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Well, there's no question that after this horrid season changes need to be made. Bubba needs to replace his coordinators and some coaches; if not all three coordinators (Schmidt won't go anywhere), then at least two of them. A season of this ineptitude absolutely justifies that, particularly considering the preseason expectations and current time-point within the Bubba regime (this is year 4, not 1 or 2).
Secondly, strength & conditioning and sports medicine needs to be reassessed. The techniques of the staff needs to be at least improved so players can be better prepared to make it through an entire football season. It can be done - look around the country.
If Bubba is genuine and truthfully wants UND football to consistently be a top FCS program, then he will make some necessary changes after this disaster of a season.
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5 hours ago, jdub27 said:
Von Miller was a 4-star recruit and had offers from A&M, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Florida. He has a little more natural ability than the guys UND (and other FCS schools) recruit and take a few years to develop.
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10 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:
And honestly, I think the Frisco talk was a little premature even before the injuries. I certainly wanted to make the playoffs again. And this time win at least one (maybe even two) games.
You can think what you want, but a top 10 FCS team should at least be in the conversation in my opinion. That much is not too much to ask for.
This is apart of the lowly expectations that non-hockey sports get at UND. You can pull out excuses all you want, but it's been a problem for some time and it continues to be an issue. Until supporters think UND can do great things in football, it won't happen. Fundraising and attendance goes a long, long way. UND supporters need to head the charge.
Unfortunately, UND people spend more time justifying poor play then advocating for better play, with the exception being the hockey crowd. That desperately needs improvement.
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9 hours ago, UND1983 said:
The 360 guys addressing things....a few interesting thoughts in there.
http://kfgo.com/blogs/und-football-360/30670/und-football-how-we-see-things/
I completely agree with the defensive analysis. Yes, the injuries at LB, S, and Corner have thinned the defense out tremendously, and as much as we want to criticize Rudiolph and the offense, the defense is actually the most porous unit.
With that said, the offense needs to be opened up this season considering the defensive issues. Unfortunately, the offense is still a replica of last year's conservative offense (2016 had a competent defense to go with it; although the pass defense was a work in progress even last year - their play cost UND the playoff game in the waning seconds). Rudolph has failed to implement more diverse personnel groupings with Santiago, Oliveira, and Johannesson, and include screens, back shoulder fades, and quick TE play passes. No attempt to implement some tempo either, which could help out the QB play.
Nevertheless, there is plenty of blame to go around beyond just the injuries. The coaches can improvise and they obviously haven't given the pathetic 2-6 record. Yuck.
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1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:
I have never said anything about 10 years. I don't think anyone else has either. All I have said is that building depth on a team that basically was starting over from scratch takes time, more time than our 24/7, instant gratification obsessed society is willing to give. You talk like they should be knocking on the door of Frisco, TX right now and that just isn't realistic. But keep indirectly calling for regime change if that makes you feel better.
Preseason expectations and polls indicated Frisco was a possibility this season. It's easy to forget when you strive for lowly expectations on a regular basis.
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9 minutes ago, shep said:
This is the whole chicken/egg issue of the season.
I think the injuries could never be anticipated to such a magnitude, so there was no way to prepare for them.
The other "issues" are NOT issues IF the injuries are not so severe and the team keeps winning. IF the injuries had not occurred AND the team was losing like they are, then the other "issues" need to be examined.
I guess I'm not sure the other "issues" exist without the injury induced losses.
For one, failure to improvise when the best aren't out there. It's easy to coach when you have no injuries and the starters are experienced, but thats not reality in football - players get hurt and miss games. The best coaches consitently win for such reasons, in addition to recruiting depth that allows a program to withstand such injuries. Unfortunately, some feel it takes 10 years to acquire 2 to 4 classes worth of depth ... doesn't make sense unless you're an apologist.
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On 10/21/2017 at 5:07 PM, fightingsioux4life said:
It is actually good that people are upset about this season. That means people still care about the program. If apathy sets in, that is much harder to fix.
Coming off a 9-3 conference championship season with a playoff appearance will do that. The expectations were further raised when UND was picked to win the conference this season as well as being voted a top 10 team nationally. Fans picked up on this and UND had an all-time season ticket record prior to the season.
So, of course people will be upset when the program has a train wreck season after all that. If changes aren't made because "this is all just bad luck", it won't take long for the aforementioned apathy to set in, trust me. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of ... Bubba Ball?? I hope not.
