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I hear there are a lot of openings for coaches with Northern Iowa, Drake, North Dakota, Idaho, Fresno and Sac State so there a lot of coaching shuffles as schools have coaches moving for better opportunities. I believe this all slows down process of getting coaches signed or committed to coming here. We may also be finding are pay levels might be problem getting people to come here. Plus there are openings for coaches at FBS is at much higher pay scales than at FCS level. We experienced this last year with offensive coordinators before you have someone signed other schools are coming in making better offer to where they are looking at those offers as well natur. Society.

I don't know what the committee was supposed to do. Alabama is the reason two teams are bowling, one of the losses was in humiliating fashion during "win or go home" time. Also lost pretty bad to Ole Miss. Ole Miss was Kentucky's only SEC win I think. Enough said. South Carolina got stomped by Ole Miss, lost to Alabama, and lost to LSU. That said, they were playing well at the end of the year. Miami was the alternative maybe? They were gonna get stomped tonight too. Indiana's stars aligned. They beat the piss out of most teams, and lost pretty bad to OSU in the second half. Hard to hold that over their head. I think this game maybe demonstrated they aren't great. But they had a nice season. If you don't make the tourney as a P4 team, the problem is you and no one else.

NDSU would not have ever existed in that hypo. It would just be University of North Dakota and we'd all be together.

Gino did more for UND with less than Berry has. The end of Gino's tenure was not good, but with a new coach, things quickly turned around again. What I want is to get rid of Berry before it starts looking like how it ended for Gino. He's had plenty of time to improve things, but it's more of the same. NCHC regular season titles are weak sauce and drastically overstated. There's a reason only three different teams have won a regular season NCHC title in 11 seasons. This program is predicated on post-season success, not regular season.

Fox Minneapolis interview with Treyson https://share.newsbreak.com/ahidg035?s=i16

Jonathan Fauchon top scorer in the QMJHL to Providence

Seems like folks have high respect for how Goon feels about UND hockey.

Just wondering when you would consider it a rut for hockey like it was for football. Both seem to get to the playoffs but just can’t make the next level.

John Cooper got canned for not beating Michigan. Postseason success might be Day's salvation.

I’d agree with you that the AD needs to be gone and I’d also agree with you that Berry is not a bad coach.

Who knows what would happen to Ryan Day but the fans have every right to be upset with the way the program is.

I'd rather see a change at AD than the head hockey coach. Honestly, I don't care; the program is better off than when I arrived on campus in 1993. That was a dumpster fire. At the beginning of the season, I predicted this team would be in the Frozen Four when the season ends. If not I will owe @MafiaMan and @Godsmack a dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. I am glad it's not my decision. Berry's Record is 217-111-34, and his teams have won four of the last five NCHC regular season titles. He's not a bad coach. Are we expecting too much? Are we being unreasonable? I don't know. I am not there yet.

I agree, how cheap would that make us seem if we had the head coach be the DC. Didn't we have to wait 30 days for the announcement for Bubba to be hired. Schmidt was hired in what 10 days, many assistants are in place. Would rather Schmidt get the right guys than worry about how quickly they are hired. I'm confident it will all come together.

I think Ryan Day needs to at least make the semifinals to cool his coaching seat off. That program has not been quite the same since Urban Meyer stepped down.

Exactly. You think any school that has had major success at their premier sport is going to sit back and allow them to underachieve? Look at Ohio State football. They can’t beat Michigan in and their fans are calling for their HC and they are in the CFP.

I imagine a similar discussion is happening amongst the Alabama FB fanbase right now. Generally speaking, I would rather have conversations like this vs. hoping we have a winning season or can earn home ice for the NCHC first round.

Of all the resources UND can control, UND has the best of everything. UND can't control if they have mountains to look at out the window. They can't control having 70 degree weather in January. They can't control if the USNTDP is in their backyard. But, every last dollar has gone to giving Brad everything he could possibly want to improve the program. REA and UND have spared virtually no expense. He has the rich tradition and HAD recent success to piggyback off of. He has a great fanbase and UND was known as NHL U...a program that was run like an NHL team and developed kids to be pro hockey ready. No one talks about us in that regard anymore. Also, your own "reading comprehension is hard" quote is quite the bit of irony with your post. For me, national titles aren't an expectation. It should always be the target at a place like UND, though. What I want is to be in the conversation on a reasonably regular basis for one though. I don't think it's wrong to think we should make a Frozen Four on a somewhat regular basis, but we can't even get out of the first round unless we play AIC...if we even make the tournament at all. The title was 9 years ago and it's been pretty rough sailing ever since. Again, in a one-and-done format, you can't ever expect national championships. But, I think you can expect to win regional games more than we have. Honest question @Goon ...What would it take for you to think Berry is no longer the right coach?

