FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

hazzben · May 20, 2025, 02:02:15 PM

Quote from: GoldandBlueBU on May 20, 2025, 10:17:25 AM
Quote from: hazzben on May 19, 2025, 04:46:53 PMBethel named their new HC for men's b-ball. At first glance I like the fit/hire.

Shame on me - I didn't realize that WI had any D2 basketball programs...though it seems that they're the only one.

TBH I didn't either. I've always thought of the GLIAC as a football conference, but they've got their own "St. Mary's" if you will. The Loras stint is nice as well, he's got familiarity recruiting at a high level in multiple small college contexts in the upper midwest.

OldAuggie · May 20, 2025, 10:33:01 PM

Lamker resigned tonight. Hopefully, the new AD can find a coach who will develop a competitive MIAC football program at Augsburg. I will believe it when I see it.

repete · **Yesterday** at 04:48:36 PM

Nice story on the Matterns.

https://www.csbsju.edu/news/commencement-brought-emotional-reunion-for-csb-student-speaker/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKbGglleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgv9ooVox8enrKnP_RVLzVoI0a3uqRpaNV6uSfoozCBRHTzUlXEzx3KCWbA1_aem_ppYqIQq5_ey2Jq8sP_vCSg

Retired Old Rat · **Yesterday** at 09:34:27 PM

Quote from: OldAuggie on May 20, 2025, 10:33:01 PMLamker resigned tonight. Hopefully, the new AD can find a coach who will develop a competitive MIAC football program at Augsburg. I will believe it when I see it.

Lamker's five-year record at Augsburg was 21-20. Has there been an Augsburg coach with a winning record? Not trying to be a troll, genuinely curious.

OldAuggie · **Today** at 08:11:58 AM

Quote from: Retired Old Rat on Yesterday at 09:34:27 PM
Quote from: OldAuggie on May 20, 2025, 10:33:01 PMLamker resigned tonight. Hopefully, the new AD can find a coach who will develop a competitive MIAC football program at Augsburg. I will believe it when I see it.
Lamker's five-year record at Augsburg was 21-20. Has there been an Augsburg coach with a winning record? Not trying to be a troll, genuinely curious.

I did a quick search, and other than Lamker, who is 21-20, there has never been a coach with a winning record at Augsburg. Jack Osberg is considered the best coach in the history of Auggie football, with the most wins at 62-79.

That is a fair question, and it helps manage expectations for any Auggie fans out there.

DuffMan · **Today** at 08:29:13 AM

Quote from: Retired Old Rat on Yesterday at 09:34:27 PMHas there been an Augsburg coach with a winning record?

Yes, their wrestling coaches.

hazzben · **Today** at 08:51:14 AM

It's weird to me that he's resigned but staying on until Aug 1. Outside of him still wanting a paycheck until he starts at Osseo, how do you not make it effective immediately? You could even pay him until then but still have him be gone right away.

GoldandBlueBU · **Today** at 09:43:21 AM

Quote from: hazzben on Today at 08:51:14 AMIt's weird to me that he's resigned but staying on until Aug 1. Outside of him still wanting a paycheck until he starts at Osseo, how do you not make it effective immediately? You could even pay him until then but still have him be gone right away.

That is odd. Maybe they have some summer camps for high schoolers that he's agreed to run?

HansenRatings · **Today** at 09:50:29 AM

Speaking of setting expectations for Augsburg...

Augsburg was at near an all-time low when Lamker was hired, and he did a great job getting them back to respectability, but the >0.500 record was somewhat of a mirage thanks to their strength of schedule during his tenure:

In the 23 seasons preceding Lamker's tenure, there were only two seasons with a weaker SOS than the toughest schedule they faced the last 5 seasons. If I look at my "SOS+" metric, which values higher quality opponents, each of the last 5 seasons have been among the 6 easiest schedules Augsburg has played since 1997. Some of that is thanks to the conference's scheduling and current makeup, but among the schedules he could control, the non-conference schedule, the weakest non-conference slates Augsburg has ever played were in his 3rd & 4th seasons.

DuffMan · **Today** at 11:05:29 AM

@HansenRatings, I thought of you this past weekend as I was driving accross Iowa to a baseball tournament. I gave a single-finger salute as we passed through Waverly.

We wrapped up the weekend with a 7:00 pm game on Sunday and then arrived home at 2:30 am.

HansenRatings · **Today** at 11:30:01 AM

Quote from: DuffMan on Today at 11:05:29 AM@HansenRatings, I thought of you this past weekend as I was driving accross Iowa to a baseball tournament. I gave a single-finger salute as we passed through Waverly. We wrapped up the weekend with a 7:00 pm game on Sunday and then arrived home at 2:30 am.

If you had been driving past on Friday, I would have been there to graciously accept your salute. I was busy golfing (terribly).

DuffMan · **Today** at 11:50:04 AM

We did, in fact, drive down on Friday.