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8 minutes ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said:
Recruits from ND, Northern MN…gritty, tough, more blue collar than blue blood…flyover country.
Is WMU the new UND?
Man - I hope we are the new UND - they showed us how to get it done
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1 hour ago, ChrisUND1 said:
DU with the comeback. Two very good teams. Jealous.
Remember when we used to get it done? I do.
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We have some serious roster needs and the portal is open - other teams are getting some studs including some of ours - so pitter patter let's get at er.
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57 minutes ago, hky said:
Darn. He looks good.
We specialize in portal goalies
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24 minutes ago, Username Taken said:
Gotta have the horses to open it up. Hopefully they can get guys in the system that can skate and make plays at a higher speed. Didn’t see much of that in the lineup this last year and trying to run and gun with teams that do have that skill can be tough.
Job 1 needs to get some great players here for next year - our rivals are already getting portal players - we lost some studs - time to get some new talent in.
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On 4/2/2025 at 11:36 AM, nascar99 said:
So is UND going to sit on their hands this whole time because of the new coaching hire? No big moves until Jackson settles in? Or waiting until the CHL Playoffs & Memorial Cup are done to finally get some more CHL recruits?
So far it's doodly squat.
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8 hours ago, coachdags said:
Can someone give me a list of the quality Head Coaches, Assitant Coaches, Athletic directors, and Presidents that have been successful at UND, without UND ties in some form.....
I will wait...
Not a big pool to select from - we are among the most inbred athletic department in the country.
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14 minutes ago, TNF said:
One of the two open assistant jobs has been posted and closes tomorrow night. Here are the minimum and preferred qualifications. Discuss
In other words - being "one of us" preferred. Same old same old.
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2 hours ago, burd said:
gf the poet: I see him as more of a drug/alcohol induced haze guy than Shakespeare--like maybe one of the beat poets. gf as Ginsberg?
Think Charles Bukowski
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So in summary - Our program is a underachieving mess and we fire the coach. Then we had a chance to go with a young up and comer to turn this program around but elected to go with a coach who has been with the program for 19 years after supposedly a bunch of players said they would leave if he wasn't hired. We hire him and then almost all of our studs promptly leave. You can't make this up. We have to be the most inbred athletic program in the country.
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Just now, yzerman19 said:
Nobody I've ever known got great due to their successes. They got great due to their failures.
Not sure what you are saying here - that it's a good move?
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1 hour ago, .357 said:
A couple of interesting points from this article.
1) Jackson will no doubt be bringing in another assistant at some point, but it doesn't sound like Simpson or Goehring are going anywhere. At least that's how I read it. Which I don't get, what great or needed value does Goehring bring to the team? Was hoping that Jackson would have the cajones to part with him but it appears not. Disappointing to say the least, this team needs fresh ideas on the bench in the worst way.
2) And thought this was interesting: "Junior hockey coaches and NHL scouts have told the Herald that UND's presence on the recruiting trail needs to grow. How will Jackson solve that?"
In my opinion a failure in his first test of leadership.
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15 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
LOL
Wow - from what I can see Karl has been pretty ineffective - when he was hired I thought wow - here comes a great goalie pipeline - sadly not.
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29 minutes ago, iramurphy said:
I agree. I believe our student section has been weak for years. Our non-student fans aren’t any better. As a fan base we do travel well and can get loud. Our band is great. I don’t believe we generate the same energetic atmosphere we once had.
Yzerman19 points out what a difference the fans can make to create an energetic atmosphere and he is correct. Penn State’s entire fan base knows their cheers. Same for University of Wisconsin fans.
At a Regional final in Madison years ago, their entire fan base, including the “cotton tops” knew their cheers. Wisconsin also has a number of songs in addition to their fight song and Alma mater and they all know them. They play them at graduation, weddings, reunions etc.We don't have that right now. We had the “Snake Pit” in BB many years ago, we had the “Farce” for a number of years. If you sit next to those fans having beers, a lot of their stories involved their shenanigans. This group of students can get together in 15-20yrs and reminisce about yelling “he sucks sh..”. We older fans are just as guilty. The best fans don’t need to wait until we are back at the F4. We need to do the little things as fans that might fire up a team or impress a recruit and their families. We need to dig a bit deeper for our favorite sports do we don’t loose key players cuz of NIL, and can afford to incentivize if necessary, key recruits to come here.
Agree - Part of the problem is how the Ralph manages the game - Stops in action aren't viewed as a time to fire up the crowd - especially after some great or physical play on the ice - it sees it as a time to sell more ads or blare some nonsense music or both. Steamatic races are mildly interesting but have nothing to do with hockey or the play on the ice - They have no idea how to fire up a crowd at a hockey game and from what I can tell don't care very much. Their big idea lately is to invest a lot of money on some system that rotates and flashes lights into the crowd - sometimes into people's eyes. The gigantic scoreboard could certainly be put to better use during breaks. The other problem, of course, has been our style of play lately - especially in the 3rd period. What would be an appropriate cheer when we go into a defensive shell? - "Clutch the stick harder"?
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8 minutes ago, brianvf said:
January is when it all changed for this season and when the admins starting thinking seriously of replacing Berry.
