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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.

Failing to get it done a couple of times could be just bad luck - failure to get it done every year since 2016 is a pattern - and not a good one. The one constant - Berry

And then Bubba decides not to give anyone else any playing time regardless of game circumstances -

Bubba being stubborn

Ok - I re-read your year end post. To quote it " UND has had one NCAA win since 2016, and the win was against AIC. Bruce Ciskie said it best, hockey is about getting the right bounce and having a little luck. Recently, luck has yet to be on UND's side." So your take seems to be that we are the unluckiest team in college hockey and Denver is the luckiest. It must have been just bad luck that UND seemingly didn't come out of the locker room for about 5 minutes in the third against Michigan. Although it's hard to quantify, good coaches have their team ready to play a full 60 minutes in important games. If it were one or two years I might buy the luck excuse but this run indicates something else is going on. And this is unacceptable at UND. The failure to capitalize on our Natty in recruiting the next couple of years set the trend. Remember when we would make fun of the Gophers for tournament chokes? Well, that's us now.

Assistant to the Sr. VP.

If this was his only season I would agree 1000% - However since 2016 with Hak's team Berry's team has won only 1 - count em - 1 regional game. Time to get things done or find someone who can.

Agree - and the second rule of holes - when you stop digging you are still in a hole.

It seems live everyone in the known universe knows this except Bubba. I can't imagine what goes on in his stubborn head.

Bubba has some serious deficiencies in recruiting but his game and player management is off the charts bad.

Not to worry - Bubba is evaluating everything - like he does every year.

Wow - another good week of prep.

In my opinion this is partially true - In my opinion the GOBC is not an organized entity with meetings etc. - more of a loose group of Bubba's and his brother's contemporaries and family - many older athletes who played with his brother and some older businessmen who were big Sioux boosters pushed for his hire and whose opinion at the time had influence with the Athletic Department. I was personally lobbied a couple of times by some I knew whose pitch was "he bleeds Sioux Green". How he keeps his job is a mystery known only the Chaves - whose tenure is a disaster. Not naming names as what they did was their right to do and totally within bounds and was nothing sinister. However the results speak for themselves and it looks like they are very reluctant to call for his firing.

Ok, we'll go with that - I was going to correct my post to say no changes in results but that wouldn't be true either - results are getting worse. If Hockey Bubs can't parlay our hockey facilities into Frozen 4 teams I don't think Football Bubba will improve his program one bit. It's all about the product on the field or in the rink.

And yet here we are with no changes in sight.

Yes - this is exactly the problem with no solution in sight.