fightingsioux4life

The time to eliminate FB was when we moved up to Division I. We have invested too much time, money and energy on new facilities to dump FB now.

We always have been......and always will be.......a BLUE BLOOD program in this sport. NIL be damned.

Why would Carle leave a top ten program for a program where the alumni and boosters tell you how to recruit?

We dispute it because it's not true. Period. And you better not be the infamous JBB in disguise.

It's a clear conspiracy.

Pretty soon Fargo will want the State Fair and State Capitol.

It's a low risk move that doesn't cost them much of anything.

Sorry to pi$$ on YOUR parade, but your "geography trumps everything else" doctrine doesn't hold water.

Really? Schmidt is doing great on the recruiting front for FB. Softball is winning at a pace I have never seen before. That new on-campus home field is paying off nicely. Hockey is rejuvenated after just one year of new leadership. The basketball programs are struggling because of poor coaching hires, a lack of thoroughness in coaching searches and a complete lack of standards and expectations from the AD's office. Volleyball just hired a new coach, so the jury is still out on that. But that program is currently in the sewer for the same reasons I outlined above for both basketball programs. Our new facilities are top notch and are already helping us recruit top notch student-athletes. We've just been lacking proper leadership in the AD's office. Which has nothing to do with geography or climate.

I honestly haven't paid much attention to this award since 2001. And before someone says something, I was happy for Ryan Duncan winning it in 2007. But I'm sure he would trade that in for a natty in a heartbeat.

Well, that's why you want depth in a contact sport like hockey.

The only thing they are going to "compete" for is the #1 overall pick in the next MLB draft.

If it was that easy to win there, Motzko would have won more than he did.

He likes hunting and fishing. And time with the grandkids.

I don't think he wants to cancel his retirement schedule for that.

From Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/college/minnesota/gophers-hockey/bob-motzko-reportedly-out-as-gophers-head-coach-after-8-seasons I was hoping they would extend him!

First they have to fire Motzko.

Just as critical is how Hak would deal with NIL and the Transfer Portal. Those things weren't around when he was here.

Gotta love the 1980's.

I wasn't implying that. I just think if a coach proclaims his team as a "family", people are going to hold him to that. And there are certain lines you never cross with your players. A parent is claiming that is what's happening behind closed doors. Whether or not he is doing that is what we are debating here.

To be fair, Sutter is the one that introduced the concept of the team being a "family".

No, we needed the week off. We need to flush out whatever virus is running through the locker room and heal up any nagging injuries. We have to get as close as possible to 100% to have a chance at winning four games.

You can like him and still root against the team he coaches.

So we're back to the imaginary warm front again? Brookings is a much smaller town that has two major employers (SDSU and Daktronics) and not much else. And it's not that much warmer than the North Dakota schools, certainly not enough to get a recruit to pick the Bunnies instead. All the Dakota schools are in flat, cold climates with long, dark winters. There's nothing anyone can do about it, so you have to focus on your strengths and things you can control.