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It's become the reality of DI UND football. It's been hard for some people to accept, including myself. Now, with UND non-hockey sports, I'm afraid the expectations are to try produce a high-quality product using average-quality resources. Need to have faith each and every season that UND football will be tremendously efficient.

The more I think about, either DeBoer or Schweigert would be fine. Flip a coin! They have gained valuable experience in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and have had success as head coaches, with DoBoer having the most. Once the head coach is hired, the most interesting aspect that comes to play will be the coaching staff that is hired. Both have probably made connections in the MVFC and I doubt they would be opposed to seeing if they could pull someone else's coordinator/position coach away from them. For example, if Bubba is hired, maybe he calls some OCs that he's been impressed with from the MVFC, or DoBoer would do the same for DCs. It's certainly a possibility, and if the assistant coaching salary has been raised enough, UND could get some quality coordinators to accompany Bubba or DeBoer.

I just want a guy that has leadership and the ability to recruit. I'd say both Schweigert and DeBoer know how to win championships since they've done it as a coordinator and head coach, respectively. Then again, we had our other coordinator from 2001 takeover the program and look how that turned out. For that reason I'm starting to lean towards DeBoer since he won titles as a head coach. I still would prefer a surprise hire of someone with FBS experience, but doesn't look like that'll happen.

So we need a slam dunk hire that will that BRING IN (recruits and transfers over the years) more talent than we have lost/will lose.

Where have you been the past five years? Yes there are exceptions, but DI experience is very crucial. DI is a different animal compared to DII, not just on the field but off it in terms of recruiting competition. To think all coaches work at all levels..that's an incredibly ignorant statement. You think a long time winning high school coach in North Dakota could do wonders at UND? I'll give you the answer: No. Malzahn coached for a long time at a high school in Arkansas, where high school football is a lot more intense than around here, and he had long term success. Than he went to OC and won a NC before getting a HC job. Kelly is not a good example for your point at all. He did the common ladder climb like most coaches. Grand Valley State assistant, then Grand Valley HC, and then jump to FBS HC at Central Michigan - be comparable to DeBoer if he gets the job.

Yeah, and then he went DII coordinator, DII head coach, and DI FCS coordinator.... Bottom line is Bubba is way more experienced than Morrell. If Morrell comes in as position coach, then I'm fine with it, but not defensive coordinator. We're not DII anymore!! If you want to hire local boys with minimal to no DI experience all the time, then UND football will stay right where it has been - a mediocre FCS team. Need proven leaders and recruiters at the DI LEVEL. The proof is all around the country if anyone cares to look. For example, one institution is just 70 miles south.

Considering how talented Golladay is, if he is actually leaving it will be a HUGE loss. Losing Hardin (of course to graduation) Jackson and Golladay in the same offseason will take the WR position from a strength to a questionable position group. This hire better be a home run or else this process has been just as ridiculous as the football program in general over the past 5 years.

Morrell has coached at Sioux Falls and Montana Tech...... If he's hired as DC, that's plain ridiculous. Never mind FBS experience, he doesn't even have FCS experience. I'd rather have Kotelnicki at DC than Morrell. Edit: I see he coached one season for USD as defensive coordinator in 2009. That still makes for a weak resume. If DeBoer gets the job, hopefully he has more qualified connections than just his USF buddies.

You're claiming I don't like that coaches and administrators have to report inappropriate behavior and intervene to the best of their abilities? That is common sense administrative policy, so not only do I "like it", but I agree with it. Nevertheless, there's always a risk when you hire someone, certain individuals moreso than others. I believe some, including yourself, are associating Pflugrad with a greater risk than what actually exists. If he does get a second chance to be a head coach, you'll see zero administrative faults on his part, particularly when it comes to following disciplinary policies and communicating with administrators.

Morrell didn't have much success at Montana Tech this past season; went 3-7.

This hire with assess Faison's competence as AD in my opinion.

Given their current salaries, more likely Schweigert gets head job and DeBoer gets offensive coordinator if you want them both.

According to http://dailyegyptian...iu-salary-data/ Schweigert makes approximately $87,000 a year at SIU. Would be smart to only offer him around a $150,000 base salary with incentives that could potentially take him over $200,000. Let the saved value be distributed to the assistants, so we can hire quality DI offensive assistants to accompany Schweigert and presumably Schmidt. Also, considering Kalen DeBoer makes approximately $68,500 a year, is it possible he could be hired as offensive coordinator for Schweigert? Pay $150k for Schweigert and somehow get $80k for DoBoer? Maybe a slight possibility…

I agree either DeBoer or Schweigert would be somewhat disappointing hires given the title "national" search, but we have to deal with what we can get I suppose. The biggest factor could really be the increase in assistant's salaries - that could allow for experienced assistants to be hired, not just former players.

