Risky Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Judging by the Forum article, once again Douple and UND seem to remember situations differently. Interesting. Quote
UNDvince97-01 Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Judging by the Forum article, once again Douple and UND seem to remember situations differently. Interesting. Asked about UND and baseball affiliation with the Summit, Douple said it was “discussed among some members” but “(UND)hadn’t indicated anything.” “I know they were looking for a home for baseball, that was obvious because they joined the Big Sky,” Douple said. UND head coach Jeff Dodson, however, told the Grand Forks Herald newspaper, “We had applied for the Summit but I never heard anything personally from them.” Douple said Northern Colorado was discussed more on a league-wide basis. “One of the concerns with Northern Colorado was the distance. It scared some of our members to add them as an affiliate,” Douple said. Unbelievable. You cannot make it up. They discussed and were scared of UNC because of distance and travel, and then basically showed no interest in adding UND. Meanwhile, the theme of the article is the threat of Summit Baseball losing their autobid because of lack of league members. And heaven forbid Kolpack call him on it for talking out of both sides of his mouth. Simply stupefying. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Unbelievable. You cannot make it up. They discussed and were scared of UNC because of distance and travel, and then basically showed no interest in adding UND And heaven forbid Kolpack call him on it for talking out of both sides of his mouth. Simply stupefying. Meanwhile, the theme of the article is the threat of Summit Baseball losing their autobid because of lack of league members. And heaven forbid Kolpack call him on it for talking out of both sides of his mouth. Simply stupefying. From my understanding when they lose their baseball autobid they are going to lose every autobid cause they will no longer have enough men's team sports. Am I right on that? Quote
homer Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Either Douple A) Knows something everyone else doesn't or B) is not very bright. I'll go with B and can't wait until Oakland leaves. Quote
Dagger Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 You have to wonder about the character of Douple as well as his ability to do a good job for his conference. I am just glad he is not running the Big Sky conference. With schools leaving the Summit and the rumblings of more to leave, it might just have something to do with his leadership. Quote
WeAreNorthDakota Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Looks to be a pretty solid core of talent on this team with Campbell and Thome as building blocks. Campbell looks poised to break school records in home runs at some point in his career and Thome exploded onto the scene last year putting up some of the best numbers in the country among freshman pitchers. Those guys alone are reason enough to head out to Kraft Field but there are plenty of other guys on the team who are a blast to watch. Can't wait for the season to start! Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Looks to be a pretty solid core of talent on this team with Campbell and Thome as building blocks. Campbell looks poised to break school records in home runs at some point in his career and Thome exploded onto the scene last year putting up some of the best numbers in the country among freshman pitchers. Those guys alone are reason enough to head out to Kraft Field but there are plenty of other guys on the team who are a blast to watch. Can't wait for the season to start! Agree. I believe that Thome and 3 of the other starting pitchers were freshmen, so if they're all back and continue to develop they could potentially be the strength of this team for the next three years. Thome was awesome the last half of last season. If we landed any strong freshmen recruits, this team could be pretty competitive going forward. Quote
Risky Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 It is hard to believe that Douple wasn't all over UND to try to get them into the Summit for baseball when you look at how unstable the baseball situation is in the Summit. Quote
jodcon Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 It is hard to believe that Douple wasn't all over UND to try to get them into the Summit for baseball when you look at how unstable the baseball situation is in the Summit. "Pride goeth before the fall" Quote
jdub27 Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 It is hard to believe that Douple wasn't all over UND to try to get them into the Summit for baseball when you look at how unstable the baseball situation is in the Summit. Logically, yes it is hard to believe. Looking at the track record, it really isn't. 1 Quote
tuggnutt Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Thome threw a no hitter in the opener. BOOM! Quote
GeauxSioux Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Thome threw a no hitter in the opener. BOOM! WOW!! Nice start to the season. Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Sioux won the second game 10-6 to get the sweep. Quote
Bison Dan Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Sioux won the second game 10-6 to get the sweep. Who'd they play? Quote
UND1983 Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 Who'd they play? You are obviously on the internet, look it up. 1 Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 They played something called Mount Marty. Quote
darell1976 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Posted February 19, 2013 UND split the dh today losing 7-5 but winning 8-7. Next up a Monday dh with St. Cloud State. Quote
darell1976 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Posted February 19, 2013 They played something called Mount Marty. An NAIA team from Yankton. Quote
GeauxSioux Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 UND split with St. Cloud today at the Metrodome, losing the first game 4-2 and shutting out the 7th ranked (D-II) Huskies 2-0 in the second game. UND splits with St Cloud at Metrodome Monday - UNDSports.com: Official Web Site of University of North Dakota Athletics Quote
bincitysioux Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 Is it common for a DI baseball program to lose to NAIA and DII schools? Quote
choyt3 Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 Is it common for a DI baseball program to lose to NAIA and DII schools? Depends on how good the pitchers are. Kids go to school where they go for lots of different reasons, so may have one or two guys that have DI talent on a lower level team. What do you have against baseball at UND? Quote
bincitysioux Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 It is a money pit. Worked better in the NCC when all the opponents were a short drive away. I love the sport of baseball, just don't think it is worth all the red ink it will bleed and be non-competetive at this level in this climate. Money better spent elsewhere.......... 1 Quote
senor_sieve Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 It is a money pit. Worked better in the NCC when all the opponents were a short drive away. I love the sport of baseball, just don't think it is worth all the red ink it will bleed and be non-competetive at this level in this climate. Money better spent elsewhere.......... and now the baseball team gets to play in the WAC, where it's going to bleed more money. Quote
darell1976 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Posted February 26, 2013 and now the baseball team gets to play in the WAC, where it's going to bleed more money. Maybe we will get better recruits in an AQ comference than in the Great West. Quote
UND Fan Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 and now the baseball team gets to play in the WAC, where it's going to bleed more money. A factual observation but no different than swimming, tennis, golf, soccer, softball........ Quote
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