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[UND92,96]

Craig Smith has been fired at Utah. 

[UND1983]

54 minutes ago, UND92,96 said:

Craig Smith has been fired at Utah. 

That group of coaches definitely moved up as quick as they could and seem to be sliding back just as fast.  At least they got paid.

[forksandspoons]

55 minutes ago, UND92,96 said:

Craig Smith has been fired at Utah. 

Wow! 

[Dustin]

5 hours ago, iramurphy said:

I didn’t like the extension but don’t care what NDSU twitter does. 

As much as we can not care, the fact that the fans of UND's biggest rival are essentially mocking the AD's decision on the head FB coach tells you a lot.  Maybe not everything, but a lot.

[iramurphy]

1 hour ago, Dustin said:

As much as we can not care, the fact that the fans of UND's biggest rival are essentially mocking the AD's decision on the head FB coach tells you a lot.  Maybe not everything, but a lot.

Tells me nothing I didn’t already know. Why would I care what they think? Why would I care if they feel empowered by mocking UND or even if they mocked me?  Heck, guys on our own forum mock me. If it makes someone feel better then I’ve done them a service. 

 

5 hours ago, NewUndFan said:

I wish I could dislike this twice 

I could post it again if that works for you. 

[CMSioux]

19 hours ago, Dustin said:

As much as we can not care, the fact that the fans of UND's biggest rival are essentially mocking the AD's decision on the head FB coach tells you a lot.  Maybe not everything, but a lot.

Most of those "fans" have IQs lower than football numbers. This is the same fan site that has threads of pornography on it. No concern about what they think of anything at UND.  

[fightingsioux4life]

On 2/23/2025 at 9:17 PM, iramurphy said:

Actually, I believe he is pretty well respected. The improvement in facilities and resources is impressive. He and his staff have their “plates full” 24/7.  In addition to facilities and resources his priorities include NCAA/Conference challenges, community connections, interactions with UND admin staff, interactions with alumni staff etc.  He does oversee Athletic teams, coaches, legal issues etc.  Unless he gets poached by another school he won’t be going anywhere soon. 

With all due respect, Chaves needs to go. I am so sick of hearing all the important committees he serves on and how much the suits love him. Our programs have never been in this bad of shape across the board in all my years following them. The only coach that should be safe is Eric Schmidt. All the others should have to earn contract extensions instead of having them handed out like candy on Halloween. The disastrous Bubba extension in March 2024 cannot happen again.

We have to choose what we want to become going forward. Do we want to continue down the road of mediocrity, underachievement and being overshadowed by the other Dakota schools? Do we want our hockey program to decend into mid-major status and give up our well-earned status as a blue blood in Division I hockey?

Or do we want to set our sights upward? Basketball programs that regularly compete for Summit League tournament titles. Ditto for volleyball. Football regularly competing for MVFC and FCS titles. Hockey regularly competing for NCAA titles and taking a back seat to no one.

I know which one I would choose. But the current high school-esqe regime in charge of the athletic department will never get us there. #replacechaves

[iramurphy]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

With all due respect, Chaves needs to go. I am so sick of hearing all the important committees he serves on and how much the suits love him. Our programs have never been in this bad of shape across the board in all my years following them. The only coach that should be safe is Eric Schmidt. All the others should have to earn contract extensions instead of having them handed out like candy on Halloween. The disastrous Bubba extension in March 2024 cannot happen again.

We have to choose what we want to become going forward. Do we want to continue down the road of mediocrity, underachievement and being overshadowed by the other Dakota schools? Do we want our hockey program to decend into mid-major status and give up our well-earned status as a blue blood in Division I hockey?

Or do we want to set our sights upward? Basketball programs that regularly compete for Summit League tournament titles. Ditto for volleyball. Football regularly competing for MVFC and FCS titles. Hockey regularly competing for NCAA titles and taking a back seat to no one.

I know which one I would choose. But the current high school-esqe regime in charge of the athletic department will never get us there. #replacechaves

I don’t know who the suits are, but apparently Chaves did get a solid vote of confidence regarding Sather from one of the successful major college BB coaches recently. That probably carries more weight than dissenting opinions from rubes like us, most of whom maintain anonymity so people dont know  if we have a background or any experience that may lend credibility for us over the guys “sitting in their underwear, in their mother’s basement “.  
 

My opinion is that neither Chaves nor Sather are going anywhere unless they get a sweet deal to move. I may be wrong but we will see.  
 

[ND-fan]

I think you are probably right on the above statement and Sather is still liked by general fan. I also don’t think administration is interested changing all of our coaches in one year. I still think Mallory has to be on the hot seat and if she is not Sather is in safe position because he had better conference record and winning against SU than Mallory has had.  Mallory program you can see where we’re getting out coached and doesn’t have personality that public appeal that Sather has.

[UND-FB-FAN]

6 hours ago, iramurphy said:

I don’t know who the suits are, but apparently Chaves did get a solid vote of confidence regarding Sather from one of the successful major college BB coaches recently. That probably carries more weight than dissenting opinions from rubes like us, most of whom maintain anonymity so people dont know  if we have a background or any experience that may lend credibility for us over the guys “sitting in their underwear, in their mother’s basement “.  
 

My opinion is that neither Chaves nor Sather are going anywhere unless they get a sweet deal to move. I may be wrong but we will see.  
 

