Big A HG

If you want to assume that's what I meant, fine by me. I could tell you whatever I want in terms of what they do because you wouldn't know if I was lying or not, so I'll just do both of us a favor and not. Do what you have to do, fine by me. I've done my fair share of stupid things, so I'm not going to point fingers at those who smoke pot and act like I'm perfect. I'm merely pointing out what I've observed as a non-smoker. To be fair, I've personally never witnessed a pot smoker do anything that would put another in harm's way (except for hitting a golf ball with a 7 iron in a courtyard surrounded by apartments at 2am roughly 6 years ago (which was probably caused by his alcohol consumption instead) and in my drunken stupor I found quite funny myself, so I'm just as guilty for not stopping him, even though I wasn't smoking). So, since I'm only speaking on personal observations, I can't say that it is any more dangerous than other legal consumables when used improperly (though I do believe that smoking does inhibit proper mental judgments, and in turn, would likely cause someone to put another in harm's way if it indeed was used improperly). I'm trying to be fair. End of discussion on my end.

I've been trying hard not to go off the depend. I support Hak immensely. With that said, as much as I support Hakstol, Eades, and Jackson, my patience is growing thin with some of their coaching styles. Whether or not we have elite talent, not every team is the same. It seems as if they are bent on using a certain game plan, no matter what, even if it doesn't work for that particular team. I think dump and chase and puck control can be successful with the proper players. Heck, even when we had a team full of blue chippers, we played that way, but they were good enough to overcome it with their abilities. This team has really come down to recruiting. We've had a few years now with minimal blue chip recruits. Yes, we've had some good players come in (and others who had said they were coming, but didn't), but let's face it...we have one of the greatest facilities in the world, a top 100 university, and over a half century of championship success as our pedigree. We've had tons of players go on to successful NHL careers....the list goes on and on. With that said, why does our team lack so much talent? Like I stated above, I support Hak & Co. a lot. Their jobs aren't easy, and sometimes things just don't go your way. Yes, losing a ton of players from a great team last year hurts, and I'm not forgetting that Hak & Co. assembled that team (and other good ones), but it's just confusing on where this team is at. I'm trying to pinpoint something that turns the great players (not the good ones) away from UND and I can't figure it out. Either way, it's a long season, and we should be plenty thankful (especially this week!) for what we've been able to witness the last 5-6 years. A season like this was ultimately bound to happen eventually. There's still hope.

They weren't close friends, but our whole floor were "friends". I know what they're doing these days.

One more for the road...just speaking from personal experience. When I was at UND, I knew about a dozen people who smoked pot (not friends, just knew them). A quarter of them did decent in class and were successful. The rest either dropped out completely, or were on their way to doing so. Out of all the people I knew that had their fair of drinks on the weekends, about three quarters did decent in class and were successful. The pot smokers were included in this drinking group (because they drank and smoked heavily). So, not counting the pot smokers, roughly 1 in 10 weren't very good in school that participated in getting drunk on a regular basis. I'm not trying to stereotype, but based on the people I knew, either the people that smoked pot were dumb prior to smoking pot, or the pot made them dumb. I'm not picking sides, just noting what I've experienced personally.

The only reason I would support legalizing marijuana is to tax the hell out of it. I'm not one to nickel and dime the public with taxes, nor am I for increased taxes, but I would not feel disappointed in the least if they did something like that. The people that want it legalized are already using it, I don't think you'd see much of an increased usage rate. -Tax the heck out of it -Enact stiff laws and penalties for mis-use or violations/illegal acts while using (similar to alcohol laws) Again, I am in favor of legalizing it, but if one day push comes to shove, make sure they make it worth using. (I've never smoked it)

We're saving our breaks til the end.

1948-49 Hockey sweaters arrived today. These were also the same style worn by the football team in the 1930s.

Yeah, you do gotta work on your BL Lime problem. Haha.

Sicatoka, I do know why you are smirking. I wonder if that would work.

