Hendo headed to Drake?

[filbert]

Big raise to stay?

Maybe he got to the MSP airport and had a change of heart?

[jbjack]

Bummer. My gut tells me that it won’t be the last head coach we lose this year either.

AD hires great coaches so it’s not a worry.


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Damn your eyes (and your gut).

[da_coach]

I came here to just say congratulations to Hendo, and speculate on a replacement, but maybe premature?

[LetsGoRabbits]

Maybe he got to the MSP airport and had a change of heart?

well if he is smart, perhaps it did dawn on him that, that moment in time worked out kinda nicely for someone

people can say whatever they want. this would be a lateral move. no matter how many teams the MV used to put in the tourney, they are now a one bid league. this is a lateral move.


at the same time, this is at least two years in a row that Hendo is spending the offseason looking for a new place to work. I wish him health, happiness, and success, but if he wants out that bad, then it is probably better that he gets it over with.

it would be nice not to just throw out random speculation about players. pointing out that Hendo was interviewing was a fact. each of us listing our guesses on what will happen with players seems pointless. i have no idea what the players will do, but at least one player speculated to go has wanted to be a Jackrabbit since quite a while before Hendo came to brookings

[SUPERBUNNY]

Elsen is a joke and a Yote lover!

[wcbsas]

Are we sure Petersen would get the nod and not Klink?

It would be a big mistake if the internal hire wasn't Peterson. If there are outside options fine but Petey has much more upside!

[jbjack]

well if he is smart, perhaps it did dawn on him that, that moment in time worked out kinda nicely for someone

people can say whatever they want. this would be a lateral move. no matter how many teams the MV used to put in the tourney, they are now a one bid league. this is a lateral move.


at the same time, this is at least two years in a row that Hendo is spending the offseason looking for a new place to work. I wish him health, happiness, and success, but if he wants out that bad, then it is probably better that he gets it over with.

it would be nice not to just throw out random speculation about players. pointing out that Hendo was interviewing was a fact. each of us listing our guesses on what will happen with players seems pointless. i have no idea what the players will do, but at least one player speculated to go has wanted to be a Jackrabbit since quite a while before Hendo came to brookings

It's easy to say that it's not a lateral move but if it comes with a pay raise (not necessarily but must be assumed), is to a conference: a) that has a history of multiple bids (albeit not that recent), b) to a conference and program with a recent history of winning tournament games, c) has a better media deal and d) has a higher net rating; is to a school that a) has better attendance b)more NIL resources (unknown) and c) has opted into the House settlement (unknown but would allow Drake to pay players with its MVC media money), and who has a recent history of sending coaches to P4 programs, then I think by objective measures, its a step at least up the ladder. I think the counter to that is that in such uncertain times, if you are not a blue blood, you're always going to be coaching in a state of rapid, convulsive change. If you aren't going to be at a blue blood, where will your job provide the most stability.

I also don't fault Hendo for looking for other work. While I'd like a good, lifetime coach, I'd be concerned for a young guy that isn't ambitious. At the very least, Hendo hasn't acted like SDSU is the final stop (like our late head FB coach).

If you are referring to SalemJack's suggestion about players that he expects to go with Hendo, I think its safe to say that SalemJack has a pretty good track record and that if he's putting it out there, it isn't random or speculation.

[sbruce65]

Screenshot 2025-03-27 113403.png Maybe just follow this guy for the best information and ignore the rest. Screenshot 2025-03-27 113403.png

[GoJacks2011]

Elsen is a joke and a Yote lover!

He’s been balanced between the two schools but his recent one sided reporting on a bball women’s alum of ours was very poor form. Today also isn’t a good look for him.

[da_coach]

Elsen was better this year, than I thought he could be, but... he's a horrendous USD homer. Like really bad.

[peavy]

He’s been balanced between the two schools but his recent one sided reporting on a bball women’s alum of ours was very poor form. Today also isn’t a good look for him.

is this regarding myah selland? I must have missed that. Elsen went on Gaskins' podcast a while back and asked SDSU fans to give him a chance noting that he's got no ties to USD and it was just his assignment.

Let's be honest for a second. You guys saw that Zimmer stayed out of the football transfer portal stuff. It was McFeely who basically did all of the reporting on it, so I assume Zimmer is probably staying out of this one, too.

Who would have fed this information to Elsen? (as noted by others, this info presumably came from SDSU side & not Drake side)

I think this is a blessing in disguise in the sense that it's now mobilizing donors if it didn't before. Burner community says he's the leading candidate but it wasn't publicly posted on twitter (or if it was, it was done by fresh accounts just copying info from the burner discord). Someone had to put it out there.

[GoJacks2011]

is this regarding myah selland? I must have missed that. Elsen went on Gaskins' podcast a while back and asked SDSU fans to give him a chance noting that he's got no ties to USD and it was just his assignment.

Let's be honest for a second. You guys saw that Zimmer stayed out of the football transfer portal stuff. It was McFeely who basically did all of the reporting on it, so I assume Zimmer is probably staying out of this one, too.

Who would have fed this information to Elsen?

I think this is a blessing in disguise in the sense that it's now mobilizing donors if it didn't before. Burner community says he's the leading candidate but it wasn't on twitter. Someone had to put it out there.

No this was regarding Rotert. Don't even get me started on McFeely.

[jakejc795]

is this regarding myah selland? I must have missed that. Elsen went on Gaskins' podcast a while back and asked SDSU fans to give him a chance noting that he's got no ties to USD and it was just his assignment.

Let's be honest for a second. You guys saw that Zimmer stayed out of the football transfer portal stuff. It was McFeely who basically did all of the reporting on it, so I assume Zimmer is probably staying out of this one, too.

Who would have fed this information to Elsen? (as noted by others, this info presumably came from SDSU side & not Drake side)

I think this is a blessing in disguise in the sense that it's now mobilizing donors if it didn't before. Burner community says he's the leading candidate but it wasn't publicly posted on twitter (or if it was, it was done by fresh accounts just copying info from the burner discord). Someone had to put it out there.

Zimmer's mentioned his policy that he'll report when there's "news" (e g., new conference home/realignment, new coach, etc)

[peavy]

No this was regarding Rotert. Don't even get me started on McFeely.

I interpreted those Rotert tweets a little differently. I thought he was defending her given his post about the winning record, how she was scrubbed from site, etc. tweets(P1) (part2) and part3
"She compiled a record of 80-44 (57-31 GPAC) and qualified for the NAIA National Tournament in each of her four seasons. (2/2)"
"My sources have indicated that this is not an accurate portrayal of the way things went down, but it’s the term they’re using."

[jbjack]

is this regarding myah selland? I must have missed that. Elsen went on Gaskins' podcast a while back and asked SDSU fans to give him a chance noting that he's got no ties to USD and it was just his assignment.

Let's be honest for a second. You guys saw that Zimmer stayed out of the football transfer portal stuff. It was McFeely who basically did all of the reporting on it, so I assume Zimmer is probably staying out of this one, too.

Who would have fed this information to Elsen? (as noted by others, this info presumably came from SDSU side & not Drake side)

I think this is a blessing in disguise in the sense that it's now mobilizing donors if it didn't before. Burner community says he's the leading candidate but it wasn't publicly posted on twitter (or if it was, it was done by fresh accounts just copying info from the burner discord). Someone had to put it out there.

On the transfer portal stuff - Zimmer didn't report because Zimmer didn't have a source in the Bison FB office feeding it to him at a time when those players portal info was not yet public. It was total Bison fanboy stuff.