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1 hour ago, MrMcnoingam69 said:
Look at all the injuries this year; Keaton Studsrud, Deon Harris, Evan Holm, Kyle Norbert, Cole Reyes, Ray Hass, A.J. Stockwell, Luke Stanley, Donell Smith. This is ridiculous. Look at what happened last year as well. The strength coach thought the team needed more conditioning after their bye week, so they did 8 110's and 4 150's. So many people had back injuries after that !@#$. Same !@#$ again this year. He is pushing them too hard in season, wayyy to much heavy lifting going on. You need a mix of heavy lifting and recovery lifts. This is some bull$%!#, get me out there ill work em right.
I've questioned this before only to be attacked by the ignorant Gods of this board. The dogma of "results don't matter at UND" but rather "it's just bad luck" continues to reign supreme.
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3 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
Complain about play calling all you want but until the offensive line is solidified nothing will work.
Who recruits that position? They should be looked at. Who builds them up physically? They should be looked at also.
Yeah, well you have to adjust to what you have. That's the role of coaches, among other things, such as acquiring the offensive linemen you speak of. This isn't DII athletics anymore people; you succeed or you lose your job - it's the reality of being DI now. Sometimes poor coaches happen to be good people; difficult but reality.
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1 hour ago, FightingHawkSioux said:
Alright - I am as loyal to the football program as you can be. I absolute bleed green and it’s probably a little embarrassing how engulfed with this program I am. I have always read the message boards but have never taken the time to create an account or else just have decided to bite my tongue.
I’ve finally had enough....
Rudy has to go plain and simple. It is embarrassing how predictable we are with not even a hint of creativity. Clearly he is unable to tailor his offense to the personnel he has or adjust mid game. Here are my top thoughts:
The fact that he continues to try and develop Brad Heidlebaugh tells me all I need to know on his gauge of talent. Nothing against Brad - but he’s not a division 1 quarterback. I don’t even know if he’s a division III qb. Clearly Rudy didn’t adjust his talent measuring stick after leaving Minot. (Side note - we need to bring in a scholarship quarterback every single year. The sole reason we missed the playoffs 2 years ago was the fact we didn’t have even a pulse as a backup qb and the coaching staff didn’t address the issue. If Ketteringham didn’t fall in our lap - do you guys realize what we would be dealing with next year? QB is the most important position on the team. Start acting like it. We are getting beat by teams with their backups and even 4th string. Our backups can hardly even take a snap).
The fact that he hasn’t made Grand Forks his home tells me all I need to know about commitment to the community.
We have the best runningback/offensive threat in the conference and legitimately a top 10 offensive player in the ENTIRE COUNTY and he sits on the sideline for at least half of our offensive snaps. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? John Santiago is that special of a talent and we are completely wasting it. The kid should NEVER leave the field. If you want to run Olivera and Johannason that is fine - but stick John out wide or have him run the jet motion. TEAMS WILL HAVE TO HONOR HIM. If he needs a rest - split him out wide and tell him to just stand there. TEAMS WILL HAVE TO HONOR HIM. I can’t even begin to fathom the stupidity of having our best player and one of the COUNTRY’S best player standing on the sideline. You can’t even make that up. How can we not have a package at this point with both John and Brady out there at the same time? Are you kidding me? Literally the 2 best running backs in the league and they both are on the sideline every other series, and now even more with JJ starting to get some reps. Do people remember when McCaffery was at Stanford? The kid touched the ball every way possible. The only way Rudy can figure out how to give him the ball is pitch left and pitch right. Embarrassing.
Can we please mix in a play action on first down and/or throw it deep early????? Not too many bad things happen when you throw it deep. Incomplete? Whoop-dee-doo. Very rarely does it get picked off. We shout it from the mountain tops that we are going to run first - which is fine - but when the opposing team has 9 in the box and both corners are standing on their tip toes coming down hill at the snap - even if we had a good offensive line - that’s nearly an impossible task. You have to be able to show it to at least put a SMALL thought in the defense’s mind.
This is getting longer then it needs to and I could go on for days. I didn’t even scratch the surface but said enough to at least make me feel a little better. My last thought is that a healthy Keaton is still twice the QB then Zimmerman guys. It was great to see a backup come in and look like he’s held a football before - don’t get me wrong - but Keaton is twice the athlete and QB. We have to realize how bad the play calling is for Keaton and how much it sets him up to fail. He’s asked to hand it off 2 straight times into a brick wall and then on 3rd and long try to throw it (that is if we don’t decide to run draw). It is tough to get any qb in rhythm with those cards dealt.