 

5 hours ago, ND-fan said:

I think you are probably right on the above statement and Sather is still liked by general fan. I also don’t think administration is interested changing all of our coaches in one year. I still think Mallory has to be on the hot seat and if she is not Sather is in safe position because he had better conference record and winning against SU than Mallory has had.  Mallory program you can see where we’re getting out coached and doesn’t have personality that public appeal that Sather has.

The “general fan” in Grand Forks is a poor abused one, whose soul has recently been crushed and countlessly conditioned to believe UND is inferior to NDSU and other regional DI institutions. The “general fan” for UND currently is in need of serious rehabilitation, and for football, that process has gone wonderfully thus far. There’s no question basketball needs the same treatment. The standard of excellence for UND athletics needs to be raised, and hearing defense of the status quo over and over again is tiring and not helpful, but there are factors at play not mentioned here that need to be considered, also. 

[gfhockey]

8 hours ago, iramurphy said:

I don’t know who the suits are, but apparently Chaves did get a solid vote of confidence regarding Sather from one of the successful major college BB coaches recently. That probably carries more weight than dissenting opinions from rubes like us, most of whom maintain anonymity so people dont know  if we have a background or any experience that may lend credibility for us over the guys “sitting in their underwear, in their mother’s basement “.  
 

My opinion is that neither Chaves nor Sather are going anywhere unless they get a sweet deal to move. I may be wrong but we will see.  
 

I thought Gunther passed away?

[gfhockey]

The Hyslop isn’t getting any younger 

[sioux24/7]

8 hours ago, iramurphy said:

I don’t know who the suits are, but apparently Chaves did get a solid vote of confidence regarding Sather from one of the successful major college BB coaches recently. That probably carries more weight than dissenting opinions from rubes like us, most of whom maintain anonymity so people dont know  if we have a background or any experience that may lend credibility for us over the guys “sitting in their underwear, in their mother’s basement “.  
 

My opinion is that neither Chaves nor Sather are going anywhere unless they get a sweet deal to move. I may be wrong but we will see.  
 

My guess is Greg McDermott. Have heard he is a Sather fan. 

[GoodGood]

8 hours ago, iramurphy said:

I don’t know who the suits are, but apparently Chaves did get a solid vote of confidence regarding Sather from one of the successful major college BB coaches recently. That probably carries more weight than dissenting opinions from rubes like us, most of whom maintain anonymity so people dont know  if we have a background or any experience that may lend credibility for us over the guys “sitting in their underwear, in their mother’s basement “.  
 

My opinion is that neither Chaves nor Sather are going anywhere unless they get a sweet deal to move. I may be wrong but we will see.  
 

I don’t care if it’s some dude in his underwear or Coach K endorsing him, the facts are the facts. Sather has won 33% of his games against d1 opponents, hasn’t won a SLT game since pre Covid, hasn’t won a SLT game with guys he’s recruited. If he gets an extension with those numbers, it’s clear that wins and losses do no matter to the athletic department. That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact 

[UND1983]

My guess is bigtime basketball coach guy hasn’t watched Sather coach much because the guy is coaching himself.  And hasn’t seen UND’s record.  

[Kab]

I think Sather knows basketball

just wonder how he relates to the players

treys comment after ndsu game was players get up for big games and coach said he tells the players all games are big games

trey also said a few games ago it’s different playing with players in the nil days

 

 

[bincitysioux]

It has been 19 seasons since Rich Glas left.  UND has posted 6 winning seasons in that time frame. 

That's disappointing on so many levels.

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, Kab said:

I think Sather knows basketball

just wonder how he relates to the players

treys comment after ndsu game was players get up for big games and coach said he tells the players all games are big games

trey also said a few games ago it’s different playing with players in the nil days

Knowing the game is fine. But this is as much a people management job as it is a teacher of X's and O's.

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, bincitysioux said:

It has been 19 seasons since Rich Glas left.  UND has posted 6 winning seasons in that time frame. 

That's disappointing on so many levels.

Not according to the apologists on here. They think Sather should get to stick around as long as he wants.

I am done listening to the apologists and status quo defenders. They simply do not get it.

[GoodGood]

What’s the argument to extend Sather? 
Brian Jones last year: Kenpom 271

Sather this year: Kenpom 269 

Brian Jones best year: Kenpom 168 

Sather best year: Kenpom 236 

Theres no stat that would suggest that the program is in a better place now than when he took it over. He’s a nice guy. He was a good d2 coach. Greg McDermott loves him. Great! Let’s find a coach that can actually win some games 

[iramurphy]

3 hours ago, sioux24/7 said:

My guess is Greg McDermott. Have heard he is a Sather fan. 

Yeah but what would he know?

[iramurphy]

4 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I thought Gunther passed away?

Great coach, good fisherman and could drink most guys under the table on their  best day as long as it was beer.

[gfhockey]

Have heard niu is getting tired of jacobson

 

naybe we could get him back

[NewUndFan]

41 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

Can you please provide your thoughts on the comment above by @GoodGood where he provided actual stats and facts? You seem to love ignoring facts when those facts don’t fit your argument. 

Thanks!

I could like this one twice!  @iramurphy is a homer and doesnt deal in facts.  Just good vibes.  If Sather brought his record to Creighton he wouldnt have a job there.  So what McDermott thinks of him doesnt matter.  I actually doubt McDermott truly thinks he is doing great, but its politically correct to say.  

[UND1983]

1 hour ago, iramurphy said:

Yeah but what would he know?

I know what he doesn’t know - Sather’s record at UND