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This has the look of a campaign lost in the off-season. Two years straight we’ve been overmatched in every conceivable way almost from day one. It looks like our S/C program is not what today’s game demands. We are slow, gassed, and overpowered. Those things aren’t fixed after the season starts. Same thing applies to skills and concepts. That’s all on the coaches. If the team leaders aren’t doing their part then that’s on the coaches too. We may have a great culture but it doesn’t seem to include being the best you can be. I actually feel bad for our players getting worked over like this.

A cool thing about sports is no matter how bad your team is playing you still have hope before every game.

We don’t have as much talent as the visitors. Keep it low scoring then maybe

It’s a great looking board. I do think it’s well past time to adopt the logo and the scoreboard is an obvious place to start. It’s gotta be getting to a level of weird pretty soon for players and students that don’t remember a logo from the olden days.

It’s just our game, the others are loading so it might be ok shortly

Agree. Less penalties and move the puck we win by 2 or 3. Btw, did anyone rewind and see Adams’ play on the winning goal? Great burst and a patient pass through traffic onto the curve of Keane’s stick. I have hope

Yep. Our defensemen need to do a better job of moving puck and get us some quality shots. Painstaking to watch sometimes.

Nicely said. Kawaguchi had the look of someone about to break out.

Yep, either of those would have sealed it. Also turned it over on the shorty iirc

Brutal

I’m still seeing that breakaway pass to Gardner and he took the long shot without a single deke. Routine save. Counts as a shot though

NCHC.tv “Gardner out of gas” on the clean breakaway. Too tired to make one move? Seems unlikely but that’s what it looked like.

Practicality would be to give Berry the rest of the year then make decisions. Firing, hiring, new coach having a staff poached and ready to recruit, and reassuring current recruits takes time to shape. If Berry can explain to the powers that be what is going on and a feasible plan to fix it then he should be ok. Just saying ‘puck-luck’ works for the general public but he likely knows what the real problem is. My question is more talent and scheme related. The NHL is quickly becoming the TB Lightning—pass, move, pass, move—forcing the D to make constant decisions until they make a bad one. We see that with VGN and the Jets This requires faster, more athletic players with stick skills, it’s the present and future and the NHL is quickly changing to a different type of athlete. (Iirc the Blue Jackets’ 1st rounder is a kid with blazing speed who is still very raw) Are our players fast enough and athletic enough with the stick skills for that scheme? Is that a legit winning scheme in the NCAA, and how would you describe Berry’s scheme?

Good ideas Seems people no longer enjoy the moment because they are too busy doing a selfie or taking video of the moment. Would be nice if the school took filling the REA serious enough to form a group to gather ideas and implement them. It’s not rocket science, just care enough to try things.

If UND accepts parity as an option then we are in trouble. It doesn’t need to be that way. Winning at the college level is directly correlated to what the fans and administration will accept and what they are willing to pay for. I have no idea what kind of donor money comes into our program so maybe it isn’t an issue. Maybe our AD, coaches, and captains have let this team go soft mentally and physically. Does anyone here have 2 million to bring Hak back? I’m tapped out right now.

I think parity was more about Big 10 money raising the bar for Ohio State, PSU etc, not so much North Dakota getting swept by a tiny commuter college in downtown Buffalo

It’s head-shaking. UND 26-0-0 vs the AHA prior to this weekend.

Bama just lost to Furman, twice

We aren’t good. Something is wrong at a core level. Berry tossed out a cliche post game about the problem being a slow start. That’s like saying, ‘we just need to put the puck in the net’, ‘we just need to get the PP going’, ‘we just to play better’, ‘we just......’ Sounds like coach-speak from a coach that either doesn’t have a clue what’s wrong or doesn’t want to admit there are serious issues. Whatever the problem is, it goes much deeper than cliches. I don’t know what is wrong; crappy year-around conditioning, leadership, talent, bad coaching, lazy culture from staff thru players, nobody cares, recruiting from the wrong pool, don’t play angry, budget, beer? I’m clueless—but it feels like it’s not going to get fixed without a serious look in the mirror.

Do they arrest students just for having been drinking, or only for taking alcohol into the arena?

Filling the Ralph is critical for many reasons: culture, recruiting, financials, prestige, bragging rights, player retention, identity, etc. Not least of of all, just plain fun for everyone: students, ticket holders, the team, our fans everywhere, visiting teams and fans, and the guy at home with a TV. Reasons and solutions are multiple, but the bottom line is it’s up to the school to decide if it’s important or not. If it’s important then the school needs to put someone in charge who will take the job seriously and who will involve everyone possible and entertain every idea. Involve the administration, student groups, sanctioned and club sports, boosters, the team, coaches, charities, awareness programs, churches, restaurants, bars, primary schools, high school athletics, anyone with leadership or organizational skills, the state, the city, and every reasonable facet of the community. There is no point in blaming someone or social change, the problems and answers are a mixed bag and a gray area. It’s really about solutions, many of which can have unexpected positive secondary effects There are experiments everywhere that have worked and haven’t worked so the wheel doesn’t need to be entirely reinvented. We just need someone with drive and initiative holding the wheel So there are untold number of ideas that can be put to the test. Someone creative who cares, with leadership and connectivity skills should be to be given a clear directive and let’s see what happens. Honestly, if it’s a money or bureaucratic issue you’d be surprised the number of passionate people, including people who might read this board, with a history of uniting and successfully organizing other projects who would work for free, or for expenses. (I’ll throw in a small idea of my own: have one or more drop off points in town to donate, and possibly tax deduct, unused tickets that can be given away in any number of creative ways. That’s a lot easier and feels better that trying to sell them before the game, and much better than letting them go unused) So here’s to doing good things, getting involved, passion, fun, winning, reasonable prices, full cups, full seats, not being a jerk when someone needs to get out of the row ;), seeing the big picture, above all being kind, and lots of pucks in the net. Thanks SP for the free cyber ink and Happy Healthy New Year to all.

Time to bury Chelsea Dagger, it’s getting a little tired

True to an extent and hockey may be different, but in football running a true meritocracy actually helps recruiting because recruits know they get playing time based on talent and hard work instead of being concerned about politics, loyalty, and nepotism etc. Saban is the poster child; every recruit is sure they are NFL caliber and just want a chance to prove it. Last yr he had the stones to replace his starting qb with a true freshman at halftime of the NC game and won. All he said was, “I thought he could throw it better, and he did”. Yesterday a 5 star said he may commit because Urban Meyer sat an upper classman for a true freshman Maybe none of that applies in this discussion because hockey recruiting has more moving parts than football, just my 2 cents. Best option is a large slush fund and a bag man but this isn’t the south.

Larkin is going to be problem.

I only get bored if a team doesn’t care but I saw a team that played hard beginning to end in a tight game. We held them to one shot on their last two PP’s which was fun to watch. We now lead the nation for lowest sog average. Miami’s schedule hasn’t been tough yet but Larkin had three shutouts and a 1.51 gaa coming in and he’s started 78 games. Also national goaltender of the month for October so I didn’t expect us to score more than 3. I was hoping for 2-1 or 3-1 final score. Would be nice to get another W tomorrow, Miami has 10 frosh and will likely be a different team later in the season. Hope you are right about 6-2 but I’ll be good with 3-2.