burd
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Watching a bobber on a hot still day . . .
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Could this game get any duller?
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Koberinski seems like a nice guy, but he is one bland cliché after another, isn't he? Good thing he has a clueless partner to make it interesting.
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Really? The fans don't have to "get used to" anything. If we backslide into being a perennial .500 program, the Athletic Department and REA will have to "get used to" not having home sellouts anymore. We've won four in a row, but I am still not sold on this team being a factor in the playoffs this year or next.
And please, everyone, enough references to Jerry "Freaking" York!
I do not care what Jerry York and his program are or aren't doing; I care about THIS program. Period.York is part of the discussion just as Gwoz, Blasi and others are, because you don't replace Hakstol with a championship or a desire for one--you replace him with a coach with a name and a record and a reason to think he will produce something Hak hasn't. Wanting a championship is the easy part, and we are all good at the easy stuff.
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I agree 100% he is an awesome recruiter and assembles a great team but not bring able to deviate from your game plan is not the sign of a great coach.( see having Finley out with Gerbe in Denver in the FF) People have complained about the dump and chase or three forwards below the redline or being able to break the trap , sometimes you have to adjust.
Actually, by "program coach," I meant more than recruiting and assembling. He develops players well and has generally gotten them to buy into the team concept, something I think Eaves has struggled with, despite his one banner. Some have suggest his players haven't been motivated this year, but I disagree. They have played hard, but they have been reacting to play rather than controlling it, and that makes them a step late getting to where they need to be too much of the time. They aren't as good as they looked last night, because NM is not a highly skilled team, and they weren't as bad as they looked in some of the games previous because some of that competition was ahead of UND in skill and experience--and goaltending.
They can still get into the dance, and you never know who gets to go home with the babe. If nobody departs early after this year, the acid test will be next year, with what looks to be a potentially talent-laden team.
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Is the ECAC now on par, or even better, than most of the other conferences? Seems Canadian junior, and the NHL calling early, have leveled the playing field in college hockey.
And that's a good thing, IMO. I remember when UND would consider Yale a gimme.
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Welcome to parity! TH was talking with someone about parity in college hockey last night. This talking head from ESPN said nowadays many teams are one shift one lucky beak from winning a championship. No team has more talent than others, like before did. ( don't say the Sioux have 15 draft choices either, they are predicted to be good, he was talking the caliper of moving on and making millions type players).
So your pipe dream of winning within 5-6 years is just that, a pipe dream. Thankfully UND doesn't handle their coaches the way some on ss.com wants to! We would be a mess!
Some pretty good observations, big. I think most of us agree that Hak is among the best as a program coach, and many probably agree that he is not up there with the best as a game coach. As a program coach, I dare say he is as good as York, though nobody is as good as York is at game coaching, especially at nut cutting time. I see it a little like wanting to fire a football coach because he is very good but not Bill Belichik or a quarterback because he is very good but not Peyton Manning. I have shown impatience with Hak's game coaching in the past, but he is still young, and I think he will grab the ring for the Sioux yet. Besides, I don't see York wanting to come to UND anytime soon.
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They're lucky their schedule has eased up.
They had a very tough first half schedule.
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I think the middle school dance is long over. Well at least it is for some of us.
How can you be kicked off the site and come back so many times with different user names?
Just like with middle school dances.
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Capone grew up in NYC.
Visiting his dear Aunt, who sang in the church choir. Not the last person around him who sang.
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You make it sound like he's Al Capone,give it a rest.
Stiffing taxis is gateway theft leading to bigger and better things. For all we know Al Capone got started that way. On his way home from a Hawks game.
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We know about three infractions, though each, by itself, is relatively minor. Together, they are very troubling, and there is probably a decent chance that other character evidence unrelated to reported events is part of Hak's assessment.
As for pleasing NG, they always do early on. Theft is theft, and $4 looks no different that $1,499 or whatever the felony cutoff is, on the record.
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how good is western mich compared to SCSU?
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The penalty parade continues, having cost them a goal so far. How hard can it be?
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After the first several games, I thought I saw some soft hands and good moves in Murphy, but he has not progressed the way I thought he would. Might have been the scotch.
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Stecher has us all believing. What's his story? His playing history, stats, decommit are all there online, but I'm guessing this kid has some brains and maturity, the way he has figured out how to excel early-on at a position that is difficult to learn at this level.
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Even though Pattyn has been playing well overall, those penalties hurt even when we are not scored on. This team is not knee-deep in offensive talent and struggles to score, so burning guys like Grimaldi on the PK has hurt. It's a little like football--you keep the other team's defense on the field long enough and tire them out, things start to go your way eventually. OK, not the best analogy, but these guys will not go far until they can learn to stay out of the box.
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So was the bigger upset BU beating the 97 Wolverines in the Frozen 4 or the 98 Michigan squad taking down UND? (disregarding the fact that it was likely MafiaMans fault in 98)
BU beating UMich in '97.
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They had the greatest coach in Olympic Hockey history--a man who knew enough about college hockey to tell God himself what program to choose.
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You beat me two it.
Also according to Schloss, the Sioux turned it around turkey day weekend, let go boys! Go Sioux!
As I recall they had a guy called Frattin who turned into a beast that year. This team has a lot of talent, but not that kind of power sniper IMO. Still, it is possible for them to improve to contender status. They have played some very good hockey teams this fall.
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No worries, he won't be talking about it for a couple weeks now.
That gusher was a shallow well.
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kind of hard to chat when we have a oil leak going on
all is good now though.
just dirivng around making $47 an hour....
Does your wife's divorce lawyer read this site?
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gfhockey wears figure skates and has a lot of compensating to do, so give him some slack.
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Overall another disappointing weekend…this weekend should actually be the season low. This team is getting worse and worse each week.
They get much worse, they might get 70 shots on goal
NORTH DAKOTA vs. Northern Michigan - Saturday
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Koberinski for a mediocre year, Hammer for a stupid year.