fightingsioux4life

It is amazing that a team can pick high in the 1st round every year and still not get any better. Are they picking the wrong kids? Are they not developing them properly? I can't figure that one out.

Yeah, I thought this program was big on going to class and getting good grades?

Using this logic, MBB at NDSU should struggle as well because of the the presence of FB as the flagship sport on campus. But that isn't true, is it?

Agree 100%. Like anything else, you have to spend money to buy whiskey. You can't build something like MBB using pocket change that has fallen between the couch cushions.

As is NDSU. And they seem to have no problem putting a competitive MBB team on the court year in and year out. Unless you think NDSU is rolling in money and we aren't.

I have to say I agree with you.

Couldn't agree with you more. Well said.

Possibly. But I think the biggest factors will remain what kind of offers they get and if they think they are ready to make the jump.

Sounds like we have conflicting accounts on this. I am deleting my original comment.

That could bite NDSU in the backside at some point in the future.

Here it is: http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4007776-und-athletics-cut-baseball-mens-golf

How about all of the above?

Well, they can't touch baseball because too many baseball alums would complain.

I wouldn't want to deal with that every holiday season.

Bingo.

What I meant was we have records of the past so that future generations can learn from them. I was born in 1974, so I have ZERO memories of Rube. But I know how much we struggled during his time as head coach and how quickly Gino turned it around when he was promoted from assistant to head coach because of historical records and listening to stories from older people. Didn't mean to offend you.

If you mean I refuse to kiss a$$ and call everything a rose when it clearly is not a rose, then you are correct.

Well, that's what the history books are for.

Hate is a strong word. Disappointment is more appropriate. The 1970's were a graveyard for this program. There is no getting around that.

One of the advantages of being an undrafted free agent is that you can negotiate with any team you want, thus giving you more leverage in those negotiations. If Stecher gets low-balled by a team, he can just tell them where to stick it and then go talk to another team or teams.

What other "beef" do you need? It is telling that Gino took the same players that Rube couldn't do jack squat with and took them to the NCAA title game. And then won the NCAA title the very next season. Irish is right, we lucked out with Gino and we also lucked out with Blais. Both hires happened at crucial times in the history of this program. I shudder to think of what might have happened if we made the wrong choice on either or both hires.

That sounds about right. I really hope this guy gets a legitimate chance to make it to the NHL and doesn't get shafted because he isn't 6' 3" tall.

I saw him on WDAZ News @ 10 saying he is leaning towards signing a contract. He also said "This is a business and I hope the fans understand that". I don't think Mr. Stecher really knows just how much of a business the NHL is. And he won't until he signs a contract with someone. Once you sign that piece of paper, you become just another piece of meat to be used however they want to use you. That is probably why almost every player that leaves early wishes that they hadn't left early. Because all the NHL seems to care about is how big you are (or aren't), Stecher could very well get buried in the AHL for years, getting passed over for bigger, taller defensemen. I really hope he does his homework on the teams that pursue him so he doesn't get stuck in an organization that doesn't give him a fair shot at making the big league. Having said all that, I thank him for his contributions to this team and program and I wish him all the best.

I like that.