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I admit to some drunk frustration posting after watching us make another goalie look like an all-american. I still maintain my main points - This team doesn't have a lot of firepower at the front. Gersich has been almost invisible and the Europeans have not taken that next step. Even on Saturday, most scoring was on the power play and driven by defensmen. We have potential, but some guys need to step up their game. We could certainly use a top end finisher and playmaker such as Boeser on this team. Watching us shoot into the goalie's chest time and time again is very frustrating to me. The season is young, but some crisp passing and well placed shots would be a huge benefit to us. As to recruiting, I maintain that we are among the top 2-3 programs in the country with several great selling points - the best arena, the best fans, a proven winning record, and a proven record of developing NHL players. Not saying at all that we should get every recruit, but we should have the inside track on some studs. I, too, am basking in the warm glow of beating the Gophers, but I fear all of our scoring kinks are far from worked out.

I never said we don't have talent - what I said is we don't have any high-end scorers - Take the championship year - we needed what Boeser brought. If others can develop the scoring I am fine with that. However, about half of our games this year have been painful, shoot in the middle of the goalie affairs. Some returners need to get a scoring touch.

Nice hard-working victory by the team tonight - always nice when it's the Gophers. If they keep this up we will be a force.

One person might be and another one might enable him.

Bubba is a promoter and a rah rah good old guy, but I'm not sure he is much of a game coach. The OC and his calls are squarely on Bubba - this has been going on too long.

I would submit that he has learned nothing in his entire tenure.

Not advocating a BU approach, but some scorers would be nice. There is no reason a program like ours can't bring a stud scorer or two every year.

I thought the overall effort was outstanding, but it doesn't appear we have anyone that can either give a slick set-up or finish. For me this was a very frustrating game to watch.

How in the hell did a program of our stature, with the best fans in the country, and coming off a a National Championship two years ago end up with a team with no scorers or playmakers. This is painful to watch.

The operative word here is "adjust".

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Unless the coaches decide not to start him again - While it started out as just having an injury plagued year, coaching weaknesses are now being exposed. How many coaches around the league could do a better job with the starters we have on offense than we do? Getting fed up with Bubba's stubbornness and poor judgement.

I think this is a huge insight into the coaches weaknesses - a stubborn refusal to change or deal with anything that is even a bit outside of their philosophy. This is turning into a dumpster fire. I hope someone in the media has the guts to ask Bubba directly wtf is going on.

It's on the coaches that we have no one ready to go -

This situation could have been mitigated by better quarterback recruiting and grooming. Studs is a senior and we have no experience behind him.

I'm not giving up at all and know we will be a much better team come March I still think that one or two proven goal scorers are needed for this team. So far we have looked just slightly better than two of the below average teams in the country. And that power play ...absolutely no excuse especially when it is year after year. It's almost like they practice playing with the puck and teeing it up on the outside.

I said "some studs". I am not pushing for a BU approach, but think about what Boesser added to our championship team. How would they have done without him? We need some guys who can put the puck in the net. Lots of other teams brought in some, not just BU.

Or perhaps passing

And enough trying to skate through people with the puck.

We did not look good - Scoring by committee only works if you have people on the committee that can actually score. We need to recruit some high-end studs and turn them loose. Other teams get them - absolutely no reason we should have a whole team of grinders. I'm not seeing much improvement from our returning skaters.

We need some finishers in this group.

Fickle fan base my butt - this season has turned into a dumpster fire. Bubba had several selling points when he got the job - let's see how he's doing 1. Change the culture - no sideline dancing but other than that this is the second serious incident this year and the team is playing soft 2. Recruit players to play "Bubba Ball" - In the world of smash face football our faces are the ones getting smashed - injuries are a part, but see item one about playing soft 3. No more humiliations - some of the worst beatings and pathetic halves of football I have ever seen have taken place starting with last year's playoff game. 4. Be competitive with the school to the south - years away 5. Improve the game day experience and attendance - this year started well - let's see how long it lasts Bubba has some work to do - he is still basking in the glow of what the good old boys portrayed him as and being and also being not Mussman, but as they said in the movie The Hustler - "Time to shoot pool, Fast Eddy".

What in the hell is it - nothing frustrates me more than hinting at something (I know something really big, but can't share with you) and not saying what it is. Either say what is happening or don't start the thread.

Bubba's weakness is inflexibility - if you want to play smash-face football you need to insure that it is not your face getting smashed. I understand the injury situation, but am not real pleased with the coaches response to it.