Alright - I think my heart rate has come down a little. Thanks for listening to my venting session.....
Amen.
You get it.
The offense has been bad despite above average talent. That falls on the coaches. Rudolph is not impressive in my opinion and should be replaced.
Unfortunately, the defense has also been poor and made minimal adjustments. The lack of nickel packages and secondary depth should be emphasized more than it has been. Schmidt should be criticized more often but, because he's a UND guy and great person, it's considered taboo.
The other issue that nobody wants to mention is that Bubba has simply got to do better as a football team manager aka a head coach. Bubba is a class act guy and a great person for UND athletics, but his ability as a head coach to maintain his team under high expectations should be put into question. He's a great guy and I understand the taboo also associated with criticizing his coaching, but his inability to change things that aren't working (offensive passing game and personnel packages and evaluation, defensive coverage ineptitude, etc.) is concerning.
The injuries this season are horribly unfortunate, but there are good coaching staffs around the country that would make the necessary adjustments to at least maintain competitiveness. One would have to be completely college football ignorant to not at least realize that. Right now, I hate to say it but Bubba and his staff have made minimal to no adjustments to make the best out of a bad situation. True grit is best observed when tough, unexpected situations arise. Bubba and his staff have handled this season's curveball horribly and embarrassingly. It's not always peachy and injury-free as we have now experienced; thus, you need to be able to improvise as a staff.
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Excuses, excuses, excuses. Non-hockey sports at UND are surrounded by them.
Pathetic. This needs to change. The injury situation is unfortunate, but it isn't the only factor. Amazing how ignorant UND supporters can be just so they can make it through the day.
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9 minutes ago, homer said:
We got gashed on the ground today. They were consistently in 2nd and 5 or 4. No one on the d line played really good today.
UND defense gave up touchdown passes of 69 and 56 yards! Those big plays are killers. It was ugly to watch.
Take away those two dagger plays and eliminate the 3 turnovers and UND wins. Big plays and turnovers are determinants of winners and losers. UND played like a backpedaling, youthful team today with those mistakes, and, as such, they lost.
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5 minutes ago, siouxfb said:
Disagree. It wasn’t good but they ran at will against us. Our dline (except for Tank) got pushed around and we missed a ton of tackles.
Sacramento State averaged 3.3 yards per carry on the ground; they averaged 20 yards per catch!!
The UND defense gave up big pass plays that were deflating and eliminated their chance to win, especially when you have a handicapped offense. The big pass plays allowed by the defense killed UND today.
All those numbers aside, the most important stat tells the story: UND was -3 in turnovers.
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16 minutes ago, Old School Guy said:
They had a 5'4" 140 RB running up the gut against us. He should be in concussion protocol after one carry. I would put this one on the defense.
The defense gave up huge plays through the air. The pass defense was more of a concern in terms of the overall defensive issues.
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11 minutes ago, Old School Guy said:
We had a blocked FG against Stony Brook, Richmond and again today. You get a kick blocked, more often than not, you will lose the game.
The offense started on Sac State's 19 yard line for that drive ... there shouldn't have been a field goal attempt. UND should've put that in the endzone for six. That blocked field goal was a consequence of poor offense.
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Just now, Midwestern Hawk said:
With the changes happening in the athletic department, I dont think that will be a choice.
I sure hope you're right.
we'll see.
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3 minutes ago, Siouxphan27 said:
Someone started Heidelbaigh over Zim last week....
Yeah, that move itself should lead to the axe for a certain someone ...
Unfortunatley, Bubba may end up choosing continuity and niceness over wins.
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13 hours ago, shep said:
Looking forward to see if Canady, Hunt and JJ continue to improve. I'm optimistic about next year and I hope this game ends with a W, but I'm not getting down if it doesn't. I suspect Blubaugh has a target on his back and we get to see how he handles it. Frankly, I wish Studs well, but would love to see if Z can impress. That first pass to Mercer is still on my mind.
And I'll pay more attention to the OLine than I have in the past. Lots of young dudes there.
UND needs to have some pride and win this home game. These young guys have a few games under their belt now and it sounds like the ol' senior QB will be starting for UND.
