The Sicatoka

My thoughts exactly. Which scenario would you rather be in? "Uncle Sicatoka, what's that mean?" "He thinks Don Adam is #1." or "Uncle Sicatoka what's **** mean?"

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You're so funny. Ha. Ha. Nope I write 'em. And I've had to execute consequences unfortunately also. Trust me: It's no fun for either side (and that's only speaking from the better side of the transaction).

What's a letter of reprimand supposed to say? - You did this. - Why it was improper. - You need to learn from it. - Don't let it happen again, or ... - There will be further consequences. At least that's what each one I've written says. Hey, he made a mistake. He owned up to it. I'm more interested now, not in the mistake, but what he does after it. In some ways he now is in a unique position to improve some things at UND and in the WCHA. Yeah, sounds crazy doesn't it. Wait, we could be surprised. I truly never expect to see something of this nature again from Dave Hakstol. He seemed to get away from himself Saturday. Various external forces (some spontaneous, some staged) were acting on him and the emotions we knew were in there somewhere showed up, albeit in a less than "made for prime time" form. I'm sure Dave isn't happy with himself for losing his cool and effectively letting Adam, and McLeod and Shepherd, win that battle. That battle is lost, que sera sera; Dave Hakstol looks to win wars.

Another case in point: It's caucus day, not election day: You can talk politics on radio. Yet, KFGO's "Jack and Sandy" are not promo-ing Obama, Hillary, John, or Mitt, or even Ron, but Dave "The Finger" Hakstol as the topic for Tuesday's show. It just tells me there's nothing important in the Fargo sports scene for them to cover or that they'll get better reader/viewer/listener-ship if they cover UND. PS - I'm glad Hak stepped up and admitted an error. I'm glad UND dealt with this. It takes the teeth out of anything anyone can say about it. They're left yapping about how UND people may make mistakes, but they also deal with them and learn from them. Not happy to be here; but happy UND admin and coaches show how to handle unfortunate situations. Prattle on about that Sandy Buttweiller.

So is that supposed to make it better or worse? It was undoubtedly Gopher fans celebrating. So it's better that rather than destroying their home (campus) they're out destroying and pilaging the property of local private citizens?

Oh, that must just be some kind of coincidence .... or not.

Here are your choices: - Do nothing and let the WCHA pick and choose; and as a bonus the opponents get tell everyone how your university has no standards - Do something and disarm the WCHA and opponents; but don't forget, it has to be strong enough to keep them disarmed. One game wouldn't be enough to satisfy the league office, thus two. But by doing this, UND now gets to walk into future league meetings and say that at least we face up to and deal with our issues. That could be very useful down the road. But the clear answer remains: It's Buning's fault. (Someone should've told Hak to hold a pen if he was going to imitate Buning at Mariucci.)

If you were him and had read this board, and the Herald, wouldn't you take a pause to consider what you'd be getting in to?

That is accurate. I stand corrected. There were ramifications, albeit the improper ones.

Did Finley get caught on tape throwing punches after the hard check? Peltier did. But with no ramifications.

I keep telling you all that "The Mafia" would be a great moniker.

Never truer words typed: Boogard wouldn't go after a "Brian Gionta". If Peltier had an "issue" he should have sought out "resolution" with another "problem solver". Malone was clearly available for a "remediation session". Boogard can explain that code.

So the league will be destroying the tapes and Congress will begin investigations?

I know what Hak was telling Adam. I want a transcript of what Genoway was telling Barriball (?) when coming back from break the one time.

How about .... "Been stupid all your life or did this come on recently?" or "Your momma raise all stupid kids or just you?" (Stole those and I love 'em.)

Great piece by "The Virg" in the Herald: Seems the WCHA thinks not talking about its officiating issues will make us forget them. But Feb 2 at Mariucci only highlighted them further.

No, take off the maroon shades and look at that game objectively.

I think I agree with Mike Jacobs: Now I think I need to go and shower.

Ya'know, that'd be more funny if it didn't look to be true more often than not. Remember that RPI game? What a joke that was. The only thing missing was a bow on top.

I don't mind Marco Hunt. The WCHA is a player stepping stone. It needs to become the same for officials, and not a "retirement community".

So why'd I have to bring it up?

Alternatively, call the game by the rulebook! I said it on USCHO; I'll say it here: Start calling by the NHL standard. I don't care if it's 3x3 hockey for a whole game plus OT. The players and coaches will figure out pretty quickly that the stick stays down, period. Last night was caused by uncalled stick infractions and obstructions. If you can't move without getting slashed or tripped up of course the negative emotions are going to come uncorked.

So I assume you're as disapproving of a two-handed "bow tie" cross-check by Lucia on Zajac.

I was silly enough to expect to find them in the Herald for a day or two before I started looking.