Roger Kish had just finished addressing the media late Thursday afternoon and the team room at the Fargodome was virtually empty. He sat down on a chair and let out a large sigh of relief, the look of a man who just went through a week-long pressure cooker. If the job of head wrestling coach was handed to him like it was suggested in a letter to the editor in today’s Forum, he was faking it pretty well.
I heard all types of stories and drama in the last couple of weeks concerning this job. I’m not going to get into details because that’s not the point. The point is there is a process that NDSU follows to hire a coach and in my many years of covering this program, I have yet to see or hear of somebody being handed a position. They’ve either earned it through experience with the program, the interview or both.
In Kish’s case, it appears both applies. Every step from the phone interview to the face-to-face meetings with the committee or the appointed people on campus are taken into account. I heard from committee members, not the athletic director, that Kish was impressive and prepared. Is he the best coach out there? Maybe, maybe not, but he did emerge from this week as the best candidate according to the committee, the athletic director and ultimately the president, who doesn’t take athletics lightly. Reputation, connections and resume do not necessarily get you a job at NDSU.
You need to be at the top of your game with every step.
I’m with you on this one Jeff. Gene Taylor has proven he knows what he is doing in picking the finalist for a job and then getting the tight person for that job. Just look at the success NDSU has had since Taylor has been running the show. Good Luck Coach Kish and Go Bison!
I have to agree with the letter to the editor. Just to be fair I am and always was a huge Roger Kish fan. But his credentials are no where near that of Troy Stiener.
Sweet to see all the NDSU swag in DL on 4th way to rep ndsu people!!
Sounds like a biased letter to the editor by a personal friend of Troy Steiner’s.
Plankers the kindred kid, big body, jury stilll out on his feet for D1. Good for him, kid WANTS to be a bison!!
NDSU continues to grab any nodak kid they want mollberg from DL is next, then possibly andrew larson of eden prairie.
While taking in to consideration the dollars & cents that sports like football bring in , I think that NDSU should have put up some money for a higher profile coach! Certainly no disrespect to Roger as he is definitely achieved success. In reality though, the wrestling program is 100 % D-1. Correct me if I’m wrong, but football is like a junior varsity program to the BCS system! If the president and athletic director are so driven to success, than pay some money to get a Marty Morgan or Troy Steiner to Fargo!
FBS. not BCS. I wouldnt say JV either, but NDSU has beat 2 BCS teams lately though.
in regards to wrestling coach, and other recent moves, hoping they remember we arent D2…..feels kinda stagnant lately.,,,
NDSU needs to beat minnesota and run this schedule this year, 16-0 and National Champs is the goal! whats the goal of the rest of the athletic dept?
on Iowa radio today. UNI coach Farley mentioned possibly moving up to the FBS sometime in the future. He mostly said that people need to be forward-looking, realize that things are changing. They seemed to target the MAC as a likely destination with teams such as Toledo, Ball State, Northern Illinois, and the directional Michigans for example.
NDSU & UNI to the MAC, sounds good!
So you know how to copy and paste. Have you ever had an original thought?
If you are going to copy word for word might want to at least link it. http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=40611
UNI has big time money problems. They will not go to FBS. They have been talking of reductions not additions.
So what haters, uni sucks. point is, NDSU already beat central mich and ball state. Instant contender baby!! Enough of this fcs.
Just a bit of blog hijack here. Back to wrestling. Great choice and best of luck to our new coach.
NDSU AMY ANDERSON 1st PLACE!!! after 12!
http://www.uswomensopen.com/scoring2011/dyn/alllb.html
msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/Amateur-Amy-Anderson-shares-US-Womens-Open-first-round-lead-070711?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxsports%2Frss%2Fgolf+%28FOXSports.com+News+for+Golf%29
NDSU/AMY on front of foxsports great story!
Amy all alone in first still at -2 done with her 18 starts 2nd round at 3pm
Golf.channel 10 minutes at start about amy and NDSU. just awesome.
Amy just lead ESPN 2 coverage, golf channel spent 5 min on her and NDSU. Interviewed her and she said “I didnt goto a big school, because I always wanted to be a Bison!”
Wow, just wow.
Amy just started her 2nd round, par 1st hole. Youd think this would be a bigger deal around fargo, seems like national media is giving amy/ndsu more attention
Nursing grants to ND hidden in page 4 of paper.
