Who would UND hire?

[gfhockey]

9 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

I can personally confirm he's had other schools offer him jobs, so yes I do.

We’ll be the birdie in his ear and let him go to Bemidji st

[Shawn-O]

50 minutes ago, nodak651 said:

For those that may be interested, I found a database from USA today that has the current salary of 1,100 FBS assistant coaches.

https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant

Very interesting.  Eric Eidsness sort of popped off the page at first blush. Maybe Matt Limegrover.  

[Dustin]

5 hours ago, nodak651 said:

For those that may be interested, I found a database from USA today that has the current salary of 1,100 FBS assistant coaches.

https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant

Great resource. 

[Dustin]

6 hours ago, Dustin said:

Great resource. 

Looks like any MAC coordinator would be getting a pay bump to be HC at UND.

[MNHawk]

11 hours ago, Shawn-O said:

Very interesting.  Eric Eidsness sort of popped off the page at first blush. Maybe Matt Limegrover.  

Spence Nowinsky jumps off the page to me. Successful MAC DC with lots of ties to the midwest based off his coaching history. Mankato grad. 

[UND08]

12 hours ago, gfhockey said:

We’ll be the birdie in his ear and let him go to Bemidji st

Let's not talk about Bemidji as some small college throw-away program...they do a lot of things right out there and have a coaching staff that probably is more apt to move up than we have currently!

[Siouxperfan7]

Not sure if someone mentioned his name before, but what about Todd Hoffner from Mankato?  13 seasons coached for the Mavericks and they are 122-30 with 7 Conference titles, 9 playoff appearances, and a National Championship in 2019. Also, He was born and raised in Esmond, ND!!

[Dustin]

4 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Not sure if someone mentioned his name before, but what about Todd Hoffner from Mankato?  13 seasons coached for the Mavericks and they are 122-30 with 7 Conference titles, 9 playoff appearances, and a National Championship in 2019. Also, He was born and raised in Esmond, ND!!

Yeah, he’s come up several times. 

[Shawn-O]

Caruso would be a great get but he's a UST lifer at this point.   

Finalists next year if it comes down to that, in no particular order:

*Freund

*A MAC coordinator

*An FCS coordinator out of the Big Sky or MVFC

*A D2 head coach (likely NSIC).  

[MNHawk]

After seeing their offenses over the past couple years, I’d contact the Idaho OC long before I reached out to the UND OC. 

[Shawn-O]

7 minutes ago, MNHawk said:

After seeing their offenses over the past couple years, I’d contact the Idaho OC long before I reached out to the UND OC. 

A lot can happen in a year, but I'd guess he'll continue to hitch his wagon to Eck, which seems smart as things stand.  

[Sioux>Bison]

3 hours ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Not sure if someone mentioned his name before, but what about Todd Hoffner from Mankato?  13 seasons coached for the Mavericks and they are 122-30 with 7 Conference titles, 9 playoff appearances, and a National Championship in 2019. Also, He was born and raised in Esmond, ND!!

Can he coach defense and a 4-3??? 

[UND-FB-FAN]

This is an interestingly speculative thread. When the job opens, *when*, then I suspect a name or two will throw their name into the hat. 
 

As for now, there is no job opening, and there might not be for a couple seasons yet … very frustrating indeed.

[Sioux>Bison]

5 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

This is an interestingly speculative thread. When the job opens, *when*, then I suspect a name or two will throw their name into the hat. 
 

As for now, there is no job opening, and there might not be for a couple seasons yet … very frustrating indeed.

The DC job could and probably should open up this offseason. This is something we should be pushing for because the defense this year was unacceptable. Something major needs to change and it’s not just a personnel problem. We can’t endure another season of poor defense.

[Dustin]

14 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

The DC job could and probably should open up this offseason. This is something we should be pushing for because the defense this year was unacceptable. Something major needs to change and it’s not just a personnel problem. We can’t endure another season of poor defense.

How many DCs under Bubba so far?  Schmidt, Holinka, Schwenzfeier?  Need to get that defense figured out.

