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I will clarify that I was talking about his overall record which was 22-21, average. And it was in his second correct? So for the most parts, not his recruits? And again, I think he would be a very good choice but saying his recruits won a title after he left and he didn't do better as a head coach because he played in a tougher league isn't the most convincing argument.

So Bubba was an average (literally) coach in a tough league but his recruits dominated a lesser league. Got it. Good thing UND got into Pioneer League...

That's a fair point. Bubba brought in talent that dominated the NSIC after he left. He was still 4-6 his last year and was 22-21 overall. Despite that, I still think he would be a great hire, but cherry picking facts isn't the way to convey that.

UND boat raced the top Summit team in Grand Forks. Montana beat the Jacks in Brookings. That being said, SDSU has looked like they are figuring it out and if UND plays like they have been on the road, the Jacks will win.

So Bubba couldn't coach the talent he brought in? They were 4-6 his last year with basically a team full of his players. They improved to 15-0 the year after he left. Your hyperbole really hurts the legitimate points you occasionally have.

Oddly enough, I was having very similar thoughts earlier this week. Only other schools that use it are Elon and UW-GB.

Off-chance in our lifetime? Hope that was said sarcastically. At minimum the top 2 if not 3 and some years 4 teams from the Big Sky make the playoffs.

You also have to think that both guys have some eyes on and contact with some guys that they are or wanted to recruit that they would be able to get. Not like they haven't been on the recruiting trail.

And incredibly inaccurate.

Just moved to the CAA from the Big South. A home and home was probably one of the easier ways to get 6 home games this year. Assures that there will be only 5 home games in 2016 though. USD + 4 conference at home with 4 conference games on the road and at Bowling Green and at Stony Brook. Next year's schedule looks good with trips to San Jose St and Missouri State and Robert Morris and Stony Brook at home for OOC. Glad Faison went 12 games.

Your sources also told there would be a hire last Wednesday and then Friday and also there was five finalists not two. I'll take it with a grain of salt. Also, what if Bubba's defenses perform like they have at SIU, poorly and worse than DeBoer's offenses? I'll support whoever the choice is and am excited for them to return it back to where it belongs.

UND could send a thank you note to NDSU as his salary would be more than covered and UND would not owe Mussman anything.

Part of it was his total compensation package did not include gate revenues (3%) like Bohl's did and it was made up in other areas including base. If they wanted Klieman to stay instead of go to Wyoming, they had to make it worth his while which they did. I thinK Klieman will be a good coach, but there again, he needs to bring in a good assistant staff. With a decent pool, he will likely be able to attract some good talent.

You thought 9 head coach interviews was a lot to sort through? With the generic requirements for the assistant coach position, to get some of the guys you want to hire, can you imagine how many applicants you would have to go through if it was open for over a month due to the point system they have to work through? The position closes on 12/30. Well under 2 weeks from when the new coach will be hired. Do I think it could have been posted a week sooner? Definitely. No clue why they waited to pull down the head coaching one before the assistant coaching one was put up. I think a fair question to ask is why does the Assistant Coach position only need to be posted for 10 days rather than 15? Different categorization within the University?

If they hiring committee wasn't able to start the process until the opening's deadline, then no, it wasn't going to be done the day after the deadline, especially having to go through the HR stuff on top of the interview process. Apparently it took a week. If a guy is going to assemble his staff and get the majority of his guys that he wants, you have to give him some time to put that together. You would have a hard time convincing guys to apply for a job with only a chance that the guy who is asking him is going to get the head coaching job. Otherwise you run into a lot of people putting their names out there (due to open record laws) only having them pull out while possibly offending their current employer. Could it have been put out a week or so ago? Possibly, but no way is it posted at the same time.

Very, very interesting....... Head coach job is no longer posted on UND's website.....but an opening for an Assistant Coach was posted yesterday. I'd assume that means expect an announcement soon as a decision has been made. Bubba or DeBoer?

They fired a coach with 2 years remaining in his contract, basically eating up to $175K. They went digging and found more money to pay a head coach and assistants. Seems like if they weren't serious they wouldn't have done either of those things.

Has anyone heard if there has been any applicants that have applied since the "preferred" deadline?

Closest I could find in a quick search:

You're still missing the point. The joke pretty much has nothing to do with you.

Wow....that joke went way over your head.

Come on you, you already know what the answer to that is going to be...It was during the course of play and the puck was near him, automatically makes it a clean hit.

Just because they were on Faison's short list doesn't mean he could convince them to apply, especially with the open records process. The Herald guys know of a handful of coaches that didn't apply specifically because of it. Now if Faison couldn't talk with them and give some reassurance on where they would end up after applying, that is disappointing on a few different levels. I wonder if there have been any more open record requests to see if anyone has applied since the deadline? All that being said, both DoBoer and Bubba were on most people's short list here and ending up with one of them seemed somewhat likely from the beginning. Seems a little anticlimactic with how long this has taken, but if they weren't able to do the interviews until the deadline date and had to interview 9 candidates, then it is what it is unfortunately.

Definitely agree. Nagy is a good coach, he will have no issue throwing a zone at UND. Hopefully there is a good crowd there, should be lots of people with tickets already from the Big Game pack.

Not sure how I forgot about that. I stand corrected.