2016 Season

[Westside]

And another All-American honor for Reyes..... Walter Camp 1st team

http://waltercamp.org/walter-camp-2015-football-championship-subdivision-all-america-team/

[Cratter]

On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 5:27 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

No one saw Dale Lennon leaving his alma mater when he did. 

Huh? Dale leaving wasn't a surprised to anyone. He was openly interviewing with FCS schools.

[fightingsioux4life]

2 hours ago, Cratter said:

Huh? Dale leaving wasn't a surprised to anyone. He was openly interviewing with FCS schools.

I know he interviewed with Montana State, but I don't know anyone who really believed he would leave, especially after getting UND to move up to FCS, which was on his wish list for several years.

[UNDColorado]

After a disappointing playoff experience I have to say 2016 could have been way worse:

1) Hillary is not our president!

2) NDSU will not win 6 in a row

See, it could be waaaaay worse!

[UNDBIZ]

Let's keep the politics out of here.  Thank you.

[UNDColorado]

15 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Let's keep the politics out of here.  Thank you.

There's nothing political about NDSU not winning six in a row 

 

[fightingsioux4life]

21 minutes ago, UNDColorado said:

There's nothing political about NDSU not winning six in a row 

That wasn't the comment he was referring to!

[Siouxphan27]

1 hour ago, UNDColorado said:

There's nothing political about NDSU not winning six in a row 

 

Or making America great again..

[southpaw]

On 12/17/2016 at 3:00 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

These things sneak up on you and before you know it, that person is gone and they aren't coming back.

It took a whole 17 days after the season for Faison to sign Bubba to an extension and raise.

But apparently that wasn't fast enough for some people...

[fightingsioux4life]

22 minutes ago, southpaw said:

It took a whole 17 days after the season for Faison to sign Bubba to an extension and raise.

But apparently that wasn't fast enough for some people...

Easy there, I had not heard that (I am a little busy with stuff this afternoon).

That is good news.

[gfhockey]

Am glad assistants got a hump too

 

head coach is good but only great with great assistants

[UNDBIZ]

Bubba's base is still on the low end at $185,000.  He was at $165,000 prior to new contract.  I'm not too worried about him going anywhere, but hopefully the pay for our assistant coaches is much more regionally competitive.  

[AJS]

6 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Bubba's base is still on the low end at $185,000.  He was at $165,000 prior to new contract.  I'm not too worried about him going anywhere, but hopefully the pay for our assistant coaches is much more regionally competitive.  

Using the numbers from the SFI, who had him at 150, 185 is definitely a nice little bump. Now he has a higher base than Montana's head coach and only $5,000 less than SDSU's. I would say his salary went from low to respectable when being compared to his peers.

 

https://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2016/12/13/the-fcs-coaching-salary-market/

[UNDBIZ]

Just now, AJS said:

Using the numbers from the SFI, who had him at 150, 185 is definitely a nice little bump. Now he has a higher base than Montana's head coach and only $5,000 less than SDSU's. I would say his salary went from low to respectable when being compared to his peers.

 

https://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2016/12/13/the-fcs-coaching-salary-market/

Those numbers are a couple years old now.  $185k isn't terribly low (like we were), but it's still on the lower end of FCS HC salaries.  Nielson at USD is at $255k base and Klieman's base is up around $300k now.  Obviously we aren't going to be spending ndsu level money at this point, and I think USD is overpaying for Nielson, but Bubba deserves to be in the $200-220 range.  Perhaps he again diverted some funding to his assistant coaches' pool.

Anyone have an idea what other schools are paying their coordinators/assistants?

[Siouxperfan7]

2 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Those numbers are a couple years old now.  $185k isn't terribly low (like we were), but it's still on the lower end of FCS HC salaries.  Nielson at USD is at $255k base and Klieman's base is up around $300k now.  Obviously we aren't going to be spending ndsu level money at this point, and I think USD is overpaying for Nielson, but Bubba deserves to be in the $200-220 range.  Perhaps he again diverted some funding to his assistant coaches' pool.

Anyone have an idea what other schools are paying their coordinators/assistants?

Would it surprise anyone if Bubba took a slighly lower pay raise so his assistants could get a raise?  Just the type of guy he is.

[UND-1]

Just now, Siouxperfan7 said:

Would it surprise anyone if Bubba took a slighly lower pay raise so his assistants could get a raise?  Just the type of guy he is.

He for sure did.  Just like he did when he got hired.  

[geaux_sioux]

I think we have to assume that they offered him well into the 200s and he, just like before, spread that extra cash out to his assistants. You want to create a culture of loyalty? This is one big way to do it.

[UNDColorado]

11 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

I think we have to assume that they offered him well into the 200s and he, just like before, spread that extra cash out to his assistants. You want to create a culture of loyalty? This is one big way to do it.

I couldn't agree more!

[Westside]

Reyes named to 2016 Stats FCS All-American 1st Team....

http://www.al.com/samford/index.ssf/2016/12/samfords_hamilton_and_hodges_n.html

(Only links available right now were from local newspapers)

[AJS]

1 hour ago, UNDBIZ said:

Those numbers are a couple years old now.  $185k isn't terribly low (like we were), but it's still on the lower end of FCS HC salaries.  Nielson at USD is at $255k base and Klieman's base is up around $300k now.  Obviously we aren't going to be spending ndsu level money at this point, and I think USD is overpaying for Nielson, but Bubba deserves to be in the $200-220 range.  Perhaps he again diverted some funding to his assistant coaches' pool.

Anyone have an idea what other schools are paying their coordinators/assistants?

New details is base of $185K, plus $10K raise each year.

[darell1976]

2 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Easy there, I had not heard that (I am a little busy with stuff this afternoon).

That is good news.

He is signed through 2021. SWEET!!!!! Long live the Bubba era. 

[gundy1124]

6 minutes ago, darell1976 said:

He is signed through 2021. SWEET!!!!! Long live the Bubba era. 

What's all this day by day talk then........

Can only help with recruiting, 5 year commitment by players, 5 year extension for staff.

[CMSioux]

On 12/17/2016 at 3:52 PM, CMSioux said:

My point is the season just ended last week - just because you hate Faison doesn't mean things are not happening. Bubba just finished his third year of a four year contract. Perhaps you should ask for a little desk deside Faison's desk so all he has to do is turn and look down at you for advise. There is no reason to thing that they won't take care of things - it just might not be on your timeline and they might not pick up the phone and ask your for permission. 

Some of these conversations suck all the enjoyment out of a great season and a great coaching staff. 

 

 

Ahmm...

[fightingsioux4life]

9 minutes ago, CMSioux said:

Ahmm...

So, what do you want? A medal?

I am very happy that Bubba has been extended and I give Faison all the credit in the world for getting it done promptly.

Now I think it is time to shut this thread down and focus on 2017.

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

8 hours ago, UNDColorado said:

There's nothing political about NDSU not winning six in a row 

 

They were Trumped !