes and UND would likely be a stepping stone back to FBS for him, but he's intriguing. That being said, his record as an interim coach at Miami (OH) was not good.

I agree but for HR purposes, usually there has to be a "formal" interview and those usually can't happen until an application has been submitted. No doubt he was in contact with multiple people before they did or didn't submit their application.

Ian Shields? Was also former OC at Cal Poly. Talk about bringing back a power running game after running the offense at those two schools.

Is this a case where it may be posted internally for a period of time before posted externally? In the case of the football coach, it likely wasn't seen as there being any internal candidates. May not be the case for volleyball.

I think it was a very real possibility that it wasn't going to be a "sexy pick" unless Tibesar or Bollinger or someone along those lines would have applied and I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing. At this level, it usually isn't going to be something like that. Faison has proven to have a pretty good eye for hires in the past, lets hope he can do it again.

The only thing I can find recently is that he was an assistant coach at Simon Fraser (Canada) this past year. Not much info on him since he retired from Idaho in 2011. He does have quite a few books on football relating to the offensive side of the ball.

Having a hard time believing this unless it was someone who's application was turned in a while ago. I would assume a formal interview would be required and I doubt that can be done unless an official application has been submitted. But Faison knows the process better than the rest of us and a "formal" interview could be done over the phone.

I think that Andrus should be on that list somewhere. Wouldn't be surprised if Mills or Tuitele got a little bit more of a look. Would like Hoffner to be looked at for OC. Stephen Axman's name hasn't go much play, but he has some Big Sky ties, including head coach of NAU from 1990-1997. Mike Bath appears to be an up-and-comer though much of his experience is with Miami (OH) so not sure on how well he could fill out a staff. But reading about him, he is young, driven and pretty dedicated. Makes my list but would guess he would go back to Miami in heartbeat. Michael Kelly is also intriguing.

Seems to me he would have deeper connections since quite a few people knew Bubba was going to apply, including the Sioux Football Insider guys who referenced it yesterday morning while he provided information quite a while before it came out publicly. And I'm confused are you part of Mafiaman's good ole boys network or do you have your own?

Played at Montana. Was a head coach in NFL Europe, CFL and UFL. He was the OC under Joe Moglia, the former president/CEO of Ameritrade and current head coach of Coastal Carolina, NDSU's opponent this week. He stuck around when they left and was named the head coach. He is pretty intriguing and he fits a lot of the qualifications laid out...

Looking at his criminal record, it looks like he got confused and sent his application to the wrong school....

So Bubba's D-II defense under Dale was fine but now it is cramped under him at the FCS level? Not saying Bubba isn't a good candidate, just not at the top of my list.

Those two haven't exactly torn it up at SIU. Not sure how much rope they have left at their current job.

Sounds like UND has interest in Stanley Dubard out of Bakersfield, CA (RB/OLB) Seems like UND also offered Luke Fiedler out of Orlando, FL (TE/DE)

Somewhat agree. Fairly high on the list but not at the top. Will be interesting to see what the afternoon brings.

Faison was at New Mexico State whereas Mills was at New Mexico and Mills didn't get to New Mexico until 2012, well after Faison was at UND, so there really is no direct connections. However, he was the DC at New Mexico, Youngstown State, Idaho and Nevada and coached the secondary at Washington for a few years.. Don't know how successful he was at those places, but he is a defensive coach that seems to keep getting hired.

Also spent a couple years at UNI before going to FAU. He was only appointed DC in October, so he didn't hold hte position long at FAU. The hockey team does play his alma mater this week though.... Coincidence??