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Commitments in March and early April. Maybe someone can tell us who was the earliest commitment prior to this in years past. They're identifying who they like early and offering before camp season. And actually getting them to commit. We'll see how it works out. All I know is that Polasek is losing his mind and berating recruits for committing to us so early and before camp evaluations. A certain parent of a certain recruit was not impressed with Polasek's response and lack of professionalism. So I'd say what we're doing is paying dividends in the short term. As I said, we'll have to wait and see about the long term. But I'm f**king here for all of it.

REMINDER: He wasn't the boss during those 9 years. He took direction from Berry. So we cannot automatically assume it will be business as usual going forward. I wasn't a fan of promoting within, but I am more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt to start with.

Do you even watch pro hockey? The same coaches just keep getting recycled. How many has Montgomery been through already?

Can't wait for Bison Dunce or Simple Dan or whatever his name is to respond. It's like chumming for sharks.

There’s quite a few that have, the 3 that come to mind always seem to always replace each other (Tortorella, Vigneault, and Laviolette).

Berry screwed up on the whole NODAK logo issue. Nobody knows for sure exactly what his involvement was but admittedly the optics are not great. He needed to be better handling this. As far as the Mitch Miller thing, UND knew his past and I think Berry thought he could bring him in and make him a part of the Sioux family and mature the kid. Again, optics not great but UND ultimately cut Miller loose. Berry is no longer head coach due to issues on and off the ice; we should be willing to leave it at that.

Herald reported that Pemberton just committed to Baylor in the Big 12 I would like to congraduale her on her new team I guess I under estimated the level of play she was at this validates we had talent on this team be more successful than we were. Mallory just couldn’t coach the players and develop them is any wonder we lost players to the portal. Chaves was on top of things we would have had new coach or at minimum replaced through the season when you already hired associate head coach. The expectations need to be lifted in athletic department and now needs to be some follow through from President on performance of the AD and people under him.

I'm not sure I agree. Hunter Johannes was at UND only 1 year and appears to bleed green. I suspect that there are others.

I feel Croal will be right in his element with this head coach.

Good thing you weren’t around when they hired Gino, those teams were awful and he didn’t take much time to turn it around.

I thought it was time to start new topic we’re in beginning of new season. We have new coach definitely looks like we will be putting new roster together with number of transfers. I think it’s time to start looking to next season help this new staff be able recruit players to come here become successful to become winning program. The things that have happened in last few months we need to move on figure out plan to have competitive team for next year and something we can build on for the future.

Thank you. That’s what I thought. Brianna Berry acknowledged UND owned the trademark before she did, transferred it to UND free of charge, and UND never paid anything to the Berrys. Outside of poor optics, the NODAK controversy was really a nothing burger. Berry was simply fired for his teams’ on ice performance (or lack thereof).

His timeline is incorrect. Miller was drafted, then the victim's mom reached out to a Coyotes journalist to bring the story to light. Then UND booted him. The league didn't say he wasn't welcome until a few years later when the Bruins signed him to a free agent contract.

My dream scenario for next season, we beat the gophers in the regional final, then Michigan and BU in the Frozen Four in Vegas.

I think that right away, with the portal or commits via the CHL/USHL, we might get some head scratchers. I really hope Jax does have a master plan for the guys they bring in. I think getting on GM working right away will be key to identify players that fit the new style of play. Idc how many points a dude has in his respective junior league, as long as he can come in and make an impact. That being said, it’s key that our returning players make a jump. James 30 to 40 + points — Strinden needs to go crazy. I think Mac will be elite next year. Things can go very well for our forward group assuming they just get better. Our D should be rock solid, would love to see Emery take a step offensively. Strathman was a hard physical defenseman in the USHL, he took a few penalties because of that, but if he rounds out his D game, he can be a game changer on offense.

I’m on this also , give him a chance to put his team together and play his style before we condem him.

"We all said North Dakota is not going to be a team you want to play against when they're coached by Dane Jackson," said Knight, a 2013 Hobey Baker Award finalist. "The intensity, passion and grit that will be demanded of them, it will be what people think of when they think North Dakota hockey. "That was always the Sioux mentality. Teams will have a little fear of playing against those guys, because they know they're not going to give an inch." Former UND players — some of whom urged athletic director Bill Chaves to hire Jackson — discussed his coaching style with the Herald this week. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/what-will-dane-jacksons-teams-be-like-former-und-players-discuss-his-style

Must have been bad as she is leaving the 3rd place team for the 5th place team.

Guess it probably won’t happen at this point, but if they can get Ibrahim - the second best player on last year’s team behind Pemberton - back, that’d be huge. She was pretty efficient on the offensive side and obviously a beast defensively. Mathern showed flashes defensively and has good size at G. Hope she can continue to get comfortable and add some offense. Aumer and Demers definitely seem to have the leadership qualities needed to get this team through this. Both need to limit their turnovers and I hope Demers can stay on the floor more next season. IMO when you’re going through something like this, becoming the best defensive team you can possibly be can turn things around very quickly. The scoring is obviously going to be a major concern. Excited to see who Hutter brings in and for the new era!

Should tell you how stubborn Berry must be. He couldn't adapt in the meeting all while Rome was burning

True, but in the same way, I don't feel sorry for any of them when they aren't able to find a new place to play out of the portal, or if their current coaches tell them they are no longer needed because they have found a better player. This kind of free agency cuts both ways.

