If a coach was to go there and make them a winner then it opens doors to other "better" head coaching jobs. Most coaches I have ever known want to be head coaches and run their own program.
Bill Bleil leaving too?
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If a coach was to go there and make them a winner then it opens doors to other "better" head coaching jobs. Most coaches I have ever known want to be head coaches and run their own program.
I applied for the head coaching positions for both basketball and football at ISU. Anyone can apply.
They were a D2 powerhouse and have great facilities as well as D1 hockey. They have huge fan support as well. I have played in the Alerus Center and it is a great indoor stadium. 10 times better than the UNI dome. Their transition to FCS was hurt by not having a conference for awhile. Now that they have settled in the Big Sky there is no reason to think they can't become a power house again. It would be a good head coaching job.
UND has only been FCS for five or six years, so it is not unreasonable to expect that they may not have a good FBS win-loss record right now. As mentioned above, they will provide strong institutional support for the program. If BB can turn that program around (or any coach for that matter), he will have ample prospects to move up.
I can't believe that people are really questioning that the UND HC gig is better than being a reshuffled TE coach at ISU.
If I was Bleil I'd be after that in a heart beat.
If I was Bleil I'd be after that in a heart beat.
Are we sure Bleil is a bad coach? It seems to me that one of the few bright spots on the offense, and in Rhoads tenure in general, is the TE position. Can he just not recruit?
He's only been the TE coach this year (and had the benefit of a stud JuCo and an already developed senior captain). Bleil has been the coach of our O-line before this year. I think he's the worst coach left on the staff, by a huge margin. If I could have chosen between him and Pope being the guy to go with Messingham it would have been Bliel, no question.
Ah, didn't know he was the Oline coach before this. Yeah, he's probably not good enough.
All of this is dead on.
1. UND, NDSU, SDSU, USD are all ready willing and able to become serious FCS programs and NDSU has shown this.
2. ISU wants and NEEDS ambitious coaches. Our proximity to and relationship with UI and KSU should make this obvious; names like Stoops, Alvarez and Snyder should ring all types of bells. Hell, look at John Majors and Earle Bruce's ISU programs. They were damn good and it's because of guys like Jackie Sherrill, Jimmy Johnson and Pete Carroll to name a few.
Im pretty sure CPR has had this planned out judging by his statements about his next two weeks.
Yes and no. We just got two key JUCO commits and it sounds like two more are on the way. Apparently all we need right now is Paul "the closer" Rhoads.
Meh, Pope is the only one I think that would have been out a bunch and I think we send the closers this week anyway which seems to be the Burnhams, Klenakis, Rhoads and Day. I will be very surprised if Day isn't a full fledged staff member next year. My hope is that Bleil gets another gig leaving room for the new OC to bring one of his own and room to promote Day. IMO, the new OC would be nuts not to look at what Day has done this year and want him at something like RB coach and I think it owuld be nuts to not want Klenakis considering his complete body of work.
