The next coach of UND football is....

[Oxbow6]

Least I can take my mind off this by watching the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl on ESPN.

[Oxbow6]

I wonder if he's started one of these yet?

Nice!

I thought that was part of the HR's "point system" though but maybe BF is like Santa and "checking it twice"?

[forksandspoons]

can we all pool our money in and get a hold of tibesar yet?

[jodcon]

Maybe this keeps coming up?

[dmksioux]

Maybe he can't decide so he's trying to wait one of the candidates out...thinking one of them will have to eventually get tired of this nonsense and withdraw.

[jodcon]

I wonder if he's started one of these yet?

I thought this was a Miami Hurricanes football thread for a minute.

[UND92,96]

The list of grievances just grew again...and there will be no Festivus Miracle this year.

[UND-FB-FAN]

It seems odd that you say that you cannot claim you know why they left unless you know the players, yet you know that less players would have left if there was a coach in place by December 10th. You then use boosters talk to change your opinion of Brian Faison. Depending on which booster you talk to, Dave Hakstol doesn't deserve to be head hockey coach either.

Those boosters are friends of mine, and I myself am a booster I guess since I support the university and athletic department the best I can each and every year. A part of their displeasure with Mr. Faison is due to the success of NDSU and Gene Taylor. Gene Taylor has made Faison look quite incapable, relative to NDSU of course.

When you're from North Dakota and have been associated with UND for a while, you can't escape the NDSU comparisons, and to think otherwise is ignorant.

[geaux_sioux]

Faisons car is still at the Hyslop. Must be working out a contract with Jim Kleinsasser to be the kicking game coordinator.

[Sioux95]

At this point, Faison has two options. Pull a rabbit out of his hat and hire someone we didn't know about, or look like a clown compared to GT. I didn't think option two was possible, but I think tha is what we are going to get.

[bincitysioux]

Those boosters are friends of mine, and I myself am a booster I guess since I give plenty of $ to the university and athletic department each and every year. A part of their displeasure with Mr. Faison is due to success of the an NDSU and Gene Taylor. Gene Taylor has made Faison look quite incapable, relative to NDSU of course.

When you're from North Dakota and have been associated with UND for a while, you can't escape the NDSU comparisons, and to think otherwise is ignorant.

I don't necessarily agree. I'm normally a University apologist, but I too am quite frustrated with how long this process has taken. I'm really having a hard time with coming up with a plausible explanation as to why a coach wasn't named by December 13. It certainly should have gone no later than this past Friday IMO.

Having said that, I think Faison has been an excellent A.D., possibly the best this University has ever had, for many reasons that I've outlined in the past.

• Despite what happened this past month, the initial hiring of Ashlee Hardee was a home run. Totally turned that program around. When things went bad, he acted quite swiftly in a way that tells me his standards are high
  
• As the end of the transition to DI came to a close, he basically had two conferences fighting for us.
  
• When The Summit League's commissioner had egg all over his face after the Big Sky came in stole UND out from under them, I loved how he handled the outlandish allegations that Douple started throwing around involving the nickname issue. Faison called a press conference and basically announced that Tom Douple is a lying sack of you know what. He made no bones about it. The guy has great resolve.
  
• When the WCHA imploded, Faison took the lead in establishing a new league that would insure that UND wouldn't be stuck with the "have-nots" of the college hockey world. Ala "Douple-Gate", I liked how he was never bashful that he questioned the leadership of the WCHA.
  
• He fired Mussman. The fact that he probably had to go to the President and say, "We need to make a change at the top of the football program, I need money to buy out the contract that I extended a year ago", tells me he cares more about the direction of the program than he does his own job security.
  

I'd take Faison every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Gene Taylor.

[Fargo Sioux]

Faisons car is still at the Hyslop. Must be working out a contract with Jim Kleinsasser to be the kicking game coordinator.

Probably pulling a Costanza.

[zonadub]

There will be no announcement today per Faison.

You just can't rush into decisions like this.

[sioux24/7]

Slow and steady wins the race!

[Siouxperman8]

One possibility is that if he decided on Bubba he would want him in town for the announcement.

[RollTribe]

I don't necessarily agree. I'm normally a University apologist, but I too am quite frustrated with how long this process has taken. I'm really having a hard time with coming up with a plausible explanation as to why a coach wasn't named by December 13. It certainly should have gone no later than this past Friday IMO.

Having said that, I think Faison has been an excellent A.D., possibly the best this University has ever had, for many reasons that I've outlined in the past.

• Despite what happened this past month, the initial hiring of Ashlee Hardee was a home run. Totally turned that program around. When things went bad, he acted quite swiftly in a way that tells me his standards are high
  
• As the end of the transition to DI came to a close, he basically had two conferences fighting for us.
  
• When The Summit League's commissioner had egg all over his face after the Big Sky came in stole UND out from under them, I loved how he handled the outlandish allegations that Douple started throwing around involving the nickname issue. Faison called a press conference and basically announced that Tom Douple is a lying sack of you know what. He made no bones about it. The guy has great resolve.
  
• When the WCHA imploded, Faison took the lead in establishing a new league that would insure that UND wouldn't be stuck with the "have-nots" of the college hockey world. Ala "Douple-Gate", I liked how he was never bashful that he questioned the leadership of the WCHA.
  
• He fired Mussman. The fact that he probably had to go to the President and say, "We need to make a change at the top of the football program, I need money to buy out the contract that I extended a year ago", tells me he cares more about the direction of the program than he does his own job security.
  

I'd take Faison every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Gene Taylor.