I strongly dislike hearing some sound like a parent to a 5 year old in a soccer game; there needs to be some damn expectations around here for football. Otherwise, UND will have one season like they did in 2016 every ten seasons if they're lucky. Crank up the expectations, work your ass off, and play to win every game. Those are the expectations set forth by Bubba last season; there's no reason to backpedal from that now.
Win the Day - Restart the upward trend for next season's championship run
Go UND Fighting Hawks
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11 hours ago, iramurphy said:
Whomever we decide on they can't be a FB guy, MBB guy, hockey guy etc. they need to be a University of North Dakota guy. They need a vision and strategy that includes FB, VB, Hockey, Soccer, MBB, WBB, Track, the students, the GF community, the UND Alumni family, the State of North Dakota and the region. We need to upgrade our facilities and then evaluate and maintain or upgrade regularly. We need to engage the students and keep that relationship high on our priority list. We need to reach out to our faculty and staff whenever and where ever we can. We need to work hand in hand with our Champions Club and the Alumni office. We need a strong relationship with the city, county and Chamber officials. The job will require a dynamic leader will the organization skills to lead a team in order to accomplish these goals and help grow fan support and donations. This team will need to run a balanced budget with the ability to adjust to the changing political and economic climate and changes. We can no longer stall or delay our decisions or progress because of poor planning. We can't delay improving coaches salaries and we need to get phase 2 going on the practice facility. Our women's programs must be properly funded and supported. Those athletes should feel as they are an important part of the UND athletic department and experience. Their facilities should be second to none. We need to upgrade the marketing for the athletic teams and for the University. Anyone who interviews for this job and doesn't have these basic ideas in mind isn't ready for the job.
Well, I obviously agree with all these points, but like many things, it's easier said than done. I hope UND can find and hire a candidate who is capable of progressing UND athletics forward as a whole; however, all candidates will have strengths and weaknesses. My previous comments reflect the need for an individual with strengths in fundraising, proactive thinking, and optimistic planning, including getting phase 2 completed and marketing expanded. UND requires more growth in football and basketball at this point than men's hockey; that is my assessment and preference which lends to the type of athletic director I feel this university needs for significant growth. UND needs someone who is able to push the boundaries of division I UND athletics, and that starts by persuading the supporters and people of the region and state to do great things and be apart of it.
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2 hours ago, Sioux>Bison said:
We don't need some former high school administrator to run UND's athletic department. We need somebody focused on football and basketball because that is how the university grows. Hockey at about maxed out in potential so no use in hiring a hockey guy. I really hope big hockey donors don't skew Kennedy into going with a hockey guy.
BINGO!
I will be voicing this exact thing to President Kennedy.
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2 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:
He's a good administrator. And I think he would do a better job of fundraising than Faison did.
Yeah, but for anything other than the already established mega-giant that is UND hockey?
The University of North Dakota needs growth in the important national sports of football and basketball, not the program that is already maxed out. Division one experience at an institution that has successful football and basketball programs is a prerequisite in my opinion
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1 hour ago, UNDvince97-01 said:
Faison was forced out. Pretty obvious. Not sure how it could be seen otherwise given the variables.
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9 hours ago, ChadR said:
Craig Perry is who I'm hearing will be front runner
well ...
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10 hours ago, nodak651 said:
And why can't Fenton do that? AD is a management/fundraising position. Period. Fenton is a smart guy that gets !@#$ done. And his background does include more than just hockey.
FYI, Faison had no hockey experience prior to arriving at UND, and that didn't have any affect on the trajectory of the program.
One would have to be a complete imbecile with an adverse agenda to drive UND hockey downward. A $100 million dollar college hockey arena will win over just about any recruit or fan, irregardless of AD competency. Football and basketball aren't that fortunate; their facilities are a work in progress and fundraising for those programs requires work. It requires an AD who is passionate, proactive, and optimistic with big plans. Not to mention social skills is also a must; donations can come from all corners, you just have to be willing to look.
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Attrition is an issue, but don't overlook the questionable potential of the recruits being recruited. Many are misses, unfortunately, by the staff; they aren't DI caliber. Yes, some may develop into good players after 2 to 3 years within the program, but UND certainly doesn't have the depth yet to be relying on that type of "project" recruit. Bubba needs to recruit more players that are ready to come in and compete. If such players were on the roster, the injury epidemic of this season wouldn't hurt as bad as it has.