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Thanks man! Doing great....we're one of the lucky ones. Or she is, (but she's still stuck with me. Not TOTALLY lucky I guess)...

Maybe we just boiled down the angst to its essence. Thing is, we fans all have broken hearts, whether we are fans who are posting in support of Hakstol, or fans who are posting that Hakstol should be fired. You know, when my wife was battling cancer, it was a really helpless feeling. I cleaned the house top to bottom every weekend. Why? Because it was something I could control, and because there was a tangible outcome that I could affect. That made me feel good. Our situation sucked, but this was something I could do to make life better. Well, our favorite hockey team just lost, AGAIN, and it sucks. Sucks bad, because we all wanted them to win. We all want to see another banner hung. We all want to puff up our chests and say "we've got 8, how about you?". Yep, me too, I admit it. So, how do we respond when things don't go our way? And maybe this is really the core of the debate here. We (fans) don't play the games, but for many of us we live and die as if we do. I'm not being critical of that. Some people might criticize that. Not me. I think I get it. Count me as one of you. But for those of us that feel that pain, after a loss, what can we do to make things better, since we don't play or compete? Some people want to clean the house. I just don't think that's the answer this time. Iramurphy = Poster of the Year

Apparently others outside the program drink the kool-aid as well: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2015/04/10_another_one_that_got_away.php

I was reading this thread to see if anyone else had already posted this. Guy has a little credibility, at least. And basically says what a former player once told me about Hak. This deserves more air time. Thank you. I was going to bring up a little of this, but you had far more knowledge to add than I could have. I actually thought they were pretty fair. They often commented on calls UND should have gotten, but didn't, etc. I didn't pick up any real bias in watching the game.

It's been a long time but not 40 years. The early 1990's were a pretty tough time to be a fan IMO.

Congratulations Zane!

They're all over the board. Can't you read? Why am I replying to you? Amen

I thought Murphy looked pretty good last night, and damn near scored a nice goal. Am hoping that next year is a break out year for him.

Thank you for all of the great memories, and for a real battle in this last game when it could have gotten ugly. Great group of guys and you make it easy to cheer for this team and program.

Yep, we're melting down here but the story of this game is a Hobey finalist goaltender that had a human-like night. One of only 2-3 he's had all season, and he had it tonight. It's unfortunate, and it sucks, but no one feels worse about it than him, I'm sure. It's just too bad it went down this way.

Proud of how this team fought back. Bummer but !@#$ happens

That's what I thought too. wow

really hoping if this is a loss it's 4-3 and not 5-1. Let's make this damn thing interesting

agreed

This team was on it's heels the first 10 minutes. Then they recover and dominate the next 20+ minutes. Weak goaltending turns this from a 1-1 game into a 4-1 deficit. It's !@#!$, but that's not the coach. Coaching is more responsible for the recovery and better play the last 20+ minutes than it is for poor goaltending.

I didn't give the Sioux a chance after the first 10 min but they did a good job of getting their skates under them. They still seem to struggle with the puck, and the difference in these teams is that when the puck squirted through traffic the talented BU player was able to corral it on his backhand and score into the open net. When that happened on our PP it slipped by Schmaltz before he noticed it....missed opportunity. And Zane had to make that save. Coaches talk about "timely saves". That was a bogus penalty, and even more reason why Zane has to save that shot. Fortunately there is a lot of game left, and if the Sioux keep this going they should have some chances to score and maybe tie it up. Seems like it would be a great thing if we can stay out of the box going forward.

bad call IMO. Poolman was just cutting him off. It wasn't a check.

Looked like that in real time but on the replay it looked like the BU guy just stepped on Johnson's blade

Let's stay away from the personal attacks. As we get close to game time, this is probably a good reminder for all of us.

If UND happens to win #8 this weekend, maybe Jim Dahl can write a prohibition against using that word into the Forum Rules.

I thought you can only give blood like once a month?

The largest part of my career has involved my success being dependant on the decisions that other people make. More times than I would like to admit people made decisions that didn't seem logical to me, or that I would not have predicted based on what I knew. What I learned over time is that people make decisions based on their own personal situations, not what seems logical to me. Sometimes that means they really do make illogical decisions. But most of the time that just means there are factors they are considering that I was not aware of, or variables that they put in a higher priority than I would. In the end, people make the decisions they feel are the best for their personal situations, and if they don't make sense to an outsider, typically that means the outsider isn't factoring in the same variables and factors, or not weighting or prioritizing them the same way. In my career, once I realized that, people suddenly didn't seem so stupid. (and yes, that's a shot at me).

I'm reminded of a conversation I had with a former player. This player had played for Blais on the 2000 championship team and was there while while Hak was an assistant. I'd gotten to know this player a bit when our professional paths crossed after he was done with his playing career. Anyway, as we all know, many of Hak's teams have started the year slowly and finished very strong. In one of these early years, early in the season, I reached out and asked this player what he thought the issues were, and why the team wasn't performing better. He went Aaron Rodgers on the bit, and essentially told me to R E L A X. Later in that season, as the team was dominating, I reached back and asked him what he knew that had made him so confident. His simple response (and this is pretty much a quote): "Because I know how good a coach Hak is."

The way this fan base travels, maybe The Horde would be a good nickname. Fans would dig wearing gear that is a direct reflection of them

agree, it's a beauty