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1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:
Sounds like you used to work with an asshole.
You are correct. I finally told him he was an ass and I was tired of hearing it. He stopped then.
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30 minutes ago, sprig said:If all else fails in the Kennedy/McGarry debate here, the anti-hockey people just attack the hockey program, it's coaches, players, and fans. I like all the sports, and can't believe there are fans of any one UND sport that are willing to attack the others here in this board. What the hell is wrong with you so called UND fans.
My experience is that this normally goes the other direction. there are a lot more und hockey only people than there are anti-hockey
I live 5 hours away but go to 4-5 fb and 4-5 hockey games each year and see a few bb and vb too. Serial tailgater and been to fb National championship game and 2 frozen fours to see und so pretty active fan across the board.
I don’t remember having a fb fan tell me they don’t care about the hockey team or are anti-hockey. Can’t count the number of hockey fans who told me they don’t care about any team other than hockey. One guy I used to work with enjoyed telling me that he never missed a hockey game in college but never saw a minute of football and he knows I played fb when we were in school.
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55 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
No. The Engelstad Family Foundation is Ralph's private wealth.
Don't confound that with REA and the other entities created to operate the arena.
Thanks. I didn’t realize that you were referencing the Engelstad FF vs. the REA foundation.
I still thought I heard that a chunk of the locker room updates came from REA holdbacks. Maybe not true
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12 minutes ago, lawkota said:
In 2014, the Engelstad Foundation made a donation to REA in the amount of $3.26 million. You can draw your own conclusion.
And the Engelstad Foundation gets it's money from operating the REA and ticket revenue from other sports on campus.
So saying the money came from a private donor might be technically true, but in name only.
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12 minutes ago, tnt said:
I was under the impression that upgrades were from donations. With so many more football alumni than hockey, you would think that they could get some donations from them for things like that and salary upgrades for coaches.
Honest question. I thought the $3M for hockey locker room reno came from money held back by REA for building improvements which in turn would have decreased money back to UND over the years. Any truth there?
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6 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:
interesting thread, I think I am less of a football fan because of it.. carry on
Wondering what your baseline is a fb fan. Or maybe looking to justify why you don’t care about the fb program?
How many UND fb games did you attend last year?
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21 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:
I was once told that having the Sioux logo on the court was disrespectful to Native Americans because athletes would walk (or more likely run) over the face constantly. If memory serves me correctly, the hockey locker room also had the carpet area roped off so no one could step on the Indian head and "disrespect" it.
Now we're supposed to slap the new logo on the middle of the court? What happens when the NDSU Bison roll into town and celebrate a road W by dancing and stomping all over the Hawk logo in the middle of the court?
I believe we actually added a big Sioux logo at center court during the RT regime and removed it before the basketball season because of complaints from the Native American community for the reasons you state above.
My memory is getting foggy but I believe this is right.
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4 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
Probably ten without the s every year.
6,000 seats more than the Winter Sports Center (later named Engelstad Arena) that was on 2nd Ave N.
6,000 and x $45 seat x 19 home games (that is less the 2 playoff) plus concessions is $5M.
What these additional 6,000 fans add in purchases to the community? More CC donations? etc.
Isn't this the point of Kennedy's contention with REA?
Per reporting: REA took in $4.6M in hockey ticket revenue and after splitting and subtracting costs gave about $800k back to UND.
That's a really nice number but considering REA took 52% of fb ticket revenue ($400k? ) the impact to UNDs bottom line starts to shrink
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13 minutes ago, puck said:BIG and GOOD news: A mtg is set for May 30th in Las Vegas between Kris Engelstad McGarry and @MarkKennedyUND & others from UND. @UND_Alumni
Let's go. Get this thing settled.
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8 hours ago, hky said:There's a difference between eventually transitioning to a logo and having it shoved down your throat. Is it really that important to have it at center court? Really? A quick google image search turns up many courts with the school name or initial(s) rather than their nickname/logo: Duke, Denver, Minnesota, Michigan, SDSU...
The difference is that UND Men's BB, Women's BB, Volleyball, the president and AD all weighed in with what they wanted at center court and the arena managers refuse to do it. The coaches also say that is what the players want and I don't have reason to doubt them.
Kennedy has a responsibility to find a way to get along with our largest donor but McGarry and and the REA come off as really petty in this instance. McGarry also looks fairly disingenuous when comparing her statements to the Herald and the emails uncovered through FOIA request
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10 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:
Thats not an insult. How possibly could it be?... That is just the true and rightful levels of success that could possibly be achieved.
Will football ever compete in top of sport division, no.
Will basketball ever in our wildest dreams compete past the first weekend of the tourney, no.
