The Sicatoka

Steve Johnson ... does anyone know what he was in charge of at SCSU and UNO when he was an assistant there? I ask because Steve was a forward, but he may have coached to meet these two "musts":

Those are "musts" not "wants" (required, not preferred). Notice that the playing at the NCAA DI level is a "want", not a "must". So, we need someone who is at least 12 years post-playing career (as there's only one player coach out there in recent memory: some guy named 'Brad Berry' with the K-Wings). We need someone who stopped playing in 2002-03 season or before (first coaching season: 2003-04).

I rattled down the list of UND guys I thought maybe: James Patrick -- short on the 12 years* Craig Ludwig -- ditto Rick Zombo -- ditto Jason Herter -- ditto Nick Fuher -- ditto Mitch Vig -- ditto Dane Litke -- ditto Mark Pivetz -- ditto *strictly based off what I can find in HockeyDB.com; if that's not correct neither am I.

Going by HockeyDB.com, Dineen doesn't have the 12 years of coaching; however, there is a gap between the end of his playing career and his first listed coaching year.

Let the speculations commence!

Brad E. Schlossman @SchlossmanGF UND posts assistant coach job; looking for someone to work with D-men and someone with NHL coaching experience - See more at: http://undhockey.areavoices.com/?p=100566#sthash.ehQCa9mz.dpuf

I have a relative in Jamestown who clued me in on what's happening. A lot of folks from the western part of the state that would have retired in Bismarck or Minot in the past have decided to move to Jamestown instead (cause: oil). That's triggered this growth spurt. Call it a secondary effect of the Bakken.

Make you a deal: Go stand on the main street in Selfridge or Fort Yates and rattle off that phrase loud and proud a couple times. Let me know how it goes for you.

As much as I'd love to believe you to be correct, I do not believe that to be the case. Why? They laud one; they scowl at the other. I see juxtaposition, not satire. However, I'll give them a little credit: They point to the problem. But do they realize the problem is in their (the NDSU) mirror?

Want the problem with the NDSU faculty letter? I can give it to you two-fold: 1. They have no idea that the Nokota breed of horse got its name from the state (North Dakota). Now if a horse by itself is "too Native American", can we pass off the Crusades as done by Native Americans (not the Christian church) because Crusaders rode horses? It makes about as much sense. 2. I'll let them show their ignorance themselves: Uh ... "early in the selection process" would be about ... three years ago. There's a huge difference between educated, knowledgeable, and smart. They've borne that out.

You forgot Rin Tin Tin. http://www.cc.com/video-clips/yl4nz1/chappelle-s-show--frontline----racist-hollywood-animals---uncensored

That's risk/reward. Imagine Ray this morning if Wednesday night were to be ANA@NYR.

Until someone has a better one. Remember, nobody was going to have better FCS runs than Y-State and GA State and App State either. And that's the beauty of sport.

I'm thinking Ray has won and that the remaining battles are for second and fourth. PS - Agree on Sunday morning numbers.

Physician, heal thy self.

As soon as the Catholics (U of Mary) made the move I figured the Presbyterians (U of Jamestown) wouldn't be far behind. This all seems like wheels in motion.

A team full of grinders will lose as soon as they give up the second goal. You need a mix of skills.

I noticed the U of Jamestown (formerly known as Jamestown College) recently got some money from the Newmans to improve their basketball facilities. Now I see former UND associate AD Sean Johnson has been hired as their new AD. Why would an NCAA guy go to an NAIA school unless there's NCAA DII in their vision. UMary and Minot state already made the move to DII.

I believe Union's goalie was the Team USA goalie at the most recent Worlds (US: bronze). Meh ... no stars.

Yup. It's economics based, and you defined the scenario very well. (I tweaked your wording a bit to help those who don't see it.)

You must admit that even you say it is possible when you say ... Folks on this site are very familiar with the NCAA changing rules arbitrarily and capriciously.

Yup: http://www.almanac.com/ Folks aren't correlating Hitchcock's contract extension yesterday with this?

I had the booth behind them at the %gobc monthly meeting at the truck stop. They were kinda loud so it wasn't really eavesdropping; and one of them seemed really inebriated but was still trying to type stuff out on his phone. Had the bacon cheeseburger but substituted the beef for bison. Bison: it's what's for dinner.

Jordan Schmaltz signs with STL; in other news, the sun rose in the east today ...