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Sure, but the escalation is usually caused by a combinatiion of alcohol and testosterone.

Still, getting drawn into that kind of conduct is avoidable. I like to think we Sioux students, alumni, and fans are better.

On the couch with the dog, unfortunately.

I've been critical of Lammy at times, but when you think how how this team has held together and performed beyond its apparent potential, you have to recognize the kind of leadership they have had. He goes to the box far too often, but he's obviously been very good for this team from a morale and leadership perspective.

The guy from the "walk-on" group I've been especially surprised by is Gaarder. And as good as Jones is, I think we have to be a little cautious what miracles we can expect if he comes next year. If he doesn't, it will still be a very dynamic bunch, though.

Kristo is nothing like Lee Goren. You could just as easily say he's the next Patrick Kane (which he isn't either but just as close)

Beavers playing extremely well--Dell has been tight.

POST SEASON!! GO GET 'EM

They also insisted that they have credit for 7 Titles, not 5, and be treated with the appropriate amount of respect.

That fact that there are no green names on the first and second teams or the Rookie team underscores even more why Hak should get COY. (Though it is true--who can gripe about Pearson)

I read Baggot pretty regularly in the MSJ, and he's usually pretty good. He missed the boat big time on that one, though.

No question this issue is personal. It's like trying to convince a firmly committed liberal or conservative to see things differently. Aint gonna happen. I've gotten selfish in my old age. I just like to watch the Sioux play really good hockey all season long. That's a lot of Friday and Saturday night pleasure. They don't always win, of course, but when they play at the level they have been playing for many years, its still a pleasure even when they lose. That works for me. Watching the DOT line, for example. That group didn't win a banner, but we all knew we were being treated to something special night in and night out and would look back on that time very fondly, and we do. Would I trade getting to watch those guys put on a show for two years for mediocrity but success in the final game of the FF? No. But that's just me. It all depends on what you get out of the bragging rights part of it, and I can completely see how some people need the hardware on a regular basis. If it were obvious coaching deficiencies (other that banners), then I could see impatience. But I don't hear much criticism of the Xs and Os of Hak's coaching. If the program were suffering, I could see impatience. But after watching Sioux hockey for over 40 years, I think the program's reputation is as good as it's ever been, perhaps better than it's ever been. I don't live in GF to see the boys play regularly, and I'm not as tuned in to some of those issues, so I may be missing something. As for who I would trade Hak for? York-yes. Lucia-no. Eaves-no. Berenson-no. Gwoz-possibly (but no). Nobody else that I can think of would make Sioux hockey any better than it is at this point in time under this coach.

I little amusing that a poster with "vikes" in his username is holding court on programs being judged by their championships. Bemidji is not to be overlooked. The boys will have to show the same kind of hustle they've shown the last couple of weeks and stay the he!! out of the box.

If the Sioux get into the tournament and lose the first regional game, this year will still have been Hak's finest coaching job as a head coach.

Thanks.

A little off topic, but would some kind soul please explain to this bonehead how the final 6 will play it out in Mpls?

I'll take what we've had the last 8 years over 5 or 6 mediocre years and a banner without hesitation. The titles are just about bragging rights, while strong teams year in and year out bring us lot of enjoyment many weekends thoughout the year watching high end talent playing as a team, which we have had. Now, I can see why a player might prefer a title, because the player can take personal pride in the accomplishment and is only there for 3 or 4 of those years. I'd love to see the team get #8, but what we've been getting has been a pleasure.

When we're talking about chances of significant success in the NHL I'd say Bjugstad is a safer bet than Kristo. Still, we will be fortunate if he stays. But if he does, that will be an exciting team. (They will be anyway, but more so)

Don Cherry has made himself into a joke.

Good points. And it's not as if a bunch of NHL ready players on the team will agree together to return, as they did several years ago. Forbort performed a lot better in the last month and a half, but I don't see him as being ready either.

We got some serious bounces this weekend.

Problem is he could also take inspiration from what Frattin has done with the Leafs. He definitely has not spent the year sleeping in buses.

If Kristo stays the team could be not only wicked good but real fun to watch. It will look like a Blais team

Sioux just chipping and standing.

Wow. Entertaining hockey.