Nate Z = SMOOOOOOOOCH
NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?
Congrats to DR and his staff, in my opinion a deserving extension. Excited to see how well the team can perform next season.
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Agreed. I just find it ironic that there are people who think the extension shouldn't have occurred at all and people who think it was too short. I think it was a good move from NDSU's perspective since it makes it clear that they're not "all in" on him by any means. From Richman's perspective he should know that this year will be his honey pot if they continue their upward trajectory from the last half of this past year. I don't think it was a bad move from either side.
Because he took a senior-less team with numerous new contributors to the NCAA tournament.
I think Richman and his staff did a great job retooling a roster that had some pretty big concerns following the senior seasons of Paul and AJ. I think most would agree they hit on a number of kids. They focused heavily on hitting the twin cities and the state of Minnesota and won all the local recruiting battles around the area.
While it did take sometime for the team to completely gel last season they did come together and played their best basketball at the right time to punch their ticket to the NCAA tournament. With whats returning/adding and the momentum that was built last season I feel it was a deserving extension.
The extension was needed if he wasn't going to be fired, there's no way we were going to be able to fill 4 scholarships next season with quality players when they had no clue if the coach recruiting them would even be on campus by time they'd get there. I think he earned this chance the way he finished the season and the fact that it's only 2 years means he knows he's still on a short leash. I've been very critical of Dave the last two years but the last 2 months of the season or so things seemed to be improving and it ended with us in the Big Dance, I'm willing to give him another shot with the loaded roster he's brought in that we have coming back.