Couldn't agree more! Not particularly impressed with how this hiring situation was handled, but I'm sure that there is more to the process than we know, and I trust Faison to make a good decision because I believe that he has done a great job overall!

[Siouxperfan7]

I don't necessarily agree. I'm normally a University apologist, but I too am quite frustrated with how long this process has taken. I'm really having a hard time with coming up with a plausible explanation as to why a coach wasn't named by December 13. It certainly should have gone no later than this past Friday IMO.

Having said that, I think Faison has been an excellent A.D., possibly the best this University has ever had, for many reasons that I've outlined in the past.

• Despite what happened this past month, the initial hiring of Ashlee Hardee was a home run. Totally turned that program around. When things went bad, he acted quite swiftly in a way that tells me his standards are high
  
• As the end of the transition to DI came to a close, he basically had two conferences fighting for us.
  
• When The Summit League's commissioner had egg all over his face after the Big Sky came in stole UND out from under them, I loved how he handled the outlandish allegations that Douple started throwing around involving the nickname issue. Faison called a press conference and basically announced that Tom Douple is a lying sack of you know what. He made no bones about it. The guy has great resolve.
  
• When the WCHA imploded, Faison took the lead in establishing a new league that would insure that UND wouldn't be stuck with the "have-nots" of the college hockey world. Ala "Douple-Gate", I liked how he was never bashful that he questioned the leadership of the WCHA.
  
• He fired Mussman. The fact that he probably had to go to the President and say, "We need to make a change at the top of the football program, I need money to buy out the contract that I extended a year ago", tells me he cares more about the direction of the program than he does his own job security.
  

I'd take Faison every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Gene Taylor.

Great post. Couldn't agree more.

[Irish]

I don't necessarily agree. I'm normally a University apologist, but I too am quite frustrated with how long this process has taken. I'm really having a hard time with coming up with a plausible explanation as to why a coach wasn't named by December 13. It certainly should have gone no later than this past Friday IMO.

Having said that, I think Faison has been an excellent A.D., possibly the best this University has ever had, for many reasons that I've outlined in the past.

• Despite what happened this past month, the initial hiring of Ashlee Hardee was a home run. Totally turned that program around. When things went bad, he acted quite swiftly in a way that tells me his standards are high
  
• As the end of the transition to DI came to a close, he basically had two conferences fighting for us.
  
• When The Summit League's commissioner had egg all over his face after the Big Sky came in stole UND out from under them, I loved how he handled the outlandish allegations that Douple started throwing around involving the nickname issue. Faison called a press conference and basically announced that Tom Douple is a lying sack of you know what. He made no bones about it. The guy has great resolve.
  
• When the WCHA imploded, Faison took the lead in establishing a new league that would insure that UND wouldn't be stuck with the "have-nots" of the college hockey world. Ala "Douple-Gate", I liked how he was never bashful that he questioned the leadership of the WCHA.
  
• He fired Mussman. The fact that he probably had to go to the President and say, "We need to make a change at the top of the football program, I need money to buy out the contract that I extended a year ago", tells me he cares more about the direction of the program than he does his own job security.
  

I'd take Faison every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Gene Taylor.

Agreed Faison has had success in the conference area (especially if you overlook the disasterous hockey media contract). However, we have some serious work to do in all programs from a competative standpoint. We are approaching the longest title drought in hockey history, our favored vollyeball team melted down in more ways than one, our men's basketball team has not even come close to fulfilling the promise that it had 4 years ago - we have not progressed in our play one iota, women's basketball has work to do - football - what can you say. Many see the football hiring process as a joke. We need to show that we are serious contenders in the DI era. They were bold down south and are reaping the rewards.

[nodakvindy]

I heard that on Christmas morning, starting at 9 am all Sioux faithful should keep an eye out over Hyslop. On the hour there will be a cloud of smoke, if it's black still no coach, but if it's green then the wait is over and we have a new coach!

[gfhockey]

so...i been sit at denny bar all nite....just no answer. just none

our ad is idk

he need to learn hot to make a choice.

still been hearin deboer

my sources are legit

[Fargo Sioux]

Starting to worry that maybe the "after Christmas" I heard thru the pipeline is actually going to be the case. Unbelievable. Just me, but this debacle wipes away any brownie points Faison had for hiring a volleyball coach...plus a few more of his "good deeds" listed in previous posts.

[Goon]

So, I've been sitting and drinking at Denny's bar all nite....Still no answer. None!

Our A.D. is idk

He's needs to learn how to make a choice.

still been hearing Deboer

my sources are legit

FYP

[zonadub]

so...i been sit at denny bar all nite....just no answer. just none

our ad is idk

he need to learn hot to make a choice.

still been hearin deboer

my sources are legit

My wife had an OBGYN that knew we wanted a girl, so he told us it was a boy. That way, if it was a boy, we weren't disappointed and when it was a girl we were surprised and happy. Are you doing the same thing for Bubba supporters? If its DeBoer, you have softened the blow by saying what they did not want to hear, but if it is Bubba, everyone will be happy and not get mad at you for telling them it was the other guy?

[Fargo Sioux]

Off topic...

Anyone remember the post where guy talked about Cal Poly coach screaming at UND student section about "you still have to live here" or something like that?

My money is 2009 and this guy was the coach.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1900081-colorado-state-suspends-coach-greg-lupfer-after-comments-during-new-mexico-bowl

[gfhockey]

my son said it may have been this guy

but atleast this guy is passionate about his team

and atlead he isn't throign his right hiand throuw his hair