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This is somewhat reassuring. I was worried a false identity was about to run rampant.

For the record, UND’s athletic director is Bill Chaves. To my knowledge there is no one named “Chavez” in the department.

Agreed.

I guess I just expect Chaves to pay the going rate when he hires a new coach, thus UND won’t have a bottom salary in the MVFC. I would expect Chaves to hire the next coach at around $300,000 salary.

Wrong. Keep trying though.

Okay

I don't necessarily agree with your other comments regarding Bubba being capable of turnaround, but I absolutely agree with this comment. At the very least UND needs a coaching and philosophy change on offense and special teams.

Not much for innovation, huh? Funny how UND hockey always attracts the traditionalists.

No one is proud of the UND football program's current leadership and direction. It just is embarrassing that some among the fan base feel it necessary to bring up women's ice hockey, which is completely unrelated to UND football's issues.

Important to note that the lack of 4th down offense has came up multiple times throughout the season. Interesting (and quite disappointing) that it was a recurring issue all season for UND football.

This is so true. Culture (winning attitude) is based on coaching. Recruiting is based on coaching. Philosophy and scheme is based on coaching. I will post what @SiouxVolley posted earlier. It is a good read for anyone wanting to relate coaching and program building to an actual example. https://medium.com/therecord/syracuse-football-the-art-of-building-a-program-4b5120588046

This is also correct.

This is correct.

Well, that is just anecdotal evidence of ignorance. That doesn't establish a trend.

So they follow successful FCS football ... that's a positive and shows the importance of having successful FCS football. How many times did they ask about women's ice hockey? We all know women's ice hockey is rarely, if ever, a point of random conversation. Now, college football is a completely different story.

This is completely untrue. "Fans outside of the state" are definitely more aware and willing to follow the most popular sport in the country (football) than lowly women's ice hockey.

I agree. The best FCS program in the country is just 80 miles south of UND. Go down there and hire up some winning culture. The current state of affairs for UND football is very poor.

Solid offensive play like usual during the Bubba regime.

Very good point. There may be something to the “no other offers” as being a consistent concern.

Forget the recruits! We truthfully can’t afford to continue to lose big games! That’s the primary concern, not a single year of recruits.

The offensive coaching philosophy needs to completely change then. As I said earlier, forget the numbers. UND plays a horrible quality of football. The team doesn’t pass the eye test. They would’ve been crushed by any worthy playoff team if they made it to the playoffs or they would’ve choked like they did in 2016.

As such, UND is bad at football. Horrible.

I lost. I should have been less optimistic.

And UND continues what it’s shown through Bubba’s contract. Bad to mediocre at best play.

If Bubba is running the program, yes.