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I'm not saying those 2 have been successful in landing the best local players, but we'd be complaining about a lack of local coaches if we didn't have any. Complaining is what we do. With that said, I really like Wanzek and Maag. And Toivonen is solid as well. Should they all be on the field at the same time? Not in most situations.

Rudy and Kostich should both be fired. Their play calling, player development, and talent evaluation skills are all lacking. However, if we didn't have any coaches from ND/MN, we'd likely be complaining about how a lack of local coaches is hurting our local recruiting.

Right. I'm just saying a UND connection has not been a requirement for who Bubba has hired as assistants.

FWIW, only 3/10 assistant coaches went to UND.

I was thinking the same thing. Coaches did call for the jugular, but the players did not execute. With that said, the FB wheel route was a low probability (dumb) play call.

But Hakstol was hired because O'Keefe was his father-in-law....

He already has a master's degree so unpaid grad assistant won't work. No other role he's qualified for.

Did they go to the hard areas of the concourse?

Weber too. ST actually made that one closer.

True. But that team has proven itself to be closer to #30 than #5.

Looked like an ankle. No idea. Guessing the WR and RB corps will be different from what we're used to though.

Johannesson and Palmborg

We should be a top 10 team every year and we should expect to knock off top 5 teams, not simply go "toe to toe" with them.

Fair point. Hard to believe Rudy and Kostich are still around.

Haha agreed. Gopher fans I ran into in Vegas were all quite nice, but they knew they were greatly outnumbered, haha

I know you're not serious, but a HC should never simply be moved down. Unfortunate sometimes, but he has to be removed completely if no longer HC, otherwise players and coaches will continue looking to him and undermine new HC.

Honestly I can't imagine a situation where Leach is still on the team in 2019.

Scholly likely gone I'd assume.

Agreed, the staff had no choice but to go for it. No way we were making a field goal from there. That's another problem the staff failed to address in the off season.

Sounds good. Anywhere that it can be a combination hockey trip and winter vacation should work. I don't have much desire to visit Seattle in October- April.

Even just getting a FG there would've been fine. Coming away with zero was a huge momentum swing and confidence boost for Idaho.

The champions club priority certainly factored into this, but yes, these games should be targeted to the crowd with the money. Minnesota being the opponent in Vegas was a definite perk.

I like Seattle, but I think that would be a mistake. New York and Vegas both draw travelers on their own and offer a lot to tourists. DC (capital tourism) and Orlando (Disney, Universal, beach) would be great. Not sure Seattle would have that draw.

Tavern is the worst. Will playmakers be closed to non CC members?

Brrr. Hello playmakers