fightingsioux4life

Actually, I don't blame Bubba as much as I blame the lack of leadership over the past 10 years at UND. That is the root of the problem. But Bubba does deserve some of the blame for losing to bad teams on a regular basis. I really don't care if people agree with my posts or not. What I don't like is people that rip me, but then have no alternate theories and/or ideas as to why things are as bleeped up as they are. The next UND Presidential hire will be critical for all aspects of this university (athletics, academics AND research). And we better get it right this time.

We found the money to buy out Mussman back in 2013. Or were you against that too? You like to claim you don't like the way things are right now, but you don't come up with any ideas of how to make things better. If people think you like the status quo, that is why they think that. And you just LOVE to rip on others when they brainstorm on this forum. Well, you better get used to that, because that is part of what a discussion forum is for. Bottom line: We have botched this Division I move and we need to figure out how to fix it as soon as possible. Or all people will think of when they think of North Dakota is Bison, Bison, Bison.

We came up with the money to buy out Mussman. Anybody know how much that cost?

All of the above.

If the refs had done their job in last year's NFC title game, the new rule wouldn't be there. That was the absolute worst non-call on PI ever.

The NFL's wet dream is a Super Bowl between the Patriots and the Packers. The Patriots don't have much competition in the AFC this year, but the Packers have a lot of competition in the NFC. So they are giving them a hand up AND a hand out. It is sickening.

At least since 2015-16.

Who cares about polls in October? For that matter, who cares about polls at anytime during the season?

Nice job taking my comments out of context. The expectations around here have been watered down for a long time. If you don't see that, then you are not paying attention.

Karma is tough to swallow, isn't it Mr. Brown. #CRASHEaglesCRASH

Right here. Here is one of the problems in this program and a few others on campus. "They weren't expected to go 10-0, they were predicted to be either 7-4 or 6-5." People will invariably live up or down to the expectations that are set for them. So if the "standard" around here is 7-4 or 6-5, that is what you will get. And you are right, this isn't the NFL. But it isn't high school either. But that is how this athletic department has been run for so many years. Chaves picked one heck of a time to come here as athletic director. Lots of crap to clean up.

Good summary. Agree 1000%

So this is high school athletics now? Doh-Kay.

Agreed. Record fundraising numbers and athletics continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel for loose change. We need to think outside the box when it comes to raising money for facilities, coaching salaries and so on.

Maybe you were trying to be cute earlier. I guess I am not in the mood for jokes. The current situation at UND was caused by lack of leadership, incompetence and outright ignorance. And it is absolutely sickening.

You are correct. And Richman will have to have sustained success going forward if he wants to stick around. But they took advantage of their opportunity.

If all we want is to focus on hockey and let everything else go to crap, then we should just drop back down to Division II. Having a bunch of crappy Division I teams is bad for the university and everyone connected to it. And since you seem to care about hockey and not much else, why don't you go back to the hockey forum and comment on how we should have scored more goals this past weekend vs. Canisius. Because we seem to have much different ideas of what UND athletics can and/or should be.

Last time I checked, NDSU MBB had quite a run in the Men's tournament last March. NDSU's cash cow is FB, but that isn't the only sport they care about.

That is very concerning. I do not want to become Rutgers with hockey. Sadly, that is where we are headed right now.

They shouldn't have put him out there after that. How can you focus on stopping a puck after something like that? He gave up two quick goals and was yanked.

The time to drop FB was back when we first moved up to Division I. Then we could have adjusted our budgets accordingly and probably would have more success in both Men's and Women's Basketball than we have currently had. But you don't build HPC Phase I and then drop FB. We have put too much time, money and energy into this Division I move to do that. There is simply no excuse for our athletic department to be in the sorry shape it currently is in. None. I don't want to hear about how big Fargo is getting. I don't want to hear how cold and desolate it is here. I don't want to hear how this is as good as it is going to get. Those are all excuses. And that is what you get from an institution that has lacked strong leadership at the top for 10 years now. A turnaround has to start with the hiring of a strong UND President who believes that athletics are an essential part of any four-year liberal arts university in the United States and can be used as a powerful marketing tool, especially in the age of social media. Without that, Chaves won't be able to do the things he wants to do. And it won't really matter who is in charge of what program on campus.

Considering the bad grammar on this forum, I think the "standard", whatever it is, isn't very high to begin with.

So we should just drop FB, continue ignoring MBB and WBB and focus entirely on hockey? Sorry, that is not the answer. It would be better to go back to Division II. Either we do the Division I experiment right or we drop it. No in-between.

You, my friend, are what is wrong with UND right now. We'll NEVER do this, we'll NEVER do that. This isn't "realistic", that isn't "realistic". Blah, blah, blah. Have you ever heard of the term "self-fulfilling prophecy". Because that is what is happening in Grand Forks right now. You start accepting mediocrity and adopt low standards, then you get mediocrity and low standards. That perpetuates mediocrity, which starts the whole vicious cycle all over again. This monster feeds onto itself. And the only way to kill this monster and restore the tradition of excellence we used to have around here is to hire a strong UND President who acknowledges that academics, athletics and research can and must coexist for the entire campus to move upward and forward. Not downward and backward.