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Chugging Pepto.... let's go
http://daddydumpandchase.blogspot.com/2015/04/thursday-frozen-four-gameday-back-to.html
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Parks x2, Gaardy, Nick
This is hilarious.
Sending + vibes.
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Congrats on 25,000 posts
I hope to be like you when I grow up, Goonie
Wow, you either have a lot of talent or a lot of time on your hands. I guess you've found your calling.
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You guys are hilarious.
MM technically had the right answer as the poison was in the ice cubes, & the one who drank her 5 iced teas quickly didn't absorb any poison.
But since he is on a self-imposed boycott until another poster does something, SWSiouxMN wins.
Thanks for playing. : )
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A little brain-tease to divert any anxiety for awhile (disqualifications for Googling):
Two girls ate dinner together.
They both ordered ice tea.
One girl drank them very fast
and had finished five in the time it took
the other to drink just one.
The girl who drank one died
while the other survived.
All of the drinks were poisoned.
How did the girl who drank the most survive?
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I brought this up a little while back but no one really dug into it, but, I'll give it another go. Obviously we'll see a lot of BU fans, but do the other Boston fans (ie. BC, Harvard, NE) cheer for BU or us? I feel like the eastern love may overshadow their hatred for BU. Am I wrong? I hope so. It'd be nice to have a few extra fans on our side.
If they're focused, on their A game & determined to win with losing not an option, I think the atmosphere doesn't matter that much.
I think MN fans would cheer strongly against UND, but they may do things a little differently back east so we'll see.
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I hope Wade Murphy becomes our Grayson Allen
Grayson Allen's got a nice ring to it ..sounds like either an upscale fashion boutique in Scottsdale or a Beatnik author in early 60s NYC.
But yes, if Murphy can stay at least even on the +/- or even steal an assist or a goal, I think that would take a lot of pressure off the other lines. He's playing hungry now & it seems like there's a lot of self-imposed urgency in stepping up as he's not guarannteed a roster spot next year. I consider him & St. Clair my main X factors and, maybe more importantly, the officials as they'll play a big role in dictating whether or not the Sioux can physically wear down Eichel.
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The Pipeline Show had the Frozen Four coaches on last night. Listen here
Thanks. You come up with some good media finds.
This radio show is out of Edmonton. I didn't think they would know that much about college hockey, but the interviewers are very knowledgeable about UND's playoff history & stateside hockey in general. When Hakstol was asked about Zane, he said, paraphrasing, that Zane is dedicated to becoming as good of a professional as he can possibly be someday, whether it's in a couple months or next year ... not letting the cat out of the bag or maybe he knows as much as the rest of us. .... called Poolman the best athlete on the team.
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Is BU listed as the home team for the game Thursday?
I think UND is as they have a very slight advantage in the PWR.
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Big Sioux crowd at RT O'Sullivans in Mesa at 60 & Stapley.
I just called & confirmed that the Sioux game will be shown at the Stapley location on Thursday night. It will also be shown at the RT O'Sullivan's on Power Road, but the lady said that most of the UND alumni goes to the one on Stapley Road.
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Big Sioux crowd at RT O'Sullivans in Mesa at 60 & Stapley.
Really? Are you going there & will the game be shown there this Thursday?
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I know I know...even if you are indirectly questioning Hak, or question different aspects of his coaching.....they'll pounce.
Agree & then some.
I'm just looking forward to Thursday & look forward also to celebrating (a hopeful) Sioux victories with you guys.
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Haha, you see what I mean .357 (and no I do not want Hak fired but still think the people on the opposite ends of the spectrum are loony).
I don't know, man, I wasn't even arguing about Hakstol's release last night, but some informant from the Central Committee must have read my words wrong & informed the authorities that I had gone rogue & was showing tendencies towards non-conformist thought.
I needed to go to Lowe's like 2 hours ago, but am tied to my laptop replying to all this stuff.
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Wow....Do you have any idea that everyone is laughing at you?
Not with you, at you, from the vast vast majority here to the national media to the players themselves. Yes the players laugh, at the absurdity of your "opinion".
I just hope that when the day comes when Hak wins a "natty"..that you know that you can't be included with all of us that celebrate and revel in the fun.
You've lost that right, you've tied yourself to the sadisticly pleasing outcome of a loss to "prove" your blaring theory "plausible".
Seriously with all due respect, sometime you need to realize that there is a distinct difference in " having a differing opinion" and "Being Wrong"
Have all the opinions you want, myself and the other 99.9% of the world will be over here, laughing pointing and having a great day;)
The point of whether or not people are laughing at me & those who think like me is irrelevant. I don't doubt that some are, but to claim everyone is shows you to be full of exaggeration.
I never claimed I wanted the Sioux hockey team to lose, where did you come up with that one?? Good lord, man, I was talking with another poster last night about how a coach's success can be perceived differently, & all of a sudden I have this sadistic drive to see the team lose on Thursday?! I can't believe I'm reading this crap.
