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How many of those bridges are actually still at UND? Not many that I can count. For the record, I think Eades is a good coach, but may not be in UND's best interests to rehire.

I shouldn't have even mentioned Kristo and his one foot. Next thing we know Berry will start trying to bring more one-footed kids in.

Paul Ralston! Yes, we need him to do the post-game...if nothing else for comedic relief. Paul doesn't know when to stop talking sometimes, so it would be a perfect fit this season.

I don't disagree. It's not even close to being a done deal. You just never know if you don't ask (with a lot of money held out in your hands).

Sandy isn't even making $350k right now...he gets increasingly more each year until his contract is up in 20-21. Keep in mind, I think those salaries get divided up among the staff.

Sandy's will max out at $350k in a couple years plus bonuses I'm sure. Berry is at $400k plus bonuses. I don't see a problem with going $450-500 for Sandy with his proven track record and alum ties.

Sadly, this may actually not be rock bottom.

Hard to say, of course, if Sandy would leave. He certainly does have a good thing going and would have quite the roster mess to clean up in Grand Forks. Money talks. You either pay the man what he needs (within reason) and carry that expense....or watch money get pissed down the drain with the soon to be half-empty Ralph. If you don't think a half-empty REA is possible, I think you're mistaken.

Hak may not even be done in the NHL if he gets let go from Philly. Heck, even Yeo got a second chance and Hak is not a worse coach than Yeo. Hak has an almost .500 record with team save percentage in net of .880 (at least of a couple days ago).

I would love Hak back....never was on the bandwagon of disliking him. If not Hak, there's a proven Sioux alum with coaching and recruiting ability. He was on the other bench tonight. You pay him to come home. If a coach can do what he's been doing in Duluth, imagine what he could do with REA and its facilities and tradition.

The worst of it is....the best case scenario is getting back on the horse where we belong takes a few years to straighten out with a team this bad. Every year that a coach brings in this little amount of talent makes it even harder to get to the top.

I don't think anybody expects Berry to name names....but he doesn't come across as having any sort of urgency in getting this figured out. That's the frustrating part. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever envision teams like Duluth being light years ahead of us, even with our worst teams.

Thanks for reminding us....not sure we'd win an ACHA title with this group.

Good first period. Gave up goal with five seconds left, then first shift of second period let them get another. Can't let them have goals on back-to-back shifts. 2nd intermission was tough and Berry "found out" who wasn't a quitter in the third (in more or less terms). Too many guys not doing what they're supposed to be doing. Back to referencing the good first period again.

Teams play like they're coached, so predictable post-gamer. It's hard to believe Brad actually wore the sweater at one time.

I vaguely remember some kid losing a foot out on the fifth hole or so of Ray Dicks who could still find a way to score.

I see your point. But, if the Nets only played twice a year they'd probably sellout Metlife Stadium both games. I think part of the attendance problems is the watered down availability. When an event is easy to attend it doesn't feel as special to go. That's why you see the demand for an event in Vegas as crazy as it was. Fewer tickets with high demand in a unique travel destination creates excitement. For those that got to go, you'll always be able to say you were at that game. A year from now if you said you went to a UAA-UND game at the Ralph and you're a Sioux fan, nobody is going to bat an eye. People want what others can't have, so when everybody can have it, nobody wants it.

You can get anything you'd ever dream of done to a jersey at EPS. Before sending it in, I'd provide a photo of the jersey and see if they already have whatever information you need on file. If they don't, make sure to supply plenty of good reference photos. Very rarely does EPS not do something right, so just make sure they have the correct info on what you want done.

It showed on tv! We need more of this at Ralph Engelstad Library. My idea is to incentivize cheering by raising beet prices for every UND goal...the place would be going apeshit every week!

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I specifically stated my inference to people whom I showed the image to, which included no one from this thread at the time of writing. So, I'm a bit perplexed as to what the point of your comment is. If there's something I'm missing you would like to discuss, I'd be happy to.

I'm ok with your opinion and respect it. Not everyone is going to love everything. I think your point was already well-established, so not sure what you're trying to add.

Thank you for the comments. Removing the triangle would be alright. Most have seen the silhouette of the Sioux logo in the negative space of the feathers on the back. To your "final point", however, the jagged edge of the beak is actually a face (nostril is the eye) and the rest of the head of the bird is the headdress of the man. It's two Sioux heads in one. So, I would I disagree with having a rounded beak for that reason as it's design was very purposeful. Everyone I've shown Brien's new Hawk logo to think it's awesome. I know that doesn't mean everyone will love it, but I've never heard one good comment about our current logo from many dozens of people, yet haven't heard one negative comment about this one. It's a small sample size but I'm just sharing my experience. I personally think it's great as well and pays homage to the past will still looking towards the future. The current Hawk logo in use by the university is a jarring change from the past with little character to build from for the future. It's just a logo, nothing more. UND fans are used to having a logo that has pride and meaning beyond just being a logo.

The day that Brien's hawk logo came out I started tweaking on it. Here's what I came up with: Browned up the beak, much more green, but left the red and yellow to symbolize the same things that were symbolized on the Sioux head. Also added was a hockey jersey look. This is one of my earlier tweaks so still has more red in it. I didn't take the time to add "HAWKS" on it ala the old Sioux jerseys, but definitely would be a plus IMO.

It's recruiting. Brad took over an unforeseen change, kept the band together, and won a natty with a loose group of high-end talent. We've recruited some really good talent on the back-end and even goaltending, but we've been late to the game or non-existent on marquee front-end talent. It seems the theme is to go after strictly character players or leadership players more than straight up blue chip talent. I'm fairly certain (but haven't looked) that this year and last have less NHL draft picks than most rosters since pre-Hakstol. NHL talent isn't everything, but a team full of Rudy's ain't going to cut it either. Let's look past how inept our offense looks just trying to set something up and just see what kind of shots pass the eye test. Most of our shots look weak, soft, and inaccurate. It seems like some of these other teams always have guys wristing howitzers at the net. Combine our weak shots with the fact that so few of our shots are from quality areas due to sluggish skills to get pucks to open guys and you are going to be on the struggle bus as far as scoring. We're clearly recruiting the wrong forwards when a place like UND can be so short on talent and teams like Denver, Duluth, St. Cloud, and even Mankato are finding plenty of talent over us. Our forwards don't look better than Bemidji's most nights and that's a MAJOR problem.