AJS
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No inside information, but trying to put myself in his shoes, I think how this season ends up may play a small part in his decision. If the team doesn't not only accomplish it's goal, but falls way short (i.e. no playoffs), for me that would leave a very sour taste in my mouth. You don't want that to be part of your legacy (I know it's not his fault), but could be extra motivation to come back for another year.
I think it ultimately comes down to are you going to actually play in the NHL most of the year. If yes, it's tough to turn that opportunity down and I wouldn't blame him for signing.
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8 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
BC and Lowell do home and home Thursday and Friday.
USAFA hosts Sacred Heart
Penn State is at Michigan State
Ohio State hosts Michigan
Wisconsin is at Minnesota
Cornell hosts RPI
Notre Dame is at BU
Providence is at UMass
Vermont hosts Merrimack
SCSU is at DU
Omaha is at UNDThe teams in bold is who we should cheer for, correct?
For UND, like you said, win 3 or 4 and your first round playoff matchup and most likely 1 of 2 in Minneapolis.
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5 minutes ago, Wilbur said:
You said exactly what I've been thinking about Pogo. I thought he could be a 20 goal scorer this year.
If Jost stays he is the captain. If not he will make his NHL debut next year with what the avs have.
Poganski is kind of this years team in a nutshell. I too thought he'd be a monster this year. This years team doesn't have a talent problem, it has an underachieving problem from the star players. Starting this year, I thought you had 3 forwards who I'd called established college hockey forwards in Boeser, Poganski and Gardner. Never in my wildest nightmares would I ever think that all 3 would not only improve (even slightly), but really regress. It's stunning the years those 3 have had.
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16 hours ago, yzerman19 said:
I am just sick thinking about next year- no Jost (why would he stay), no Boeser (Vancouver is going to want him developing with them or in their system), no Pogo (he'll be in the AHL), no Pooly (he could be in the Peg), Gage (likely in the Coast)...this could get ugly.
In all reality, what players on this years team would be considered really big loses? (1) Jost (2) Gersich (3) Poolman (4) Cam --- I'm trying not to pile on Boeser, but we're talking about a guy that has 11 goals and basically hasn't scored for the past 3 months. Poganski doesn't even have 10 goals this season. Gage has struggled this year, shouldn't be hard to replace.
If they only lose Boeser, T. Poolman, Ausmus, Poganski, I really like them next year. A lot depends on Jost, Gersich and Cam. After what I'd consider a down year with freshman forwards, UND brings in a nice group of 3 Freshman next year.
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This team still controls its own destiny. There is no room for error anymore and the playoffs start this weekend. They need to have the lose and you're done mentality. I may be delusional, but I still like this teams chances this year. Win on Friday night and lets go from there. I keep saying it after every weekend, but puck luck, whatever you call it, this team is better offensively than they've shown.
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UND jumped up to 170 in the RPI.
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11 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
Not sure anyone can look at those numbers and not come to the conclusion that Womens hockey needs to go. You would have to cut at least 4 of the sports lited here to come up with the number that UND must cut. This is a no brainer.
Don't tell that to Schlossman,
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9 minutes ago, 61hawk said:
Refresh my memory, how much revenue do these four sports (men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis) generate?
What one sport do you suggest we cut, pick one... men's hockey, women's hockey, football, men's basketball or women's basketball.
Really?
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I feel great about this weekend, Jost back, Boeser can't be held down for any longer. 5-2 Hawks tonight.
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7 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
So what does she want? Get every student at UND to come to the Ralph and have Kennedy up there with a giant chalkboard and have people yell out their ideas for how they think UND should handle the budge cuts and then somehow have everyone agree on a plan?!!
This made me laugh.
It's embarrassing, I couldn't imagine how unbelievably frustrating it would be to be Kennedy.
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31 minutes ago, keikla said:
Or, just maybe, Brad's beef with Kennedy has to do with the fact that Kennedy made coaches and athletes publicly beg for their respective sport to be saved (undoubtedly a humiliating process), said "all is good, everyone is saved, this will never happen again during my time here" and now we get the "Just kidding, we actually have to cut $1.3 million, so no one is safe". If that doesn't give you reason to have a beef with Kennedy, then I don't know what does. It's douchebaggery at it's finest. Need to make budget cuts? I get that. But find a way that doesn't absolutely humiliate your student athletes and put them and coaches through a nightmare rollercoaster of emotions.
<Insert Sicatoka's response> Not all on Kennedy, but I get it.
I don't think you'll find a single person that disagree w/ your take on the begging publicly for their sports. That was awful and should have never happened.
I'm sticking with my theory that it has more to do with this causing Anti-Women's hockey sentiment. Could be wrong, but have really been rubbed the wrong way for the past while by him.
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8 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said:
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4219660-students-sign-petition-labeling-kennedy-unfit
is this really for real?
No words.
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1 minute ago, SWSiouxMN said:
Sac State getting homered at Dalhberg
Big time
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Love the guy in the stands giving the refs the business, "for crying out loud!"
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What a joke
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Tough playing on the road, but they need this one (as well as UNC), need to be able to beat the lower half of the league, no matter where you play them. Excited for this game.
