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Most likely. They also aren’t from the region, they may just want to leave. Just speculating …

Clarification? So this is the time and place for such inquisition? Not uncomfortable, just fully aware of the malicious intent on your behalf, therefore I’m not going to aimlessly expand. Good luck.

Drink *less* coffee. I think we’ve revealed the issue. Okay, on to the next topic.

Okay, that’s an assumption… I’ll save us time; I’m calling out all of the coaches. Not one in particular. Do better. With that, I respect them, so you all shouldn’t get too bent out of shape.

By saying “you’re out-of-bounds”, Shep was not just offering an opinion, but rather making an accusation. He was, how do you say, calling me out. Your “holier-than-thou” attitude is exhausting, also. Your questions are excessive and off-base. I’m not going to answer because that is distracting to this forum. But don’t worry, I’ll make sure to follow up on that “playing Madden 2021 and winning [my] fantasy FB league championship” in order to provide some validation to you fine folks on here. Lastly, I think the comment “settle down” should be received just fine. It shouldn’t hurt too bad. But, I guess, that is just *my opinion*. With that said, let’s get back to talking about University of North Dakota football, and less about individual posters’ backgrounds and perceptions, despite how hard it might be to not brag about your lifetime accomplishments.

Well, they can’t have that mentality, so I stand by that. You’re making an assumption by saying I brought it up because I have someone in mind. With that said, in general, coaches need to be able to sell the school (recruiting) and build up (develop) the student-athletes, who in this day and age are more athletes than students. With that said, I am happy that UND does well emphasizing the “student” in “student-athlete”, though, despite the trends in college football from a national perspective: https://fightinghawks.com/news/2022/12/6/football-und-leads-league-with-10-hawks-on-mvfc-all-academic-team.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3Tu2ZPnYbT9SYEAcWZl73wRMGfQqP5fbsdRzewLTY13wO2cK3-i5GJjcQ

You’re out of bounds to call me out. Don’t use me as a scapegoat. I’m not calling out any particular coach, rather saying that in general this is required to improve the team. And all coaches have “fire”, but that’s generic. How are you relative to your competition? Bottomline, you can be buddy buddy with the coaches all you want, but they need to do better. Period. 7-4, then 3-8, then 6-5, then 5-6, is not good enough, even at a “hockey school”. Needs to elevate. The whole unit (coach, players, fanbase) needs to elevate- that much should be obvious. And you need to settle down. Drink less coffee.

It’s a bit of a both. But more times than not, need better players. I think the culture/attitude of the defense has worsened quite a bit, and that’s definitely on the coaches too. They need to lead better, it’s not ALL on the players. Coaches can’t have a “I just work here” mentality and approach to coaching this game of passion and fire.

Bench or portal. Not a D1 player. He’s one of those DII players on the team that I get blazed on here for pointing out.

UND’s defense was bad this season. With the exception of a few, most of the defensive players transferring out is a good thing. These transfers were probably somewhat promoted by the coaching staff.

They suck. Horrible. “Championships start with scholarships”? I’m sorry- it takes more than just scholarships in this day and age. It’s not 1992 anymore. Get with the times, get off your ass, and talk to people.

Yeah, I can’t agree with this. Need as much prompting as possible for the lazy fans. In fact, fans should be up making noise the entire time the defense is on the field, not just third down.

No

Well, improvement would be 8 regular season wins and/or a playoff victory. 7-4 and/or a first round playoff exit would be the status quo. The thing is, if Bubba does his job, the improvement expectation is not unrealistic. Bubba and his staff (and his players) need to do their job. Like Bubba said in his press conference yesterday, it is his responsibility.

You are correct. The NCAA has just recently allowed this with NIL, and as Gundy states, do we want to act now and get things going or wait to be behind the eight ball? Let’s get something formed, so that we can get folks to push this forward. I - as well as others I am sure - would be apart of that championship building movement.

Absolutely, and since UND didn’t have to pay that, funnel that to the student-athletes. Let’s build some championship rosters.

You’re not wrong, but still think seeding the teams based on performance is better way than basing it on bids.

Ouch, but the truth. Does Billy Chaves want to do anything cutting edge?

Bubba’s end of the season press conference. Very few changes coming. Bubba was quite taken back by the fact UND fans could be questioning his 3-4 defense and its UND heritage. Basically, he only thinks what needs to improve is “execution” and they need more depth on D-line and secondary. He left out linebackers, which I don’t necessarily agree with. By saying the magic word “execution”, everyone’s job is safe.

I completely agree with this, and it’s a disgrace. Another reason to hate that cow institute in Fargo. What goes around comes around, though, thankfully. As an aside, though, because of this corruption, the FCS playoff committee definitely needs to seed the top 16 teams. Take this stupid bidding process out of it.

Akron DC https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2022/03/former-oregon-state-defensive-coordinator-tim-tibesar-lands-the-dc-role-at-akron-says-report.html?outputType=amp They had a bad 2-9 season. I’d like to think he’d be at least available to come back to his alma mater if Bubba wanted to pursue it, BUT, I think UND’s petty coaching salary pool won’t allow it.

I think your stance is too complacent, but we can agree to disagree. By the way, Bubba = his staff = his players. It’s all connected. They share the same vision. Bubba hires and manages his staff. Bubba and his staff recruit and develop the players that make-up the roster; they don’t just get assigned to him. We can agree to disagree. I think Bubba and his program can continue to produce winning seasons at UND, but it won’t ever be championship caliber. Just too conservative and overwhelmed by big moments/games. I believe there needs to be a change for UND to at least have a chance at championships. For those who think a national search is too “big time”, then Bubba retiring and Freund being elevated is the next best thing. Nonetheless, for 2023, there won’t be any changes to scheme or coaches. I agree that for 2023 the players need to improve and they must acquire some better DI players via the transfer portal. Let’s see what happens. Despite what some think, I’ll be supporting UND football throughout.

I agree. Hope he joins UND football

Well that should’ve been well known a decade ago coming out of the nickname debacle! Also could’ve hired DeBoer! But here we are, just figuring it out now that we need to win for respect! UND can’t go around 0.500 every season and just expect everyone to just kiss their feet.

I mean, none of what he said was a surprise. It’s been said ad nauseam that all Bubba knows is the 3-4. If he’s head coach, UND will be a 3-4 defense, albeit whether it’s a good 3-4 defense or not remains to be seen. It’s been average at best the past 9 seasons.