NDSU $311,000
und $500,000
Really? NDSU nursing program gets grant shafted , itll never end.
Nickname trip is $6k, but what about all the TIME? The lost man hours MINOT would love to have $6k donated to them instead
How much money did it cost the taxpayers of North Dakota to track down an idiot using a false name and false address to send a threating email to a state representative?
Probably 50 cents.
Mike, what ? You are confused, go home
—–Nickname trip is $6k, but what about all the TIME? The lost man hours MINOT would love to have $6k donated to them instead—- Same argument for use of state troopers, tax dollars, time spent, etc. etc. etc. to locate a known liar.
Mike, your a dick, it took 1 phone.call, 3 minutes nothing to it cuz nothing illegal happened….about same time it took to.kick your fat ass sister out of our pontoon in DL friday.
Heres a cool note about NDSU FBALL CAMP…from crookston coach.
The Bison staff treated us like family and gave the kids a tour of the front offices, locker rooms and equipment area. they fed us like kings and in the twenty plus years I have been coaching, I have not attended a quality camp like this. We had practice time as a team as well and then, scheduled time with the NDSU coaching staff and thats where the family type of atmosphere came from. We were able to use their film rooms so the kids could see what we did right and wrong. Needless to say, we made sure to reserve a spot for us next year.
Hey mike, ya DICK. it took 1 phone call and 3 minute talk cuz it was NOTHING ILLEGAL. About the same 3 minutes it took your FAT ass sister on our pontoon Friday
A cool note from crookston coach….
The Bison staff treated us like family and gave the kids a tour of the front offices, locker rooms and equipment area. they fed us like kings and in the twenty plus years I have been coaching, I have not attended a quality camp like this. We had practice time as a team as well and then, scheduled time with the NDSU coaching staff. that was where the family type of atmosphere came from.We were able to use their film rooms so the kids could see what we did right and wrong. Needless to say, we made sure to reserve a spot for us next year.
My, my, my, you really are one nasty, insecure little man.
Mike, get a life I mean it. your insecure with your teams naia fb schedule
I rest my case.
DJ mcnorton, on Walter Payton Watch list, (player of the year)
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/haley/index.htm
Walter Payton Award (player of the year in the FCS)
There ya go…
The race for the 2011 Walter Payton Award, sponsored by Fathead.com, kicked off Monday with The Sports Network’s announcement that six returning finalists from last season headline a stellar 20-player Watch List for the Football Championship Subdivision’s top individual honor.
The Payton Award will celebrate its 25th anniversary this season and be presented to the FCS’ outstanding player at the national awards banquet Thursday night, Jan. 5 in Frisco, Texas.
Hey mikey, lakes aint the only 1 on here run along lil suzie
Are you trying to tell me all of you have that same poor grammar, lack of sentence structure, despicable spelling and caustic personality? Hmmmm, ndsu must be proud of their alum.
Especially Amy Anderson, even though it’ll be two more years before she is an NDSU alum. From a little town in ND. She put ND on the national map this weekend.
Thats right D1Bison Im another bad typer apparently, gee golly dont know what id do with my ndsu degree at microsoft, hope I can get to keep my $100k job once mike there tries police all us and tell us who we all are (like the indians)
Amy was great, but woodside got NDSU on the natl sports scene along with ESPN showing gopher win and kansas win on sportscenter in football.
im sure someday mike’s school might garner a natl presence but alas, hasnt happened yet!
that was great for Amy, and NDSU!! kinda reminds me of all the athletes from UND in the Olympics, and especially the Olympic TV covereage story about the Lamoureux’s. oh wait a minute, that was a worldwide event, not nationwide …nevermind….
Only a liar or a fool makes a salary public. And, yes, I would like fries to go with that.
“like the Indians†Huh? Have you ever heard of the terms “Indigenous peoples, or Natives?†Oh wait —– never mind.
What’s with the lack of updates? Must be on vacation. We have Amy Anderson on ESPN2. We have ESPN bracket busters. We have another NDSU football recruit. We have a record number of season tickets. We have Bison Day set at the Fargodome. Bison Gopher tickets go on sale in 10 days.
and with more updates, we’d get less trolls on these pages please more, thank you.