Thursday, 12.4.14 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net sports SPORTS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 7 USD’s Herbster Opens Up About Football Program BY JEREMY HOECK what he’s doing. league with seven ranked teams, five those things to worry about? else, you’re asking younger more ex- [email protected] This hasn’t been who went to the playoffs. The only distraction we had was perienced individuals to do more with also easy on him and Absolutely. Getting the traction, get- losing. When you look at this team at less. You’re asking a 24-year-old to act University of South Dakota athletic ■ certainly hasn’t ting the recruits in here, playing your the end of the year, you didn’t have a like a 34-year-old and make some of director David Herbster made clear Watch video been easy on the system, and being healthy. Let’s be ton of finger pointing. You didn’t have those calls or judgments. And frankly, Wednesday that no, football coach of Herbster talk- staff. He doesn’t honest. You start the season 2-2, go a ton of drama. You almost wish there so does our head coaching salary. It’s Joe Glenn is not going anywhere, and ing about the like to lose, I don’t into a bye week, still fairly healthy, lose was, that you’d have leaders within the lowest in the league. Missouri yes, certain things need to be ad- USD football like to lose; we at Southern Illinois, and that’s when that group that would step up and State and Youngstown State are look- dressed. program at both want to win. guys started getting hurt. Everybody challenge everybody. That’s what we ing for a coach, and I’ve got to believe Herbster was in Yankton on yankton.net If you look at the gets moved around. And we haven’t de- need. That’s got to come from within. Missouri State is going to up the ante. Wednesday to speak at the Yankton squad, we return veloped our depth yet. Our starting The players need to look within them- They were the lowest and then they Quarterback Club luncheon, and starters at every center the last few games had never selves and don’t be afraid to lead. passed us, and we took the badge of spent the first five minutes of his 30- single position. started a game before in his life. It re- honor. That has to change. Those are minute conversation talking about the The player development and the fu- ally kind of pinballed back and forth, Does that come with experience? the things you ask these guys to do, state of the football program. The ture of the program is in the kids. If but you’ve got to be committed to It’s a learned trait, it really is. to be the coaches and mentors for Coyotes went 2-10 this past season, you look at what we’ve got coming what you know is right. And what the Some are just natural at it, and others these players. I love our guys to including 0-8 in the Missouri Valley back, wow, that side is promising. We integrity and character of the coach it has to be learned. You’d like to death. I don’t question their work Football Conference — their second always say, ‘Rome wasn’t built in a you’ve got, and there’s no question of thinks your captains would have that ethic or abilities or knowledge, but winless league season in three years. day.’ You’d have to look back at our that with Joe. There have been a lot of about them, and if not, we need to there’s just less of them. Those are Following his speech, Herbster sat record before Joe got here and where conversations that start, ‘You’re 2-10, teach them. Take it on your shoul- things we will address. The things down with the Press & Dakotan for a the wins and losses came from. And there has to be change.’ If you change ders, that’s what it’s all about. we’re doing isn’t like Indiana trying to candid chat about the football pro- then really take a look at where we’re it right now, you set the program back catch up with Michigan. The gap isn’t gram. winning and losing now. It doesn’t even further. You want to let the matu- Are there plans to address the fi- so daunting that we can’t manage it. help that you’re trying to build a pro- rity and progress continue. nancial support for the football staff, And as soon as you or I win the lot- During your speech, you talked gram in the toughest conference in whether salary or added positions? tery, it gets done a lot quicker. about Joe Glenn’s commitment to the country. You talked about there being It will get addressed, it has to be. staying on to “finish this out.” fewer distractions with the program, It’s two-fold. It’s the number of full- You can follow Jeremy Hoeck on He is committed. Joe’s a national That’s part of the challenge, isn’t fewer off-the-field issues. How im- time assistants we have; when you Twitter at twitter.com/ jhoeck. Discuss championship coach, and he knows it? Having to build a program in a portant was not having some of don’t have as much as everybody this story at www.yankton.net MMC To Start Raider Men Power Past MMC Men’s Tennis BY JEREMY HOECK 11 minutes to build a double- [email protected] digit lead and a total of eight three-pointers keyed the visi- Program When nearly every statis- tors to a 48-35 halftime lead. Four years after adding tical category was about The biggest difference was women’s tennis, Mount Marty even, what was the difference freshman Colton Kooima’s 16 College will add a men’s tennis in another lopsided loss for points — thanks to four 3’s, program to its athletic offer- the Mount Marty College which was as many as the ings. Lancers hit. MMC made the announce- men’s basketball team? ment on Wednesday, with ath- “Effort, probably,” fresh- Kooima hit back-to-back letic director Chuck Iverson man Jake Anderson said after three-pointers early in the first announcing the decision Wednesday night’s 92-71 second half, and from the at the Yankton Quarterback Great Plains Athletic Confer- 16:00 mark on, Northwest- Club. MMC released a state- ence loss to unranked North- ern’s lead was never under 20 ment on the addition later in western at Cimpl Arena. points. the day. “We get in slumps and put Kooima, the former Sioux “Since adding women’s ten- our heads down, and the Falls Roosevelt standout, fin- nis in 2011 we have been ex- other team keeps their head ished with a game-high 22 ploring it as a men’s sport as up,” Anderson added. “We points, while Jordan Baker well,” Iverson said in the state- have to stay positive.” (14), Taylor Francis (11) and ment. “This just seemed to be Still winless in league play, T.J. Buyert (10) also reached the right time to take it to the the Lancers (1-9, 0-5) allowed double figures. Board (of Trustees).” at least 80 points for the sev- “Even when were OK on Iverson said that the addi- enth time this season — in- defense, they made some tion is fit for the school’s direc- cluding in each of the five great shots,” coach Baker tion. GPAC games. said. “And then we miss “The addition of intercolle- Even with mostly fresh- some open shots. That really giate tennis provides opportu- nities for our current and men playing significant min- hurts.” future students to participate utes, Mount Marty wasn’t The Lancers got 14 points in a sport that is known to be a exactly run out of the gym. from Smith, 10 points and five lifelong activity,” he said. “It is Northwestern shot 45 per- rebounds from Irvine, and very strong in this corner of cent (MMC finished at 40), eight points and six rebounds the state, and in this part of made four more three-point- from Jalen Hurley. the Midwest. We feel men’s ten- ers, one more free throw and Mount Marty returns to nis is a natural fit for the col- was plus-3 in rebounding. action Saturday when it hosts lege and will be an exciting And yet, the Red Raiders Doane at 4 p.m. addition.” (6-3, 1-2) controlled most of MMC will begin competition the game. You can follow Jeremy in the fall of 2015, and will “Part of that is our defen- Hoeck on Twitter at begin its search for a head sive ability right now,” MMC twitter.com/ jhoeck. Discuss coach immediately. head coach Andrew Baker this story at www.yankton.net. “We hope the search said. “We’re still learning how process goes quickly, but we to move and close out and NORTHWESTERN (6-3, 1-2) also know it is critical to find guard the post. Riley Francis 4-9 0-0 9; Colton Kooima 6-12 4- that coach who fits perfectly 4 22; Taylor Francis 4-6 1-2 11; Nathan Wedel 2-5 with the philosophy and mis- “Our young guys are still 4-4 8; Jordan Baker 6-12 2-4 14; Colin Henrich 0-0 learning.” 0-0 0; T.J.