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Game is on ESPNU tonight at 7 pm.

Something wrong here. Can't lose a kid this good. I suggested the coach look at the Detroit Lakes girls. 2 time defending champs with everyone back including a MN state champ. 2 have UND connections. Hutchinson's sister played golf at UND and this one is better. Tschider's Dad played FB at UND. Detroit Lakes has 6 kids who can regularly shoot in the 70's. UND's coach didn't go after them and 2 are going to the Ag School, and Tschider is going to Augustana. Gotta at least make an effort. Best girls golf team in Mn 100 miles away and you get none of them. No wonder Podalak left.

in Isn't it the role of the fans and cheerleaders to fire up the team? It isn't the purpose of the team to fire up the crowd. I thought the self proclaimed " best fans in hockey" have been a bigger disappointment than the team even early in the season. We have not demonstrated we are the best fans in hockey. When we play road games we have demonstrated we have some of the best Alumni in the country who like to get together with their friends from college, and do a much better job of cheering on our teams than our pathetic student section and home fans. These alumni are the same ones who followed our FB, WBB, MBB and hockey teams for years. They show up for hockey but many also show up for basketball and football. When they were students, They could electrify a venue and athletes sensed it and appreciated it. The student section never had to show a lack of class or ignorance by yelling "who's he, he sucks sh-- " when the other team was introduced. That is embarrassing. Our student section can't hold a candle to Wisconsin or Gopher student sections anymore and that didn't used to be the case. The student section has seldom been full all year. The fraternities and sororities used to attend athletic events together. Those are the same alumni who make the effort to attend the road games. We have had a great pep band for years but even they were lackluster last night. We the fans lacked the effort and did nothing to help this team energize. I know they should have had the energy with what was on the line but to win, these guys have to be at their best every shift every period, every game. Frankly, this is not our most talented team in quite some time. They played hard last night they just didn't play well. Students as usual started crude and ignorant with their opening salvo then spent the rest of the game twittering or texting about whatever else holds their limited attention span these days. They don't attend basketball or football either. I'm sure if this team finishes strong in the post season, they will jump back on the band wagon but they do nothing to help.

No you didn't. He got himself fired. Had absolutely nothing to do with you or your so called " good ole boys". Jones isn't going anywhere this year. Some of these folks may actually start believing there is a group of "good ole boys" that drink themselves into oblivion every weekend and can actually get someone fired regardless of whether or not they deserve it. The people who can get Kelly to sit down with Faison to discuss how UND deals with employees are very few and they don't tend to interfere like that.

Kids has quick first step. Squares up nicely on pass protection and keeps feet underneath his shoulders. Keeps feet moving on run blocking and drives defenders down line of scrimmage. He plays til whistle and maybe sometimes beyond. Has quick move when he cut blocks. Keeps hands inside defenders shoulders which should decrease chance of holding calls. Looks like a good get! Doubt he runs a 4.5 forty

Big win in ot 3-2. Very talented classy team. Go Wave, hope they win it all.

Looks like they are still offering those grad level math courses at the Ag College. You are correct. (In case you guessed). Does anyone other than Sicatoka realize how pointless this argument is? Who cares? We are in Big Sky, Ag School is in Summit and MVFC. Too bad we aren't in same conference. You'd rather be where you are and we are happy in Big Sky.

This kid can play. Great athlete. I'd offer him now.

Hakstol gives us as good of a chance to win as anyone available. That's what Bob May did, that's what Gino did, that's what Blais did. He obviously can coach and I think this is one of his best years yet. The fact is some don't like that he doesn't spend more time at the pub with fans. In my experience he has always been good with fans especially kids. He has a family and should spend time with them whenever possible. If we aren't winning then its his system. When we win it is the players that come here because of the Ralph. The record shows he can recruit and he puts kids in a position to win. We will win another NC. I don't think some of you understand how hard it is to get to FF much less win the dang thing. I've never heard the players blame the coaching for losses. Somehow we have fans that seem to think cuz they may know the game of hockey they know anything about being a coach. Blais was a great coach but he left. Sandy is a great coach but he is in Duluth. Eades is gone and has never won a game at this level, nor has he been a head coach at this level. So who will do better? Just cuz some dont think we have reason to upset what we have going for us doesn't mean if the program starts to slide we won't demand a change. It is tough to replace a legend and keep a program at this level. Hakstol has done that so far.NHL experts think Hakstol does a great job. I don't think they are "drinking the koolaid".

