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Good news is it appears more and more people are learning his playbook. Unlike the women's hockey decision, which caused pure vitriol, where he wanted to take down the University, this feels like more embarrassment. Embarrassment has turned into anger. Hopefully short lived. He's spiraling right now. The way I see it, give everyone 48 hours to completely process (I'm talking current players, recruits). Hope for no rash decisions. Clearly, they all liked Berry as a person. My $ is on they winning a lot more. Let the buzz start building on who the new coach will be and the excitement that surrounds it. I still believe that the damage will be less because of this decision than if Berry was still in place.

Looks like the new coach is going to have to win over Schlossman. He’s throwing a fit like we haven’t seen since women’s hockey was dropped.

At find it so hard to believe if offered he would turn it down to stay at Augie. No chance.

It’s @Shawn-O & @gfhockey time to shine!

Bubba announcement was Nov 30 - Schmidt announced Dec 8 Can this be done by Friday?

Not like he’s only coached out East. Resume is exactly what I’d hope we’re looking for.

Not against bringing in a St. Clair as an assistant, but want the new HC to have no previous ties.

Greg Moore or Raboin

Nice call on Berry not going anywhere. No way to know, but I’m convinced it would have been worse if no change would have been made. Exciting times ahead.

I go back and forth. I could be giving too much credit for Chaves with what happened with the football program, but we’ll find out in the next two days how loud the alarms really are within the hockey program. If they are truly loud, an announcement will be made and Berry will no longer be the coach. Chaves is a bad AD and Berry is a bad coach, but no way Berry lets the program burn. That would happen if 1/2 of what is rumored takes place.

So, Schlossman isn’t going to ask / pose the question about Berry’s future? At least Miller asked Bubba following the Illinois State game. I hope more and more realize what a disservice he provides to his readers. Can you ask Chaves a question? It’s gotten completely embarrassing.

Worth noting, this is not normal. Completely different than any other year I’ve seen.

Fascinating to see how much is BS vs legit. By all accounts, this off-season will be a complete disaster if Berry is retained. Only chance they have is to move quickly from him. Start the clock at 48 hours.

Just think, Croal could have been a regular as well. 27 had zero goals and contributed very little after the first month of the season. If true, multi-layered screw up by Berry. Cannot emphasize how bad he is at this.

I don’t ever recall an off-season with so much uncertainty. Worst case scenario is coaching staff stays intact and key players transfer. Ideally, news comes out soon that Berry will no longer be the coach and they are opening up to a national search. Timing isn’t great to get it done before portal opens. Players want to win, hope being they will wait for new hire and hear from him before making a decision. Things just don’t look good right now. Need to make a coaching staff change.

Berry went full Bubba. He’s gone.

Just another in a long line of Freshman who should be playing, but Berry ends up going with less talented upper classman.

By the numbers. Spring 2025 roster #'s by position. 87 total. How many on the Spring roster do you think are going to find themselves in the portal? What positions are they a bit bloated? Where do they need to add? I'm hoping we see +/- 7. Position Count OL 18 DB 13 DL 12 WR 12 LB 8 RB 5 NI 4 QB 4 TE 3 K 2 LS 2 P/K 2 FB/TE 1 P 1

This coaching staff could sound the alarm, like many others have done. Simply stating, we need money to compete. I'm basing this off Schlossman's last interview where he discussed this. We are talking low 6 figures. Even on the elite teams, not everyone is getting that. You need someone that is promoting the 1883 collective. Does anyone think that they couldn't raise 100K for Perron? Tough to do when your coaching up to this point has done absolutely nothing to promote it, but hypothetically, it should be doable.

