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. 

[HockeyHawk]

Monday morning 9am Armacost announces a change in leadership for the hockey program and the athletic department. 

Or is this wishful thinking? 

[gfhockey]

11 minutes ago, HockeyHawk said:

Monday morning 9am Armacost announces a change in leadership for the hockey program and the athletic department. 

Or is this wishful thinking? 

Nah 

 

Chavez rolls up his sleeve and gives Jerry a two year extension 

[fightingsioux4life]

1 hour ago, HockeyHawk said:

Monday morning 9am Armacost announces a change in leadership for the hockey program and the athletic department. 

Or is this wishful thinking? 

It's what should happen.

[gfhockey]

Does anyone know the places of teams when liaison retired and we hired chavez

[zonadub]

From the UND announcement of Faison’s retirement :

 

Faison led UND Athletics from triumph to triumph during his tenure, most recently with four sports programs winning Big Sky Conference championships in 2016-17 – the most titles captured by any conference school in one year.

The cherry on top of the sundae of success was Faison’s peer designation as the 2016-17 Under Armour Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Director of the Year.
 

Faison retired December 2017

Coaches were Schweigert, Berry, Jones, Brewster and Pryor.

[Godsmack]

Man, I’d hate to be our AD and come into work on Monday and open up my email in box! 

[petey23]

4 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

Man, I’d hate to be our AD and come into work on Monday and open up my email in box! 

Well I would hope he has been reading them on his phone all weekend

[HockeyHawk]

It’s time. Don’t let Chaves ruin this department anymore and let a new leader come in to right the ship. 

[ChrisUND1]

Raboin and Josh Morton package deal?

[Sweethockey]

[jdub27]

3 of the 4 coaches who left or were let go were hired by the previous AD and I don't think anyone would say expectations were being met with any of them relative to what is being invested into each program.
With the recent ramp up in investments/support/facilities over the last 2-3 years, expectations have increased. It is what is is and I assume that is what people want.

[UND1983]

9 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

3 of the 4 coaches who left or were let go were hired by the previous AD and I don't think anyone would say expectations were being met with any of them relative to what is being invested into each program.
With the recent ramp up in investments/support/facilities over the last 2-3 years, expectations have increased. It is what is is and I assume that is what people want.

The problem is he waits until its so bad that he has no other choice, when the coach shows him year after year that nothing is getting better..... all while handing out extensions.

[HockeyHawk]

1 hour ago, jdub27 said:

3 of the 4 coaches who left or were let go were hired by the previous AD and I don't think anyone would say expectations were being met with any of them relative to what is being invested into each program.
With the recent ramp up in investments/support/facilities over the last 2-3 years, expectations have increased. It is what is is and I assume that is what people want.

My question is why are all of these sports struggling? At some point it is a culture issue that starts with the AD. And on top of all our sports struggling there is also the Title 9 investigation that is happening on Chaves watch. If there was ever a time for a new leader it is now.

[jdub27]

1 hour ago, UND1983 said:

The problem is he waits until its so bad that he has no other choice, when the coach shows him year after year that nothing is getting better..... all while handing out extensions.

Probably a fair observation, particularly in a few cases. Expectations should be based on support for programs and the coach's ability to sell what they are doing is heading in the right direction. Some extensions could definitely be shorter. Some should probably include a significantly smaller buyout option as a trade-off (looking directly at the football one for that). Starting to think the need to extend coaches earlier because "we don't want to lose players" is falling by the wayside. With the portal, your roster is in constant flux anyway. Not an excuse to extend coaches early anymore. All student-athletes are basically one-year free agents at this point.
 

24 minutes ago, HockeyHawk said:

My question is why are all of these sports struggling? At some point it is a culture issue that starts with the AD. And on top of all our sports struggling there is also the Title 9 investigation that is happening on Chaves watch. If there was ever a time for a new leader it is now.

I'm guessing the giant budget cuts that came through about 8-10 years ago didn't help anything and then take that into Covid where (right or wrong) coaches got more of a leash than they probably deserved. The timing on these contracts coming up isn't a coincidence with some decisions made in 2020 and 2021. A new president who sees the value in athletics is pushing things in the right direction. Armacost is an amazing asset for UND and he understands what athletics can do for the University. If he's OK with the plans being laid out, I'm going to trust his judgment. If he is unhappy, he'll make the necessary change.

Don't believe there is any merit to the Title IX investigation other than some people being upset about softball getting a new facility but that's just my take from reading through the complaint and talking to people who are closer to the situation. Similar to the WIH complaint that went absolutely nowhere. If there is merit to it and there are adverse findings, I would change my opinion on it. But filing a complaint doesn't mean there is anything actually to it. Haven't seen any updates on it, so has it even gone anywhere?

[HockeyHawk]

6 hours ago, jdub27 said:

Probably a fair observation, particularly in a few cases. Expectations should be based on support for programs and the coach's ability to sell what they are doing is heading in the right direction. Some extensions could definitely be shorter. Some should probably include a significantly smaller buyout option as a trade-off (looking directly at the football one for that). Starting to think the need to extend coaches earlier because "we don't want to lose players" is falling by the wayside. With the portal, your roster is in constant flux anyway. Not an excuse to extend coaches early anymore. All student-athletes are basically one-year free agents at this point.
 

I'm guessing the giant budget cuts that came through about 8-10 years ago didn't help anything and then take that into Covid where (right or wrong) coaches got more of a leash than they probably deserved. The timing on these contracts coming up isn't a coincidence with some decisions made in 2020 and 2021. A new president who sees the value in athletics is pushing things in the right direction. Armacost is an amazing asset for UND and he understands what athletics can do for the University. If he's OK with the plans being laid out, I'm going to trust his judgment. If he is unhappy, he'll make the necessary change.

Don't believe there is any merit to the Title IX investigation other than some people being upset about softball getting a new facility but that's just my take from reading through the complaint and talking to people who are closer to the situation. Similar to the WIH complaint that went absolutely nowhere. If there is merit to it and there are adverse findings, I would change my opinion on it. But filing a complaint doesn't mean there is anything actually to it. Haven't seen any updates on it, so has it even gone anywhere?

I don’t know enough about Title IX or about the soccer field to know how good or bad it is. Driving by the high school fields they look better than the UND soccer field but those fields also have other teams using them so naturally would be nicer when football plays there. 
 

I think the big piece is that during Chaves tenure at UND sports have generally got worse, all of a sudden there is a shotgun reaction of firing multiple coaches which to me suggests the problem lies above a department full of bad head coaches, and the cherry on top is a Title IX complaint. 
 

is there an athletic department in the country in a worse state currently regarding leadership?