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You are absolutely correct, this isn't life or death and it is just a leisure activity. In saying that, why are any of us supporting something from an institution that doesn't hold the value on anything more than that of a leisure pursuit? The fact that we are paying a half a million a year to a coach, and goodness knows how much for the entire coaching staff, doesn't meet with it being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things. I would also argue that those that feel like that should in no way be supporting something like NIL, when there are more important things in society where that money could go. Goodness knows how much an education costs now, so for a leisurely pursuit, a free education should be more than enough.

I would expect we rebound next year, as there isn't a regional in Fargo, but the following two years there is, so that could continue the trend.

Regardless if he can come back, I think they need to carry an extra defenseman.

I would think J.T. Miller, but we know what happened there. But I think even then, Grimaldi was probably thought to be the prize, but since he was so small he wasn't as high in NHL draft circles.

We have seen a goalie that comes up and plays great to start out, then can't match that the rest of the way. Seems to me Josh Siembida started out pretty well then faded.

Think about it, how many times do you hear our rivals have a hatred for Berry like they did for Hakstol, Blais or Gasparini? That should tell you something. Never hear gopher fans continually ranting about Berry.

I’ll say it again, you know the program is in a bad state when the fans are way more pessimistic than optimistic. Pumping UND for getting championship #9 seems like it is in the rear view mirror.

The problem for him is he is now getting the reputation for diving, so the refs are on the lookout for his antics.

But we were actually an elite program then, making the frozen four all the time. Plenty of teams to change your mind that are contenders almost every year. UND is not the elite program it once was, thanks to a run of mediocrity.

CC are a bunch of divers and yappers, yet UND was lucky to come out of this and save face. Hate to complain in a win, but the way they played after CC scored once is why it looks like UND has no discipline. They run around and panic, and throw pucks away. Things don’t seem to be getting better in that regard and CC didn’t cash in.

But then when they win the league or have a comeback season as they have done the last few cycles, it is hard to not renew, and the players might be more apt to leave when you aren’t renewing a coach under those circumstances. Also pretty hard to recruit with a lame duck coach when players don’t know who they are committing to. Also, you have more time to re-recruit the guys Berry already has committed like McKamey and Simpson. More time to find replacements if they bolt because of the change.

If it is anything like our football program, they will do just enough to push a decision down the road another year, until they finally are forced to confront it.

What gets me is when they spout off about our culture is that of “next man up”, then when they do a postgame after a loss or discuss why they are underachieving they inevitably bring up injuries as an excuse. Last night the announcers were lamenting all game about Perron being out. You had a lead in the second, why can’t you play sound defense to help out?

Regressing! Yes, think about that, what are our best games of the season? I would say Providence and Boston University when we destroyed them the first night. So look at both of those teams since those meetings, both getting much better. Wouldn’t you think that a young team like UND would continue to get better, rather than regress. So the more the coaching staff is working with the guys, the less they use their own gifted instincts (which we know because most are drafted), and fall into a pattern that doesn’t allow for utilizing their full potential. It gets worse, once we get ahead, then they turn into robots trying to hold on. How can we blow away BU, Providence and Duluth early, then lose or play tight games with Robert Morris, Bemidji State, and Miami? Just about everyone blows away Miami.

Maybe just sell it as an opportunity for Berry to have time to watch his son’s college career.

Cuz his little brother had his public urination pass.

Especially when we can’t kill penalties.

Anyone on “X” that can ask Schlossman if UND has ever lost 5 times in a row to CC.

Much like the other Bubba on campus, I thought defense was supposed to be Berry’s calling card. I have never seen so many turnovers and just plain dumb plays. It’s not like his teams make up for it by being an offensive juggernaut either. I wonder what guys like Boisvert would do elsewhere. Hopefully he doesn’t feel like that, but he certainly doesn’t seem as engaged lately.

Yes, it’s not like any of the programs at UND are killing it.

Gotta say, I was ahead of it this year. Didn’t even bother buying tickets. Much like with Minnesota during Lucia’s last years, apathy is starting to set in. Takes a lot to kill the golden goose by creating apathy in the most rapid fanbase.

I’m glad they could put up such a great effort with Zach Parise in the house. Parise probably already checking out if Minnesota would be interested in his kid.

Augustana swept CC at Robson Arena. Hmmm, an upstart program ahead of us in the pairwise that sweeps a team at their home arena while a once proud program has lost 5 in a row to that team. After last year you would think there would be an urgency.

Has UND ever lost 5 in a row to CC? Seems like a lot of firsts going on under Berry, and not many of them good. This third period reinforces that UND plays when they have to. When was the last time UND was as bad of a third period team? Would it take UND not getting home ice to call attention to how far the program has fallen. I am sure UND could have a turnaround season next year, but also certain they could miss again in two years. The administration needs to decide if that is what they deem acceptable for a program with such a rich history. Would a loss tomorrow be a wake up call for anybody other than the fans?

Societally speaking, would much rather have someone hitting on someone else's girlfriend than things that if they had gotten a little more out of hand could have resulted in deaths in some of those other episodes.