Coach Richman will not be fired and he should not be at this time. One down year is not cause to lose your job. Yes, the Bison coaching staff and players underachieved this year and had a sub .500 record. There are starting to be questions about the caliber of recruits, but there's another class coming in and it's too early to evaluate. If this continues for another year then the talk is justified. NDSU has been and still has one of the top programs in the Summit, one that has had success and one with great students and people. It is ridiculous to try and justify the firing of the coach at this time. Every other team in the Summit, other than SDSU, has not approached the level of success that the Bison have had over the past four years. Quit the whining, it isn't going to happen and nor should it.
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Missouri State was playing on Thursday at the MVC tournament and they just fired their coach, yeah lets not call that signature win. The fact we are even talking about that echos how low things have sunk with the program, scratching at the bottom of the MVC dumpster to find a signature win.
NDSU to the FBS always. In all ways.
Good programs have consistency. The Bison football team exemplifies the attributes required to build a team that can win from one year to the next. Players want to come hear because there is hope for them to grow, develop and contribute. Basketball at NDSU is not presenting the same vision to all parties concerned. Leadership needs to understand what is missing and take appropriate action, or everyone is stuck with the consequences.
I think we all agree there are some major changes that need to happen. Sure DR isn't dealing with a full deck but part of that is on him for recruiting. Next guy need to be more of a recruiter or more of an X's and O's guy? Still waiting to hear some names as possible replacement for DR thrown out.