geaux_sioux

Your foot was in your mouth because you claimed that I had been defending how the d played last year which was not the case. Mike Edwards was the best nt in fall camp by far, he will start day one next year if he doesn't digress. Im hopful that Will Rattelle or even Labatt will develop into the other inside lb with Goodman. The dline just plain sucked last year. A few plays here and there were nice but they were manhandled at times and didn't make enough plays or eat enough blocks with consistency. There will be some fr starting next year and they will be ready and will be better than the starters last year.

Make no mistake, never once did I defend the level of play by the team and the defense in particular. Now as you start to dislodge your foot from your mouth I'll explain what I saw that was wrong with the defense this year. Blame the entire defense as a unit. The Dline didn't eat up blockers in the run game like they're supposed to consistently, and when they did the LBs didn't make the plays they should have. The LB's didn't make plays at all this year and that includes a hobbled Goodman. The secondary is still a messy ball of class that will improve again next year but still sucked. What was more alarming than the level of play was the obvious lack of an alpha male on defense. Hopefully next year Goodman can become a guy like Grant Olson who will accept nothing less than perfect and will get in someones face or put a boot up their ass without hesitation if they aren't up to snuff. The defense wasn't nasty. Dan Hendrickson wasn't strutting around after knocking someone unconscious on a kickoff. He was the identity of the defense and they fed off of his swagger and his grit. Someone needs to step up in that regard and it isn't a coach. My main critique of the defensive coaches was why didn't they blitz as much as normal? They weren't bringing the same kind of pressure that we're used to with the 3-4 we run. Was that a result of the offenses we faced this year and their 5 WR sets? I don't know, the coaches are the ones watching the film and they know what they're doing. It obviously didn't work this year for a variety of reasons and you can bet your ass they will make adjustments (like cutting players with bad attitudes) because two years like this past one in a row and then we've got a problem. The main problem with the defense was depth. There weren't enough studs even with a full compliment of players and they were not even close to being able to handle the injury situation which was ridiculous to say the least this year. Next year I guarantee major improvements on defense to the tune of a top 25 defense nationally. If not feel free to call me a moron. As for the 3-4, it will be dominant again when we get the horses. They're coming, some are already here. Mike Edwards will be the cornerstone of the defensive revival at UND.

I don't disagree that the defense was god awful this year but that comment was blindly stupid to say the least.

Good point

Wait whats this? Another former football player saying it comes down to the players executing what the coach put them in position to do? Blasphemy! Mussman and Mannausau were the ones missing tackles in the backfield not the players. The coaches told them to get into good position and then not make it, otherwise the plays would have been made but that wasn't what the coaches wanted so the players did what they were coached to do and missed tackles left and right. The reason Hardin dropped so many passes this year is because Schleusner lost focus from time to time not Hardin.

They also bring actual insight instead of armchair speculation.

Don't mistake talent for experience.

Preach!

Defenses that can tackle don't struggle. Also what don't you get about how handcuffed mussman and the staff was in recruiting during the transition? They had no future home conference and thanks to the nickname Crap had a dark cloud following them everywhere that couldn't be ignored and was keeping them out of a future conference. These are facts and its a miracle that they were able to recruit as well as they were and find guys like Hardin during the transition. Blind is not realizing how well the coaches have done in building a talented team under their set of circumstances.

How worried should we be about Dan Bell actually signing with us?

no, I was just being a smartass

Just wait til after Christmas break

On one hand screw the NCAA for not letting coaches tweet who committed when they do, on the other hand they have created a system with alot of suspense.

So has anyone heard when JJ Robertson will be coming to UND? Also why has Tom Miller not written anything about it?

*Hand eye coordination and work ethic not included

Buttschollyreduction

Who is #1?

I read at a sophomore level.

If anyone needs a good laugh check out bisonville and read the post about Adams. They're chasing eachothers tails as if they've already lost him to us. Most likely they will but my goodness, we get it, your Dicks are huge ndsu fans, no need to tell us over and over again while you drive by in your bright yellow Corvette.

Tanner Tweten is someone to keep an eye on. Unreal first step, great speed, and tenacious. Only a freshman and listed at 6'2". Also Eddie Eades is a beast.

Are there any kids in EGF right now that are being recruited? I was at the game where they slaughtered Central and noticed coaches Poolman Eades and Jackson at the game. I know they have the younger Ausmus and some coaches sons on the team, also the FR Tweten looked pretty good against a garbage Central team.

Fletcher might end up being better than Golladay. I've heard that he is an absolute beast in the weight room and has a perfect attitude. Also heard good things about Cain and Carrothers among others. If all of the verbals that we have now sign then we are very on track. That 3 star WR for one, Miller and Bell look like studs, Meindel is an athletic punter with a Howitzer of a leg. Also Iverson looks like a nice athletic FB that can do much more than block. If the staff keeps hitting homeruns NDSU will start to look over their shoulders and ramp up the insecure smack.

I really like the look of this guy. He looks like a first off the bus type of guy and has that look in his eye that you need on defense.

Runs like a linebacker (in a good way). Looks like a throwback tough as nails type player. Sign him up.

Even though we haven't played in a while the perception seems to be shifting back to the late 80s early 90s where 'everyone' thinks they'll kill UND. Then we proceeded to dominate the series and make the Fargo Dome our home away from home.