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I always thought getting hammered involved drinking too much alcohol. Now I understand that is not true--you can get Hammered simply by watching Sioux hockey.
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Cleared but not out...
I'm sorry but if the puck is cleared isn't it out of the zone?
Tim H uses "cleared but not out" a lot too.
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I'm warm to Hammy now. He may be a rube but he is bending over backwards to be "our" rube. I appreciate that. I think he is mountains better than last as well.
That's how I feel. At first, I was offended by his lack of hockey knowledge, and I missed the old crew. But he is enthusiastic, and those gaffs are so oddly boneheaded they are kind of endearing. And I have a feeling they will keep on coming.
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Yet I still don't think he understands that the disallowed goal was because of the guy in the crease, rather than just the normal penalized goalie interference rule. It's the blue paint, Hammer.
Yeah, he wanted to focus on the "judgment" aspect of the referee, rather than the crease violation.
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Not only does 1 have to have extremely limited hockey knowledge to be able to stand listening to this guy but to actually accept It says a lot of oneself.
mediocrity, sub par performance, just An apathy for the unacceptable, has never been associated with the tradition of excellence the University of North Dakota hockey has always stood for.
the acceptance of " well I guess its all we have " is truly pathetic .....and just sad.
especially given the fact that there were other more to Talented and experienced options who also applied for the job......that is what is so offensive to those of us who love the Fighting Sioux hockey tradition of excellence
That's so contrived. Puffing about your own lofty standards for what other people do or should do, when what you seek is vicarious pleasure and pride through the accomplishment of others. Given the way you express yourself, I will guess that the standards you set for your own life and work are not quite so lofty.
It's a game. We love that game, just as we do our alma mater, but it's a friggin game.
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My new favorite was from last night's game:
"Oh...the things that happen in the crease."
He said that?
Better save that one for Bemidji
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Good topic, especially after we were blessed with the traditional circle of sticks last night. Hammer so goofy, I'm starting to like the guy. Not Dewey Berquist, but a little of that off-the-wall oddness.
When this thread is complete, somebody does need to make a T-shirt.
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I'm usually pretty lenient on Hammer...I don't give him a pass on everything, but it's challenging to be witty, insightful, and describe a fast-paced play on the fly.
But, dang, "Circle of Sticks" is just absurdly funny and ridiculously embarrassing.
You're right, Hammer has done fairly well on the play-by-play, even cut back on the "one-timers." And the funny, idiotic things he says could make the guy a bit of a cult figure if he can last.
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NMU was prevent defending to the max. They had a couple decent offensive stints, but were really mucking things up. Super clutch play on the tying goal from LaDue's pinch to Parks' feed and Gage's money shot. Good finish and sweep! Best weekend for Tambo and Murphy, though they both tailed off in this game.
Tambellini shows a couple of Toewsesque moves tonight, getting through several D to the net. They haven't had a guy with good hands and a big reach for a while.
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Hammer said they did the "traditional circle of sticks". What a tool.
He's so odd it has to be on purpose. Circle of sticks??
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rodwell really hustling
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Score the guy I can't spell his last name!!!
That's classic!!
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I'm blaming Hammer, Koberinski And that crappy song for a mediocre year
Koberinski for a mediocre year, Hammer for a stupid year.
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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.
Time to Fire Dave Hakstol....
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Hell, grant him tenure. He'll be even better when he's 75.