I like Dane and hope he succeeds. It wouldn't have been my first choice to take over the program, but I think he aligns with Hak heavily and not so much Brad...which is a good thing and why he subtly back-handed Brad throughout the presser. That doesn't mean he will accomplish what either have, so he has his work cut out for him. The thing I don't like is, I'm struggling to find a fitting meme to post after his first loss in the Fire Dane thread.

The Miller fiasco was in 2020 and the jersey fiasco was 2022. I don't think either had a lot to do in Berry's firing. IMO, the major factors were winning one tournament game in nine years and some really poor roster management this past season, as well as not making the tournament.

I don't agree. Leaving to go pro means you are ready to move on to the next chapter in life, and lots of players aren't expected to stay more than two years anyway. Leaving via the portal means the grass is greener (and NIL $ probably) at a different school. UND has done well with portal players but I still hate free agency in college sports!

She's a 5'2" PG with 37/32/79 shooting splits and more turnovers than assists

Interesting to think that the last 2 years 1 man came between a couple loaded BC teams & back-to-back titles. In these times of high prices, Matt Davis must like living rent-free in Greg Brown's head.

Admission is free.

Does anyone know if they charge for tickets for softball? Looking on the website they dont have a tickets option for home games, but away games there is a ticket option. Thought about maybe taking a game in this weekend. Never thought about softball before, but with this new stadium I have some interest.

They all could be playing with chips on their shoulder too. We stayed. We have something to prove and show out for the new HC. Hopefully they all do progress and can gel even better.

In terms of Dub guys, here are the high end draft eligibles who should be serious UND targets: Jackson Smith (LHD) Roger McQueen (C) Carter Bear (C/LW, likely out 1st half of 2025-26 season due to injury) Ben Kindel (RW) Cole Reschny (LW) Cameron Schmidt (RW) Lynden Lakovic (LW) Blake Fiddler (RHD) Josh Ravensbergen (G) Braeden Cootes (C) Nathan Behm (C/W) Everyone else in terms of the WHL draft eligibles are tiers below those I mentioned IMHO. Of course, you'd love to get high end guys from the O and the Q, but UND just doesn't get Ontario or Quebec/Maritimes kids very often and doesn't recruit those provinces/areas as much.

CHL players would all be FR. @nascar99 I don't disagree. When I talked optics, I think it's incredibly important right now. IMO, you cannot recruit a CHL player when you have an equivalent in O'Neill / Schultz. Both were mid-term in the 50s / 60s for upcoming draft (North American). I would agree, the CHL recruit needs to be very high-end. You need to try to balance your classes. That's why you need a handful of Portal guys.

What I'd like to see. Forwards (15): SR - Strinden, James, PORTAL, PORTAL JR - PORTAL SO - Swanson, Littler, Croal, Andrew FR - Zellers, Klee, Zakreski, O'Neill, Schultz, CHL

IMHO they should bring Schultz and Oneil in and let them grow with the team , we may take some lumps at first but we are growing our guys. We will still need some portal guys also.

Yes; 93 was North, and 95 was South.

I used to be the same way, but I accept it now without begrudging these kids anything. I realized it was just the fan in me that was angry. I went to school, once. If I had wanted to, I could have switched colleges or universities every year, and so long as they were willing to let me in, I was free to make the move. Why should college athletes be any different? The other thing we have to remember is college is likely the only time in their hockey playing career that they get a true choice as to where to go, whether to switch teams, and how long they want to stay with one team. Hard to be critical of them for taking advantage of it.

More going on amongst players I would think , most minds to transfer were made up and weren’t going to be changed. Not Hutters fault, Mal should look in the mirror

There is much more to being "the best player" than points on a scoreboard. Addition by subtraction it appears.

Why would teammates congratulate arguably their best player when she abandons them when things are tough? She has to do what she thinks is best for her future, but those left behind are likely to feel betrayed.

Although I certainly don't approve in what Miller did, that boy got karened....

Any player that is committing this soon after the portal opens already knew their destination prior to entering the portal. And if the rumors are true that Berry wasn’t doing much recruiting prior to his departure, then it makes sense that we don’t have any portal commits yet.

Per Schloss’ article today, “He (Jax) will hire a general manager as one of his assistant coaches. That person will be dedicated to roster management.” It sounds like this is the role that is currently open and is expected to be filled next week The other assistant position will be opened at a later time.

He must not care about Men's sports either cause they suck too

Chaves doesn't care about womens sports that has been obvious for years.

Chaves can't even do that right. It's almost as if he doesn't care about basketball.

Hopefully UND gets some decent portal crumbs after every other team that has their **** together calls dibs.

So much for all those UMN fans calling us Portal U the last couple years. They’re gonna need quite a few portals…I’m not sure their coaching staff can snag CHL commits as well as others.

If anyone is planning on making the trip to AZ for next years ASU/UND series, you can start looking at travel arrangements for the weekend of Jan 23/24.

I’m really liking these updates AMF. I’ll try to tune in on victory+.

Whatever way you look at it, moving to a local rival is pretty low. I’m sure she is a nice person, most people are, but when making a move like this you are going to have to live with being a villain to people who care.