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Add that to coasting the first 5 minutes of the period and here we are

You are correct but the operate word here is Change. Berry has shown us no indicating that he is capable and/or willing to change anything.

Player development is becoming a serious concern - which is ironic given our facilities and coaching experience. We should have way more threads like "wow, did he every develop into a stud" than "but he looked so good when we recruited him". Sadly this is not so anymore. Combine this with what appears to be our new style of play - sloppy, soft, poor passing, not putting the puck on net, etc and you have this dumpster fire. What gives? Our program should be way better than that. It can't be just Berry - this must be a team effort.

The bold part - over and over and over again. No fix in sight. With our facilities, training, nutrition, and equipment it is amazing that we are so soft and weak on the puck and in front of the net. And although it can't be fixed by training what is going on with our passing? I've never seen a team supposedly on a high level that can't make any adjustments to fix defects.

And by extension Karl - so when he came on full time I thought our goalie worries would be over. So far it's portal portal portal.

Karl hasn't recruited squat - one of the biggest disappointments in our coaching staff (and that says a lot) - portal portal portal - and here Western Michigan is with two studs.

We are soft

The fact that we are repeating the same mistakes and our lack of intensity and soft play is alarming - pretty far from Sioux Hockey.

To me this points out one of my great frustrations about Berry teams - It's been discussed that we need to play a full 60 and some have pointed out that all teams have ebbs and flows to their game. But to come out of the locker room between periods in big games and look lost for 5 minutes is inexcusable - this should be directly on the coaches and their ability to get the best efforts and focus when it matters. Good programs do this - we don't.

Truest statement ever - its just a question of when and how - first though they have to get your hopes up

Thanks Neil and INewz

He should be but sadly that's not how things work here - he needs to flounder for another 5-6 years first. We have the weakest athletic program for a school of our size and stature in the area.

What stuns me about Berry's body of work is his total inability to get his teams prepared and fired up for important games. The performance we saw last night typifies what we see time and time again in big games - no intensity, not playing for all 60, sloppy passing, and lapses in concentration. If this was just one year I could understand it but it is a constant for Barry and Staff. Time to make a wholesale change - what we see is so far from Sioux hockey it is almost unbelievable.

When we got Karl on staff I thought wow- will we develop the goalies - sadly it's been the opposite. Time to clean house.

This just illustrates how frustrating our programs are - watching the Bison and Denver repeatedly get it done while we hand out extensions for participation trophies. Berry needs to be coaching for his and Chaves' jobs. We need to start getting it done or get people in there who will - how long did we go with Bubba after it was clear what we had? Same with hockey (but but but Penrose). We have given up the high ground and need to have a plan to get to the top again.