2024 UND Football

[Sioux94]

3 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

I would probably focus on defense here. The offense has been a doing a pretty solid job, though could use improvement. There are plenty of players I would not want to see hit the portal.

There are plenty of players that we wouldn't want to hit the portal. I think his point was.....we can't be afraid to make a change because we are afraid of losing guys to the portal in one off season. 

Given the last couple of weeks, the picture, along with others saying it has been going on for a while....I'd rather blow things up and start over then continue this endless cycle of 5-7 wins we are in now. 

Perfect world would be Bubba leaves,  we get a really good coach,  we win a championship the next year. That happened the last time he moved on from HC I believe. 

 

[shep]

There is no way any person in his position would just walk away and resign.

i wouldn’t.

 

There was a suggestion that the cost of the buyout and cost of recruiting a new coach would be 1 million.

How many good players could you buy…I mean NIL for that amount?

[NDRA]

19 minutes ago, shep said:

There is no way any person in his position would just walk away and resign.

i wouldn’t.

 

There was a suggestion that the cost of the buyout and cost of recruiting a new coach would be 1 million.

How many good players could you buy…I mean NIL for that amount?

Does it matter how many good players you buy if leadership stays the same?

[UND-FB-FAN]

11 minutes ago, NDRA said:

Does it matter how many good players you buy if leadership stays the same?

Those said good players, even if you could get them to agree to come here under current leadership, would then be taught minimal accountability and discipline; and those annual low expectations would then enter into those players’ mindset.

End result: more embarrassing losses to North Dakota State and South Dakota State, and ongoing consistent road woes. 

It’s ridiculous that it’s taken us this long to actually truthfully consider what many, including myself, could see years ago; if you want positive change, then actually change.

Move on from Bubba and get a better leader of men. 

Move on from the coach that is the one constant in all of this, and who doesn’t carry enough respect from his players to ever be a champion.

[forksandspoons]

30 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

"With a positive result, this could change our season," UND coach Bubba Schweigert said. "We have to be really locked in to the preparation."

Not one time in his entire tenure has he come out and blasted his team after a loss, ripped himself and staff.  Not once.  No accountability and very insecure is what I see.

And "I felt we prepared well" regarding the Indiana State game. Every. Time. 

Clearly he didn't prepare them well enough. 

[Kab]

1 hour ago, forksandspoons said:

And "I felt we prepared well" regarding the Indiana State game. Every. Time. 

Clearly he didn't prepare them well enough. 

From past results bubba doesn’t know how to prepare a team for road games 

he always says they concentrate on their team, maybe they should concentrate on what the other team does 

 

[Irish]

1 hour ago, Kab said:

From past results bubba doesn’t know how to prepare a team for road games 

he always says they concentrate on their team, maybe they should concentrate on what the other team does 

 

And it's been going on his entire Sioux career - after over 10 years you would think a light would go on.  HIs deer in the headlights attitude is catchy.

[90siouxfan]

Maybe the boys are taking extra naps when on the road, road trips make old duffers need naps, ask me how I know...

[Sioux95]

23 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

You like mediocrity or what?

Dumbass question.  Losing talent to the portal isn't going to help us until bubba is gone.  You like having a !@#!$ coach and less talent than we have now or what?

[Hawkster]

On 11/3/2024 at 6:19 PM, geaux_sioux said:

People get worried about guys hitting the portal. Just think of it like a forest fire. The ground is more fertile afterward and allows for better growth to follow. 

So you think bringing in a bunch of new guys who walked away from their old team and throwing them together is going to make for a cohesive championship team?

[GoodGood]

50 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Why would we get less talent from the portal? Seems like a bold generalization 

Because bubba has been great at using the portal? Look at the turn around for the defense this year! Oh wait…

[geaux_sioux]

1 hour ago, Hawkster said:

So you think bringing in a bunch of new guys who walked away from their old team and throwing them together is going to make for a cohesive championship team?

Do you like our current path of the last 10 years?

[F'n Hawks]

54 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

Because bubba has been great at using the portal? Look at the turn around for the defense this year! Oh wait…

I’m shocked that all these D2, D3, NAIA, and Juco transfers didn’t turn around our defense.

[Hawkster]

3 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

Do you like our current path of the last 10 years?

