fightingsioux4life

You make some very good points. However, do you have some "unsubstantiated bias" of your own on this issue?

Mike isn't the best choice. I like the guy from WMU or EWU. Let Mike keep his current job.

While I agree with your position that this hire is very important to the future of UND athletics, I do not think Mannausau is going to get the job. I think he is a token internal candidate who is there to satisfy the old guard. The guy from WMU sounded good. The guy from EWU sounds like a winner as well. I think it will be between those two.

Please, let's not go down this road again.

This is what I am thinking. If they go to BSU on Friday night and lose 1-0, then we are back to where we were before last night.

I believe I said effort, NOT results.

What we need right now is consistency. Tonight's effort needs to happen every night from now on.

Good for him! I wish him all the best.

I could have stopped some of those shots we took last night.

They are doing what they did both nights vs. WMU. Now they need to figure out how to do this EVERY GAME from now on.

As a season-ticket holder to both, I sure would like to see both programs contend for national titles at the same time.

So if NDSU starts hockey, it's only a matter of time before UND's program starts to atrophy and fade away? LOL, you are on a roll tonight! The relationship between GF and Fargo is not analogous to the relationship between St. Cloud and MSP. But you are making it sound like that.

So it's all about corporate $$$$$? I don't think so. Why did it take years to raise enough money for the BSA renovation? You make it sound like they can fund whatever they want out of their pocket. All the cash in the world won't make a difference if you don't make good decisions (when to move to D1; whom to hire). NDSU has made good decisions since moving up to D1. UND has wasted a lot of time and energy on the nickname fight and made a lot of bad hires (Buning, Mussman, Jones). And you make Fargo sound like Minneapolis. They are not. NDSU's athletic budget is a drop in the bucket compared to P5 and some of the larger G5 schools. Both schools are NDUS institutions. Both have state budget issues. And the enrollments are not all that different. Based on your hypothesis, we should just give up and go back to D2 and the NSIC.

How did that NOT go in? Cripes, MY eyes almost popped out of my head!

Being in a bigger city has little to do with it. If that meant anything at all, then Minnesota would have more success in the B1G compared to schools that are not in heavily populated metro areas like MSP. It's about priorities and choices. NDSU perfectly managed their D1 transition, while UND flubbed it big-time. That has long-term consequences, as we are seeing right now. This AD hire is absolutely critical to changing the narrative around here. And the sooner we change it, the better. I am seeing way more NDSU stuff in Grand Forks than I ever have. And it is absolutely nauseating.

Good to see Bowen back.

Wow! Holy shake-up Batman!

Hey now, it isn't polite to spend other people's money!

I was thinking that last night too.

Yeah, that whole "Coach Jones" thread got kind of crazy. Tough to remember who said what when. Agree with you on home ice. We haven't missed out on home ice since 2002 (got swept at Minnesota). Before 2002, it was 1995 during Year 1 of the Blais era (swept at St. Cloud).

UND wins 79-70. Nice bounce back for the ladies.

And that is what is maddening about this team. They are so timid around the net. Everyone keeps waiting for something to happen. They have some skill and speed on this team, but they are not using it properly.

I imagine the result from Frisco earlier today soured your mood? I think we bounce back tonight.

UND leads 74-63 with 43.6 seconds left. Trying to ice it with free throws.

His presence in Omaha gave that program a level of legitimacy that they had not been able to achieve before he arrived. Their fans are clueless.