The Sicatoka

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?

... or violent in nature. That's the Coach Bohl/AD Taylor benchmark: sexual or alcohol or violent.

Wasn't the spin on the A misdemeanors (the voter fraud) something like, " ... it's not violence or alcohol or sexual related ... "?

Of course an NDSU fan would. That would help NDSU secure absolute home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Personally, the ways I find best are either: - have pictures of the game referee in bed with his mistress and threaten to send them to his wife or - walk past the game officials' pre-game meal table and drop a bulging envelope while saying "straight cash, homey" Oh. Wait. You meant hypothetically, not what's worked in the past. Signed, A proponent of the idea that UND should change it's moniker to "The Mafia" ... Capiche?

"Gay spent five seasons as the head coach at North Dakota and compiled a career record of 22-61-6." Using ties as "half a win" 22-61-6 is 0.281. 0.281 is a batting average for a slick fielding shortstop, not a winning percentage at UND.

According to the Summit League ... UMKC? No, "Kansas City". UNO? No, "Omaha". IPFW? No, "Fort Wayne". IUPUI? No, "Indianapolis". Thus, we now also have "Fargo" (aka FU), "Brookings", and "Vermillion", and "Macomb" (Western Illinois).

Kinda early to be hittin' the sauce on a Tuesday morning don'cha think?

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