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-One departure was due to an academic/visa issue. UND didn't offer the in-person grad classes that the player needed to keep their visa. If that issue didn't exist, I doubt we're talking about this one -Another was a kid that UND spent a fair amount of time being eligible for D1 athletics and didn't have other options at that level. First chance at somewhere else, they bolted. Not sure what you do about that, but it sucks. -Another is likely leaving to play with his brother. Based on what the suspected team he might be heading to, he's going to see a drastic cut in playing time. Not winning much this year didn't help. -A couple on that list were additions by subtraction. -A few others weren't getting the playing time they felt they deserved or were told the playing time they were getting was going to go down. I only see 3-4 transfers over the last couple years that should be considered a big deal and one of them was out of everyone's control. That being said, they were some pretty big hits.

Philly aye a huge amount of dead cap to get rid of him. Indy didn't even try to get a second season out of the first round pick they traded for him and their QB room is hilariously bare. One really has to wonder why teams aren't hesitating to get him out of their locker room.

Why exactly do you think that timeout was called?

The guy who went 2-8 his last year in Louisville? Or the guy who quit on his NFL team midseason because they were 3-10? Not to mention personal issues. Let's see how he is able to actually sustain something before we're crowning Bobby Petrino as some sort of magician. He brought in a ridiculous amount of transfers and UND should have still beat them at their place until *checks notes* one of our RB's fumbled as we were running out the clock. Must not be all that good of a coach if he could barely squeak by UND's incompetent staff...

Crazy how just a few months prior, players were able to overcome that supposed incompetence! No one is saying there isn't room for improvement in in-game decisions. But everyone is working with the benefit of hindsight rather than the information the coaches have in the moment and are processing in real time. And if Otis holds onto that ball, UND has a winning record and UND doens't have a losing season. (And before you say that still isn't the goal, I agree. I'm just arguing the point you made). You have a short memory. There's a handful in the last 15 years that I'd rather forget over last season.

Right. If only he would have held onto the ball against Missouri State!

They were honored on senior day, expectation is both are gone. Either way, doesn't change that NDSU wasn't a young team since they returned 90% of production. Expect one more name to come out this week. Hard to tell if it will be a big loss but based on potential, I think it's at least a bummer.

Or its something that needs to be in place for recruiting purposes. I'd be interested to see the contract before jumping the gun on any assumptions. I don't get the women's hockey reference? If UND football was funded at the level of WIH in comparison to peers and had the results they are seeing, there would be some merit to the argument. Currently, the results are similar (though football has actually won a postseason game) but funding is not in the upper echelon that WIH was.

That's fairly debatable. Pretty sure both squads returned all 5 starters from last year. NDSU 90% retained around 90% of their minutes played and points scored. SDSU retained around 98-99% of their minutes played and points scored. While not young, SDSU is likely to only graduate Wilson plus any transfers but they are plenty experienced. NDSU is going to graduate 3 starters who all happen to be in the top 3 in minutes played and points scored.

Not saying that it won't happen, but I'd be curious about why that is the only reason? He definitely wouldn't be the first player (or starter for that matter) to transfer out, and that was before the new transfer portal rules. I would have a hard time making any sort of blanket statement that any player, particularly a very good one at this level, will never look at other opportunities.

This ain't it.....

Probably nets them about $700-800K annually though that might be low with the increase in e-tab machines.

I'm curious what kind of updates you're looking for? Like actual daily practice breakdowns? They've already said a bunch of guys are being held out and things are going to be a lot lighter with how quickly things transitioned from spring football to fall football within the last year. Their twitter account has had short videos or pictures. I've seen a few quick snippets on Instagram as well. Nothing with much substance but still something. But it isn't going to be like fall camp where there are daily updates. I believe Tom Miller is sending out a newsletter through the Herald but I'm guessing you need an actual subscription for that. He did have an article from when camp kicked off and one or two features since then. Obviously there could be more, but it would be a lot of fluff with not much substance, especially the first few weeks. I get we're all starved for football and looking forward to the season, I just don't think there is a ton to report on right now.