And that I can't celebrate when they finally do win #8? What in the world are you talking about?
I've been following this team -- religiously & with tons of passion -- since the early 1970s. But now I want them to lose because in your mind you see my difference in opinion on how a coach should be perceived with hating the team.
There is no reasoning with certain people, you being one of them. It's not about agreeing with my position on a head coach or anything else, it's about respecting it if it causes no one else any harm & isn't of a psychotic or schizophrenic nature.
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No having differing opinions I'd ok but there us a difference between having a different opinion.....and just flat out being wrong.
People disagreeing on the color of sunset being purplish vs. Lavenderish....is a difference of opinion.
Thinking that the sun is warm cheese and spins out grape fruit snacks is just wrong and insane...
what I'm saying is that it can't be acceptable to hold that "opinion" against rational thought and "respect the point of view"...
To these folk who blather again and again about "nattys" Hak is your warm cheese, I don't respect that opinion, and it's not funny.
Now or in
So you determine when it's just a difference of opinion and when it is flat out-wrong & insane? LOL. How is my interpretation of the sunset any different than or more wrong than my interpretation of a head coach? Oops, I forgot, my bad, you're the arbiter of such. Of course I'm not schizophrenic or psychotic & don't see or experience any hallucinations, that's completely irrelevant & equating someone's opinion to be so just demonstrates how rigid & intolerant you are in your thinking.
Like I said, you seem incapable of tolerating any opinion which deviates from your standards. You couch your reasons with different analogies, but it all boils down to you not respecting what someone else thinks on as basic & inane level as that of a hockey coach. To compare my interpretation on how long a coach's leash should be with a schizophrenic who thinks the sun is warm cheese is just too weird.
If you want to continue digging a hole, a backhoe is more efficient than a shovel.
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My favorite sports team has a huge game coming up in 3 games. I like to focus my energy there instead of something so repetitive as banging my head against the same wall you seem to have dented repeatedly.
Where's that beating a dead horse gif when you need it?
I was talking with "burd" about how coaches are perceived & wasn't implying anything about Hakstol being fired.
If I want to bang my head repeatedly, that's my prerogative. It's also your prerogative to ignore me, which I highly encourage as you seem easily irritated. In fact, I really would like for you to put me on ignore so you don't stroke out over some stranger's words before the big game.
My guys are also playing in 3 days & I'll be cheering them on just as you are.
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I get what you're trying to convey...however nothing you say will change the thinking on this forum. The slightest bit of criticism towards Hak will get you blasted on this site. You will instantly get thrown into the "Hak hater" bucket. I wouldn't even go there, you're just wasting your time.
I know & I understand, what started last night as a back-&-forth hypothetical with "burd" has turned into an onslaught of those who don't like the status quo challenged, even if it was just random talk & not directed at Coach Hakstol. At least people are revealing their true colors here, so it's not all in vain.
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Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand (of your) words.
Sometimes a picture is used to convey thoughts for one lacking in vocabulary or a creative imagination.
If my wordy posts get under your skin so much, just don't read them & focus instead on something more palpable like gfhockey's posts. Geesh.
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Diversity of thought may be desirable in society to a degree but only when the opinions that differ are in the realm of reason.
But when people constantly spew forth idiocraty, yes the society as a whole has a responsibility to "bop the heads" of destructive stupidity.
That's what we have lost in this country, is it ability to stand up and say; No you're just wrong and deserve to learn through the shame of it.
The dunce cap worked, and it's needed again, here more than ever.
You're funny in a "1984" kind of way.
I didn't imply that screaming fire in a movie theater qualified as diversity of thought, but to label others' opinions as "destructive stupidity" (when it comes to simple differences in how coaches are perceived) is comical on your part. Seriously, man, you would rather shut people up who don't agree with your opinion on a head coach? If the opinion differs from yours & the masses about a hockey coach, people need to be shamed. Wow, thanks for your input, comrade.
Your version of reason is the correct version, you seem unable to respect or appreciate anything that deviates from your standard.
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It scares me that these Hak haters have the ability to drive and vote in our society.
Lunacy.
Diversity of people is held in higher regard than diversity of thought.
If people have a thought that differs from the herd, it's usually bop them over the head with a mallet like you see at those arcades where something pops out of a hole & you have to hit it, then something else pops its head out & you have to beat that over the head also. It's like "fightingsioux4life" & I keep popping our heads out of holes & keep gettin' our melons banged. Conform or ...
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Just think, a top ten post, and the most long winded posts of the year. All in the same thread.
Some people convey thoughts in words, others in images. : )
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It's called confirmation bias, and it is something we all have to be careful to avoid. Tavris and Aronson wrote an excellent book on it called "Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)," which is an excellent read for everyone.
