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This, particularly the first one, needs to be addressed before we worry about doubling the coach's salary. Look at how often the assistants turned over for proof that it was an issue. Tough to have continuity when the same class goes through 3-4 assistant coaches before they graduate. They will get plenty of quality candidates at $140-60K (which they have the ability to raise for the right candidate). You really aren't even going to get into a different level of candidate until you start approaching $300K and start getting the interest of some P5 assistants. The pool was always going to be G5 and below assistants looking for a head coaching job or lower level head coach looking to move up.

Slight addendum, UND's T&F coach will be overseeing men's and women's T&F/CC whereas NDSU has 2 males in that position. Meaning UND will have a female overseeing 3 sports (or possibly 4 depending on the volleyball hire) to NDSU's one, which was the point that started this giant hypothetical by Forum Communications. Don't know where everything sits including assistants, which again, Forum Communications point was directed at the people at the head of the programs, but pretty long way from being able to say where the schools currently sit in regards to that with multiple staffs not filled and some coaches not even hired yet, not to mention there is usually some turnover at the assistant positions once the school year is complete. I guess I don't understand the math on how NDSU will end up with "more female coaches overall" but they definitely won't in the position that matters the most and anything beyond that is pure speculation at this point.

I'd say the results are already showing up in the non-revenue sports that saw increase in scholarships.

Take it for what it is worth but the Fargo media claimed they could only get the names of the finalists for their WBB coaching search.

You've seen his attempt at it right? The Sioux logo was great but the new one he did looks like it ran into the Hyslop face first.

This is the catch-22 with the whole thing and the ownership of the REA possibly changing hands in a decade. The REA continues to be in amazing shape and has minimal deferred maintenance because they are able to put profits into a reserve fund before distributing the rest back to UND. It is important to keep the building as a premier facility across the college landscape. It can be argued that there would definitely be a better ROI on some of those funds if they went back to UND and were invested into other programs but that also takes money away from the REA over the long term. The question/problem is the balancing act between keeping the REA up to world class standards and investing in other programs. I think its obvious at this point that scale has been tipped towards the REA, however the concern is if UND takes over the building, that tips too far the other way. There is a definite advantage to holding the REA outside of UND ownership and my opinion is the overall the relationship needs to be repaired and move slightly towards other programs so they could hopefully defer the ownership change further out as a way to benefit all parties.

Pretty safe assumption that he means North Dakotan's don't feel like her priorities aligned with theirs, which is why she was voted out. My biggest concern about HH would be budget-related. We saw what happens when you kick the can down the road for two decades instead of make hard choices. When McFeely floated the comment as a joke, her old Chief of Staff's responded (semi-jokingly I assume/hope) is that HH's first order of business would be to reinstate WIH. I mean, that's what you learned from and took out of all this budget stuff?

Just to clarify, Kennedy didn't pick the current logo.

Because he always comes here with innuendos and half truths but then will claim it isn't his place to actually offer any substance on what it is or that it is not his place to do so. Let's him troll with no worries of being proven wrong. Still waiting for all the news to come out on his contractor buddies that never got paid by UND.

This seems like a pretty good hire. Excited to see what she can do.

So UND now has twice as many female head coaches as NDSU? Or is it 3x more since Engel is the head coach of both men's and women's XC and T&F while NDSU has two separate coaches (both males).

I agree he should get a look but what happened the last two years? 7-22 and 19-12 is quite a drop-off. Did they lose a ton and are rebuilding?

I don't believe that rule passed as originally proposed, its a pretty narrow group that can transfer without sitting out. That being said, a handful of guys still have their red-shirt year available, so a new coach will need to hit the ground running to keep everyone around. Here is the press release for the most recent changes: http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/di-council-adjusts-transfer-rules

Tim Miles has some free time and a couple years where Nebraska is keeping food on his table. Maybe he wants to take on a challenge until he gets his next big opportunity. Saul Phillips applied for the Idaho State job, so he could legitimately be an option. The entertainment from the collective reaction in the region from either of these two would be worth the cost before he coached a single game.

Not a defense of Jones, but if fans are going to complain about the state of the program, then the coach has a fair point.

Nah, Jones actually won a couple conference tournaments. Above-average recruiter, average during the regular season and struggled with consistency, but almost always had his team playing their best ball during tournament time. Tough to argue with results considering the salary (and assistant pool salary) that the program is working with along with some very "different" situations that most coaches will never have to worry about dealing with. Always seemed to get the season he needed at the right time. I honestly would have put better odds on him going to Nevada to reunite with Steve Alford, who he coached under for multiple years but Alford just announced his full staff yesterday. Don't know what Jones' relationship with McCaffery is other than the dust-up from a few seasons ago and the two assistants Iowa already have on staff have been there for 9 and 10 years, so Jones would likely be bottom rung on the tree. Unless he really wants to get back to the Iowa area, that would like an interesting career choice.

This is such a ridiculous take. It's so bizarre to think that other colleges would take the heat and negative press for STU UST on this.

Lack of self-awareness and not understanding your place in the hierarchy can be more damaging than claiming whatever hyperbole it is about UND not wanting to strive to be better. It is an attractive job, particularly for someone who is ambitious. Especially now that it has been shown that people will notice someone who does a good job in that position. Yes, occasionally you will find someone who has the desire to make UND their capstone, however that is rare. I'd prefer someone who does the best they can while here and does it so well that they get bigger and better opportunities. Not a personal criticism against them, but I'd argue the previous few administrations were pretty good examples of what happens when you aren't pushing for bigger and better and are fine with the status quo. Kennedy has been in the running for multiple jobs that came with significant pay raises and much higher in prestige and he got those by impressing others with what he accomplished in his short tenure at UND despite whatever narrative others want to go with. It was far from perfect but UND will be much better in the long run because of what he put in motion while here. You have the order wrong on his leaving, Kennedy's days weren't "numbered" until he became the sole finalist for the Colorado job, not the other way around.

Happened to come across old friend Kurt Pallendach, who's the starting QB for the IFL Cedar Rapids River Kings. They play in the same league as Bismarck and Sioux Falls.

Accurate.

The PSU game being on 10/24 instead of somewhere in the first 3 weeks of the season isn't ideal but it looks like UND has KSU on 9/12 and PSU has Arizona on 9/5 and Oregon State on 9/19 so the typical OOC games don't match up due to FBS games. Would prefer a mid to late season bye instead of an early one.

I would actually argue it's the people who have blind loyalty to the Sioux logo that seem to be upset with MK and putting the blame on him, mainly due to the athletic department's insistence of the new logo being at center court of the BESC as being one of the issues that triggered KEM's visit to the GF Herald. The Sioux-for-ever crowd isn't going to turn against the Engelstad's because they are still convinced Ralph would have prevented any name change despite someone well respected within UND and close to Ralph stated the Ralph floated the idea of a process to retire the nickname over 20 years ago. The Engelstad Foundation isn't "paying the bills" outside of the "donations" for upgrades. The large majority of the revenue from the REA comes from UND. As for a new president's relationship with KEM, considering she hasn't gotten along with the last 3, I'm not sure how anyone would expect anything different unless they are willing to give her carte blanche in all decisions.

After reading the article, the only thing I might take from it is that Canadians can't get it in Canada, so they buy it in Grand Forks and take it back. Otherwise, I don't think it is researched real well, particularly after reading this passage: