burd
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I have to say I never realized the Sioux fan base consisted of so many defeatists--BEFORE the games have been played. Not a typical NoDak trait that I can recall.
Maybe we have a lot of converted gopher fans now.
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I think the boys were stressed out and holding their sticks too tight. Winning means "playing" and playing means that you are having fun. Fast and loose is how hockey needs to be played...not worrying about making mistakes...and obsessing over details.
I hate the approach of winning that is based on "making fewer mistakes than your opponent." How about "making more awesome plays than your opponent."
I think this might be exactly why we win a ton of games, but not the big one under Hak...the recipe of detail and not making mistakes vs flow and making plays.
Top Gun analogy: Hak is Iceman and trains the team to be like Iceman...Dean Blais is Maverick (ironic given the mascot in Omaha)
Disclaimer: I am in no way calling for Hak's head or a coaching change with this statement
I think there is truth to what you say, Yzerman.
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i just don't see "hanging #8" til we get a coach that has an ability to change, adapt, or grow as a coach
Just be glad we don't have Blais running the show--his team collapsed down the stretch and couldn't even get his boys into the dance in Mpls. Sandelin was no better.
We could go after Eaves. He's won a banner, so he's the kind of coach we need.
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Sioux fans certainly can't complain about that regional
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Jayson Moy's bracket prediction is the same as most others have come up with:
You have to like that from a Sioux perspective
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I just hope the team is not as fragile as so many of the fans appear to be.
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Ole is warming up the "yups."
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We are not world beaters this year- I've watched the Sioux religiously for 35 years- I never had Natty expectations for this team. Could they get hot and win it all? sure, but c'mon we just don't have the horses in this year's stable.
Point being, I'm enjoying the ride and not jumping off a cliff when we get beaten by a solid SCSU team in Mpls. Johnny Brodzinski is offensively more gifted than anyone on this year's UND squad.
A voice of reason among a lot of grocery store floor tantrums in front of the candy rack
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Is Jordan the new Brian lee?
JS may not be ready for the NHL, but he has been very good for UND.
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No way he is ready to play D in the NHL
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Cc tried to trap....Wisconsin too I believe. It wasn't the trapping. Boys just didn't show up. That can happen from time to time.
I should have used an emoticon, I guess. Almost everybody traps in some form or another.
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Somewhere in Tioga, gfhockey's two-door cavalier is parked on the street in front of the one-bedroom apartment he shares with a truck driver from Glendive, while he's inside eating a Romo pizza and feeling his oats about a hockey game Blais would have won.
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Strange thing is that this is the first time I've seen a trapping defense this year. A real innovative move by SCSU, something we have never thought to try. You just never know what you will see at these tournaments.
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Thought I'd drop in to see how much people's world's are imploding... r-e-l-a-x
I didn't know the players had this many mothers.
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It's easy to raise all these complaints about what others should be doing for us, of course. As long as all the screamers stay away from the celebration and if these boys do win a banner this year, it's all fair.
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We need a ledge or bridge for Sioux fans who are prone to panic easily to quiet the wailing and gnashing of teeth around here.
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gf hockey is a boy who lives in his own little fiction.
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Love all the overreactions in this thread. I thought we were the better team for most of the game and really dominated puck possession. Needed to get more shots to the net and be a little more aggressive on the rush instead of settling for the outside. Today doesn't change anything this team is still as capable as anyone of winning the national championship. Really hope the NCHC looks at getting this thing out of Target Center soon horrible ice for the 2nd straight year and so many weird bounces.
Read the Blackhawks thread on HF boards sometime. When the Hawks are losing those guys are eating their young. It's hilarious.
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Oh really? Tell me gfhockey, what has Blais done since leaving UND? Simple question.
Oh yeah, he hasn't done jack !@#$ at Omaha. Now go crawl into your hole where you always come out of when UND loses a game.
Blais has been a complete nonfactor since leaving UND. A wet dream for the ignorant.
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A loss. Live with it. I just hope the boys come back hungrier next week.
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If there weren't a daaam third place game, I'd really be ambivalent about this one.
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They haven't exactly lit the world on fire in conference tourneys held in their own backyard. Maybe a road trip to Michigan will be good for them?
These goofs have plenty of talent. They can be a very dangerous tourney team if they get on a roll.
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Close your eyes and cover your ears: we're coming to the last 60 seconds.
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I know this is sacrilege, but I'm not going to be too broken up if the Sioux drop this game, as long as they keep the 1 seed.
SIOUX vs. DU - 3:30 Gameday
in Men's Hockey
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We've GONE through this. Good thing you don't hold yourself to the same standards you hold hockey coaches to.