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OK, that's straightened out, but we can still do a little face-washing around here, can't we?
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I think they are both uncalled for...I have stated my thought many times but there are some that live on the ends of the spectrum. I don't care what anyone says, blais did much more for this program then Hakstol has. Again, do I think Hakstol should be fired? No, you cannot fire someone that has had his kind of success. However I do think that after a 13-15 year tenure (3-5 years from now) both parties may have to go there separate ways if we haven't won a national title. A coach with his success deserves 13-15 years to try and get it done. He has put an entertaining product on the ice, no one can deny that. But to mock blais is ludicrous. In speculation, I'm guessing he would have won 1-2 more had he not left. There were some nice blue chippers that came in at the time he was leaving.
I don't think anyone is mocking Blais, scpa, as much as tweaking the "fire Hak" people by joking about what Dean could have done or is now doing in UNO.
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No doubt, if anything he's a great coach... Nice guy and an interesting person.
And that blazer.
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Gotta disagree on that one and agree with SIOUXELEVENS immediate reply...40 SOGs but no real grade A scoring chances. Michigan controlled the tempo of that game from the get-go...and no adjustments were made at all.
If that is true, he will definitely have to show he can develop that ability to game coach on the big stage when he has the talent to win.
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That would never happen with Hakstol.
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Some good points. It's not all the head coach, of course, but I think when we remember now good Frattin was we overlook how well his situation was handled. What happened after he left the program and returned to Edmonton was pretty remarkable, IMO, and Hak and his staff deserve some credit for that.
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Blais has always played high risk high reward, sometimes in works sometimes they give up leads. Hakstol could loosen up a little and take some chances in his game plans(like having Marto out against Gerbe instead of Finley) Hakstol is a great recruiter and assembles an awesome team just needs to take his game generalship to a new level.
This is exactly the way I see it. I'm not sure the Sioux have had a better program coach than Hakstol. And I'm not sure how you game-coach any better than putting 40 SOG and only giving up one goal while the goalie is on the ice (Mich 2011), but I think he needs to do something.
On the balance, it seems Blais recommendation that they hire Hakstol has been good for UND. They do need to win one, though, to keep recruiting the elite talent, IMO
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They don't want to lose anybody for Friday night in St. Cloud.
Beat me to it, Sprig
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Sounds like things will start to go UND's way if they keep up the pace.
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UMD definitely has some skill through their forward lines. They skate well too.
Heard Cameranesi's name a lot last night on radio.
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Im still posting aint i?
I aint afirad of the crowd.
I just want a natty.
If hak cant give us one let the nexy guy inline give us one (sandy) as he has one.
Stopped by the grocery store on my way home from work today and witnessed this young mother dealing with a toddler who was lying on the floor kicking and screaming his head off for something in the candy rack. The child didn't speak well for his size, but the mother was really good about it, saying to the lady next to her in line, "he's just two, he doesn't know any better."
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Nice weekend, but we shouldn't draw too many conclusions about what the team did different. Miami is at the bottom for a reason.
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Saturday night letdowns continue.
Hakstol just can't get these boys fired up...they don't want to play for him. At least not like they did for Blais.
This team will never score more than 4 goals...not in Hakstol's system, at least.
Whenever this team gets a lead, they take their foot off the gas. Always.
FIRE HAACKSTOOL!!
Blais would have gotten 9
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Blais would have scored a goal tonight if he was still head coach.
Do you still call it pulling the goalie when he doesn't take the ice to start the third?
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I'd take one natty with ten losing seasons more than anything else.
Not much pride in that statement.
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Is that what's been the main problem with Miami this year--goaltending?
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Just get through this game healthy now.
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:UND is a better team overall than last year, and they do have three gone to Sochi, but man, UMinn has way more team speed.
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How about University Park?
Challenge the gophs to some coulee hockey. See what they're made of. Home and home--the English Coulee and the Mississippi.
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They did when I was in school. But I graduated in 2009, so things could have changed since then.
When I was in school, they called them flashbacks.
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It's tougher because of the future schedule and where those opponents stand in the pairwise.
There's the rub. Only one team on their schedule that is firmly in. Both SCSU and UMD are on the road, which would be worth points if they win those games, but it will definitely be a tough row from here on in.
But this team could certainly make some noise in the tourney if Gothberg comes back and nobody else gets hurt. I'm sure Gopher fans do not want to see UND in postseason.
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What are the new rules?
You're right to call me on that. I would have been more accurate to say new enforcement of rules. Interference, holding, cfb, crosschecking, contact to the head, hooking, slashing, even elbowing--all those are more strictly enforced now than they were even 15 years ago, some for safety reasons and others to speed the game up.
I'm obviously not an authority on this game and am not trying to taken as one, but these guys play a game that is officiated differently than it was even 10 years ago. I suppose since most college players have played most of their careers under those rules (at least in the US--I don't know about the Canadian leagues for school-age players), so they understand them--or should. But many older fans (like me) are slower to appreciate how different the checking game has become, with both the stick and the body.
But I don't disagree with Heaven, really. And the Sioux tradition of physical play probably does give our players a mental edge. But it seems that when they lose they lose because they are not transitioning out of the zone well, are not covering in front of our own net, and are not creating enough presence in front of theirs. There is a separate thread for hot goalies, so I won't go there.
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I think you have a warped idea of old time fighting Sioux hockey. To most people, including the guys that get payed to cover the games it means fast, physical hockey. Do penalties come with the territory when you play that type if hockey? Absolutely, but would I have it any other way? Nope. Much better every playing fast and finishing their checks hard then do a flyby swinging for the puck. That's what the Sioux hockey tradition is about, hitting guys until they don't want to get hit anymore. Have we had to tweak that approach to the new game? Yeah but it's still based on the same ideal.
I don't think there is a hockey fan on the planet who does not prefer fast and physical hockey, and there is probably not a coach who doesn't coach it. I doubt there is a coach out there who teaches his players to "fly by swinging at the puck." This isn't polo. The trick is in how you adjust to the new rules. There are, believe it or not, fans who want the Sioux to play the game the way it was played in the 80s and 90s, because that is the last era when the Sioux were winning banners--it's a matter of association for some fans. But it's a different game in the NHL and it's a different game at the college level as well.
We all love a crunching body hit, and we all want Sioux adversaries to be intimidated physically. But those who don't play a very smart physical game these days will watch too much of the game from the wrong box.
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Saunders was clearly going to cover the puck and ausmus hit the guy who didn't even have the puck. Do I think it should have been called, not a few years ago however the game is changing. You can't hit a guy that doesn't even have the puck....it's interference. They called a cross check however it should have been interference. When the game is still in reach and your deep into the game, you cannot even attempt to do something iffy.
Quite honestly, we have had a history of players who don't seem to understand that. That's why I cringe a little when I hear fans crying out for old school physical Sioux hockey. A good solid physical game is a good thing, but players need to understand what predictable consequences are. Instead of looking for the big hit or sending a message, I'd like to see them use their physical strength to play the boards like Parks does and to control the area in front of the net at both ends of the ice. That's physical play that wins games.
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2014 Pairwise rankings
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Be nice to get a 3 seed or better.