New Athletic Director

[90siouxfan]

3 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Ran their budget into ground

interesting, i was referring to success of the sports teams, but how is he doing with UNDs sports budget?  perhaps his previous experience is causing him to be less of a spender

[gfhockey]

19 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

interesting, i was referring to success of the sports teams, but how is he doing with UNDs sports budget?  perhaps his previous experience is causing him to be less of a spender

Their football team won a natty under his watch

[fightingsioux4life]

21 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Their football team won a natty under his watch

Other than that, they didn't win anything else. EWU athletics overall went down the toilet under his watch.

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, The Tick said:

Alrighty then.

[HockeyHawk]

Is it too early to bring this back up? 

[fightingsioux4life]

5 minutes ago, HockeyHawk said:

Is it too early to bring this back up? 

Nope.

[jdub27]

On 3/7/2025 at 12:44 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

Other than that, they didn't win anything else. EWU athletics overall went down the toilet under his watch.

That's tends to happen when the President of the University publicly decries athletics, halts fundraising and shows zero support for the student athletes. Its gotten even worse over the last few years.

[The Sicatoka]

EWU is and was a mess outside of Chaves, not because, according to relatives in that region. 

He got out when he could. 

[fightingsioux4life]

3 hours ago, jdub27 said:

That's tends to happen when the President of the University publicly decries athletics, halts fundraising and shows zero support for the student athletes. Its gotten even worse over the last few years.

 

14 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

EWU is and was a mess outside of Chaves, not because, according to relatives in that region. 

He got out when he could. 

Fair enough.

[Brim006]

On 3/1/2025 at 8:14 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

Everyone except the FB and Soccer coaches should be replaced.

But we must start with Chaves. We need new leadership in the athletic department.

We are a regional laughingstock in college athletics and I am sick of it.

This seems pretty scorched earth, but I'm all for it. Nothing could get worse at this point. UND athletics as a whole is in complete shambles right now given the history and size of school...and that's not even mentioning the top tier facilities. I've lost interest in all programs as of a few years ago. Big changes would show they're serious about being relevant, and would pull folks like myself back in again. Look at the excitement around football already. Now imagine hockey and basketball if new coaching upgrades came in.