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14 minutes ago, burd said:
Over your head. You probably weren’t even alive.
Come now, Mr. Agnew, good vibes only.
8 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:No duckies and bunnies and rainbows and unicorns?
Asking for a definition of what a great college hockey coach is was an innocent enough question, or so I thought, & I was genuinely curious in reading people's opinions. It had the opposite effect of triggering some into thinking their coach was being attacked. Funny how the mind works sometimes.
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52 minutes ago, burd said:
Better than listening to these nattering nabobs of negativism.
No worries, the brutal & overwhelming negativity has passed & the forecast for this afternoon is sunshine & lollipops.
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3 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
I wasn't trying to prove anything. Jeebus, man. MOVE ON.
Like I said, thanks for your time.
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16 minutes ago, SiouxFanSince1990 said:
If they haven’t signed, we can assume that it’s a possibility that both may stay?
I have a feeling that this extended wait is going to hurt even more should 1 or both sign. It gets our hopes up a little, then BAM, the depression kicks in all the harder. Like someone mentioned earlier, just pull the dang ripcord already so Sioux fans can start worrying about where the offensive production will come next season!
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8 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:
Come on Stone, you owe it to .357! Five Pages single spaced to be turned in to him by 5pm today.
Was simply looking for what qualifies a D1 hockey coach as great. If a person can make that claim about the current coach but not back it up, then they prove nothing.
And double-spaced is fine.
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Just now, stoneySIOUX said:
I really don't have to do anything, no.
I'm not trying to argue anything. I just don't want to talk about it because, for a third time, whatever my opinion is doesn't really matter because he is absolutely not going anywhere. The horse as been beaten, poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.
Thanks for your time.
If anyone can present sound reasons on why UND's current head hockey coach is great, I'm all ears.
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5 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Correct, because again, I'm not interested. It's going to devolve into a pissing match of whether Bubs goes or stays. It's just not going to happen and I'd rather not go in circles.
If you're going to call someone great in his field, especially one who pulls home over 400k/year, you need to have solid reasons to back it up. If not, then your claim has no teeth. Has nothing to do with a pissing match, genuinely curious why Berry is a great coach in your eyes.
2 minutes ago, Goon said:I think Berry is a good coach, he's also a great human being. I think DC in Denver is also good. Honestly, some on this board don't like Berry and I really don't feel like getting in a pissing contest. People have their own views. I can respect that.
I agree also that Berry is a good, but not great, coach. Appreciate your honesty.
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4 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
I'm good. I think Bubs is a great coach, and you disagree and we've spent so many pages on this conversation. He's not leaving. I'd much rather talk about the 24-25 season.
You didn't describe the qualities of a great D1 college hockey coach. Please elaborate on why Berry deserves to be called great.
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28 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Comparing Dean Blais and Jerry York to today's game is just a completely worthless exercise, IMO. It's a different game/different world.
I'll say this again, you can all want Bubs to go, but it ain't happening any time soon unless he falls off a cliff performance wise.
I'll extend the question to you as well as Goon: Kindly describe what makes a college hockey coach great at the D1 level in this day & age?
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15 minutes ago, Blackheart said:
Dean Blais?
Ok then, what was it about Dean Blais & Jerry York that made them great college hockey coaches?
I was mostly directing the question at Goon, but it's open to anyone, I guess.
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42 minutes ago, Goon said:
People are really going to lose their mind when he's extended.
What's your definition of a great college hockey coach?
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34 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:
i don't disagree with his point, just seems dishonest to jigger the numbers to help it along, seems so much like government help / higher ed hubrus / big money companies....
It has nothing to do with "jiggering the numbers" or spinning a narrative; he's making a valid comparison between 3 coaches. No HC making close to half a million/year is above criticism.
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11 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
Recent success at the national level has primarily been focused on small, private schools. What are they doing to achieve this success? We should look into it.
Gee, that's a head-scratcher. It certainly isn't because of their head coaches. Successful teams rely on luck, culture & tradition to peak at the right time & go deep in the playoffs year-in, year-out.