Again, I think you’re missing the point. It sucks that those schools have won a national title but we want a seat at the table.

Yea, I’ve read some of your blogposts and they are filled with a whole lot of nothing. You are no more of an expert than anyone else here. They are basically your observations, which are basically moot because you don’t want to upset the apple cart. Why aren’t you diving into why they have lost or barely beaten lower tier teams? Why they can’t win the NCHC tournament? Why they haven’t had success in the NCAA tournament? Or why can’t the make the NCAA tournament? That’s not being negative, that’s what a good reporter does. in case you haven’t noticed I haven’t exactly called for Berry’s head. I ask the questions because I have a hard time understanding why Berry can put up a decent regular season but can’t figure it out in the postseason. A lot of us will never agree with one another but for anyone to say that us UND fans are entitled, is unacceptable.

Since 2016, only five teams have won an NCAA title. UND, UMD 2, DU 3, UMass, QU. So, I guess we can argue that it's unacceptable that the following teams haven't won an NCAA title in X number of years. You "could" argue that any of the teams on this list have more resources than UND. Think about it. Michigan in the USDT's backyard. BU loaded up on first-round draft choices and still lost to Duluth in the Fargo Regional. I am not sure what the magic formula is. I am wondering if our expectations are too high. The college game isn't the same as in 1997 or even 2000. I am not sure it's the same as it was in 2016. There's the NIL and big-money schools. We were told that they were supposed to dominate. Yet, DU has been on an incredible run. Who knows how opening up the CHL to the NCAA will affect things? If you can predict that, I'd want to pick my lottery numbers for me. BC 2012 BU 2009 MSU 2007 Wisconsin 2006 Minnesota 2003 Maine 1999 Michigan 1998

“Laughing out loud, although pointed a pointed question I think Dubay is right, the effort of the Sioux sucked in the first half. Goaltending D- Defense D Forwards C- PK D PP B Coaching D Intangables F The team hovered around 50+ on the PK nationally Not good, the Power Play was as high as 7th nationally but has sunk to about 17th nationally. That D is pretty accurate. “ I seem to recall more negative posts like this back when there wasn’t a presence in the press box. Guess who posted this? I get it, it is human nature to not be negative with people you know and might have relationships with, but realize that the objectivity can also take a bit of a hit.

No, and I didn’t type that. I’ll let you break all the news, don’t worry, but the HC is not going to be the titled DC, so that stands.

Berry's been saying the same sh*t for years because it's been years since his team has done anything in the post-season. We aren't jumping ship because this is the first bad Brad Berry year. This is one of many and he's had plenty of chances to correct course and it's just more of the same. I don't think NCHC titles are all they're cracked up to be and don't do much to excite a fan base. All it means is you outperformed 3-4 other teams over the course of a 24 game conference schedule (bad teams omitted from conversation). Nobody is saying we should win a national championship every year, that's silly, but we haven't had our name in the conversation of one going on almost a decade. Again, this isn't the first sign of weakness from UND. The team has every resource under the sun and it makes no difference.

I never said that I think the fanbase is entitled. People are entitled to their opinions; I do not tell someone what to think. Does it matter to you? People from other fanbases read this messageboard. I also had people ask; do you still read that messageboard? Why? There are some interesting conversations on this page. Really, you have no idea what you're talking about. Recently, I wrote this. This is my end-of-the-year post. What do you mean by calling a spade a spade? Do people still talk like that? I don't think anyone is throwing softballs at post-game press conferences. I am not a negative person by nature. Life is too short to continuously grind on how many NCAA games UND has won in the last nine years. Before long, there will be another banner-hanging ceremony, and I will have a shot of whiskey or two in celebration. Yes, I once told a buddy of mine that it's easier to cover a winning team than a losing team. To say no one in the media doesn't ask difficult questions isn't true. We had the same argument in 2015, and people were ready to burn it all to the ground. After I had written this, I went to JD's radio show to talk about it. This was after Hak had taken the team to the Frozen Four and won a conference championship. I sat down with Brad Berry on Hockey Media Day, and he was very aware of what the fans were saying. There’s a focus in the locker room on hanging a ninth green banner. “North Dakota is not for everybody, head coach Brad Berry said. “There’s a lot of pressure here, and within that, you have to make sure that you invest in yourself every day and earn the opportunity to bring it. That’s what I like about our group; they’re buying into how we do things here and are humble, respectful, and hardworking.” On getting that green banner: “We’ve done a good job getting to a certain point,” Berry said. “We got to get past that point. That’s on us as coaches and players, working together and building the physical and mental side that can take you to that level. We’ve done a few things to talk about, discuss, and work on, and we’re going to continue to do that.”