Who would UND hire?

[UND-FB-FAN]

11 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

It’s not that I don’t think he would be good. I just can’t get over the optics. We need a hire with great optics and a coach that doesn’t look like it’s running down his leg every game. 

True, but more important than optics is success. Who do we (and most importantly Chaves) honestly think is the best candidate to turn UND football into a championship contender? 

[iramurphy]

53 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Chaves historically hires D2 head coach, going back to Beau Baldwin at EWU and most recently Paul Sather at UND. 
I’d guess it will be a Midwest D2 coach or the lazy (and risky) move of Fruechte being promoted. 

Hoffner beat Bolte today, maybe Hoffner?

From the very beginning (see my earlier posts), Schmidt has been the favorite. Too much fraternity support and now fundraising. It’s basically a hiring similar to Bubba - UND ties and is familiar to alumni. Justification used is it is “DeBoer’s guy” , although he’s not working for him anymore and cut ties … UND going with Schmidt could work, but could be mediocrity like with Bubba. We will see. 

Schmidt hasn’t cut ties to DeBoer. They still communicate and DeBoer said he is welcome to join him in Alabama. 
If FB Alumni were organized and “now fundraising “ I would know. That isn’t to say there aren’t FB alumni pushing for him to get the job, but probably just as many pushing for Tibesar. 

 

[AJS]

I’m kind of in shock. I shouldn’t be, since Chaves apparently is doing the most Chaves thing possible. 
 

Like others have said, Freuchte might be the right call. I hope to see instantly a stark difference from everything Bubba. Blow up the defensive staff. Keep the critical players from entering portal. That will start building excitement. Win the portal!

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 minute ago, iramurphy said:

Schmidt hasn’t cut ties to DeBoer. They still communicate and DeBoer said he is welcome to join him in Alabama. 
If FB Alumni were organized and “now fundraising “ I would know. That isn’t to say there aren’t FB alumni pushing for him to get the job, but probably just as many pushing for Tibesar. 

 

Sure, he did not cut ties completely, but he’s not working for him anymore even though he had that opportunity.

[FSSD]

3 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Which Miller and which half?  Or is this  a ruse?

GFH Writer - Tom Miller.

[UND-FB-FAN]

22 minutes ago, Dustin said:

I had $300k in mind. Coordinators around $125k. I want the proper investment made. 

Too low. 

[fightingsioux4life]

1 minute ago, AJS said:

I’m kind of in shock. I shouldn’t be, since Chaves apparently is doing the most Chaves thing possible. 

If Chaves does this internal hiring crap again, my expectations will remain rock bottom until I see something that suggests otherwise.

[Oxbow6]

Just now, FSSD said:

GFH Writer - Tom Miller.

Half of what?

[The Sicatoka]

$300k is a lot to a man without a job. 

[SiouxFan100]

4 minutes ago, Dustin said:

Which Miller and which half?  Or is this  a ruse?

Miller was interviewed during the halftime of the men’s basketball tonight and he said that the coach might be announced as early as Sunday

[FSSD]

Just now, Oxbow6 said:

Half of what?

Mens BB game at the Betty against Weber St.  He was talking to Midco accouncers at half.

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, SiouxFan100 said:

Miller was interviewed during the halftime of the men’s basketball tonight and he said that the coach might be announced as early as Sunday

That would be before the portal opens on Monday, which is a good thing.

[UND-FB-FAN]

44 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:

I agree with that but was reacting to the notion that a DII head coach is inherently better positioned to succeed vs. coordinator level guys from FBS level.  There is risk either way and I don't believe the narrative that the DII coach would be a safer pick.  It is going to come down to the individual, not where they coached before. 

I disagree. It’s about risk management. When you hire somebody with no previous experience directly doing the job you are hiring them to now, then you are inherently taking on a greater risk. With all that said, everyone has to get a start someplace. Interviews are key.
 

Hiring internally for UND means you are:

A. Hiring somebody with no head coaching experience.

 

B. Hiring somebody who has most recently been on losing teams.

[Oxbow6]

So the hypothetical is Fruechte gets hired even though he doesn't even meet the requirements of the job description listed by UND. That would be so Chavez doing Chavez things. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

23 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Ask Adam Thielen

That’s his teammate / buddy. Just like asking the current players, it’s not necessarily in UND’s best interest to base the hire on that biased opinion…

But sure, it’s a nice endorsement.

[fightingsioux4life]

One other thought: When Rube Bjorkman stepped down as head hockey coach in 1978, the hockey program had struggled for a decade. Bjorkman was replaced by one of his assistants. We still call him Gino. And he made big changes to the program. Good changes.

Whether it would work out in this case is the big question.

[Siouxperman8]

9 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

I disagree. It’s about risk management. When you hire somebody with no previous experience directly doing the job, you are hiring them to now. Do, you are inherently taking on a greater risk. 
 

Hiring internally for UND means you are:

A. Hiring somebody with no head coaching experience.

 

B. Hiring somebody who has most recently been on losing teams.

I guess we’ll just have to disagree. For every Brian Kelly there are a lot of successful DII coaches like Don Morton, Jim Wacker or Earl Solomonson that failed when moving up to DI or DI-AA

[Mama Sue]

24 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Me neither but the Muss comparison is beyond a reach. I understand the parallels but purely with personality funding/conference affiliation and facilities we can’t compare the two at all. 

And weren’t the HC, Oc, and DC all young and inexperienced? All around bad decision from the AD and whomever made that decision.

BUT what do we know about keeping the OC or DC now?

[geaux_sioux]

18 minutes ago, AJS said:

I’m kind of in shock. I shouldn’t be, since Chaves apparently is doing the most Chaves thing possible. 
 

Like others have said, Freuchte might be the right call. I hope to see instantly a stark difference from everything Bubba. Blow up the defensive staff. Keep the critical players from entering portal. That will start building excitement. Win the portal!

Top question of Freuchte if I’m Chaves has to be if he’s scared of !@#$ canning most of the guys he worked with last year. That includes on the offensive side of the ball. 

[YourInSiouxCountry]

Text I got from a friend at the BB game tonight 

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, geaux_sioux said:

Top question of Freuchte if I’m Chaves has to be if he’s scared of !@#$ canning most of the guys he worked with last year. That includes on the offensive side of the ball. 

If Fruechte keeps everything the same, we might as well put Bubba back in.

[geaux_sioux]

1 minute ago, YourInSiouxCountry said:

Text I got from a friend at the BB game tonight 

Well looks like your friend ain’t gonna hear !@#$ from Tom again lol

[AJS]

Schmidt & keep Freuchte on as OC. Let’s lock this in!!

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, AJS said:

Schmidt & keep Freuchte on as OC. Let’s lock this in!!

I could live with that.

[SiouxFan100]

Excited 

and it appears we got it done fast

there is hope