Is this real?

[Frozen4sioux]

1 hour ago, UNDBIZ said:

Pretty sure this is the picture that finished it.

Couple things here... first, whats up with the badger tee? They can't rubber wang our statues... only we can runber wang our statues! wth?

But moreover, nickname or no nickname, who thought this was a good idea at this stage of the game, how did they not expect this exact thing to happen? 

Just some really foolish planning and execution.

But to pull it already basically sounds the alarms of defeat.

I'd have just rode out the first wave of people plopping suction wangs and inappropriate photos and let the novelty wear off, antentions spans being what they are.......

Now every time its moved or placed its a novelty, a string to a cat so to say.

The even worse way to handle the situation was then to go running to the Heraldo..... its like a comedy of errors in planning, execution, and response, and most of all timing.

[Teeder11]

38 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Couple things here... first, whats up with the badger tee? They can't rubber wang our statues... only we can runber wang our statues! wth?

But moreover, nickname or no nickname, who thought this was a good idea at this stage of the game, how did they not expect this exact thing to happen? 

Just some really foolish planning and execution.

But to pull it already basically sounds the alarms of defeat.

I'd have just rode out the first wave of people plopping suction wangs and inappropriate photos and let the novelty wear off, antentions spans being what they are.......

Now every time its moved or placed its a novelty, a string to a cat so to say.

The even worse way to handle the situation was then to go running to the Heraldo..... its like a comedy of errors in planning, execution, and response, and most of all timing.

Who went running to the Heraldo? Curious sounds like you're totally in the know.

[SiouxHawkGuy]

1 hour ago, Frozen4sioux said:

Couple things here... first, whats up with the badger tee? They can't rubber wang our statues... only we can runber wang our statues! wth?

But moreover, nickname or no nickname, who thought this was a good idea at this stage of the game, how did they not expect this exact thing to happen? 

Just some really foolish planning and execution.

But to pull it already basically sounds the alarms of defeat.

I'd have just rode out the first wave of people plopping suction wangs and inappropriate photos and let the novelty wear off, antentions spans being what they are.......

Now every time its moved or placed its a novelty, a string to a cat so to say.

The even worse way to handle the situation was then to go running to the Heraldo..... its like a comedy of errors in planning, execution, and response, and most of all timing.

Shoulda just left it up

[SIOUXFAN97]

love how they put "threats" in there.....

[SWSiouxMN]

40 minutes ago, SiouxHawkGuy said:

Shoulda just left it up

Yup.  Make a decision and then stick with it.

Eventually, like what Frozen4sioux said, people would go:  meh. And move on 

[petey23]

Maybe they could put it on the roof with a spotlight?

On second thought, that is a really bad idea. Someone could get hurt trying to lower a 300 pound statue to the ground while trying to avoid detection...not saying it couldn't be done.

[Hayduke1]

That thing was kind of ugly, stupid and obviously hated by a segment of the UND community.  

Still, I don't agree with encouraging vandalism.  Except for the Vandals. They were badasses.

[Cratter]

7 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:

Pretty sure this is the picture that finished it.

Like I said, the kids were having too much fun. 

Had to come down.

[Cratter]

What's next: someone was gonna take sidewalk chalk and write

"Hello ladies, feel free to take pictures and touch Mike Hawk."

[Frozen4sioux]

5 hours ago, Teeder11 said:

Who went running to the Heraldo? Curious sounds like you're totally in the know.

based on the track record of effort in reporting from that rag, Id reeeeeeaaaallly doubt they sluethed the story out on their own.

[Teeder11]

10 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

based on the track record of effort in reporting from that rag, Id reeeeeeaaaallly doubt they sluethed the story out on their own.

You're correct. The Herald didn’t even do the story. 

[Frozen4sioux]

2 hours ago, Teeder11 said:

You're correct. The Herald didn’t even do the story. 

I read the story in the Herald, I see now it was first a piece on WDAY. So the ..... running to the Heraldo was not correct, good correction. 

So who ran to the WDAY to publicize the garbled removal. 

Either way the entire thing was fumbled worse than Biden on a broken teleprompter. 

[JohnboyND7]

10 hours ago, FSSD said:

I was absolutely against the new nickname and the Steggie Mike statue.  But, given some of stuff that I have seen on social media.  I am starting to regain my faith in Gen Z students.  I kind of miss seeing that abomination.  I turns out it was so bad, that it was good.  I know a low bar indeed.

Exactly what I said....so cringe it was actually pretty based.

[Hayduke1]

24 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

I read the story in the Herald, I see now it was first a piece on WDAY. So the ..... running to the Heraldo was not correct, good correction. 

So who ran to the WDAY to publicize the garbled removal. 

Either way the entire thing was fumbled worse than Biden on a broken teleprompter. 

Exactly.  That statue was like "blowing" $100,000 on Stormy Daniels.

[Teeder11]

1 hour ago, Frozen4sioux said:

I read the story in the Herald, I see now it was first a piece on WDAY. So the ..... running to the Heraldo was not correct, good correction. 

So who ran to the WDAY to publicize the garbled removal. 

Either way the entire thing was fumbled worse than Biden on a broken teleprompter. 

Good question.  I’ll wait your enlightening. I don’t want to get in the way of a good story. 

[Siouxphan27]

I had just assumed Mike was taking advantage of the new ‘image and likeness’ ruling, and had struck a deal with Extenze.   No harm no fowl. 

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

4 hours ago, Siouxphan27 said:

I had just assumed Mike was taking advantage of the new ‘image and likeness’ ruling, and had struck a deal with Extenze.   No harm no fowl. 

Well, there was that one Canadian goose seen walking gingerly away, with feathers ruffled and a look of dazed contentment. 

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

So, perhaps it could be said that in the ultimate nod to Grand Forks’ past, UND gave Mike the, uh, Bronze Boot.

[Siouxperfan7]

When cancel culture inevitably comes after the Ralph and forces them to take down the Engelstad statue, they can just replace it with Salty Mike to great you as you walk in the front door!! 

[UNDColorado]

I'm just catching up on this thread and this is hilarious 

[Frozen4sioux]

1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

When cancel culture inevitably comes after the Ralph and forces them to take down the Engelstad statue, they can just replace it with Salty Mike to great you as you walk in the front door!! 

A joke now, but I'm saving this post till after UND takes over management.

 I'd give this about a 99.7% chance of happening. 

[FSSD]

17 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

A joke now, but I'm saving this post till after UND takes over management.

 I'd give this about a 99.7% chance of happening. 

Oh, I don't think he is joking.

[Cratter]

KNOX radio declaring his name is Mike.

[Blackheart]

4 hours ago, Cratter said:

KNOX radio declaring his name is Mike.

Not Salty Mike?

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, Blackheart said:

Not Salty Mike?

Dirty Mike and the boys