I think saying Chappell was 200 lbs is a bit of push, but not too far off I suppose. Anyways, you have to consider the offensive lines of UND when Chappell played. They were far more physical than what UND had to offer Jake Miller, which is really discouraging since UND was DI and had their former O-line coach as head coach. Regardless, I'm not trying to endorse Miller. His size and strength were not good enough for DI runningback.

If Mollberg and Bartels both continue to play musical chairs quarterback over the years, then UND won't be successful. Need to pick one and let the other one go his separate way, because I doubt either one of them wants to be a three year backup.

In my opinion, your claims are unrealistic and biased. There's only so much a head football coach can do on and off a campus. Yes, there are programs that could've been initiated to try and combat the issue at hand, but even that is no guarantee to work. For example, education programs on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as AIDS, have nationally existed now for decades and STDs are certainly still a problem. Albeit STD transmission is not always associated with a crime, the same principal exists in that education problems do not lead to entire eradication. I hope you are just trying to make sense of why Pflugrad is not being considered at UND, or taking the stance you are taking for argument's sake, because otherwise you are shining an unnecessary, wrongful light on Pflugrad. There's only so much a coach can do. By no means did Pflugrad meaningly promote asexual assault or compliance incoherence. Some things are out of people's hands, whether you like to believe or not. In my opinion, Pflugrad deserves a second chance and it should be with UND. With that said, I don't think he ends up here.

Yes, both are North Dakota products with similar attributes in my opinion.

I really don't know how you can argue against Dressler and Hardin. They are the top two in both numbers and talent, in my opinion. Now, head-to-head, I'd take Dressler. The deciding factor being he was on winning teams and he is tearing it up in the CFL. Next year, it'll be the NFL. He is negotiating a deal with a NFL team. The team name hasn't been released, but I'd like to speculate it is New England. Could use Weston in a "Wes Welker role" and he'd put up big numbers.

Chapel was a track star on the football field. He was a good DII back with his speed and the impressive OLs UND had at the time, but I don't think he would've been very effective at the DI level. For example, if Jake Miller was playing 7 years ago against DII teams and had a better O-line, he would've consistently ran for over 150 yds/game too.

He is currently unemployed. After Army's embarrassing loss to Navy on Saturday, Army HC Rich Ellerson was fired. Shields should not get consideration in my opinion. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10143713/army-black-knights-fire-coach-rich-ellerson-five-years

The players do not live with the coach. The coach cannot be responsible for everything the players do. If you think that is possible, you have unrealistic expectations.

Pflugrad did not promote a culture at Montana that endorsed sexual assault. Not all of the players can be controlled at all times. Obviously supervision and guidance are important responsibilities of a head football coach, but as anyone with common sense knows, it is impossible to regulate absolutely everyone. Yes, it is true that head coaches recruit the players they want to represent their university, but unexpected circumstances arise in college athletics all the time. Some students change, sometimes unpredictability, when moving away from home and gaining more freedom at college. In the particular case of Pflugrad, the majority of the sexual assaults that allegedly occurred under his supervision were by players he did not recruit. Furthermore, he did communicate with his superiors regarding the inappropriate actions. Nevertheless, when the president found out about the instances at question, he resorted to blaming only the athletic direction and head coach (Pflugrad). That in its own right is peculiar. Across the county, high-character, successful coaches have to deal with their players and legal troubles all the time. For example, if the late Joe Paterno were still living (and perhaps in his 60s) and applied for the job, would you not want to hire him because he has "baggage"? I realize Paterno didn't have the major legal problem with any players, but the point still remains. If Jim Tressel applied, would he have "baggage" because he was the coach of Maurice Clarett and sanctioned by the NCAA? Pflugrad probably won't get a head coaching opportunity for quite some time, and perhaps he never will, but he definitely should not be looked at as a criminal with no regard for university compliance and academics. Even though at Montana Pflugrad had a stable athletic program on-the-field, the out-of-control off-the-field antics were too unpredictable and they ultimately cost him his job.

Patiently waiting... Let there be faith in Faison.

But all of that still doesn't make me want to wait over a month for a new coach. So people honestly believe if Pflugrad was hired, Grand Forks would suddenly have more rapes than Williston? That's nonsense. There's other quality leaders out there, just not on the list.