Coaching is “too intense.”
Even if everyone returned, the team was still light years behind the South Dakota schools. Would anyone have started for USD or SDSU? Doubtful.
He needs to get new players in that can give them a remote chance of coming within 10 points of the SD schools. Lost last years games by an average of 19 points.
Find some P5 transfers that want to play and maybe hit on a couple freshmen and being #3 in the Summit is possible.
From Dom in his MVFC/Summit notebook article:
EDIT: Since this is out there I will share something I wasn't going to share because it's gossipy. A few days ago I happened to be walking behind a current NDSU Women's BBall player and she was on the phone openly complaining about other players and their attitudes and "fit" on the team. It didn't sound good.Sources tell me that the situation with the women's basketball team is not great right now, with some players complaining of head coach Jory Collins coaching "style and intensity." There could be a couple of more players leave the team via the transfer portal in the coming days.
I've been told "I don't think I could play for him." Potential recruits talk to players when they come for a visit, text afterwards, etc. When players leave during the season, and more leave afterwards, it gets around in social media.
Here's a question for all the readers of this post: Would you want to play for a hothead?
I don't think this team needs to be coached by a sissy. These players don't need coddling. If they don;t want to work, and put in the time, then that's a problem. This isn't church league basketball
I am sure the staffs at USD & SDSU are intense in their coaching. Both teams are fun to watch when they aren't playing the Bison.
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If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"
When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."