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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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

I beg to differ.

Or maybe as assistant to the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Engagement and Mentorship

Exactly this - this is the problem and we need to expect much better - especially when other conference teams have put it together.

The odds of that happening with Berry are slim and none and slim just left town.

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.