The Sicatoka

BisonMav: If you have "high-dollar" donation seats where the students are (save for an area immediately behind the visitor bench for visiting fans) do you really think those folks are as likely to create similar problems in the future? I don't believe the folks that can shell out the bucks for those type of seats are as likely to, let's just say, "go overboard."

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What amazes me that is that, occassionally, 'Siouxrock' throws the nasty change-up like this to catch us off guard.

Blais? Yes. Brad Berry? Yes. Anybody else? Uh, no.

How about this? Move the students to the other side (away from the visitors). They'd still be court-side. Make part of the area for "visiting fans." How about right behind the visiting bench. Sell the rest of what is now "student seating" as high-dollar TeamMakers donations seats because they are close to the court and benches. Pretty simple, huh? Do we have to figure everything out for you. ???

Be nice to JBB. He may have just missed that. I'm trying to find the answers for him. He seems so interested in Sioux Athletics of late. Maybe he's becoming a closet fan. I'm accused of "selective hearing" all the time. For some reason, I never listen to it. (Ba-dump-bump ... ting!)

White Bear would be even stronger if Beaverson (in that link) wasn't at Green Bay this season. He would be a senior at WBL.

From Dale Lennon's bio:

I've tried to find the right answer and I've gotten two stories. You must have selective hearing (reading).

From Monday's Fargo Forum:

BisonMav: Thanks for the interest in Sioux hockey. Sorry, but none of UND's recruits for this coming fall are playing MSHSL hockey this season. You can find a "cheat sheet" of guys to watch (and where they have signed or verballed) at: http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit03.htm

As far as my remarks, yes, "more sensitive," because of history. The UND coach was sensitive of the alleged "Afro" comment because of her race, and because of history. Guess what, I knew I was on the edge. (See the comment. I was the one that first pointed it out.) If you folks think it's that bad, right here, right now, "Dear World, I apologize that statement. I'll watch myself more closely from now on." Can I expect the same of some NDSU fans attending events? Will others (some NDSU fans in this case) accept that they may be on (or beyond) the edge and start to watch themselves? Well, the first data point, MSU-Mankato to now, isn't good. The root cause in each situation is (sadly) unchanged. Again, I wish Mr. Taylor the best in handling it. By the way, GFC is "Grand Forks Central."

JBB said: You must have missed this.

Oh tony, OK, you saw it, and I'll trust you, so it's (a) or (b). Are you media? If not, then (b) is still possible. Yes, reporting, objective reporting of fact, lends to credibility of a story. Both of us have proven to be far from objective. What happened? Who did it? Why didn't NDSU report it, all of it, to the media? WDAY-TV and KFGO-AM reported (Sunday night and Monday morning) that a letter of apology would be coming from the fan in question and NDSU Athletics to the University of North Dakota. As far as wording, ask Mr. Taylor how he'll be wording it. There has yet to be a challenge to the assertion that a male fan touched a female coach after the womens game. Even more ad hominem. The "TVFS" comment was to point out the flaw in the logic. Wouldn't the "hometown" newspaper just love to pile onto the hated rival, yet they miss the opportunity? I didn't ask a question. I stated a generalization that I expect the great majority of people that read it would agree with. For the record, "NDSU grad" referred to it with a "good point" comment. (I'll decline the chance to steal a page and excuse it away with "toughen up" and "show some class and dignity" as has been attempted with other statements.) You're so testy, tony. What's wrong? Either you are frustrated that NDSU has gotten this type of publicity twice in six months or, I'd guess, somebody either stole or maladjusted your new chair. Finally, something we agree on. And if you believe fans in Grand Forks are just as problematic (from your allegations) as those at NDSU (this event, the MSU-Mankato event), then have NDSU point things out in and to the media as UND did. Nothing changes otherwise. According to the Fargo Forum, Mr. Taylor will be looking at seating arrangements at NDSU.

With sincere apologies to ZZ Top for mangling a perfectly good lyric for my own purposes, I propose that UND start "playin' Russian (ice) roulette" and "load all six" as skaters. ??? Kidding. Go with the best looking one in practice this week and skate as a team in front of whomever it is.

I understand the "class and dignity" thing, but if the coaches could stand a little upgrade in the decorum category (regarding verbal abuse), so could the NDSU fans. I only say that because this is twice in six months (UND, MSU-Mankato) for NDSU crowds. (Before folks jump back at me, there are things UND crowds do I wish would change.)

NDSU_grad: Fair ponderings. They could be good questions to pose of the Athletic Director. Another possible? Not to be too un-PC, but women, in general, are more sensitive to verbal abuse as well as unexpected, undesired, and unwarranted physical contact.

Silence by media means (a) it wasn't newsworthy, (b) they didn't know about it, or © it didn't happen. Which is it? I don't know. Reporting, objective reporting of fact, lends to credibility of a story. One hundred thousand dollars is a lot of public money to be "swept under the rug" (no reporting) by anyone. How could that happen? The Forum has solid city and NDSU connections (for either case you bring up). Why wasn't it objectively reported? Is there more to the story than what is put forth here? Like I said earlier, if Roebuck et al were out of line with statements Saturday, NDSU should ask for an apology in return when they apologize to UND for Saturday's events. And at least you're consistent: Back to the ad hominem attack.

Someone (some say UND fans, others say NDSU fans, who knows) allegedly did one hundred thousand dollars of damage to FargoDome and it did not make the news? Fargo media didn't report this alleged pelting of Hager? But Fargo media did report Saturday's incident and the incident with MSU-Mankato. Are you saying "The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy" controls Fargo media? Thanks for my chuckle of the day.

How do we know that guys who were kept on the Gopher team (but didn't pan out and rode out their careers on the end of the depth chart) really got what they were told they were going to get? Again, anyone can claim they kept getting the scholarship, but do we know they did? No, we don't.

If you are doing the job, Coach Blais treats his goalies just fine. If you aren't doing the job, just as any coach would, he'll look for one who is. About Sedevie: The guy is lucky to not be spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Any time you do damage to vertebrae in the neck you risk doing spinal cord damage. Him feeling up to going to State hockey and moving around is a great sign. And yes, he's on the shelf for six weeks before they re-evaluate the neck with another MRI and decide where to go from there (according to the Topeka Scarecrows web site).

sprig: Knocking off RPI at RPI was 1984. (Not the book, the year.) RPI came back and won it all in 1985.

Hold it, upon re-reading that, is 'siouxrock' talking like the beloved Jar-Jar Binks of Star Wars. "Me-na al-mo thinkah so!"

I guess your lack of knowledge extends beyond spelling and grammar and communications and into the realm of hockey.

I can't disagree with that. I guess I've always liked to see head coaches who have been head coaches somewhere else, even if it is at another level. I just like to know they can handle any job that is defined as "the buck stops here."