Who would UND hire?

[Sioux>Bison]

Why not the coach from ACU or Tarleton or some other up and coming team with a successful head coach. You would think we could pluck one of those coaches without facilities and higher pay

[homer]

2 minutes ago, UND92,96 said:

I think Bolte and Johansen would both be excellent candidates. But the more I think about it, I would also be pretty excited with a Schmidt hire, as nobody could have predicted he'd potentially be available less than one year ago. A relatively young coach from ND, with very recent experience coaching in the FBS national championship game under one of the biggest name coaches in the country, who was a great player at UND, and who presumably would have a lot of connections that could lead to portal additions, seems almost too good to be true in my opinion. 

I imagine the TV graphic they do with QBs where they don’t show the picture or names and just show stats.  
 

They do that with Schmidt’s coaching experiences he’s gained since leaving UND and it’s pretty impressive.  Couple that with DeBoer wanting him to go with to Alabama but Eric wanting DC experience and you have a coach that is hungry to move around.  The safe play would have been stay hitched to DeBoer and make your money being a special teams coordinator….and then maybe get promoted a few years later if a DC ever moves on and potentially a HC years later.  Different path but with any success as a FCS HC same outcome.  
 

No idea of his interest and some solid other names have been discussed but I’m in on Eric if they can do it quickly and the current OC staying on after a year of getting his feet wet at this level.  I’ve had the chance to meet him and really was impressed with his intensity as a coach.  Would look forward to what year 2 would look like. 

[Dustin]

9 minutes ago, AJS said:

evaluating the defensive side of the ball

This is the main driver for me why Schmidt should be approached very cautiously, perhaps not at all.  Nothing about his defensive credentials (other than when he was a player) say "I can make UND a defensive juggernaut again."  If we go with a UND guy (which, again, should be approached cautiously), I am more comfortable with the pre/post Rudy offensive side of things, and let that guy bring in the best defensive guy he can.

[Sioux>Bison]

13 hours ago, Sioux94 said:

Im sure Schmidt has many connections,  but nobody in their right mind is going to go from Washington or Alabama to UND are they? Even if they were made the OC or DC they would be making way less. Would have to be a pretty low end coach from any of those schools,  to go to UND unless they really felt confident it could somehow be a stepping stone. 

How do we know Schmidt didn’t get an offer to stay on at Washington or Alabama?

[sioux24/7]

Job will close on Friday. Shouldn’t be a month long process.

Required to have 8 plus years for full-time coaching experience, think that eliminates Fruechte. Looks like this was his 7th, unless I did the math wrong. 

https://careers.und.edu/jobs/head-coach-football-grand-forks-north-dakota-united-states

[Sioux>Bison]

12 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

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

An entirely knew defense! That’s my biggest concern, we need a complete overhaul! No UND ties please

[UND-FB-FAN]

49 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

Then we could miss the next “DeBoer”.  The next head coach needs to be the best person for the job regardless of what schools he has played or coached at. 
 

Fortunately, no one with that philosophy will be making the decision. 

The “next DeBoer” would have not gone 5-7 this season or been apart of a 5-6 (record) division II program. 

When you say the next head coach needs to be the best person for the job, that is incredibly ambiguous and unclear. 

When you say fortunately no one with that philosophy will be making that decision, then that is both an unjustified and uninformed jab at me but also failed insight on your part into the track record of UND’s recent hires. 

Since you may actually have UND’s attention with all of this, I would just say getting the best person is getting the person who best can a) recruit, b) retain, c) develop and d) coach student-athletes in real-time (need to be a good in-game head coach), and thus produce the most competitive teams possible for UND football, hopefully championship caliber, while also e) fostering positive growth and mentorship.
 

In my opinion, someone who has been a successful head coach previously should be held in high regard, but certainly interviewing a good coordinator and selecting one who projects to be a good recruiter, developer, and in-game strategist is appropriate, we just DON’T want UND leadership to settle for someone who has UND ties only because they have UND ties. I would like to think you can at least appreciate that perspective and the possibility of it (based on the past), @iramurphy. Hopefully the leadership sees through that potential distraction. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

32 minutes ago, AJS said:

This is a different era. If Freuchte or Schmidt are open to really evaluating the defensive side of the ball. Blowing it up. Then that means so much more than their ties to Bubba. 

Let's get excited. 

Amen

[UND-FB-FAN]

32 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

Don't rush it and get the wrong person again.

