UND1983

I suppose yah

Good point. UND was better this year, yes. But, SDSU, NDSU and ORU were all worse. UMKC was better but flaked out in tourney. St Thomas was about same.

I have spoken to this many times lately but since several coaches have left word has gotten out about the differences. Leadership - Expectations - Accountability - were a few of the words that came up from my sources. I have called UND the country club and I do not back off of that still today. SDSU has extreme leadership and vision and they hold their coaches to that.

BJ will be gone

For those that watched, notice how they were doubling Fidler before calling timeout on the in bounds. Then out of timeout they didn’t double Fidler. huh

What happened to Ralphie and the boys?

Rebound!!! Dang

Jardine is on their roster (and ours) https://gomountaineers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster

She is on two current rosters at same time

IALTO

SDSU's entire roster is from MN (6), SD (4), IA (3), WI (1). Just some food for thought

Literally nobody said they should be recruiting only North Dakota girls. This roster is a mess no matter how hard you try to spin it. Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin. All recruited by our other teams, why not WBB? We haven't even started the conversation on how to build a culture - a locker room. They sure don't seem to have that whatsoever with this crew as shown by their play.

I don't want to come across like I have anything against Mallory. She seems like a great lady, a great alum. It's just frustrating to see it play out like this and know what they are doing isn't going to work. Football has the same issues with roster going up against the SU's. Hockey has years where coming in most can tell they aren't going to be as good. Scoring will be a problem etc. But then they fix it quickly.

Great questions. I would want to know what the plan is to make the program better. What is the plan for recruiting and why they are doing what they are doing. This year is now further clarification that their recruiting plan is not working. Accountability. Expectations. Does Chaves expect them to be a Top 3 team in the Summit League every year and if so has that been conveyed to the coach? Did she come back and relay what she needs to make that happen (if she doesn't have it now). Their recruiting plan is abnormal for a program in this area. They have purposely chosen to recruit distance players at the same rate they recruit local players. Do SDSU and USD do that? Does NDSU? There are five players from Canada on this team and one of them appears good (Pemberton). If they are going distance, why are they not of similar caliber and body type to the top teams? In-game coaching is probably a hard discussion. But development could be a topic. Are the pieces in place for off-season development? If a team is losing by 50+ at any time in the conference season there is an issue. Period.

Yah we do. Let's check back in 2 years to see how it's going! Any length to them to matchup with NDSU and SDSU?

Which might have led to a much different style of athletic department. But we will never know cause it was built

Re-read what I wrote. At no time did I ever mention hockey-first or hockey-only. Nor have I ever mentioned that. What I did is note that hockey is the only program that wins and it's only because it's impossible for them not to.

I see South Dakota's new AD came in and started firing front office people. I didn't know that was even possible.

Would SDSU let this happen? No, the AD would take care of it before it even happened through consistent expectations and accountability. UND does not have that. Which is why Hockey is only program that wins at a high level (it's almost impossible for them not to)

Zander was a TRUE FRESHMAN here. Feels like she may have had the ability to get better, not sure though

Sure. Probably would but they wouldn't be anywhere near the Top 3-4 teams

For anyone to think we have enough talent on this team to compete is delusional at best. Coaching is hardly the main issue. The players are below average outside of a couple. They are not even close to being upper-level Summit players. which is why you see us losing by 50+ points. She isn’t ready to run this program and it is showing. And what was the point of bringing back Motherwell? He is the main contact that got us into this mess. Ignoring the four-state area and going to Canada/Michigan. Great idea

brutally honest

No urgency at the country club

I am not wrong. get some sources brah