Band a group of girls together and petition the NDSU admin. If there is interest on campus, their Title IX compliance says they have to provide the sport.

If you ask him what they are focusing on as both a coaching staff and tasking the players with understanding over the offseason, this something he has mentioned specifically. It's not lost on anyone how they fared in close games.

That was Kennedy. Chaves has a solid relationship with them from everything I've seen. So your comment referred to just one donor and it wasn't even Chaves?

Still waiting to hear some additional info on this. Feel free to read through some of these comments to be reminded that he's just stirring the pot: https://forum.siouxsports.com/search/?&q=fire faison&author=gfhockey&search_and_or=or https://forum.siouxsports.com/search/?q=fire faison&author=gfhockey&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and

I'm not sure what the outrage would be. Here is what the 4 Dakota schools paid their AD's last year: SDSU - $276,750 NDSU - $251,266 USD - $175,456 UND - $213,600 USD's AD was hired from within when the previous one resigned in 2013. He was making $125K as an Asst. AD when he was promoted to AD. The previous guy was making $165,600 8 years ago. So I assume that is why is lower than the rest.

I'd love to hear some elaboration on this. Obviously President Armacost, who seems to be pretty well respected and also is on record on the importance of athletics, seems to think he's getting the job done. Could some of it be more public? Yep, absolutely. But, as an example, if you want to know why UND was able to participate in athletics last year (hockey, football, MBB, WBB), Chaves was a driving force at the conference level to get that to happen and went above and beyond to make sure UND student athletes competed while other AD's in the conference pushed for shutting things down or were indifferent. Just an example of something pretty noticeable that didn't get a whole lot of press. And while it's not going to move the needle here, the level that UND is performing at off the field (GPA/community service/etc) is incredibly impressive. I know wins are a helluva lot more fun to talk about, but I don't think that what's going on there should be understated.

If someone didn't know vodka was served there, I'd question what events they've ever attended, if any.

The positions exist (two of them), they just aren't filled.

Woof.....

You can't have it both ways. When you unexpectedly lose an all-Summit league player, the Summit league ROY, a starter plus the previous year's Summit ROY all to the portal, you don't get to complain about "how many legitimate players are on this roster" and in the same breath say that the portal is just an excuse. It is an absolute fact, that without the portal there would be quite a few more "D1 players" and some pretty damn good ones that have proven themselves at this level already. I haven't heard Sather complain a single time about the hand he was dealt. This roster looks incredibly different with at minimum Rebraca and Ihenacho on it. You don't magically replace unexpected losses just like that. Don't think its a stretch to say some of the biggest weaknesses in this year's team are a solid post game and a steady PG. Toss in Sueker and Nero being hurt and you have results that aren't all that surprising. No one is happy about the results. No one is saying they are the expectation or that they are acceptable. But logical people can look at what the coach has done previously and when he has had even a portion of the talent needed to compete. It is his job to build the roster back up. Sending him packing isn't going to do much of anything but reset the cycle (unless there is some wizard out there who somehow knows exactly what combination of transfers and JuCos would skip a few years). EDIT: Just reference, here is what UND unexpectedly lost in the offseason between Ihenacho, Rebraca and Sims (I'll exclude DAE since I think he was gone regardless, though that wasn't known until part way through the season: -1st and 3rd leading scorer (Sims was 7th at 6.3, 3rd through 7th are all within less than 2.5 points of each other) - 46% of points scored -Top 3 rebounders - 54% of rebounds -1st, 2nd and 4th in minutes/game - 44% of minutes played Again, these are just the unplanned losses of 3 players. Not shocking this year went how it did, especially with injuries.

Oh, you mean the programs that actually had national champions and All-Americans and such?

Guessing KNOX having a monetary interest had some influence on his point of view.