Updated. 49 Current offers. One update, once a player hits 10+ offers, easier just to note that. Aiden Wunderlich (Casselton, ND): UND, Montana, NDSU, Dartmouth, Washington State Deshon Jenkins (Ft. Myers, FL): Florida A&M, West Virginia, Toledo, UND Hakeim Smalls (Seattle, WA): Nevada, UND, Sac State, San Diego State, Montana State, Boise State, UNLV, SJSU, Colorado State Henry Gabalis (Everett, WA): UND, Sac State, Montana, Idaho, Montana State, Arizona, Washington State Tristan Baker (Seattle, WA): UND, Idaho Pierce Petersohn (Dodge Center, MN): UND, Minnesota, NDSU, Northwestern, Iowa, Kansas State, Duke, Penn State Luke Tetzlaff (Kaukauna, WI): UND Ben Wenzel (Appleton, WI): 10+ D1 Offers Nate Appleget (Lincoln, NE): NIU, UND, SDSU, Lindenwood, Air Force, Navy Blake Buhr (Sheboygan, WI): UND, Cornell Noah Dietel (Litchfield, MN): UND Kobe Russell (Prescott, WI): NDSU, UND, NIU, SDSU, Central Michigan, Kent State, Fresno State Pierce Decker (Fort Collins, CO): Montana, Wyoming, UND, NAU, UNC, EWU, Air Force Bradley Esser (Harrisburg, SD): SDSU, UNI, UND, Wash State Brayden Dozier (Maple Grove, MN): NDSU, UND, SDSU, Fordham, Army Brooks Hendrickson (Mount Horeb, WI): UND Ethan Headings (Iowa City, IA): UND, UNI Will Vala (Downers Grove, IL): 10+ D1 Offers Jhace Woods (Sioux Falls, SD): SDSU, NDSU, UND, USD Brandon Jenkins (Arlington Heights, IL): 10+ D1 Offers Jayden Brown (West Des Moines, IA): NDSU, UND, SDSU, USD Kaedyn Smith (Chandler, AZ): UND Xavier Rivera-Rogers (Phoenix, AZ): NAU, UND Jeremiah Daoud (Allen, TX): UND Michael Farr (Racine, WI): Eastern Michigan, Lindenwood, UND, Central Michigan, NDSU, Army, SDSU, Air Force Noah Daniel (Fort Dodge, IA): UND, NDSU, Central Michigan, UNI Marquis Richardson (Chandler, AZ): Iowa State, Central Michigan, NAU, UND, Hawaii Bryson Williams (Omaha, NE): NDSU, SDSU, UND, Colorado State, Lindenwood, Washington State, Fresno State, Sac State Keaton Reinke (Saint Charles, IL): 10+ D1 Offers Myles Ellis (Flossmoor, IL): Akron, Miami of Ohio, Marshall, Kent State, UND, NDSU MarQuan Brewster (Palatine, IL): UND Deron Russell (Minneapolis, MN): SDSU, NIU, UND, NDSU, Colorado State Levon Morton (Mesquite, TX): Montana State, UTEP, UNT, Texas State, UND, Sac State, Air Force Carter Harris (Allen, TX): Cornell, Illinois State, UND Brady Vodicka (Centennial, CO): Washington State, UNLV, Marshall, UND, Incarnate Word, Louisiana Tech Lucas Hoffmeyer (Walled Lake, MI): Penn, EMU, UND, CMU Mason Atkins (West Aurora, IL): Toledo, EMU, Cornell, Fordham, UND, Ball State Braylon Hodge (Denver, CO): UND, Utah State, San Diego State Aiden Solecki (Downers Grove, IL): 10+ D1 Offers Ian Campbell (Joliet, IL): 10+ D1 Offers Tyler Burnstein (Peoria, AZ): NAU, New Mexico, Montana, UND Owen Jakubczak (Palatine, IL): Toledo, Penn, Dartmouth, San Diego State, Ball State, Fresno State, BGSU, Kent State, UND Lawson McGraw (Overland Park, KS): Cornell, Illinois State, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, New Mexico, UND Xavier Hiler (Denton, TX): BGSU, UTEP, Miami of Ohio, Montana State, UND, LA Tech, Colorado State, Arizona Ryken Banks (Parker, CO): Wyoming, Air Force, Army, UND, Navy Tyler Zdon (Fox Lake, IL): SEMO, NDSU, UND Delvin Cook Jr (Dallas, TX): SHSU, Tulsa, Miami of Ohio, Oklahoma, UND, Sac State Cameron Phinizee (Russellville, AL): 10+ D1 Offers Devin Palmer (Allen Texas): UTEP, Towson, Northwestern State, Lafayette, UND

Yes, but not all in the same way. I just keep telling myself wait and see. It's obvious that Berry has downgraded this program, it's no longer one of the elites. There's still a part of you that doesn't want to believe it. That would be the final nail.

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I might be a bit naive, but I also think there would be time to rectify the situation. Schlossman discussed this possibility in a podcast last week. IF it happens, it should not come to a shock to anyone, especially the coaching staff. I'll also say and will continue to say, if a key player transfers out to an elite program, it will be a black eye for this program. It will also 100% be on the coaching staff, most of the blame being on the current state of the program, but also for their lack of push for the 1883 collective. It would be inexcusable.

By the numbers. UND vs FCS scholarship opponents. Comparing Spring 2025 vs Fall 2024 rosters. Turnover per team. My thought would be successful teams the previous year would want low turnover. NDSU / USD for example, should be able to reload. SDSU / Montana on the other hand, a bit more of an unknown. Without getting into the weeds (impact players vs non-scholarship, ect), won't tell the entire story clearly, but thought it was interesting. School # Murray State 66 SDSU 48 Montana 43 SIU 43 YSU 41 Indiana State 39 Portland State 32 NDSU 30 UNI 29 UND 28 USD 24

By the numbers. 2024 Fall Roster vs 2025 Spring Roster. 28 players who were on Fall 2024 and not on Spring 2025. Those who were out of eligibility in bold. DB's: (3) Hembry, Davis, Dixon DL: (5) Cetak, Beach, Schultz, Teiken, Orlando FB/TE: (3) Ihry, Norby, Vaughn LB: (9) Gerhardt, Bettis, Navratil, Stec, Baretz, Doell, Boecker, Kelley, Pedigo OL: (2) Folland, Kuntz QB: (1) Hentges RB: (2) Hunt, Smith WR: (3) Belquist, Kupfer, Schaffner