zonadub

Thank you

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took another look at the Army OC Ian Shields: http://www.goarmyspo...elds_ian00.html

as do I

http://www.bruinsnat...2/16/16569/6348

A question for those who believe that Mussman should have been fired in October so that applications could have been rolling in sooner... with ND's open records law, who would have applied for the job when there was a month or more left in their team's season?

So one would also think a call was made to Caruso, who has not applied. And possibly Wristen.

And won 3 national championships in 4 years. 2nd in the other.

sheds a different light on the situation. this would disqualify him from the final 9, imho

Does Faison have to interview all 9? If so, does a phone call suffice? Can he only interview 1 if he so chooses?

^^^^^ this ^^^^^

would someone please explain - - - why is Eades gone? I never heard what happened.

i hope you are right!

If it's all about Canada, they what about Blue Bombers terrible coach Kelly?

Mills may not be in your final 9 or final 3, but his credentials and experience should qualify him from a points list. He certainly has FBS and even BCS experience. Also agree that Dewitt should be in the mix. Why go with Lennon 3.0 when Lennon 2.0 was such a failure? edit: Why go with Lennon 3.0 1.3 when Lennon 2.0 1.2 was such a failure?

Definitely should be getting an interview.

any bets on whether UND can name its new coach before Texas names Mack Brown's replacement?

There should be a happy medium. And, no disrepect intended toward Schweigert, but why is Faison taking a month and a half to hire Lennon 3.0? If he is really intending to hire Schweigert, this process is dragging on way too long. That is almost as far-fetched as thinking he could entice an NFL coach to UND. Seriously, if a national search ends up bringing back Lennon's other coordinator after the debacle of the last one, it was a national search in name only, with blinders,. Schweigert did not win the national championship at Duluth, Nielson did - twice.

Pflugrad, Mills, Marshall, Dewitt, Schweigert, Okruch, deBoer, Andrus, Ianello..........

Watching the Towson - Eastern Illinois, it seems that Oxbow's take on NDSU's defense is spot on. Neither of these teams has been able to slow the other team's offense, so my mind has changed a bit and this list will have a definite defensive slant to it... Robin Pflugrad still first choice - knows Big Sky and how to recruit and win Jeff Mills - New Mexico Defensive Coordinator. FBS experience and was DC the last time Idaho went to a bowl Jamie Marshall - Montana State Defensive Coordinator. again knows the Big Sky Jovan Dewitt - Defensive Coordinator at Florida Atlantic Bubba Schweigert - even though my personal preference is to start fresh, he knows defense Vince Okruch - again lots of FBS experience on the defensive side of the ball Honorable mention to Kalen DeBoer, Robin Ross, Bart Andrus and Robert Ianello. Maybe Faison is negotiating behind the scenes with someone like Barney Cotton, Ross Els, Mike Breske or Tracy Claeys (yeah, longshots). Also would like to see Todd Hoffner get a chance to get back into coaching at some level, but that would be up to the new head coach. Really believe that UND needs to put a solid defense on the field to win at this level. The offensive tools are there, but improving the tackling and pass coverage must be a focus. Both sides of the trenches are also key to turning the corner for the future.

would be very surprised if this is Faison's first opportunity to review the apps. he has probably had considerable input into which apps are making the cut, as well.

good weekend project for you smart HR-types--- can you calculate the points and figure out the 9 that were forwardable?

GoGriz, can you please send this to brian.faison@und.edu

Based on the choices supplied, my vote would go to Pflugrad. However, if the coach comes from this list, I think the only possible candidate under consideration by Faison would be deBoer, for reasons cited by jdub and SiouxGuy. When you have a number of very good candidates (which UND does), it does not take much to be eliminated. Plus, as I posted before, Pflugrad's refusal to dismiss Johnson from the Griz football team when he was told may be a red flag of not following orders by an AD like Faison. "Other" is my vote for most likely to be the next HC of UND.