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Posted
45 minutes ago, NDRA said:

So people are saying that the second choice OC, less than a year ago, should be made the new HC?

Yes 1 or 2 people mentioned it. You got us

Posted
14 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Bubba will keep the job all season, I’m sure of it. At the end of year, though, after the expected occurs (one and done in the playoffs or worse), someone needs to step up and be a leader, whether that’s Bubba resigning, or Chaves and Armacost buying him out.  The latter is very unlikely to happen, so really it again comes back to Bubba. Will he admit it’s time and he can’t get it done? Special teams coordinator or Dosch getting the interim title is pointless, accomplishes nothing in the grand scheme of things.
 

The program needs a new voice/ leader in the worst way. it’s why the team is a complete shell of itself on the road or in big games / playoffs. No lead voice. No voice of reason. No leadership or direction. 

Laughable to think Bubba would ever resign.  Many reasons why with the bottom line first on the list

Posted
3 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

Laughable to think Bubba would ever resign.  Many reasons why with the bottom line first on the list

Agreed, but unless there’s a contract clause I don’t know about, he’s not going anywhere then. Only possible change is Schwenzfeier being the scapegoat and getting replaced.
 

Otherwise it will be rinse and repeat. “Leaders” (Chaves, Bubba) will cite the new buildings as the reason why 2025 will be different, but again, it won’t be - it’s about the people in the buildings, not the buildings themselves. 

Posted
12 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Agreed, but unless there’s a contract clause I don’t know about, he’s not going anywhere then. Only possible change is Schwenzfeier being the scapegoat and getting replaced.
 

Otherwise it will be rinse and repeat. “Leaders” (Chaves, Bubba) will cite the new buildings as the reason why 2025 will be different, but again, it won’t be - it’s about the people in the buildings, not the buildings themselves. 

Why would he or anyone with a 3 year contract just give it away.

i wouldn’t.

Posted
7 minutes ago, shep said:

Why would he or anyone with a 3 year contract just give it away.

i wouldn’t.

It’s wishful thinking. It won’t happen. Money does trump all. Hence Chaves handing out extensions every year is met with fury on a consistent basis. Participation awards for all here at UND athletics, championships are a pipe dream. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, shep said:

Why would he or anyone with a 3 year contract just give it away.

i wouldn’t.

Agreed, that would be giving up a lot of money. Only way it would happen is if he transitions into another role somehow, but doubt they could make that work 

Posted
20 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Agreed, but unless there’s a contract clause I don’t know about, he’s not going anywhere then. Only possible change is Schwenzfeier being the scapegoat and getting replaced.
 

Otherwise it will be rinse and repeat. “Leaders” (Chaves, Bubba) will cite the new buildings as the reason why 2025 will be different, but again, it won’t be - it’s about the people in the buildings, not the buildings themselves. 

Remember if one of the coordinators leaves they will have to give bubba another extension or they can’t recruit another assistant coach or any players  without bubba having at least two more years on his contract.  :) 

there are so many reasons given to keep extending bubba.. I have no hope he will ever be gone outside of direct retirement.. I’m sure there is a top 10 list of excuses to keep extending bubba somewhere.  
I would think a defensive specialist like bubba would fire himself after having a terrible defense year after year. 

also to be clear I’m not advocating for bubbas replacement in the middle of the season and I still hope we somehow catch lightning in the bottle and make a playoff run.   
 

Posted
20 minutes ago, Kab said:

Freund shouldn’t be considered

I dont have a problem with him being considered although not sure he would be a first pick. A year+ at SDSU makes him more qualified.. offense wasn't the problem when he was here either although I have preferred Fruechte's play calling.  Somehow they need to bring in somebody that can actually fix the defense while keeping it up on the offensive side.

Posted
13 minutes ago, shep said:

Why not?

He left UND and I think we have a good person in his place that players like 

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Posted
3 hours ago, NDRA said:

So people are saying that the second choice OC, less than a year ago, should be made the new HC?

And I'm still wondering how much influence Fruechte had on that last play.  To make an OC heir apparent after 8 games when he hasn't even shown anything special is repeating the same mistake.   Remember when we discussed inbred?

Posted
1 hour ago, Hawkster said:

And I'm still wondering how much influence Fruechte had on that last play.  To make an OC heir apparent after 8 games when he hasn't even shown anything special is repeating the same mistake.   Remember when we discussed inbred?

The team scored 40 points … can’t blame the offense with the YSU game.

But I get your point; don’t want to name an heir apparent too soon. We haven’t even finished up a full season yet, so right now is probably too soon.

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Posted
23 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

A head coach with no previous UND ties would be refreshing 

It’s a must, since the “hiring the coordinators of the 2001 and 2003 championship teams” strategy hasn’t worked out …

Some have “it”, some don’t. Lennon was a leader of men, and his two coordinators from those teams weren’t “it”

Posted

Does anyone think "the picture" is going to play a role in who the head coach is next year? 

I still firmly believe that if they lose their next 3 games, then Bubba's gone. One could argue this is the most important three game stretch in the D-1 era. This program needs new leadership. The last two games could not have emphasized that more.

If it happened this year, I wanted them to get Danny originally. "The picture" sort of cemented that. Who can blame him for leaving? 

3 more. 

Posted
12 minutes ago, AJS said:

"the picture"

I couldn't bear to hang around Sioux Sports after the last two football games, so I'm way behind.  Could you bring me up to speed on "the picture"?

Posted
2 minutes ago, Dustin said:

I couldn't bear to hang around Sioux Sports after the last two football games, so I'm way behind.  Could you bring me up to speed on "the picture"?

https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/37909-2024-und-football/page/153/#comment-1386313

A wise man who used to haunt here would quote Napoleon:

"The morale is to the physical as three is to one." 

That image, if real, doesn't help morale.

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