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That's my take, yes.

If we stop the run, teams will torch us in the air. All I see right now in the secondary is injuries and inexperience at safety. I predict a 5.

1.) Championships 2.) Foundation for Championship caliber coaches and teams (facilities and $$) 3.) Athletics/UND/Community synonymous with each other 4.) Athletic Alumni Base, Needs to be HUGE!! (we can do better)($$) 5.) Can't think of anything else...........

Here is the obituary from UND Football standpoint: 1 day from departure to GF.........wtf!! Schobert was not rated or ranked by any of the major college ranking systems.[3] He didn't receive any NCAA Division I scholarship offers.[2] He wanted to play for the Wisconsin Badgers but was originally told he could tryout after the 2012 season started. Due to the lack of interest shown by Wisconsin, the only Division I football program in the state, he planned to attend Division I FCS University of North Dakota and join the Fighting Hawks as a walk-on. In July 2012, Schobert's outstanding performance in the WFCA Large School All-Star Game in which he played running back, safety and kick returner, tallying 145 all-purpose yards, two tackles, two pass-breakups and an interception caught the attention of Kenosha Bradford football coach Jed Kennedy. When he learned that Schobert's only opportunity to play Division I college football was as a walk-on at North Dakota, he contacted people he knew in the University of Wisconsin athletic department. The day before Schobert was to depart for Grand Forks, North Dakota, Badgers head coach Bret Bielema offered him a preferred walk-on spot.[2] In Schobert's own words: "They had a great coaching staff up there. I liked them. I thought I would have fit in, but Madison offered at the last second. It was a dream come true for a Wisconsin kid, so I had to jump on it. The rest has been history."[4]

I was trying to be nice. (Shocking, I know!!)

Let the dating process begin!! For some, not Faison will be enough. Others, maybe even a majority, probably need Mike elevated. A few will sit out or not give as much without Mike in the lead. These are the realities.

I hope everyone that is already madly in love with Chaves are the 1st to get their checkbooks out. And, since he is the guy, I hope he does crush it for UND. Our AD performance history is...... debatable.

Do you write a check to Stepps, Rudy, Fruend, or do you have Bubba in mind when donating to football? Just curious. EWU budget issues of course not all on Chaves, but 10 years and no responsibility, ya OK?

Interesting take-

Also in the article, EWU peer programs are spending $10 and $14 million on athletic facilities and even lower division schools are making upgrades while EWU plans to penny pinch to a balanced budget. And what is the big push at UND....phase II. This is very disturbing. If your finances are not in order, everything else becomes moot. So Chaves will have to rely heavily on others to keep $$ in order, that is what I am seeing.

So we hired a guy that over saw a near $6 million deficit in the EWU athletic department.........and his biggest 2 achievements $wise is less than $3 million combined. Ohh boy- I hope he leaves this part of his vast experience back in Cheney.

Prepare for some culture shock, and not referring to the weather. (Offensive football will shock him more than the weather)

How long have you known Chaves? Buds that go way back.......or just going off a resume and 1 interview? Right, thought so. Should I apologize cause I said some good things about a person I have know since '93? I don't think that makes things cloudy, actually makes things perfectly clear on who 1 person is while not having that luxury with the others. There is a known commodity verses some resumes and interviews and some awards that are really based on the coaching success at your school. I could see Chaves, Mannausau, or Porter in the position and I think it's a 3 man race. Their successes or failures will be known in the coming years. We just look at this differently based on our backgrounds. I don't need my judgment questioned by you - that's for sure.

I am not understanding the man crush on Chaves. I listened to about half, seems good with a slight bit of heard it before.

My info is ageism is a factor with Brekke.

WMU or EWU guy and elevate Mike in the department. I think most could live with this. If not, it will be ugly.

Makes the point, do we want Jonny Jumper or a guy that is 'ALL-IN'?

Siouxphan27 never fails to get my points. In our respective divisions, it's not too far of a reach to expect a team to be competitive in spite of injuries and playing young players. Part of this is having a system in which young guys can hit the ground running. I doubt the Bama players are intellectually superior to our players. In fact, I bet we carry a higher GPA. I see a growing trend in college football that puts the best weapons in space or positions to make plays, and if that's a freshman then so be it. Since I am not allowed to compare to Bama or Georgia, I guess, then let's just compare to NDSU, SDSU, USD, and the Montanas.........is that allowable? How about in conference with Weber, Southern Utah, E. Washington. If these are the closest comparables then based on last year we are dead last. 2018 is just a huge and telling year for UND, no pressure.

Sabin goes with a true freshman with no meaningful game experience in the 2nd half cause he felt he needed to "pass the ball better". Sabin needs a shopping cart to haul his balls around, holy crap!! This game had true freshman all over the place...... maybe some hope for our young guys in 2018. Can't help to wonder how these systems, all over college football, have their freshman ready to go.

We shouldn't be too worried about our experience at QB, considering we are watching 2 true freshman QBs in the 3rd quarter of the FBS Natty.....I am behind on DVR.

If you are referring to 8+ scholarships on offense in the Muss years, he was smart enough to land on his feet.

With all the wealth you have I am sure Mike stops by your place often. I thought you'd have a lot more insight....?? No??

Voted Captian of his college football team among his peers. He's a natural leader. I understand his resume is light on paper, but that's on paper. I am sure some others looked great on paper, and they weren't that great..... I am not too concerned about experience in this case as he hits the ground running a mile ahead of anyone else. I could also see Mike elevated, but in a #2 spot in this process. Anyway, you asked and I am telling you, leadership, along with personality, and the guy just plain gets it.

Certainly could go this way. Dear Sioux Forum - I didn't mean to imply anyone as to "torpedo" and/or "sabotage" UND Athletics as a result of this. Chill for F-sake.

For everyone making a big deal of my post. "Get Bent-" I was just pointing out what could be an awkward situation and one in which the new AD would have to rely on another finalist for success. No one sees the irony?