I just don't understand why they are so obsessed with the old nickname.
Even some players that recently graduated put "Fighting Sioux Alumni" in their Twitter profile. They never played under the name.
That's poser sh*t, similar to how they posed as D1 hockey players the last two years.
Even the chancellor feels UND is is the flagship school of ND.
"Our state is less than a million people and this is the flagship (university),” he said, which means UND has ties to the state, region and entire country."
Problem I am seeing is that Chaves has no ties to anybody from UND or North Dakota. He will try to find the best coach available. I don't think Boschee would even be in the mythical 'Top 5' if he wasn't from Valley City.
Not sure I am buying the "socially and academically" excuse. Most every parent ever has held their kids back in elementary upon noticing these exact same problems. The kid isn't getting smarter in 8th grade by staying back a year.
Its been two full years and the savings in the budget will actually just begin showing up this year, IIRC. Litmus test: how much will they pay the new MBB coach and assistants.