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29 minutes ago, farce poobah said:DU with the textbook game plan to beat BU. Executed very well.
Gotta admit that's well played.
Having your goalie have a 97% or more save percentage in 3 straight games doesn’t hurt either.
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16 minutes ago, Goon said:
Why do you say that was a lowball contract? The signing bonus can only be 10% of the total contract which indicates this is essentially the max. I believe all ELCs are two-way deals.
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Just now, SIOUXFAN97 said:
hockey is probably the only sport that doesn't overlap with the main campus..............would they ever have the balls to shutter every sport at omaha branch other than hockey and just ask/say that the mavs are the huskers and see if big10 would accept that?
would save a ton and having the goofs and those stinkin' badgers coming to omaha/nebraska would be a huge huge get obviously
I wonder what implications Title IX would have on this.
With generally declining enrollment, the financial black hole of most college sports, the NIL mess, and the portal, the next decade will be interesting for sure.
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3 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:
There's a lot of guys that carved out pretty good college careers at UND and got an education years back that probably would have been jettisoned for a bright shinier toy with the portal as it is now.
Agreed, and by the same token, players are voluntarily leaving programs who could carve out a pretty good college career and get an education because they believe there is a brighter shinier toy elsewhere.
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13 minutes ago, brianvf said:
Blake would have even more leverage next season if he stuck around...then he could become a FA if he wanted.
The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team. The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.
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1 hour ago, Irish said:
How about if your expectation is to win some games in the regional and put yourself in position to win a natty instead of flaming out in the first round - or even making the tournament?
The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak. He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.
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14 hours ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Some also refuse to believe Michigan's first three goals in the tournament were also insane bounces.
The first 3 were definitely greasy goals, but that’s the way it goes in the one and done NCAA tournament.
Denver was out chanced, out shot, and arguable out played in both games and won (2) one goal games due to no bad breaks and a goalie with a 97.2 save percentage.
But we clearly are outclassed and miles behind DU…
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13 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
One game every couple years isn't huge experience. How about you develop Komzak?
One of the multiple reasons I hate the portal. From Komzak’s perspective it’s real easy to leave to go somewhere he’s basically guaranteed playing time. From the team’s perspective it must be tempting to take a known commodity instead of hoping a player develops to a similar level.
At least we are in the trading up side of the portal equation, but I hate it.
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10 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
You sure you want that kind of pressure in your life?
Maybe you can start a campaign to have have him removed prior to his hiring just to get a jump start on the complaining. Poor Sicakota has no chance to live up to your standards.
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8 hours ago, Wilbur said:I'm old enough now to where I can't let what a 20 year old (Whom I'll never probably meet) decides to do with his (ope, he/they/them) life effect mine too much.
They've got to make a decision and live with it, and I've got to figure out how to help my 12 year old figure out his short game so he can make the junior high golf team.
Let's get the ship righted with whoever is on the roster in September. I'll still bleed green either way and still have to explain to my wife why I yell at the TV on Friday's and Saturdays from October through March.
Totally agree. Surprising, the sun came up the Saturday after the Michigan loss. This is college athletes. It's suppose to be entertainment and should bring happiness and moments of relief from daily life. If your day is materially impacted in a negative way by a sports team, that doesn't signify a problem with the sports team...
Funny how kids help bring inconsequential stuff into perspective. (From someone who bleeds green as much as anyone)
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Just now, SJHovey said:
I'd be curious to see how often the team that appears to have the most talent actually wins the title.
Few and far between. Using betting odds, the top team has around a 10-12% chance of winning the NCAA tournament. I believe the actual results are pretty consistent with this.
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11 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:
This whole tournament is so wide open, you could throw darts at a board and get some of them right.
I agree. There are 10-12 teams that I wouldn't be overly surprised if they won it.
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58 minutes ago, rhenry8439 said:
The way I see this season is this. We laid an egg against two inner conference foes, that we could not figure out, but were almost lights out against everyone else we played. As long as we don't go up against Omaha in St. Paul we will be a force to be reckoned with. The guys know what is on the line and they are not going to lay another egg going forward.
For the last (2) games against CC and (3) against Omaha (all losses) the UND save percentage was 82% and the opponent's 95%. UND had significantly more quality shots and "close shots" on goal and outshot the opponent by a margin of 181 (9 goals allowed ) to 146 (26 goals allowed). The opponent's goals skewed significantly toward longer range shots.
We need solid play, not lose the goaltender battle, and a little puck luck, all of which are possible.