I hope we have more class than that. I would hope any coach with an IQ above 90 is smart enough not to act like a !@#!$! and throw things. I would agree with pulling the goalie. Team had no focus. Passing was careless and passes often didn't seem to have a purpose. We couldn't cycle the puck. Neither our defenseman nor our forwards moved well without the puck and Saunders struggled. Yeah if you are good enough to score a hat trick, you should get away clean. That philosophy that you take a run. At someone cuz they play well reminds me of the parents at the mite tournament who got in a fight in front of 8 yr olds. We all bitched when teams went after Parise. We are better than that.

Then don't participate. Uniforms are a great recruiting tool. No, they have never won a FB game. We paint our house to preserve the siding but also to keep it looking sharp. We have a group of people interested in doing this at no cost to UND. Not sure why anyone would be against it. One reason people are willing to do this is that they know where the donation is going and can actually see what they have done. That is rare when dealing with government entities.

I was told by March 1.

Delay is due to some other proposals being entertained. I'm not prepared to send anyone $ until we have a not for profit entity to send to so we get the tax write off. We will need a commitment of $50,000 with checks collected to buy new set uniforms with helmets. UND staff will need to coordinate this and then give instructions as to how we can make it happen. I guess we can be patient but I would hope they jump on this idea. I think we had almost .$10,000 committed with others who said they would consider once they knew details.

I'm sorry I hadn't heard back from UND folks. I have trouble understanding the delay but if I don't hear back tomorrow as to where we send $ then I will assume they aren't interested in this idea.

It's after 8am. If he isn't working out west try Judy's.

sent you text. If "budlightman" doesn't buy these i have another buyer, so they are gone.

Sect. 101 Row K. $35x4. $140. PM me. I will check back later tonight.

Assuming this is his only transgression and his story is accurate, I have a couple of thoughts. As a school board member for 17 yrs we don't fire a coach cuz a parent complains. We first suggest the athlete sit down and talk to the coach. If that doesn't solve the issue the parent should make an appointment with the coach. If that doesn't work then the parent can make an appointment with the activities director. If that doesn't work they can make an appointment with the activities committee. The process tends to let parent vent and give them and their athlete an opportunity to work with staff to come up with a solution. If there seems to be a problem with a coach, we would have them meet with the activities director to present their side of the story. We then have policies in place to protect their rights as an employee and allow for due process. Sometimes we have coaches do dumb things or even fail to follow policy. We come up with a corrective action plan and that has allowed some of our coaches to mature and develop rather than lose a potential good coach cuz of a mistake. There are a couple of things in this email however that concern me. We do not allow our coaches in the off season to make demands of our athletes who participate in other sports during those seasons. That can lead to overuse injuries and kids need to be allowed to be students and kids. Some kids need to work. I think it is great to make facilities available for kids for off season workouts but it isn't appropriate to threaten a kids playing time cuz they aren't practicing baseball when they are in the middle of hockey, bb or wrestling season. I certainly wouldn't fire a coach for this and even if he had been told not to do this you need to allow him due process. As far as the parent, doesn't matter if its private school or your are a big donor, you don't demand a coach be fired cuz he challenged your kid to do off season workouts. Tell your kid to talk to the coach or you talk to him if that doesn't work. Lastly, as a Catholic and product of 12 yrs of Catholic education, it bothers me we take a parent complaining more serious than the issues we had with pedophile priests.

Plans visit to UND either this weekend or next. Concordia wants him to play QB. He will have D1 golf scholarship opportunities. Still wants to play FB.Hasn't made a decision yet.

Also stronger arm and quicker release. He had close to a 4.0 first semester and made the Big Sky All-Academic team. He is bigger and faster. Should be able to capture starting job this spring. Bartels is good QB and shouldnt' hurt us if he gets protection. Mollberg has potential to be great and should be a difference maker. This spring he will need to prove it and then lead this fall. Im still concerned if he starts Bartels leaves and vice- versa.

Coaches did a great job in one month. This looks like solid class. Now they need to add a couple who may have been passed over by FBS and coach 'em up. Great job with the coverage. This class has some kids with great potential. Curious as to what happened to Kellum. He could have run track here and we will have great indoor facility.

Doubtful. When your job depends on winning, coaches tend to play the kids they think give them the best chance of winning.

Go to UND. I would take some leftover $ and give our PWO's a small partial per to lock them up if they have potential. Had we done that with Shobert we likely could have kept him.

So that means coach put you in the game the last 2 minutes. Lets keep this on the subject of recruiting. Hopefully we get commitments before kids go home today.

The Ramussen kid from Fergus Falls who committed to Ag school wants to major in Physical Therapy. I wonder if she would have reconsidered if new coach was in place. The Ag school doesn't have PT.