fightingsioux4life

So now you are going to call people names? Nice. It is well known that Chaves wanted to hire someone before the portal opened as to not lose any players to it. At least that was part of the thinking here.

I didn't say the entire locker room. Certain factions within the locker room may have demanded it. In any event, you should never allow the players to dictate who gets to run the #1 program on campus.

I think it's clear that Berry and Jackson weren't getting along. Berry didn't mention his assistants in his farewell letter. That suggests this team wasn't a happy family behind the scenes. I think it was way worse behind the scenes than it looks. And it looks bad.

Are you sure? So the rumors that players demanded Jackson be hired are false? That makes the rush to hire Jackson even more idiotic.

Whatever. I have said NIL is important and we need to be more aggressive on it. I am just not being a Chicken Little about it.

I think the chaos surrounding the program is what's causing these defections. Nobody wants to stick with a program in chaos and disorder.

No one has said it doesn't matter. People have been pointing out that it isn't the only thing that matters. A coaching change and the chaos that has been going on behind the scenes all season is what's causing this. If players want a fresh start somewhere else, that's fine. My problem is with players who demanded Jackson be hired and then left anyway.

Having a chippa doesn't mean much if the team isn't championship caliber.

Does he realize he has to pay taxes on that? The IRS will come calling.

A coaching change after a season of dysfunction and chaos will cause these things to happen. What matters is what Jackson does about it going forward.

Exactly, no one knows what that will look like except Jackson.

I thought of that as well. Sometimes you need to get worse before you can get better.

But he serves on so many important committees! And he brought us those all-important Alston Awards! The current state of UND athletics makes me sick.

James and Strinden are solid. Montgomery is a marginal Division I player.

Nope. At UND, it's all about GPA and community service hours. Just like high school.

Any players who threatened to leave if Jackson wasn't hired and leave anyway deserve whatever they get going forward. If you were planning on leaving anyway, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT about coaching hires.

Was he one of the players who threatened to leave if Jackson wasn't hired?

If players don't want to be here, let them leave. They can become a locker room cancer.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

If any of the players who threatened to leave if Jackson didn't get the job leave anyway, I will be p!$$ed.

That tells you how dysfunctional this team was in 2024-2025.

So we should have kept Berry?

That seems plausible based on what has come out.

Even better.

Berry didn't mention any of his assistants in his farewell letter to the Heraldo. That is telling.