sioux24/7 Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 2 hours ago, gfhockey said: How long was he extended for last year 2 years I believe. Was extended in March 2023 through the 2025-26 season. Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 3 hours ago, sioux24/7 said: 7 games left, what’s everyone’s prediction on how we close this thing out? KenPom has us going 2-5 beating ORU and Denver. Besides your prediction, what does Sather have to do the rest of the way and in the tournament to warrant an extension? I don’t know if this warrants it but I could see finishing 4-3 in this stretch and then winning 1 game in the SLT and Chaves extends him. Whether you agree with that or not is one thing but Chaves cannot lame duck Sather. Either move on or extend. Why use 7-10 games to determine if he deserves an extension? How about we look at the last 6 YEARS like any normal school/AD would do. 4 Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 21 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: Why use 7-10 games to determine if he deserves an extension? How about we look at the last 6 YEARS like any normal school/AD would do. This 1 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 3 Posted February 3 26 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: Why use 7-10 games to determine if he deserves an extension? How about we look at the last 6 YEARS like any normal school/AD would do. If Chaves isn't willing to do this, he needs to go. Quote
sioux24/7 Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 41 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: Why use 7-10 games to determine if he deserves an extension? How about we look at the last 6 YEARS like any normal school/AD would do. You’re not wrong. Just what I can see happening. Quote
GoodGood Posted February 3 Posted February 3 48 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: Why use 7-10 games to determine if he deserves an extension? How about we look at the last 6 YEARS like any normal school/AD would do. To me if they go 5-2 (really 6-2 if you count Saturday) that means they beat the teams they should, plus beat another top 3 team in the conference. Then if they win 2 games in the SLT that means they likely beat 2 top 4 seeds. That would be a pretty good run to end the year and worth adding a year to his contract (if adding just a single year is even a thing). Quote
sioux24/7 Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 Kyan Brown interviewed on the latest Reaching The Summit podcast. 1 Quote
HockeyHawk Posted February 4 Posted February 4 On 2/3/2025 at 1:23 PM, GoodGood said: To me if they go 5-2 (really 6-2 if you count Saturday) that means they beat the teams they should, plus beat another top 3 team in the conference. Then if they win 2 games in the SLT that means they likely beat 2 top 4 seeds. That would be a pretty good run to end the year and worth adding a year to his contract (if adding just a single year is even a thing). If they achieved all that I would think it deserves a multi year extension. I agree that right now Chaves needs to go and Sather’s future is up in the air, but what do you think the expectations should be at UND and why? 1 Quote
GoodGood Posted February 4 Posted February 4 16 minutes ago, HockeyHawk said: If they achieved all that I would think it deserves a multi year extension. I agree that right now Chaves needs to go and Sather’s future is up in the air, but what do you think the expectations should be at UND and why? If all that happened he would have a career winning percentage of 36%. And you want to give him a multi year extension? Yea I think expectations should be higher than that. Why? Because that’s pathetic 1 Quote
HockeyHawk Posted February 4 Posted February 4 19 minutes ago, GoodGood said: If all that happened he would have a career winning percentage of 36%. And you want to give him a multi year extension? Yea I think expectations should be higher than that. Why? Because that’s pathetic What do you think the expectations at UND should be? And why? 2 Quote
GoodGood Posted February 4 Posted February 4 2 minutes ago, HockeyHawk said: What do you think the expectations at UND should be? And why? Over a 6 year period have a higher winning percentage than 36%. Why? Because that’s not good. Sorry you didn’t like the answer the first time 1 Quote
sioux24/7 Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 27 minutes ago, HockeyHawk said: What do you think the expectations at UND should be? And why? I think our expectations should be on par with the xDSU’s. Can it not be because we support hockey and they don’t? 2 Quote
HockeyHawk Posted February 4 Posted February 4 1 hour ago, GoodGood said: Over a 6 year period have a higher winning percentage than 36%. Why? Because that’s not good. Sorry you didn’t like the answer the first time I get that 36% is not good. I am asking why UND should have a higher win percentage. What is so amazing about UND that the win percentage should be so much higher? 1 Quote
sioux24/7 Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 5 hours ago, HockeyHawk said: I get that 36% is not good. I am asking why UND should have a higher win percentage. What is so amazing about UND that the win percentage should be so much higher? Why shouldn’t it be? What a weird way to think about things. 1 Quote
HockeyHawk Posted February 5 Posted February 5 9 hours ago, sioux24/7 said: Why shouldn’t it be? What a weird way to think about things. Nobody has answered the question though. 2 Quote
UND1983 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 What was Jones winning percentage? Glas? Gunther? just cause we have hockey it doesn’t mean we cannot win in basketball at a .500 clip 2 Quote