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1 hour ago, iluvdebbies said:
Brad can't win....he's either a puppet or has a beef. I guess maybe it's a sign he's doing his job.
Brad is a puppet for the hockey programs, then tries to be a bad ass when it comes to Kennedy. I do think it has everything to do with Women's hockey, very touchy subject with him.
Edit: I get it though, you get invested in something, it's easy to get defensive and not look at a situation clearly.
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3 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said:
Miller just tweeted this out:
UND says it has to cut $1.3 million from athletics. School says everything on the table.
$1.3 million is a pretty sizable chunk. I'd say Women's Hockey is going to be looked at very, very closely.
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https://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2017/02/16/spring-ball-right-around-the-corner/
Love the way they talk about this RS Freshman class.
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2 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
One row at a time, if President Kennedy chose which team UND would rather play every year, which would it be?
B1G vs NCHC
MN Mn Duluth
Wis Denver
Mich Omaha
Mich St St. Cloud
Ohio St W Mich
Penn St Miami Oh
Notre Dame Col C
Every selection could possible be in the left column.
The 7 teams on the left had higher average attendance last season than the 7 on the right, by nearly something like 1,800.
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10 minutes ago, GFG said:
My bad, I misinterpreted your comment a bit. This isn't as much about financial matters at it is interest (which could help financially with tickets/merchandise). If UND loses one of the major draws they have every year to a conference with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan that they themselves could have joined it could cause problems with a lot of fans. It can make casual fans start to lose some interest. On the contrary, you would likely see interest among those many casual fans skyrocket with Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State and Notre Dame coming to Grand Forks every year. Those big names may not necessarily mean a ton to the UND hockey die hards, but to the larger majority of casual UND hockey fans it can make a difference because they like to see their supposed "small" school in Grand Forks competing with the large, top level universities.
I still think it's a pretty big stretch to think UMD leaving would truly have any impact on UND, basically at all. I think you may be overestimating the rivalry. It's a good one, but really no different than St. Cloud or Omaha for that matter.
I agree that the casual fan would be more excited about the Big 10 matchups over the NCHC ones.
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9 minutes ago, GFG said:
Everyone knows UND is the NCHC. But you can truly say you get as excited to play Mankato as you do Duluth? UMD is arguably UND's biggest conference draw now. I would say it's basically a fact that UMD and Denver are easily the top 2. You would be completely okay with dropping UMD and having Mankato take their place? Because I think you'd be in the minority
No, but that wasn't my argument. If I were to chose to either have Duluth or Mankato in UND's conference, it would be Duluth. Duluth is a stronger program than Mankato, but it wouldn't make a difference financially to UND. They would sell the same amount of tickets regardless. Also, we are talking one hockey series at home a year. So, I'm with you that Duluth is a stronger program, but it also wouldn't really affect anything to do with the conference if it were to happen.
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11 minutes ago, GFG said:
I believe you're correct. They won't take ASU. There's a reason the B1G was the first conference out of the running for them. They wanted nothing to do with them because they don't want more unproven programs in their conference. They want a strong conference that the fans will get behind and the best way to do that is to add UND. There's no other choice that's even a close 2nd. UMD and Omaha as negotiating tools is a strong move because it makes UND officials consider the fact that if they say no to joining they're very likely going to lose one of those 2 conference mates. And I think you can cross out Omaha, because if they actually want UMD they'll get them in a heart beat. They're part of the University of Minnesota system and would jump at the chance to be in the B1G with Minnesota. Would UND officials want to stay in the NCHC with no UMD and an addition of either ASU or Mankato? IMO, interest takes a big drop for them at that point.
Think you are giving UMD way too much credit. They are a strong program, but I don't think if you swap them out for Mankato it really makes a difference at all. Honestly, outside of UND, I don't think there's one single NCHC program that really matters to the stability of the league if they were to leave. I'm only saying UND, because without them, the conference tourney would be a complete bust.
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1 hour ago, AJS said:
The way I look at it, I'd take Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin >>> DU, UMD, St. Cloud -- the rest in both conferences would be comparable from a "hype" standpoint. Like others have said, if it makes sense financially and there is an offer, I'd hope UND would take it.
To add to this, lets answer some questions.
- Do you believe that the Big 10 will stay at 7 teams? Yes / No
- If No, do you believe another Big 10 school will add a hockey team? Yes / No
If you answer no to those first two questions, then it goes to who. There's no P5 school that would make sense (i.e. BC wouldn't leave Hockey East). You have Arizona State, but are they really an attractive option? With what is left, UND makes more sense than anybody else (i.e. Duluth, Omaha). I have no idea if it'll happen, but given that they most likely wouldn't want to stay at 7, it'd make sense to me.
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2016-2017 Season
in Men's Basketball
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Went through the RPI's of all 15 & 16 seeds (Per ESPN)
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CSU Bakersfield - 84
FGC - 86
NDSU - 100
Furham - 104
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UC Irvine - 156
NC Central - 196
16 (Play in)
Texas Southern - 127
Mount St Marys - 157
New Orleans - 167
UND - 171
Any idea why Texas Southern would be playing in one of the 2 play-in games and NC Central, which has the worst RPI, wouldn't? Regardless, UND has to keep winning and hope for upsets in other conference tournaments.