If my school has a coach who has lost control of his players or is consistently performing poorly, like missing the tournament consistently, I would probably conclude that he needs to go and that it will not be very difficult to replace him with a person who will do better. If I have a coach who ranks in the top three coaches nationwide in win percentage, frozen four appearances, etc, but I can identify a coaching flaw that leads me to conclude that coach will probably never win a banner, I will strongly consider firing him, but I would be very careful about it and would have to be convinced that the replacement is likely to be better, all things considered. That is a tougher call the better the current coach is performing.
I think it is amusing when posters here complain that they cannot criticize Hakstol. I don't think I'm alone in saying people should be able to freely criticize him, but if that criticism is limited to personal frustration that we haven't won a banner, then be prepared for others to expect you to identify the basis in terms more helpful than "he hasn't won one yet." To say that people are being shouted down so they cannot criticize Hak is creating a strawman.
I have stated that I think he is a great program coach, perhaps the best we have ever had, but I'm not convinced he has reached the point where his game coaching has reached that level. He has certainly done both jobs well this year. Up to this point, he should be in the running for coach of the year. But we will see how we do in Boston. If we win two games, that will be all some people need. If we lose, I will want to know what the better-informed hockey people identify as the reason. Either way, I really like this bunch and what the coaching staff has done with them.
My reason for not needing a rationale in terminating a coaching relationship, besides it just not being required, is that fans do not know what goes on in locker rooms. They don't see specifics like how coaches relate to players at scrimmages or what they say in big game situations out of the public eye; or when a team may be behind & need a coach's input to reverse the momentum. All fans see are lost games with teams that are very talented; year after year. So fans go by end results, which is all they can really go by.
So I can sort of watch a Sioux hockey game in a FF & lend my perspective about what I'm observing; and 20 other Sioux fans may watch the same game & come up with 20 different conclusions on why we lost. And each perspective may be valid, it's just that the other 20 fans were not focusing on the same trend or flaw in the Sioux game as I was.
You said something about being willing to replace a head coach if you notice a coaching flaw in how he handles big game situations. But whose responsibility is it to recognize these flaws or nuances of a coach's perspective which will make it very difficult for that coach to ever win a title? The athletic director? If so, it may take a long time for the guard to change if he's personal friends with the coach & winning it all is a secondary priority (unless the boosters start screaming, I suppose).
The part I agreed about most in your post was the difference between being a good program coach & being a good game coach. I thought that was a very good way of looking at the different ways in how a coach can excel at the collegiate level. It's also difficult to argue for a coach's release if different parties are going by these separate standards for judging success. The former for Hakstol is obvious, I think it's obvious he excels at being a great program coach, there should be no debating that because facts speak for themselves. But the latter is obviously something he hasn't mastered yet on the big stage & something Sioux fans want to see changed. As a fan I don't know if that current lack of a title is something attributed to coaching skill, bad luck or a blend of both. I call it "getting over the hump" & I think the law of averages dictates that with his loaded teams he will eventually bring it all home someday. I mean, if the REA isn't cursed by being built on an old indian burial mound & it has nothing to do with his coaching style, you'd think luck would have to change eventually. : )
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We all get that. Of course you will. The question is will you ever be able to take off your green shades long enough to understand why anyone on earth would DARE criticize Hak. Of course you won't.
Exactly. I'm not for Hakstol's release at this point (not that it would matter anyway), but it's important for people when they're debating a point to step outside their entrenched (& I mean ENTRENCHED) beliefs/views & at least try to understand the other's point. To be fluid with one's perspective & entertain the notion that maybe that other person just might have a valid point, even if it may take a few beers to wrap his mind around that other person's thought. For me, it seems like many people go their entire lives clinging to a certain belief & they will die or defend that belief because they just cannot see themselves accepting anything else; almost like they made a vow to that belief & it would be completely unacceptable for them to even entertain changing it. I'm talking generally here, not necessarily as it applies to Hakstol. These rigid thinking patterns seem to be more ironclad in people's mind than prison bars.
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Come on man, if you're younger than 75 you should know that's not a gif
. I'm sorry my meme upset you so much. My 8 year old brain just thought your divorce analogy was terrible and didn't require any more of a response.
BTW we're 3 days away from the Frozen Four... so that's cool
I think last night was just a way for me to bide my time until Thursday. I thought that "Burd" would be going to bed soon as he's probably a couple hours ahead of me (I'm in Zona), so I tried to think of a quick analogy before he retired for the night. It may have El Sucko, but it was still a valid analogy. : )
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I guess it all depends on whether the coach was cheating with the hot stripper at the King of Diamonds or with the snaggle-tooth chain-smoking divorcee living across the street from him, wouldn't it?
Wasn't exactly how my analogy went, but It would be nice if you didn't razz snaggle-toothed divorcees who are just trying to put some Hot Pockets on the table for their pups. We all have a shining inner beauty that needs to be appreciated. : )
GDT: Sioux vs puppies who pee on the porch
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The pepto. : )
Cool that everyone here is optimistic. I also think we got this one.