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Freund has the personality, which is huge in this day and age.

Seem to be spot on. From their 2019 990: That's enough to pay for FCOA outright.

That's disappointing to hear. Especially with Playmakers inside our own football venue. Say a hypothetical restaurant was built in the hypothetical South end zone, do you think UND would be interested in getting involved if the opportunity arose in a new location like that, given that it wouldn't be "taking" an opportunity away from anyone? If you want to avoid hypotheticals, what I'm asking is if it more about the principle of gambling than anything else? It just seems odd to me that anyone would be offended by it, since UND is a huge part of the community and the athletics department is starving for money. Curious what the local regulations are, so I'm gonna do my best to look them up when I get the chance, but this just seems like a huge opportunity that UND is missing out on, and it helps to explain the huge teammakers revenue that NDSU gets. Not participating just seems like negligence imo.

You trying to brag or something?

A big deck? That would be really cool. They could add a bar/restaurant between that deck and the arena, which could be accessible during the pregame tailgate and potentially during games (could also potentially be reserved for people with club seats or people with seating in high donation champions club areas, or not). If gambling is ever allowed in ND, it would be cool if you could place in-game bets there also... Speaking of gambling, does UND get any of the money from playmakers gambling? If not, what charity does that money go to? And if not, does UND or NDSU get any money from local gambling, besides 50/50 drawings?

Found this pic which is interesting enough that I thought I'd share it. Looks like the South end zone would 100% work if an expansion were needed. That said, it looks like the roof did collapse without any support there so I don't know what, if anything, was changed to prevent the roof from failing again. Surprised I haven't ever seen anyone mention that the roof collapsed during construction.

I grew up in the 90's before the Wild came to town and being from the cities, I was a huge Gopher fan. I remember playing knee hockey and watching the Gophers on FSN almost every weekend. They had a pre game show and everything at the time. Losing the consistency of FSN games and having to compete with the wild was the biggest factor, IMO. Though, the Big Ten is at fault for the TV issues. Having to compete with the wild and losing the consistency of TV games is just killer. I doubt I would have known how or cared to find the gopher games on Big Ten + if that's how I had to find them back in the day. The gophers still had strong ticket sales after the wild came to town, so I agree with you that losing games like UND was also a huge deal. Losing the in-conference rivalry games probably pushed it over the edge.

Gopher Puck Live files a FOIA and writes about this every year for the gophers. They really do a great job here: https://gopherpucklive.com/gopher-mens-hockey-scanned-attendance-numbers-increased-in-2018-19-season-will-it-continue/

Its always tickets sold.

Pretty sure that's a rhetorical statement, but with Bubbas track record and with his contract expiring in two years, I think it would make the most sense to see how next season plays out. My prediction is they move on if he doesn't win a playoff game.

So is the goal consistent success or championships? If championships are all that matter, overweighting recruiting classes is kinda the way to go... Too bad Berry wasn't a better coach though, otherwise he would have gotten a better seed last year and the team would have had a chance to rest the night before their 5OT loss to Duluth.

I.e. A team that can win a conference championship gives you better odds. I never said it was all luck. Wrong. I'd rather put my money down on a coach that has consistent success than hope a coach gets lucky. You would think that if the Yale, Union, and Providence championship-winning coaches weren't lucky, they would have had more success in recent years. I'd take a guy like Hak over any of those coaches if I had to put my money down on which coach could lead a team to the next championship. Providence didn't get lucky by hosting their regional the year they were the 16 seed and won the natty? Nattys obviously matter, but just because someone catches lightning in a bottle it doesn't mean they will be able to repeat it.

NCAA tourney is luck, team that can win a conference championship gives you better odds.

Does he have any relationship with them? Serious question. I hope they keep in contact but I'm not in a position to know one way or the other.

Doh... I thought you were adding emphasis. My bad.

Fixed it for you. Can't judge a hockey coach based off a one and done tourney.

Pretty sure that was a joke...

No, but he's at the top of the food chain. He tells people what to do and/or should be working with the Alumni Foundation to develop either awareness or excitement about any of his projects. That's not his responsibility? Pretty sure fundraising was a huge reason Leon Costello was hired by Montana State, after he completed the fundraising effort for SDSU's new football facilites. They talk up his fundraising successes a lot in his bio: https://msubobcats.com/staff-directory/leon-costello/232. And look at that! They have huge link at the top of their athletics web page that highlights their facilities efforts! And they just completed construction on their new football locker rooms to boot! https://msubobcats.com/sports/2017/9/20/Facilities-MasterPlan.aspx Huge DONATE NOW button in the middle of the page. Guy is a genius... Meanwhile at UND, the link to the Alumni Foundation on Chaves website take you to this (and it has for months):

Not happy about this. Seems like he's MIA... we have no clue what his strategy is to move the athletic department forward. No announcements. We have a huge fundraising project with the second phase of the practice facility and it's not mentioned anywhere on und athletics website or champions club website, etc. UND athletics just feels neglected. Chaves failed at fundraising at EWU and so far he has failed at UND as well. He provides zero insight on his podcast.. just explains how stuff is reall really hard and he goes with the flow of whatever the pressing issue is. No reason we don't have a website up like one of these because not everyone who will donate wants to do so blindly to a scholarship fund. See the fundraising on this message board for an example of donating for a cause. He doesn't even ask. http://jointheifund.com/capitalprojects.html https://tsuathleticfund.com/giving-opportunities/capital-projects/index.html He also took a way an avenue to generating revenue for phase two when he renamed the HPC instead of selling naming rights.. yeah for a good cause, but name the field or something... Other schools are getting millions for practice facility naming rights donations.. UND's Learfield/Radio Licensing and Midco/TV deals expire at the end of this school year. Was really hoping someone new would be in place. Chaves have a plan for the athletics department anywhere?! He slowly reduced updates on UND's website and then abandoned any effort altogether... https://fightinghawks.com/sports/2019/7/9/chaves-news-and-notes.aspx

I never said otherwise dick head. Work on your reading comprehension.

UST tried to buy nearby golf course, for hockey arena and athletic fields, but offer was declined. 61 million offer.. UST still searching for land. https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/st-thomas-eyes-historic-golf-course-for-new-hockey-arena/ Interesting quote by St. Thomas's AD: “Right now we’re focusing on hockey and baseball and softball and those three facilities are contemplated to be the first of those facilities we would need to build,” University of St. Thomas Director of Athletics Phil Esten told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. There would also be room for other facilities, but those three are the immediate priority. Football and basketball will stay in their current locations on campus for now, but the university has to take a long-term view as well."

I agree. I meant just in front of black building.

I think that is just the coaches locker rooms/showers for practice. I think the football meeting rooms/offices will be in the black part of the building on the left. Also, it would be nice to have a deck on top of the "Hawkway".

I agree. Kinda blurry but this was in the lease agreement that UND presented to the NDUS at it's October meeting. There are additional offices, on the second floor, above the green highlighted area in the plan (which will likely change to some degree). The original plan for phase two would have been ideal, and although I don't necessarily agree with all of the decisions that have been made, this project, in its entirety, will still be great for the program.