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I was taking a look through the score sheets and season stats... Zmolek may be the MVP. Bad things just don't happen often 5x5 when he is on the ice, and he' s a monster on the PK.
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1 hour ago, brianvf said:
Also helped that UW hit 4-5 posts in that game.
But I'll take that kind of puck luck any day. I'd take it on Friday.But it's not about puck luck, a couple shots being a literal inch off target, or being off-sides by the width of a sheet of paper... it's about poor coaching, lack of motivation, and stick breaking. I heard that Berry broken 4 sticks that game and Hasting only broke 2. Not difficult to figure out why we won.
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UND is +950 to win the championship. That equates to having a 57% chance to win each individual game.
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Just now, fightingsioux4life said:
So we went through the time and expense of moving up from Division 2 to Division 1 to have an "above average FCS program" in a division that is heavily watered down with really weak programs? You basically just said "Nattys don't matter". I don't tolerate that B.S. in the hockey threads and I don't tolerate it here, either. The FB boosters pushed hard for this Division I move 15 years ago. I don't think they did it to be "an above average FCS program". This entire athletic department is being run like a high school and I am sick and tired of it. Anyone who thinks this is how it should be done, please make your case.
There are 128 FCS teams. I'd love to be winning national championships, but that's not reasonable to expect or demand and is completely divorced from reality. If that is the standard all ADs took there would be a 95% coaching turnover every year.
UND is around the 80-90th percentile of FCS teams In most endeavors that would be deemed very good. If the posters here lived up to the standards they impose on their favorite college sports teams the athletic department would be so flooded with money we'd never lose a recruiting battle or game.
As I said, I believe last year was a natural time to move on and I'd like to have more information on the feasibility of a buyout after last year (were funds available) as well as going forward.
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This is tough, and definitely arguments on both sides. The program isn't up to many fans' standards, but is an above average FCS program. Every program's fans want to win championships and perennially make deep runs in playoffs. That unfortunately has not happened under Bubba, but it also hasn't happened for 95% of the FCS teams. If the standard imposed by the fan base was imposed by ADs the coaching turnover would be silly.
That said, it seems like a reasonable time to move on. I hope the actual payoff was structured to have doing so be a viable option after next year.
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1 hour ago, rochsioux said:
Next season is probably a lost cause. The coaches and GM know it but would never say. This offseason is very important for their longer term future. They need to get the QB situation figured out for the long term, which pretty much requires them to draft a QB in the first round, probably moving up by trading with San Diego. I would seriously look at trade offers for Jefferson. Really don’t want to lose him but I’m not sure it is worth paying any non QB 30+ million a year, especially if it’s guaranteed money. A top QB along with good offensive and defensive lines will give you a shot at a Super Bowl.
I don't think trading to the 5th pick would land a QB they couldn't take with their current pick. The price to move up to a top (3) pick would be steep and probably isn't even an option.
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1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:
Dave Starman always says the team with the most talent wins 95% of the time. But according to people here, it's mostly luck.
How many college or NHL teams have had a 95% winning percentage? Must be at least 1 per year by that logic.
The bookmakers seem to disagree. I don’t recall many 20-1 dogs being offered. It’s unusual to see teams more than -250.
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4 minutes ago, hockey1 said:
Just admit it was the wrong chose of words. Nothing personal.
Are you a fact checker for NBC? This reminds me of one of their "fact checks" when Trump said that Biden has been in politics "forever." That was declared to be a lie. He was not in politics forever, but begin his politic career in 1970...
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I'm surprised that Gino was only 49 at the end of his tenure.
I don't see Berry leaving anytime soon, and unless the program takes a major step backwards I assume the hire would be internal.
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1 hour ago, Dustin said:I remember that after Hak took the NHL job I told my dad that we’d finally be able to win the national championship. I was excited to see him go. That sounds harsh, but the common denominator for all the failures on the biggest stage were him.
The common denominator is that even the top team going into the NCAA tournament has around a 1 in 10 chance of winning the title in the current state of the game. Blaming that on the coach is frankly idiotic.
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17 minutes ago, burd said:
Yeah, I feel that way too, but when it gets to regional and FF play, teams seldom absolutely dominate. Note even sure the Circus completely dominated MSU in '87.
It's my belief that there is much more parity today than in the 80's-90's. The last 2 or 3 games of a 4 game title run and pretty close to being coin flips even for the 1 seeds.
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The max he could receive for his draft year is $925,000 so I believe you are correct.