The ASU weekend was turbulent and when the tension between Berry & Jackson kind of overflowed...rumor is that they almost came to blows.
Then the horrible home weekend against WMU.
Then the following weekend when the "Jammer incident" occurred during the bye week.The admins started hearing about these issues from players, staff, and team personnel.
Players were not happy with how Berry handled the Jammer issue...Dane wanted to handle it in a different manner that aligned with what the players wanted as well.
Berry is a great guy, no one is stating otherwise. I think he got taken advantage of a bit with that and he couldn't make the tough choices, especially with this year's senior class, their playing time & roles, and the Jammer issue.
By the time the season ended, the decision to replace Berry had already been made and had been in process for at least a month or more.Can you tell us what was the issue?
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2 minutes ago, SIOUXpucks said:
When I read the letter my take was that the "too many to name" comment was in reference to the "Ralph Engelstad staff/employees". Given how long the letter was and how many other people were named specifically, it does seem odd that the associate/assistant coaches were not mentioned, or even Poolman for that matter.
Someone else had mentioned that the Dane/Brad relationship was all hunky-dory initially but that it soured over time. I also had heard that Brad had started limiting Dane's voice and influence with the players and that Dane also wanted to handle the most significant locker room issue thing differently but obviously Brad had final say there. I'm not trying to trash Brad at all as he is a genuine guy and I have no doubts that he did everything with the intent that it be for the best of the program, but perhaps his big heart and softer nature clouded his judgement a bit.I don't know who'd be the best next coach either. My first choice wasn't going to be Dane and thought a fresh start would be good, but how in the world do any of us really know what'd be best? Perhaps we shouldn't hold some of his coaching responsibilities and the results of them against him just based on this past year. We have had good forward groups in the past, and a solid PK. This year was a dud sure, but if he becomes HC and brings in some very good assistants, perhaps they can take things a new direction and improve results too. If he's named coach, hopefully he can take the bits of things he has seen and experienced under everyone he's worked with and devise a way to getting the guys truly play the brand of hockey we've grown to love over the years.
That would require him to fire most of the people he has worked with - some for a long time. It needs to be done but does he have the stones to do it.
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1 hour ago, RhettRingers said:
For the record Dane's going to be a hell of a coach. Most of you will bitch and moan about it but give the guy a chance. He's paid his dues, could've left multiple times.
I really hope so - for some it is hard to reconcile Dane's participation in what ever the hell we saw this season with how he would do things as a Head Coach. As a group the forwards were among the worst I have seen in a long time. If he's the coach and they come out playing hard and fast we are back on track. However, if we see the passing, intensity, and game efforts we saw this year we are in big trouble. Sounds like you are confident it will be the former.
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5 hours ago, brianvf said:
If (and an IF) Dane gets the head coaching job...I'm hoping he brings on board at least one young up-n-coming assistant and cleans house with some of the others.
I agree with you that the AD messed up this firing/hiring process. I'm gonna be a UND fan regardless of who is HC next season, and hope that the boys get past some of the issues of this past year. Seems like a lot of it had to do with the exiting SR class.Go Sioux.
But will he clean house on the assistant coaches who were his colleagues for so long? He would need to do it but will he?
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1 hour ago, 78 und grad said:
Und parting ways w/brad berry just doesnt pass the smell test. My gut tells me there’s much more to this. More than failing to advance deeper into the post season. Off ice issues must be front and center. Maybe someday all of us will know what really happened here. Go sioux!!
Did you watch any games this year? Our play was beyond frustrating - and they were still making the same mistakes at the end of the season that they did when Augustana took it to us.
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11 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:
I’m fine with Fighing Sioux hockey on the ice, but can we leave it at that finally? The hockey players parading around social media in their top-secret Sioux hats and jackets isn’t a good look for a university with a new team name and logo that’s almost 10 years old now.
Don't necessarily disagree - I used "Fighting Sioux Hockey" more as a descriptor of the style that we used to play when we were tough to play against and winning big games - not a reference to the logo (although I despise our current one.
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1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:I do think DJ needs to be on a short leash. He's been here 19 years. If there is little to no improvement in the performance of the team two years from now, then it will be back to the drawing board.
We need to get back to "Fighting Sioux" hockey - not whatever you call the crap we saw this season - continued no look and crappy passes especially in the D zone, the lack of physicality, the patented "third period freeze", and the inability to put together a full 60 minutes of hockey - not to mention crapping the bed against lesser opponents. If Dane is the guy I hope he can do it although it doesn't seem like he had much influence this year. And Berry was shocked and amazed when he let go. It was brutal watching out hockey team this year.
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3 hours ago, nodakgirl93 said:
Mr Schlossman would say otherwise. Look at this stat 🤣
but anyway back to the topic of this thread...
A big part of this is our continual reliance on the portal for our goalie needs. Why can't we recruit a good prospect and develop him over 4 years. Many other programs can. I had high expectations when Karl was hired and in my opinion he has not met them even though TJ played well the last part of the season.
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18 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
WHY THE F*CK would they hire Dane? Even Chaves isn't that stupid
I beg to differ.
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4 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:
Berry as new AD?
Or maybe as assistant to the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Engagement and Mentorship
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