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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.

Oh c’mon. Please see above, which I wrote “Bubba and his current staff are AVERAGE at running a division I college football program. ”

Agreed, go FBS *if* the Alerus Center is ever considered an FBS venue. Or, otherwise, within the next 25-50 years, build a bigger Grand Forks city building for UND football or build a combined UND football/basketball indoor stadium/facility on campus (see former Carrier dome/JMA wireless dome in Syracuse: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMA_Wireless_Dome).

This is correct. In fact, more specifically, you need 3 linemen that can consume the entire line of scrimmage. UND can’t control the line of scrimmage against good programs, like Weber and NDSU. Adding a 4th linemen if they went to a 4-3 base won’t help if said 4th linemen isn’t a better player than what they’ve been recruiting/developing. Having 4 average linemen is not necessary better than having 3 average linemen. It’s all still average.

It’s an issue against good teams, basically. But being poor against the run versus good teams is what gives you 1 playoff victory in the past 9 seasons.

Sounds good, but that’s a hell of a lot harder than it sounds. You can’t just simply re-label your defense from a 3-4 to a 4-3 and then expect instant results. You have to actually recruit and develop better players, on par with NDSU and SDSU, which this UND coaching staff has not proven they can do.

It’s not just the scheme, so you’re right, but there is a coaching deficiency beyond that. The roster management at UND is awful. Coaches recruit the players, and develop them not only physically but mentally. They are mentors, or not very good ones, depending on how they approach it. For UND, the personnel issues you suggest are certainly there, but it’s on the coaches to prevent those holes by recruiting and developing better players. How they approach the program and “patch holes” is a part of the job description. Bubba and his current staff are AVERAGE at running a division I college football program.

UND’s focus on football? If it’s so important to them and they want to “put in a focus”, then they need to put their money where their mouth is. The coaching salary pool is abysmal. Now simply paying the coaches more won’t make them coach better (although it could with more resources), but it will allow for more qualified hires.