Its not insultung, its just the truth.
True or not true wasn't the point. Your comments were intended to explain how hockey is superior to other sports. If you don't see that your comments stoke fan base division I can't help you.
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1 hour ago, Frozen4sioux said:Big 10?... are you insane? If you even for a second think that UND can or even SHOULD be modeled after the B1G model of athletic programs you are fishing for a life of dissapointment.
Football will NEVER be the #1 sport at UND, just live with that instead of holding onto the desperate hate filled jealousy. Football will not benefit by the demise of Hockey as you so pathetically exude.
Football can benefit by the success of the Hockey program... not its relegation.
and by the way the only chance in h e double hockey sticks of getting close to the B1G.... is in..... prepare yourself...
Hockey.
Attitudes like this guy is the root of fan base division. Embrace who we are, a hockey school. With a growing football program that can hope to succed on a smaller stage at some point. The best BB can ever hope for is to be a 64th team joke for 1st game upset. Anything further is mecer possible. Its just fact.
It is what it is. Deal with it or dont but you can't change it.
You accuse UND-FB-FAN of stoking fan base division and then follow up by insulting the football and basketball programs and say deal with it.
Your recent posts position you as the poster child for driving fan base division.
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2 hours ago, TRex said:
+1. Bubba just doesn't seem to get the right guys out of HS. Muss offered everyone who came along and yet made it work. Bubba's problem mystifies me.
Did you watch any of Mussman's teams? If he made it work he would still be the UND coach.
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2 hours ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
I wouldn't compare the Florida-Georgia rivalry to the UND spring game/scrimmage.
That's textbook apples to oranges.
Something somewhat comparable would be if UND played NDSU at US Bank Stadium or TCF Bank Stadium, which some have chattered about before. NDSU is playing at Target Field soon; would've been nice to have UND-NDSU in that setting.
It still sickens me that St.Peter would make this arrangement with NDSU before UND, his alma mater. Even further proof, I guess, that NDSU football has completely overtaken UND football.
I don't remember the details but I thought St. Peter tried to make something work with UND before NDSU but something got in the way. Not sure what.
I might be thinking of hockey. Anybody else have any details?
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Just watched the highlights on UND Insider. Lots of Boltmann action. He looked good in what I saw. Any comments from those that were there?
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5 hours ago, TRex said:Realism no matter how much it hurts should never be criticized as being negative. There is plenty to complain about around here even if some people don't like it. UND FB Fan just lays it out there for everyone to see.
He sure does. Over and over and over and over and over and over again.
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5 hours ago, sprig said:
Check out @UNDfootball’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/UNDfootball/status/984065862163484673?s=09
So which of you is Adam Stratton
not me
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2 hours ago, sprig said:
Already done, haven't seen the winner announced
Hoping it's me but haven't heard anything yet.
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7 hours ago, Jerry said:
Looks like Jaclyn at 6-1 is a better prospect than the 5-7 Alaina(her shooting stats were not good at Monmouth). Alaina appears to be more of a pass first shoot second guard. My only concern is did we have to offer both sisters to get one(similar to the Dailey sisters). Was UND the only Division 1 offer to Jaclyn since most of the other top seniors declare after their junior high school season?
Jaclyn had committed to Monmouth which is a D1 program.
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9 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
Brew pulled in a sister act it appears for next year. Arnot sisters of Maranatha Academy in MN. One is at Monmouth and must be transferring here. The other just signed with them but must have been released.
saw that on Twitter. Don't know much about them.
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6 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:
I’ve heard Leach has improved a ton for whatever that’s worth.
The speed of the game takes time to get used to for many players, even kickers. The amount of time allotted from snap to kick is much shorter than HS and the rush is much more intense. At some point you adjust to the pace, your brain slows everything down and it becomes normal.
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7 minutes ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:Clowns get 5min
We get 2min
Jake Brandt praising Olson for sticking up for his teammate and taking the penalty. I say great move if you being macho is most important thing but stupid move if you want to win a hockey game and try to save your season.
We wouldn't be behind right now and maybe ahead if he plays it smarter.
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1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:Would folks rather we have a president that no other university is interested in?
I want a president that others are interested in but who would say - "thanks but I made a commitment here and they made a commitment to me and it wouldn't be right to leave after such a short time"
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Really? How long has he been on the job - 1.5 years?
Kennedy vs. Engelstad Foundation: GF herald feature
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FB alumni raised the money for new lockers and they are supposed to be easily transferred to the HPC when it is ready. The price was $2k/locker if I remember right and we could pay it over 3 years and split it with others. We also got a small plate on the locker with names, position and years played. My dad and I split one.
They may already be over at the HPC already but I lost track.