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"We're sending you a nice Piper Cherokee to pick you up." "Who's the pilot?" "UND graduate Kendal Swanson." "I think I'll drive."

The article Brad Schlossman is too scared to write:

To avoid big Scarlett letter of "Fired."

Quitting is blatantly abandoning your responsibility. "Stepping down" is voluntarily leaving and giving up the contract. Of course behind the scenes could be anything ("step down publically but for contract reasons we'll still pay you.") Regardless Berry seemed to want people to know he was fired....otherwise its...."we mutually agreed to part ways." (And still get paid)

He really wanted me to win the bet. List came out today. ✔️ And 20 names! That gives me pretty good odds!

More fun.... ...for those who like to have fun.... You wanna talk real recruiting advantage: Gophers. The state produces the most amount of NCAA players. Biggest city. Biggest school. Biggest fan base. Most money for NIL. There's only like 3 major college hockey producing states. And the other 2 have major competition and spread those players out. Minnesota is the only state with a "monopoly."

By far the best UND head coach in my era: Dean Blais. Was 44 when he was hired at UND. ....to continue our statistics class from the other day. These years are related to what is called a "bell curve."

The "new coach bump" is real and we have seen it with Hakstol and Berry. I theorize it's also part of the reason for the high turnover in the NHL.

If I'm a betting man, Schlossman will release a "Names to Watch" tomorrow, And the next head coach will be on that list.

How's he able to beat so many college programs including UND, rated 4th best in the country? Plus the guys gotta be a UND hockey fan, he grew up going to games with his dad at the old Ralph!

So many good non UND coaches out there!

Also beat the Wiscosin Badgers in the Kohl Center this year....including having a 6 - 1 lead at one point! Michigan Wolverines needed overtime to beat them.

Nick Fohr brought kids under 18 to the Ralph and beat Brad Berrys team last year (#4 in the country at the time...Jackson Blake era) Similar to Kalen Deboer bringing Sioux Falls football to the Alerus and winning. Fohr also beat other NCAA programs that year including whipping BU. But UND football passed on Kalen, because he wasn't a "UND guy."

Young. One of the nation's best. Grand Forks native. Hockey family. Took high school kids and beat college programs. Way better than any "UND family member!"

Schlossman actually does work and has contacts though. Miller just regurgitates what he reads online.

I'm thinking Nick Fohr! Bases on my excellent head hunting skills (google searches.) He's easily #1!

And a GF native? Sold!

Go after the best CHL or USHL head coach?

So only question is which UND family member will be coaching UND hockey next year?

Feom the article:

Hopefully not Dane Jackson.

More like a fun Google search with opinions, right or wrong. But I also love glorified message boards. So yeah siouxsports and chaptgpt for the win!

He was a UND assistant coach for 8 years. But yeah, nowadays it seems even our assistant coaches need to former UND players.

Even chatgpt known UND is known for the good ol boys club. It said Brett Larson would be a good hire.