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19 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:
interesting choice of years, why 97? why not 88?
Because he's making a comparison between 3 coaches. 94-95 would have been a more accurate start date, because that would have then encompassed the coaching careers of both Blais & Hakstol in their entirety; starting at '88 only includes less than a 1/3 of Gasparini's career. But his point still stands.
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9 hours ago, tnt said:
Agree we need to see results, but don’t know if that entails getting this certain player, or that player, but moreso a change in mindset or philosophy in the postseason to make sure we are playing our best hockey that time of year, rather than peaking early.
Indeed. I think Berry puts so much emphasis on winning the Penrose (one of his "checking the boxes" as he's fond of saying) that the players get a little burned out from trying to win the conference every year; like there's a big drop in energy after the players finally scale Mt. Penrose & plant the team flag atop of it. Case in point: they won the Penrose against Miami, then get swept in Omaha the following weekend; although there were signs that they were on the decline before that.
I can't think of any other reason the team may be peaking too early than this. But like you said earlier, I'm not sure he's even aware that something's 'off'; and looking at this team's performance in this year's tournament vs other teams' performances, something was definitely 'off'. My theory is that it's a mismanagement of the team's energy, causing the players to get mentally drained & 'check out' as it gets late into the season; possibly due to being hyper-focused on winning the Penrose for 5 months.
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16 minutes ago, brianvf said:
Or it could be as simple as he’s spent the last year in Bemidji and wanted to spend the next 1-2 years in a bigger city?
If he wanted to experience big-city life in Denver, then it would have been a waste of his time to make a visit to UND yesterday; so I doubt that was the reason...Maybe he wanted to experience what a college championship feels like before he becomes just another human resource cog on an NHL team.
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28 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
Official.....Denver
Per Schloss
Playing in front of the best & most numerous fans in hockey-crazed GF and the best college rink in America wasn't enough to sway his decision. Nor did UND's "culture" or tradition win him over. I think it highlights that he trusts Carle more than the UND staff to get him to the next level. I don't blame him, it sounds like he made a practical decision based on comparisons between the two schools over the last 6-7 years: one coach excels in the regular season; the other, the playoffs. If I were his advisor & not a complete UND homer like I am now, I would have also tried to steer him towards DU. Future head-to-head battles w/ DU over star players may play out the same way as Pohlkamp if Berry doesn't fix his mindset & start bringing home some titles. The precedent has been set.
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35 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:
my sources.
I'm not seeing this online. Who are your sources?
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4 minutes ago, SJHovey said:
I'm actually cheering for DU. I think David Carle is about two years from an NHL deal, and a championship this year will only hasten that.
If so, they'll likely just replace him with another great coach without missing a beat, who will continue to field strong teams & be contenders every year. That program seems to make all the right moves, & it all starts with their AD who puts winners into the HC position.
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Does anyone think that there will be other very good transfer possibilities in the coming weeks, or is Pohlkamp, Wood & Wilkie heads & tails above all others?
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12 minutes ago, tnt said:
That’s the deal with Hakstol always getting the team to the Frozen Four, North Dakota was getting a lot more exposure than all the one and dones, and you can always sell a player they could help put us over the top.
You'd think that a player of Pohlkamp's caliber would be looking at all possible factors in selecting a school; & no doubt he's watching closely what schools are doing well in this year's tournament. Friday's third period sleep-a-pa-looza against MI may come back to seal the deal for DU.
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40 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:
Not official…but he’s going to DU
You're likely right, but if it were a slam dunk on him going there you'd think he would have already announced it & signed the necessary papers.
UND's recent playoff meltdowns aren't helping matters.
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7 minutes ago, cberkas said:
Pohlkamp has officially entered the portal
Like some have speculated, he may very well already know where he's going, the portal just being a necessary channel he has to go through.
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2 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:
He tried to throw a check when the game was over and got hurt
Serious injury?
2024-25 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
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If one can keep a lighthearted approach, there is comedic gold to be found in some of these replies. Like most here, am focused on the Blake situation but got sidetracked into this dead-end.