This is incredibly important, so important. Do it right. You can always sacrifice one recruiting cycle for the subsequent numerous beneficial cycles you get in return with the right hire.

[siouxkid12]

9 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Job will close on Friday. Shouldn’t be a month long process.

Required to have 8 plus years for full-time coaching experience, think that eliminates Fruechte. Looks like this was his 7th, unless I did the math wrong. 

https://careers.und.edu/jobs/head-coach-football-grand-forks-north-dakota-united-states

Time for me to dust off the old resume and put together another power point.
Fill up the mini fridge in my new office with some skinny dews because we are blitzing all the time and chucking that pigskin like Uncle Rico!

[UND-FB-FAN]

32 minutes ago, UND92,96 said:

I think Bolte and Johansen would both be excellent candidates. But the more I think about it, I would also be pretty excited with a Schmidt hire, as nobody could have predicted he'd potentially be available less than one year ago. A relatively young coach from ND, with very recent experience coaching in the FBS national championship game under one of the biggest name coaches in the country, who was a great player at UND, and who presumably would have a lot of connections that could lead to portal additions, seems almost too good to be true in my opinion. 

Schmidt’s defenses as a coordinator have been suspect (porous, perhaps) to say the least. There are better candidates.

[The Sicatoka]

12 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said:

Job will close on Friday. Shouldn’t be a month long process.

Required to have 8 plus years for full-time coaching experience, think that eliminates Fruechte. Looks like this was his 7th, unless I did the math wrong. 

https://careers.und.edu/jobs/head-coach-football-grand-forks-north-dakota-united-states

Eight years was written with intent because I count 7 also. 

[AJS]

20 minutes ago, Dustin said:

This is the main driver for me why Schmidt should be approached very cautiously, perhaps not at all.  Nothing about his defensive credentials (other than when he was a player) say "I can make UND a defensive juggernaut again."  If we go with a UND guy (which, again, should be approached cautiously), I am more comfortable with the pre/post Rudy offensive side of things, and let that guy bring in the best defensive guy he can.

Is it too simple to just say recruiting, recruiting, recruiting? Is what is not working currently a scheme issue or a talent issue, or both? 

[The Sicatoka]

 

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Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 8 seasons of full-time collegiate coaching experience.
• Experience recruiting prospective student-athletes for collegiate teams.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Successful completion of criminal history background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or advanced degree.
• Demonstrated recruiting experience in the Central Time Zone.
• Experience with recruiting and compliance software (i.e. TeamWorks).
• Head coaching experience at the collegiate level.
• Current head coach at a NCAA institution.
• Demonstrated success as a head or assistant coach with conference championships or a winning percentage of 60% or above.
• History of no major or Level 2 NCAA violations.

 

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[gfhockey]

60% or above wtf

[gfhockey]

Things Baldwin all over it

[UND-FB-FAN]

4 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Eight years was written with intent because I count 7 also. 

Impressive

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 minute ago, gfhockey said:

Things Baldwin all over it

I hope so, he’d be a slam dunk in my opinion. He would recruit and develop the championship-level quarterback play everyone at UND yearns for. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

2 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

60% or above wtf

Better than less than 60%? Bubba wasn’t able to reach 60%, so this would suggest we’re raising the bar ….

[UND-FB-FAN]

8 minutes ago, AJS said:

Is what is not working currently a scheme issue or a talent issue, or both? 

Both, they are not mutually exclusive. Coaching football is a bit more complicated than just recruiting the best players. You need to develop, communicate and put them in the best position to succeed (scheme) also, and make adjustments in real-time. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

6 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Things Baldwin all over it

Would be my choice. No other candidate listed can claim to have won an FCS championship as a head coach, he knows what it takes, and he did it with inferior facilities to what he’d have here at UND. Plus, plenty, plenty of connections and experience (including FBS). 

[The Sicatoka]

5 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Better than less than 60%? Bubba wasn’t able to reach 60%, so this would suggest we’re raising the bar ….

66-57 (0.537) per Wikipedia

[The Sicatoka]

6 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Things Baldwin all over it

Baldwin has zero Central time zone recruiting experience; you need the local connections. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:

66-57 (0.537)

That is sub-60 percent, so we’re raising the bar. I’d call that a win. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

Just now, The Sicatoka said:

Baldwin has zero Central time zone recruiting experience; you need the local connections. 

Fair criticism, but did he not recruit central time zone when he was at EWU? Probably not, so you’re likely right.