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The Canad is currently horrible - sad that it has to be attached to the Alerus instead of a Hotel that actually cared about its appearance/

The injuries were tough but they were playing like crap starting with the Augustana game. Totally unprepared at the start of the season and that is biting them hard now. They are painful to watch.

They have had many opportunities to look in the mirror over the past 8 seasons and have yet to do so - for example another portal goalie next year. What is Karl doing and why isn't he getting a great freshman goalie and developing him? Our roster management is a hot mess.

Give them time - it's not the 3rd period yet.

When was the last time you saw our team focused?

I think Chaves is well aware of this - It's just that he doesn't care. He embraces mediocrity - just look at the state of our whole Athletic Program. When changes are finally made he needs to be at the top of the list.

Ok - if it isn't "systems" what do you think it is? Poor recruiting overall? Poor game management? Coaching style? There must be some reason for our continual underachieving. Is it coaching style and philosophy that leads us to go into a 3rd period prevent shell with a lead - often with disastrous results or leads to our difficulty maintaining intensity for a full 60 minutes? Is it poor recruiting that causes us to be continually in the portal for goalies - even with an experienced goalie coach on staff? Looking at the number of times we have missed the regional altogether it must be something. And for every Jaxon Blake there are many who didn't develop at all. And even with Jaxon we got bounced out of the tournament when we didn't show up for the first 5 minutes of the third period. Watching our team - especially when we still have the no look passes and horrible penalties is very frustrating. Compare our organization and results to Denver and you can see the difference. Our program is losing ground rapidly.

What I just can't understand is how someone who is at an advanced level in coaching and who has been coaching for years and has educated assistants can be so hidebound and enamored with their "system" that not only are they resistant to change in face of unacceptable results but will stubbornly double down on the status quo. We saw that for years with Football Bubba and now Hocky Bubs just won't change anything either. This total lack of awareness from people who should know better is stunning. Clearly the college hockey world has passed Berry by and if he is here next year it will be a disaster. Everyone can see this but hi and Chaves.

What really grinds my gears about this staff is that it is now February and we have made zero progress correcting the stupid mistakes we made at the beginning of the season - none. We still have no-look passes that burn us and horrible passing in general, still have bad turnovers in our zone, still take stupid penalties at the worst times, can't get our shots on goal, and for some reason can't play a full 40 minutes to save our souls. And going into a prevent mentality with a lead burns us game after game. Time for a whole new staff.

You're expecting way too much from Berry.

I've been a Sioux Hockey fan for a long long time - thru many ups and downs - and we certainly have had some frustrations - but this is probably the first time I can refer to our hockey team as "soft" - this for me is the ultimate let-down. We used to mock the Gophers win or lose for being soft and now that is us. Changes need to be made.

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.