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    Coach Jones?

    in Men's Basketball

    Posted

    Maybe the fact that Texas has been at the same DI level for many years, including the entire 17 years that Barnes was the coach might make the situation different.  And the fact that the performance of the program at Texas has declined the last several years might also factor in.  Barnes took the Longhorns to the Sweet Sixteen 5 times during his first 10 years, including 3 trips to the Elite Eight and once to the Final Four.  They haven't made it to the Sweet Sixteen since 2008.  2008 was also the last year they won a regular season conference title.  That might be a little different than a program that has only been a full Division 1 program for 3 years.  Not to mention the fact that the Texas athletic department in one of the richest in college athletics.  Not exactly comparing apples to apples situations.

     

    Certainly.   Not disagreeing with that at all.  The problem here is the lame brain contract extension Jones was given after underperforming with an extremely talented group a couple years ago.  

     

    Hoopster seems to think he is "right" about Jones being a good coach since he's still here.   In reality, the only reason Jones is still here is the inexcusable contract extension he was given, and the athletic department is unwilling and unable to buy it out. 

    Coach Jones?

    in Men's Basketball

    Posted

    Logical post.... Some folks cannot understand that the flagship school in Texas paid their basketball coach 2.2 million a year Top  Ten NCAA D1 Salary... UND pays 100k. A Bottom ten NCAA D1 Salary....  For a TOP TEN  salary in the NCAA..... having a sub 500 record in conference play is not good.  Barnes conference winning % same... as Jones last 3 years....Again I am right as I have said all along conference play greatly trumps non conference play...no matter how much a handful of uninformed people do not like it

    Yet Barnes is fired, and Jones gets to continue "coaching" to the dismay of anyone who knows anything about basketball.   Thanks for proving our point.

    New Nickname

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    With all you law experts out there I cant believe we can't go back to the old flicker tails logo. What is as harmless as a rodent?

    There is no way the ncaa won't let us go back to that logo so there is also no way we can't just use the ND logo

     

     

    With all you law experts out there I cant believe we can't go back to the old flicker tails logo. What is as harmless as a rodent?

    There is no way the ncaa won't let us go back to that logo so there is also no way we can't just use the ND logo

     

    Correct.  The ND logo could become the primary logo, with variations of it used as well if desired.   the "ND" could be considered the new nickname as well as the logo.    As an example of something similar, Slippery Rock University uses the nickname/logo of the "rock".     They seem to get along just fine using part of their school's name, as their nickname, with no punishment or scare tactics from the ncaa.

    More Summit movement?

    in NCAA News

    Posted

    Other than the fact that GV is DII, have no intention of moving, and would require 5 years to transition . . . Ya perfect. GV owns und, so that would be another reason for und to stay out of the SL/MVFC.

    So you must also feel UND owns the fargodome.

    New Nickname

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    Is Nodak Electric power cooperative on board with Nodaks?   I would hope something a little more inventive could be chosen if going with no nickname is officially ruled out.   Any nickname that starts with no, sounds suspect.  Nodaks....rejecting daks, or the absence of daks....   If we're going down that road, how about the Nosioux instead?   Sioux no no...... No Sioux Sioux!! 

     

    No daks, no kotas, no Sioux.... no problem.

    Green meadowlarks?

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    100 percent agree. but i dont think we will have the option of no nickname. and i really havent heard anybody say they HATE Rough Riders. but i have heard many people say they HATE basically everything else thats being thrown out there. Its not the best option, but its the only option that everyone will be able to live with and might gain traction.. my opinion

    Am I invisible? Lol

    Just for the record, yet again, for the thousandth time on here for reasons I've already discussed ad nauseum, I HATE Roughriders. (Sigh). that felt good.

    Random Nickname Ideas

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    I would prefer no nickname, however if an animal was chosen, i'd hope for the Fighting Moose.   In cheers it'll sound as close to Sioux as we're gonna get.  Manitoba's hockey club has a cool looking Moose logo.  something similar could be designed.   I think the quest for an original animal that has never been used before is only going to yield wimpy, ugly, or otherwise unappealing beasts.

    Predict the New Nickname

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    Thank goodness we have alumns willing to participate in what to some is a no-win situation. Do you have any nicknames other than FIghting Sioux and No Nickname that won't "suck" in your mind?

    UND Fighting Sous Chefs.

     

    Have the Swedish Chef from the muppets as the mascot.  

    Predict the New Nickname

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    So you're saying that Saskatchewan shouldn't have that nickname.   Can't believe some people name their schools Washington or Lincoln, when they don't have any ties to North Dakota.  It is a nickname, not a life and death matter, and the image of a cowboy type figure certainly ties to North Dakota more than some nicknames tie to other regions.  

    No, that's not what I said or was referring to.  People are trying to come up with a nickname that relates to the history or heritage of North Dakota.   Rough Riders doesn't. 

     

    In a different but related vein, I can't imagine spending countless hours and mucho bucks to get all these committees together with distinguished alumni and marketing professionals, and then end up with the local high school's nickname.      

    Predict the New Nickname

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    Teddy was a colonel, not a general. ;)

     

    And Teddy was probably this State's greatest advocate ever. People who follow his lead and love for North Dakota would probably take on the name he gave to his followers. 

    thanks- fixed!

    Predict the New Nickname

    in UND Nickname

    Posted

    I wish people would take ten minutes to learn about who the Rough Riders were, and where they were from.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Riders

     

    Thanks.   Now, what is it that draws people to this name?   Is it the dysentery?  The Malaria?   The Yellow Fever?  

     

    Maybe it's the tragic comedy of errors their trip to Cuba involved, namely the part about leaving their horses and a 1/4 of their men at home?    

     

    Is it perhaps the closeness we as North Dakotans feel to volunteer cavalry men from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas?

     

    ND Tourism has done a fine job rewriting history and making people believe the Rough Riders actually had something to do with North Dakota.  They didn't.   They had a Colonel, from New York, who later became President, who had a cattle ranch here, and made comments about how much he loved North Dakota.  That's it.   That's the only albeit loose, connection. 

     

    I would prefer we stay with no nickname.   But if a new name is chosen that attempts to represent North Dakota, I would hope it would at least be factual and an accurate representation of our history.

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