ND1 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 In my opinion, nothing happens to Sather this year in short of a total collapse which I don’t see happening. The athletic dept will have its hands full on the direction of UND Hockey after their season and will simply leave Sather’s contract intact until the early part of next season and then make decision. I know the 5 posters on here that continually want him fired will argue but fundraising/attendance for the program is very strong and that is fact, talk to anyone within the athletic dept. Bottom line, the Summit League is a one bid league, UND is not playing for a regional/national bid like hockey and football. We are only playing for seeding at the year-end conference tournament. I know, I know the record, record, record …. Don’t get me wrong, overall records are important, but they don’t mean as much in mid major BB as they do in the other sports, sorry! See you in at the tournament in March. 2 Quote
GoodGood Posted February 5 Posted February 5 6 minutes ago, ND1 said: In my opinion, nothing happens to Sather this year in short of a total collapse which I don’t see happening. The athletic dept will have its hands full on the direction of UND Hockey after their season and will simply leave Sather’s contract intact until the early part of next season and then make decision. I know the 5 posters on here that continually want him fired will argue but fundraising/attendance for the program is very strong and that is fact, talk to anyone within the athletic dept. Bottom line, the Summit League is a one bid league, UND is not playing for a regional/national bid like hockey and football. We are only playing for seeding at the year-end conference tournament. I know, I know the record, record, record …. Don’t get me wrong, overall records are important, but they don’t mean as much in mid major BB as they do in the other sports, sorry! See you in at the tournament in March. We’ll roll the dice with a lame duck coach! I’m sure you’d hate for a new coach to come in and turn the roster over! 1 1 Quote
GoodGood Posted February 5 Posted February 5 For reference the average attendance Brian Jones last year was 1,654. His team was 12-18. The average attendance last year 1,733. That team was the greatest team ever according to some. Huge spike in attendance 🔥 1 1 Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 1 hour ago, GoodGood said: We’ll roll the dice with a lame duck coach! I’m sure you’d hate for a new coach to come in and turn the roster over! I think this is the key and clouding his judgement 2 Quote
sioux24/7 Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 3 hours ago, ND1 said: In my opinion, nothing happens to Sather this year in short of a total collapse which I don’t see happening. The athletic dept will have its hands full on the direction of UND Hockey after their season and will simply leave Sather’s contract intact until the early part of next season and then make decision. I know the 5 posters on here that continually want him fired will argue but fundraising/attendance for the program is very strong and that is fact, talk to anyone within the athletic dept. Bottom line, the Summit League is a one bid league, UND is not playing for a regional/national bid like hockey and football. We are only playing for seeding at the year-end conference tournament. I know, I know the record, record, record …. Don’t get me wrong, overall records are important, but they don’t mean as much in mid major BB as they do in the other sports, sorry! See you in at the tournament in March. Nothing happening on Sather is the very last thing that can happen. If they don’t want to part ways with him then he should get a short extension. I’ve said it once, I will say it a 1000x, WE CANNOT HAVE A LAME DUCK COACH. 3 Quote
nodak651 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 49 minutes ago, sioux24/7 said: Nothing happening on Sather is the very last thing that can happen. If they don’t want to part ways with him then he should get a short extension. I’ve said it once, I will say it a 1000x, WE CANNOT HAVE A LAME DUCK COACH. With how often people transfer these days does that really matter anymore? Invest saved buyout money in nil... Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 1 minute ago, nodak651 said: With how often people transfer these days does that really matter anymore? Invest saved buyout money in nil... How is the university going to invest saved buyout money in NIL???? And to answer your question, yes it does. Quote
nodak651 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 10 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: How is the university going to invest saved buyout money in NIL???? And to answer your question, yes it does. Talk to donors who would help pay the buyout or pay it directly if UND opts in. Different sport but Montana played in the championship a couple of years ago despite Hauck being a lame duck in the last year of his contract. Players know coaches leave or get bought out all the time. One or two years on a contract means nothing anymore. Quote
HockeyHawk Posted February 5 Posted February 5 On 2/4/2025 at 3:15 PM, GoodGood said: If all that happened he would have a career winning percentage of 36%. And you want to give him a multi year extension? Yea I think expectations should be higher than that. Why? Because that’s pathetic Making a deep run in the tournament usually gets a coach an extension. UND won a championship under Jones. I would say that shows that you can win and there should be higher expectations. UND in my opinion should not be considered a top (or even average) school in the Summit though except for coaches performing exceptionally well. Coldest place, worst location, hard to get to. And to make it worse Chaves doesn’t appear to have a clue what he is doing, so no real leadership in the department. Quote
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