The Sicatoka

Are we sure they knew it was fourth down when they called the run up the middle?

What the ... If you throw deep on 3rd you're saying you're going for the FG on 4th. If you want 1st down you run on 3rd. So you go deep on 3rd, miss, and then run on 4th and come up short? Good grief. Someone have Kalen DeBoer's phone number handy? Or Tom Dosch's?

If it was 3rd and 1 and you're going to go for 1st down, why not do it on 3rd down instead of throwing deep. Sorry, Miller from 51 would've been better option. Fire Muss.

Zeb Miller from 51 for the win ... or not. Hanson hands off and we're short.

UND's defense will miss tackles.

... and no playoffs.

Why do the coaches (cough-Hakstol-cough) seem to think playing aggressive offensively minded hockey for 45 minutes and then trying to play trap for the last 15 minutes is a good plan? It's not, and I can prove it. First 45 minutes: 1 goal allowed, 2 goals scored Last 15 minutes: 3 goals allowed, 0 goals scored BU generated no offense when UND was playing an aggressive style. These guys are race horses that play their best defense when they are on the offensive attack (because they are defensively responsible and they tend to have the puck on their sticks when they're aggressive); let the plow horses play trap because that's all plow horses can do.

The UND secondary finally did something right at the right time: Rather than trying to catch the last ball of the game (and having a bad bounce happen), they knocked the ball to the ground with malace. It's not much, but it's a start.

Yup. Winning solves thousands of ills.

Defensively you have to make a decision: - rush three or four and play tight man coverage with a safety over the top (because you're not going to get pressure) or - rush five or six and play loose zone coverage (hoping to stop the pass before it comes) What I see is UND playing loose zone (can you say "12 yards off the line") and only rushing three. That's not "bend don't break"; that's "give until it hurts".

That statement too is a nasty echo from past seasons. Let's fix it early and have the problem be which of the top four PWR seeds they'll get, not if they'll get in the tournament via PWR.

So by this writer's "logic", what that that make Seattle for letting the Sonics move to OKC?

This.

Your eyes do not deceive you. They were not as crisp and a step slower on Saturday. If they got "fat and lazy", too satisfied with themselves, convinced themselves they could just show up and win, from an easy Friday win, they need to man up and fix that. If it's something else, they need to man up and fix that. This great first night, poor second night habit needs to be stopped now. "Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." -- Vince Lombardi

Two Saturdays in a row, the first two Saturdays of the season, where the team looks far different between Friday and Saturday. And we've seen this in the past. So, what changes, what goes on, between the final horn Friday and the opening puck drop Saturday. (That's a rhetorical question to the lads. I'm pretty sure of the answer and I know they read this forum. Let's see if they're man enough to grow up and fix their behaviours. It pisses me off to not see them consistently perform to their maximum abilities.)

Enough of the history lesson. How about the coaches go out and find some guys who can compete at this level today. (Or we go and find coaches who can.)

If I never see Kristo on the point on the power play again it'll still be too soon. Use the offensive defensemen on the point on the power play.

I'd like a guy who has previous experience as a head coach at some level and with FCS (or higher) coaching experience. My top two names (that UND could get) are Bubba or Kalen DeBoer. Next name on my list? Tom Dosch.

Anyone else wonder why UND's defensemen can't seem to one-time a puck. They all seem to receive, hold, hold, hold, allow the defense to get aligned for a block, hold, hold, and then fire it into a defender.

Dear Mr. Kristo, You have one move, and every defenseman in the league has seen it. It's time for something new.

Mr. Grimaldi needs to learn one thing: How to finish. If he hadn't drawn iron in the third (and instead made it 3-1) the game would've been over.

I agree with "goyotes" and I saw the problem driving away from REA last night: I looked through the wide open front window of a home near REA. In it was at least a 55" television and a half dozen people (looked like students, guessing minors) consuming "beverages" and/or using their phones. I was stopped in traffic for about two minutes and watched them surf at least four sports events. For them I'm guessing the question is why go to a game when you can sit at home in luxury like that?

This one has gone way off topic (and personal).

Last Friday doesn't mean squat this Friday or this Saturday. These are four must points on the way to bigger things.

I see threads in about every forum about "where to watch" UND athletics. Do we need a forum for that? Do we need a Wikipage here for that? I'm tired of stumbling over the same thread and same questions in every forum. Thoughts?