[Shawn-O]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

How many DCs under Bubba so far?  Schmidt, Holinka, Schwenzfeier?  Need to get that defense figured out.

The game has passed the current head coach's defensive philosophy by.   I don't see another DC being successful.  Hope I'm wrong!   

[Dustin]

22 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:

The game has passed the current head coach's defensive philosophy by.   I don't see another DC being successful.  Hope I'm wrong!   

I mean, doesn't it depend on what and how they implement it?  Like some people were saying, scheme doesn't necessarily matter, but you've got to recruit well to whatever scheme you're trying to implement.  Blitzing on 3rd and long will work if you get home.  But if you don't, that's a lot of open receivers downfield.  So maybe don't send that many on the blitz if your defensive athletes aren't better than the offensive athletes.

[geaux_sioux]

52 minutes ago, Dustin said:

I mean, doesn't it depend on what and how they implement it?  Like some people were saying, scheme doesn't necessarily matter, but you've got to recruit well to whatever scheme you're trying to implement.  Blitzing on 3rd and long will work if you get home.  But if you don't, that's a lot of open receivers downfield.  So maybe don't send that many on the blitz if your defensive athletes aren't better than the offensive athletes.

The jimmys and joes are just as, if not more, important as the X’s and O’s. Turner would get home on 3rd and long often. We didn’t have anyone even close to that level of speed off the edge this year. Hit the portal hard. We need edge rushers.

Also, how in the hell do we have 0 LB recruits right now? 

[fightingsioux4life]

41 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

The jimmys and joes are just as, if not more, important as the X’s and O’s. Turner would get home on 3rd and long often. We didn’t have anyone even close to that level of speed off the edge this year. Hit the portal hard. We need edge rushers.

Also, how in the hell do we have 0 LB recruits right now? 

Getting to the QB without sending five or six guys would be preferable.

[UND-FB-FAN]

5 hours ago, Sioux>Bison said:

The DC job could and probably should open up this offseason. This is something we should be pushing for because the defense this year was unacceptable. Something major needs to change and it’s not just a personnel problem. We can’t endure another season of poor defense.

Defense will be the same as long as the “defensive-minded” head coach stays around as the “leader”.

[UND-FB-FAN]

45 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

The jimmys and joes are just as, if not more, important as the X’s and O’s. Turner would get home on 3rd and long often. We didn’t have anyone even close to that level of speed off the edge this year. Hit the portal hard. We need edge rushers.

Also, how in the hell do we have 0 LB recruits right now? 

I agree with you. Defense is bare.
 

Having no next level talent on defense hurts. CJ Siegel has a chance, but anyone else? A DI program - whether FCS or FBS - needs some top end talent if want to be a national championship contending program. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

2 hours ago, Shawn-O said:

The game has passed the current head coach's defensive philosophy by.   I don't see another DC being successful.  Hope I'm wrong!   

Agreed

[geaux_sioux]

3 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

I agree with you. Defense is bare.
 

Having no next level talent on defense hurts. CJ Siegel has a chance, but anyone else? A DI program - whether FCS or FBS - needs some top end talent if want to be a national championship contending program. 

I like our young body types at CB. We also have bigger bodied DL that redshirted this year. I really hope they can step up next year. But OLB is Rucker and nobody else. We can’t survive with that. OLB is the position that saves the secondary. We need athletes on the edge and a lot of them.

[Sioux>Bison]

5 hours ago, Dustin said:

How many DCs under Bubba so far?  Schmidt, Holinka, Schwenzfeier?  Need to get that defense figured out.

Never said we need to bring in another DC that runs a 3-4, bubba needs to swallow his pride and change the scheme 

[Sioux>Bison]

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

The jimmys and joes are just as, if not more, important as the X’s and O’s. Turner would get home on 3rd and long often. We didn’t have anyone even close to that level of speed off the edge this year. Hit the portal hard. We need edge rushers.

Also, how in the hell do we have 0 LB recruits right now? 

LB was thin this year, something needs to change big time and having 0 LB commits makes it even worse