gfhockey Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Jack Michaels from Bismarck was hired today to take over Dan Hammers position at KFGO/KFAN as sports director. I think UND could work out the same agreement with him that we had with Hammer if Michaels wants to. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDSU grad Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Jack Michaels from Bismarck was hired today to take over Dan Hammers position at KFGO/KFAN as sports director. I think UND could work out the same agreement with him that we had with Hammer if Michaels wants to. Wow, this is a bit of a surprise. I thought he went to Bismarck to be closer to his kids. If NDSU was smart, they'd insist on getting Michaels back to provide color commentary or be a sideline reporter. I think he's one of the best around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzou/sioux Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wow, this is a bit of a surprise. I thought he went to Bismarck to be closer to his kids. If NDSU was smart, they'd insist on getting Michaels back to provide color commentary or be a sideline reporter. I think he's one of the best around. I quite agree: I think Jack's one of the best around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Jack Michaels from Bismarck was hired today to take over Dan Hammers position at KFGO/KFAN as sports director. I think UND could work out the same agreement with him that we had with Hammer if Michaels wants to. It would be nice if we could get something worked out with Jack. He is very, very good at what he does and really enjoys the sports he covers. He's done a great job in Bismarck the last few seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND92,96 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 It would be nice if we could get something worked out with Jack. He is very, very good at what he does and really enjoys the sports he covers. He's done a great job in Bismarck the last few seasons. Looks like something has been worked out: http://www.fightingsioux.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205130485 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Dan Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Are you guys serious? Jack comes back to Fargo - Joins the new home of the Bison as sports director and he's going to do your games? The only reason Hammer continued was because he was grandfathered in and he knew he was a short timer from then on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 +1 to faison and company. GREAT HIRE! I saw this coming at 11 this morning lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Dan Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Looks like I was wrong. Good hire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfhockey Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Cue the Bison Blow up now. At first this morning they were loving him and now i bet they just say its an ok hire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDvince97-01 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 One word: Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 This is a great hire. I was a little nervous on who we would get to replace Hammer, especially as time went along. A good radio voice will be very important in the Big Sky and Jack sounds like he is very excited to be that voice. Welcome Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star2city Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 This is a great hire. I was a little nervous on who we would get to replace Hammer, especially as time went along. A good radio voice will be very important in the Big Sky and Jack sounds like he is very excited to be that voice. Welcome Jack. Terrific hire. Everyone in western ND knows and respects the voice of Jack Michaels. His voice for Sioux football will only help deepen the Sioux football fan base out there. UND vs Montana and UND vs Montana State games are going to become huge events out there. It's also a feather in Faison's cap that Michaels will be the sports director at the bison's flagship station: KFGO. Getting Michaels to go to KFGO as well as be the voice of Sioux football had to take a lot of skillful negotiations. It also couldn't have been cheap getting Michaels on board. Perhaps the guarantee money for opponents had to be cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzou/sioux Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Terrific hire. Everyone in western ND knows and respects the voice of Jack Michaels. His voice for Sioux football will only help deepen the Sioux football fan base out there. UND vs Montana and UND vs Montana State games are going to become huge events out there. It's also a feather in Faison's cap that Michaels will be the sports director at the bison's flagship station: KFGO. Getting Michaels to go to KFGO as well as be the voice of Sioux football had to take a lot of skillful negotiations. It also couldn't have been cheap getting Michaels on board. Perhaps the guarantee money for opponents had to be cut. I couldn't agree more. Good post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotadan Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Sounds like a very good hire! Now the athletic department needs to turn football and basketball home games into more of an event and start marketing these sports to more than just the city of Grand Forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakvindy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Sounds like a very good hire! Now the athletic department needs to turn football and basketball home games into more of an event and start marketing these sports to more than just the city of Grand Forks. BINGO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The sh-t hit the fan over on BVille. Lakes is totally gone ballistic. He (Michaels) is such a great voice from out west then boom he is the new Sioux play by play man...this guy sucks. So classic over there. I can't wait to hear him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 There's a lot of Bison fans upset that an NDSU grad, that actually played a sport at NDSU, is now the voice of the Sioux. Frankly, I'm surprised there isn't more folks here upset. What's next, Glen Sonmoor in the booth with Tim, followed by Erv Inniger and Swyg? It's the bizaro world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsidesioux Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 This is an awesome get for Sioux Football. I'm looking forward checking wells in the oil patch this fall with Sioux football and Jack's voice blaring through the buttes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 There's a lot of Bison fans upset that an NDSU grad, that actually played a sport at NDSU, is now the voice of the Sioux. Frankly, I'm surprised there isn't more folks here upset. What's next, Glen Sonmoor in the booth with Tim, followed by Erv Inniger and Swyg? It's the bizaro world. I like Erv. Wouldn't mind him doing Sioux BB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDvince97-01 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The sh-t hit the fan over on BVille. Lakes is totally gone ballistic. He (Michaels) is such a great voice from out west then boom he is the new Sioux play by play man...this guy sucks. So classic over there. I can't wait to hear him. Oh my that is hilarious. Classic stuff. "Yay Jack Michaels!! Welcome aboard to ndsu!!.....(insert fightingsioux.com link)........I mean, BOOOOOO.....Jack Michaels sucks!!! What a friggin' joke!!" Honestly, that lakesbison guy is one sick pup. Someone get that psychotic personality disorder some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Are you guys serious? Jack comes back to Fargo - Joins the new home of the Bison as sports director and he's going to do your games? The only reason Hammer continued was because he was grandfathered in and he knew he was a short timer from then on. You just keep continuing to look like an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The part I love is how 740/790 is supposedly the home for Bison athletics. Yet, once the Sioux make the Frozen Four they immediately pick up the rights to broadcast the entire Frozen Four on their station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewall Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I find it interesting that lakes is continuously referring to Sioux Hockey as a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'm somewhat stunned by this development. I found the situation where RadioFM (790 KFGO/740 The Fan KVOX) was home of Bison Athletics on the radio but the RadioFM sports director was also the voice of UND Football to be a most peculiar alignment. That was Dan Hammer. No, wait. Now it's Jack (former NDSU first base man, " ... track it down, Marge! ... " ) Michaels. Compound that with (as someone mentioned) that RadioFM (740) has picked up the official NCAA broadcast of all three Frozen Four games. (Here's where I tell you to listen to 970 WDAY-AM and Tim Hennessy. Don't be fooled.) Part of me wonders if KFGO isn't having "buyers remorse" when it comes to local college athletics if they are picking up "a regional niche sport" Frozen Four broadcast and are going back to a most peculiar, almost contradictory, sports director alignment (where your sports director is the voice of the rival of who the station carries). Say what you will, but I'm quite sure that the T-wolves or Wild (or Bison M/WBB) don't draw as many listeners in Fargo-Moorhead on a Friday or Saturday night as Fighting Sioux Hockey did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 What I think is funny is Kolpack actually went to Gene Taylor to get his thoughts. Like he has any control over the situation and what was he going to say about it? I'm sure he's thrilled the sports director of their new radio station is the voice of the Sioux. I'm also sure he's thrilled that his new radio station paid to pick up the games of the "niche" sport no one cares about. That is about as funny as the 180's that went on over a B'ville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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