fightingsioux4life

That was the most damaging statement she made.

One thing is for sure: You can't blame this on Kelley!

So I'm a troll now because you don't agree with me? Very funny. Forgive me if I don't lose sleep over it. What is most troubling is this team's perennial post-season meltdowns. Losing early in the conference tournament. Losing in the WNIT last year and looking bad doing it. Now this year may be different (nobody knows for sure), but their early season performances do not encourage me (blowing big leads, looking bad at home). I would be delighted to be wrong and I will come on here and admit it if I am. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

And I get accused of exaggerating! I am commenting on the general direction of the program. If you think everything is "just fine", by all means think that. I just don't like what I am seeing so far this season.

But according to some people, nothing is on Brewster.

Considering he is responsible for recruiting all of these players and preparing them for games, yes it is on him. I don't think there are any of Roebuck's kids left on this team.

It's the old "Sid Hartman Defense": "You win with players and Jones didn't 'suit up', so you can't blame him for anything". Well, I am absolutely finished listening to garbage excuses like that.

Careful or someone will accuse you of "spending other people's money".

Exactly. The next AD will have no allegiance to any of the coaches in place right now.

Wasn't that a couple of years ago? I vaguely remember hearing about it.

You make some good points. But Richman had better get the Thundering Herd back to the NCAA tournament at some point or people in Imperial Cass will start getting restless. Once you make it to March Madness, having winning regular seasons won't be enough to satisfy the fan base. As for Jones getting more extensions, remember that Faison is being replaced soon. The next AD will want to put his own stamp on athletics, which means all the coaches will be looking over their shoulders. #resultsmatter

I would comment, but then someone would accuse me of spending "other people's money".

UND loses at home to Montana 54-43. What was that about us losing Brewster to a bigger school offering more money?

I agree with this. We will bounce back in 2018. If we don't, then I will be on the Regime Change bandwagon.

Darrell was being facetious.

I think he's covering the WJC in Buffalo right now.

Unless South Dakota State has left the MVFC and I didn't hear about it, this didn't happen this season.

We have a better chance of losing Pryor from VB.

So nothing is on Jones now? He's been here longer than most every other coach on campus. Their performances so far this season are abysmal. Even if they do improve some, I don't think it will be enough to punch another ticket to March Madness. And I hope I am wrong about all that. I will gladly come on here and admit it if they have a successful season.

So I have an obligation to sit down and shut up? Sorry, not happening. This is a fan forum. This is what we do on fan forums. Don't like it, don't read it. The fact is, almost everything is funded using "other people's money". Mussman's buyout. The IPF. The Alerus Center. REA. If you have a problem with that, then you have a problem with intercollegiate athletics in general. If you think everything is just fine and dandy the way it is, then just come out and say so. But don't expect me to rubber-stamp that viewpoint as my own. And if you have better ideas on how to improve our programs, please put them out there like I have. Or are you afraid of doing so?

Are you asserting that FCS isn't watered-down right now?

Then how did we find the cash to buy out Mussman? It sure didn't come out of state appropriated funds. Neither did that Indoor Practice Facility that is now in use. I was exaggerating with the term "flat broke" to make a point. Every time somebody points out a weakness in our athletic programs, they are told (rather patronizingly) that "we can't afford to do anything about it". In that case, we had better step up the private fundraising. But according to you and others, that's a "pipe dream". So what should we do instead?

I don't like the Summit for a variety of reasons, but their MBB is much better than the Big Sky Conference.

Make smart remarks all you want, but you are the one that scolds people for complaining on a message board and not proposing any potential solutions. Then I propose a solution and you respond with smart-mouthed comments like this one. Nodak651 has a point about bringing in more D1 teams for non-conference home games; that would help the program immensely. And I think his suggestion to wait until Jones has one year left on his contract is a good one. But since we are flat broke all the time, I guess that is a pipe dream too.

I will gladly eat crow if I am wrong. I just don't think I am. The Summit is a much tougher MBB league. I don't see us having much success next year. Maybe the WBB team will, but not MBB.