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Nice 2-0 win over NDSU yesterday at Albrecht. Go Hawks!

Crap, I thought you would have been smart enough to move on. If you know so much about the program, can you tell us which perverted parent of a former player is sending emails/text messages to high school girls bad mouthing the program? I’m not saying that’s you, but your bizarre posts would make you a prime suspect. I find it despicable that an adult would want to do anything to cause unhappiness or stress in the life of a young woman excited for prom, graduation, and a future college career.

Nice story.

A number of us football players ran track for Zaz. Mike Deutsch and George Lange ran hurdles. Mark Blake and Ron Gustafson ran sprints and relays, I ran middle distance and relays. I think Jerry Skogmo and Doug Schindler did shot putt. Spring FB interfered with track practice so I only ran Fr and Soph yrs. Lots of Zaz stories. Zaz remains a legend. Pinky Kraft suffered severe burns when his unit was hit by artillery in WW2. He wasn’t expected to survive his burns so his cot was left in hallway of the hospital they took him to. After a few days they noticed he refused to die. He told some great story’s about his recovery. His baseball team had a number of FB players who were also good BB players. Bruce Daucsavage, Scott Hewitt, Jamie Grownowski ( our punter/kicker who came to UND on a baseball scholarship). Pinky’s son Brian and I refereed some early WBB games including a UND-NDSU game when Shirlan Mosley was coaching against Amy Ruley. Great memories of UND legends and the beginnings of WBB under Dee Watson. We would need a few pitchers of beer to reminisce not just about athletics but life on campus during the early Clifford years.

Gayner is an attorney and I believe is moving to a job in the legal profession. She was well liked by recruits.

Great addition to the program. He has multiple recruiting contacts in addition to extensive coaching experience. I believe this will turn out be a key piece in turning the program around.

I think they would have better luck waiting at Judy’s.

I have found that when there is a promising athlete in any sport (friend, relative, neighbor, someone in your community, it’s worth sending that coach an email and let them know that in the event they weren’t aware, there is a prospective athlete whom you think would be worth getting to their camps so they might evaluate. Previous VB coaches, BB coaches, FB coaches all responded within 24h with a note of thanks. Send the new coach a note and mention that a couple kids had hoped to see UND staff and are interested and UND was a school they were hoping to hear from. Every once in awhile they might get a kid who they hadn’t been aware of.

Would it help to start our own “church” so we can assign select young converts to a one or two year mission preaching to USHL hockey players? Maybe during that year or 2 of mission work they could be more effective missionaries if they played USHL hockey during their mission assignment. What a coincidence if they matured enough to be NCAA ready.

Hutter has a contract and he has the support of this administration. I made a point of having a discussion at the Frozen 4 with the gentleman who would know. Hutter has a good group of recruits coming in. He will be given time and the resources to improve this program Your daughter could have been a key piece in turning things around, but only if you stayed away from her, her teammates, the coaches, other parents, fans, the Red Pepper, and slithered back under your rock. After a little research, it seems that one of the parents at your daughter’s high school created so much turmoil for players, other parents, and school officials, that the school’s administrator (Superintendent?) resigned. I wonder who that sick, perfidious, sorry excuse of a parent could have been???

I didn’t say it wasn’t, but your post didn’t say that. When people post something that is unclear, some others will read that and claim that the night before the semifinals the “hockey team” was out partying all night regardless of what the facts are.

You repeated a rumor someone posted regarding a handful of players (“the scratches”) who allegedly learned they weren’t going to play. You posted: “the players partying was confirmed“ which is different, and not accurate. Another guy (who makes lots of assumptions) posts: “2016 business trip” “2026 let’s party”. For those who follow opposing team’s fan forums, it will be interesting to see if those posts generate some excitement for opposing fans to gossip about. That should be pretty special.

The point of hiring him was to get this program turned around and win the conference and get into the playoffs. Recruit the best players, regardless of where they are from, but hopefully get the best kids from the region that are capable of accomplishing those goals.

I’m not a blind squirrel but I believe I have found the nut. Come on man, you are better than this. If nothing else do it for your daughter.

Although I would be surprised if she was interested, I would reach out to her to gauge interest.

Ok pal enough is enough. You seem to be president of the toxic environment club. From your previous posts it seemed you and your daughter were disgruntled and were leaving the program. Now it seems that isn’t the case. Players are staying because they don’t want to give up their scholarship and don’t seem to have other options? From my experiences I have learned a number of things. At the top of the list is you need to understand that you are part of the problem. I would bet a lot of money that the other players, the coaches and other team’s coaches with potential offers are well aware of a player with a problem parent as baggage. You should be grateful that they think enough of your daughter to keep her at UND on scholarship and help her develop and reach her full potential. If she is unhappy, and doesn’t trust her coaches or teammates, no scholarship is worth sacrificing her happiness. Athletes at the college level need to deal with coaches and teammates. Parents need to be there for their kids and support them by listening and making sure their athlete is communicating with the coaching staff to develop an improvement plan as an individual and for the team and program. I doubt part of that plan is to have parents bash the coaches, administrators and support staff on a fan forum. I have been around UND WBB since the beginning. I’m not going to get into the nonsense about chartered flights, and what other schools offer, other than I have been on regular commercial flights with NDSU basketball teams. UND has the resources for our WBB to be successful. There is room for improvement and there are people in the Alumni office and Athletic Administration who are working to make that happen. If our players aren’t in the weight room and working with our training staff to get physically stronger and quicker then that’s on them. The staff and administrators are working to improve practice facilities but before bricks and mortar we need funds. Too many fans are waiting for someone else to step up. As far as recruiting, I believe we have 3 very good HS players coming in this fall. I’ve watched one on TV and one in person. The Arkansas girl is having a very good year and at 6’2” fills a need. They all chose UND despite other options. I didn’t know Hutter but I sent him an email about a 6’ 3-4” 8th grader. I received a response less than 2h later. (He was already aware and had invited her to their summer camp). I met him briefly when he was at the Sonnenberg girl’s playoff game. He thanked me for the email and was very gracious to other fans. He is our coach so you can choose continue to be part of the problem or part of the solution. As a former player, coach and parent of athletes at HS level and beyond I would recommend letting your daughter deal with her coach and you stop being the source of embarrassment for her by being her father instead of behaving like a disgruntled fan airing your frustration on a fan forum. Good luck. Go Hawks.

Good brews. Ullsperger played FB at UND.

I spent 4 1/2 yrs there (interrupted by 4 mos in the Desert for Desert Storm with 1st AD). Great duty in Germany. Thanks for your service. I hope you were able to travel Europe while you were stationed there. If we cross paths, drinks on me.

Tickets were allotted based on Champions Club level and level of financial support to UND athletics. The tickets were gone before they got to whomever was at #100!

Where were you in Germany? I was at Giebelstadt Army Airfield outside of Wurzburg. I filled in for Dr. Jim Leigh a few times as one of team physicians early that season before leaving for Germany at the end of November 86.

Sold them

My sister in law has 2 tix for Thursdays games, Section 204 row R. She’s asking $300 ea.

Goalie is Jr named Lindberg. He is the best goalie DL has had in years if not best ever. If he continues to improve, should get a chance to play Jrs somewhere. They have some good young kids but will lose a good group of seniors. 2 Deraney kids playing elsewhere would have helped, but Ben Noah has done a great job taking over a team that struggled to compete with TRF, EGF and especially Warroad before he took over.

Not even pissed. I just think when our crude comments involve family, we have crossed a line. I realize a fan forum usually doesn’t have limits but I feel we are better than that.

Fair enough. I deleted my post.