Who would UND hire?

[SooToo]

1 hour ago, BIGSIOUX said:

Interim fruechte

Tasked with keeping Wednesday's recruiting class on track, particularly the offensive side??

[UND-FB-FAN]

Just now, SooToo said:

Tasked with keeping Wednesday's recruiting class on track, particularly the offensive side??

Hope so, and hope a true national search is still performed, with the adequate preferred criteria for a championship-caliber hire.

[Oxbow6]

Honest question......what juice does a Fruechte HC hire bring to the UND fan base? Especially the casual fan?

[SiouxFan100]

I would feel cheated 

[planet2county]

You need someone to keep operations including recruitment going until decision is announced.

Happens all the time.

[shep]

2 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Honest question......what juice does a Fruechte HC hire bring to the UND fan base? Especially the casual fan?

Kaminski seems pleased with the announcement of the interim coach

[UND92,96]

7 minutes ago, gundy1124 said:

Fruechte "as interim" can only mean he is the next HC.  Imagine hiring Schmidt/Baldwin/Whomever then saying guess what, "we picked the OC for you".

Different sport and different time, but when Rich Glas left, his primary assistant Randall Herbst was named interim head coach, and was ultimately named a finalist before UND eventually hired Brian Jones, so who knows? My guess is that the feeling was that Freuchte was best equipped to try hold together the recruiting class/minimize player exodus until a permanent coach is hired, which hopefully happens next week.

[gfhockey]

23 minutes ago, Cratter said:

@gfhockey

What's the press conference with Chaves, Bubba, and Fruetche about tomorrow?

any tail munbers?

Just checked airport one from mpls landed

[geaux_sioux]

2 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

When will the job get posted?

They gotta run it by the job expert first @gfhockey

[gundy1124]

2 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Yeah, that definitely would be the easy button approach. But, again, why even lie to everyone and say a national search? Because hiring Fruechte and coming to conclusion this soon would not exactly be a national search and hire. 

I am just as surprised by this "interim" twist as anyone.  If Fruechte was/is to be HC whether interim or not why hold it for a few days?  Chaves winging it or playing chess vrs Deep Blue?  The other scenario is thanks for playing interim HC prior to the new HC firing you.....seems odd.

[Cratter]

10 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Yeah, that definitely would be the easy button approach. But, again, why even lie to everyone and say a national search? Because hiring Fruechte and coming to conclusion this soon would not exactly be a national search and hire. 

Can't break the 70+ year old tradition of keeping UND Football inbreeding "within the family"!

[SiouxFan100]

I don’t know if you would consider Fruechte to be an insider 

[sioux24/7]

5 minutes ago, shep said:

Kaminski seems pleased with the announcement of the interim coach

Bunch of players tweeting about it. 

[gfhockey]

Maybe fruechte is the next deboer 

[gundy1124]

6 minutes ago, planet2county said:

You need someone to keep operations including recruitment going until decision is announced.

Happens all the time.

Then this should have been said in conjunction with Bubba stepping down.

[Cratter]

Just now, SiouxFan100 said:

I don’t know if you would consider Fruechte to be an insider 

UND has never hired a head football coach that wasn't a former player or assistant coach.

Since the days of leather helmets.

[gfhockey]

The playas are comfortable with him. They don’t want an outside back

[Oxbow6]

12 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Honest question......what juice does a Fruechte HC hire bring to the UND fan base? Especially the casual fan?

Ok.....I'll answer my own question in a single word "underwhelming". It won't move the excitement needle one bit.

[Cratter]

41 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Fruechte Is about 33-34 years old???

 

He's so young he's not even active on FaceBook.

Probably on Instagram like all the kids nowadays.

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

The playas are comfortable with him. They don’t want an outside back

Are these the same playas that couldn't beat Indiana St or ysu..... Could care less what they want/feel

[sioux24/7]

6 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

I don’t know if you would consider Fruechte to be an insider 

Yeah he’s got a bit of an outside prospective but if a year ago Bubba stepped down and we opted to hire Winona State’s OC, how would you have felt?

I like Fruechte a lot. Think he could be really good, but it doesn’t get the juices going as @Oxbow6 was asking. If he ultimately is the guy, he better clean house. Besides maybe Olson and Kirkwood. 

[fightingsioux4life]

54 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Sounds like the perfect opportunity to name Fruechte the new head coach!

This had better not happen. 

[SiouxFan100]

My uneducated guess is that Fruechte is a true interim and there will be a national search for the permanent head coach but I know nothing 

[F'n Hawks]

Does Fruechte have the connections to replace the current defensive staff? If for whatever reason the interim tag is removed and he is the guy his first decision needs to be to clean house on that side.

[AJS]

1 minute ago, SiouxFan100 said:

My uneducated guess is that Fruechte is a true interim and there will be a national search for the permanent head coach but I know nothing 

Agreed. The interim tag made sense to me given there’s two gigantic dates looming. I’ll also assume the new HC would want some carryover from the old staff. Fruechte would appear to be best bet. He’s one I’d hope they keep him on as OC.

Johanes x Freuchte

Schmidt x Freuchte

Hope it’s the first, but happy with either.