The portal hasn't gotten us anywhere in those last 10 years either.

[MadScout03]

56 minutes ago, Hawkster said:

The portal hasn't gotten us anywhere in those last 10 years either.

So Bubba can’t coach or recruit from the portal…or was that your point?

[Hawkster]

31 minutes ago, MadScout03 said:

So Bubba can’t coach or recruit from the portal…or was that your point?

I'm just saying the portal hasn't been cure all, at least for us, that some people want to think it is.   Nothing more.

[geaux_sioux]

2 hours ago, Hawkster said:

The portal hasn't gotten us anywhere in those last 10 years either.

We haven’t had any success in 10 years. Your suggestion is that we can’t afford to change?

[Sioux95]

6 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:

Do you like our current path of the last 10 years?

Not at all. Our current path over the last 10 years falls on bubba, not so much on the talent that we have. Good coaches can get their players to run through a brick wall. Bubba is never going to accomplish that and he's also not going to replace any of the good players who entered the portal with better players from other teams. Turning things around at UND isn't going to be accomplished by bringing in a mass number of portal players - think Missouri State. It's going to be accomplished by getting rid of bubba

[NDRA]

13 minutes ago, Sioux95 said:

Not at all. Our current path over the last 10 years falls on bubba, not so much on the talent that we have. Good coaches can get their players to run through a brick wall. Bubba is never going to accomplish that and he's also not going to replace any of the good players who entered the portal with better players from other teams. Turning things around at UND isn't going to be accomplished by bringing in a mass number of portal players - think Missouri State. It's going to be accomplished by getting rid of bubba

Looks like Mo State is doing pretty good right now with portal guys?

[geaux_sioux]

23 minutes ago, Sioux95 said:

Not at all. Our current path over the last 10 years falls on bubba, not so much on the talent that we have. Good coaches can get their players to run through a brick wall. Bubba is never going to accomplish that and he's also not going to replace any of the good players who entered the portal with better players from other teams. Turning things around at UND isn't going to be accomplished by bringing in a mass number of portal players - think Missouri State. It's going to be accomplished by getting rid of bubba

We don’t have the talent though. So what are we talking about here. They haven’t changed their recruiting strategy ever. Same approach, same results. Again and again. Small front 7, can’t stop the run. Can’t recruit DBs even though the HC used to coach DBs. Non explosive WRs. It’s a recipe for….. 7-5 every year and can’t win on the road or in the playoffs. 

[Sioux95]

13 minutes ago, NDRA said:

Looks like Mo State is doing pretty good right now with portal guys?

Short memory 

[UND Football Fan]

9 minutes ago, NDRA said:

Looks like Mo State is doing pretty good right now with portal guys?

They may be getting a little better of athlete because of their move to FBS. 
 

ISU blue good wideout was FBS drop down. 
 

bringing some to fill gaps I’m for (Montana last year), wholesale acquisition may affect chemistry and game work ethic/effort lacking (Murray State). 

[Sioux95]

1 minute ago, geaux_sioux said:

We don’t have the talent though. So what are we talking about here. They haven’t changed their recruiting strategy ever. Same approach, same results. Again and again. Small front 7, can’t stop the run. Can’t recruit DBs even though the HC used to coach DBs. Non explosive WRs. It’s a recipe for….. 7-5 every year and can’t win on the road or in the playoffs. 

We could certainly use a talent upgrade. That's true for most teams regardless.  Bigger issue by far is bubba.  Bubba isn't going to bring in better talent through the portal. Not sure what we've seen in the past 10 years that would make anyone believe that's a possibility

[geaux_sioux]

16 minutes ago, Sioux95 said:

We could certainly use a talent upgrade. That's true for most teams regardless.  Bigger issue by far is bubba.  Bubba isn't going to bring in better talent through the portal. Not sure what we've seen in the past 10 years that would make anyone believe that's a possibility

It all trickles down from the HC. Everything. We’ve seen his peak. And that was with a good chunk of guys from the previous coach. 

[F'n Hawks]

7 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

It all trickles down from the HC. Everything. We’ve seen his peak. And that was with a good chunk of guys from the previous coach. 

They said this on the 360 podcast today but even the 2016 season everything had to go right for them. Think about all the crazy wins they had.