There are a bunch of updates I added to Sioux-Jersey.com. Click the picture below for a detailed list:

I like you more everyday Goon.

If you guys want, I can do different style mockups. It's something I've been thinking about doing for fun on my website (sioux-jersey.com). I can take former ideas from the past and combine them with the current jersey style, or do something completely new. It'd be a "Concepts" page if you will. UND has used a few different styles in their history that had no depiction of, or anything relating to, "Fighting Sioux". From a jersey standpoint, I love anything that relates to Sioux because of the great logo history the team has had (especially our current logo), but a jersey can look good without anything Sioux related as well. One idea I'd be curious to try is the old script style "North Dakota" wordmark on a jersey of today. Maybe I'll tinker....

How about something like this? I made a concept similar to this a couple years ago. I always like simpler fonts and designs.

The jersey itself is the same as the current style, and the front logo is one that UND has been using a couple years now. I really didn't take any liberties with the design on that, just a quick mock-up. I can't say it's the worst thing I've ever seen, and I think that speaks more to the rest of the jersey than the front wordmark. I really don't care for their new designs, and completely agree with LetsGoSioux! about how cartoonish and high schoolish that the new designs depict. They aren't very powerful.

This would be my guess: My reason being is that a couple years ago, when they updated the ND logo, they also had a multitude of other items created from a new font to a plethora of wordmarks. I would guess that this was one of the reasons they went this route, and would be the perfect opportunity to really implement some of those designs.

Can we bring back Finley, Jones, Radke, etc. for this series? I wanna see the poop and pee colored team laying all over the ice.

The NCHC could permit the stipend, and if your school can't afford to pay out your allotted stipend money, tough luck. It's not a requirement for your institution to pay the stipend if your conference allows it. Heck, I hope UND is the only school in the country that can afford to pay their hockey players. With all that said, I'm sure this is something that will get added onto student's tuition at nearly every university. Using the $72,000 figure above, if you add $7 to every student's tuition fees (which would cover an entire year, so $3.50/semester), not one kid would likely notice. Now, if you did this for 5 sports (and triple the amount for football), you're basically adding roughly $50 ($25/semester) to each tuition. Is that ethical? Debatable. But, with how the university wastes money in so many other ways, what's $50 a year to keep the status quo? I don't see this being a huge problem anywhere really.

Joe has a younger sister whom he loves very much who is severely handicapped. Wheeler used the handshake line to spout some BS comments about Joe's younger sister and Joe would have none of it. I think you could say something about anyone else in the Finley family, and Joe would let it slide, but you don't say something about his sister. I completely condone what Joe did in that situation, and any one of you would have reacted the same way if you were him.

How awesome would it be to do a traveling trophy with Wisconsin called the "Waterbottle Trophy"? Yep, confirmed, that would be awesome.

MacMillan Corban Knight

As an outsider looking in, I think Leslie Frazier is a big-time failure in the making. Looking at him on the sidelines, he looks absolutely clueless. I listen to all the press conferences for Coach McCarthy, among other coaches who have achieved something, then you listen to a Leslie Frazier interview, and it's like, you're the coach, have a backbone and stand-up for something. Childress, whether he was right or wrong, at least believed in what he was doing and had some emotion about it. Same with Denny Green. You have to be firm and decisive, and Frazier is not that. I'm not saying he doesn't know the x's and o's of football, because he obviously does, but some guys just aren't meant to be head coaches. Yes, I know that every head coach has a different style and personality...the Tony Dungy's on one end, and the Bill Parcells' on the other...but, any successful head coach has good leadership abilities and make their style work. Frazier just seems like he's always waiting for someone to come up to him and tell him what to do next.

Broken link

Like goon said, it's run by the federal government. It also loses billions each and every year. Obama also wants to build more of them. Recipe for success?

I don't see enough offense with this team. Very little in terms of senior leadership. Denver, CC, Minnesota, Duluth, and UNO will all be tough teams in the conference this year. I see a 4-5 place finish.

Hak is an awesome coach, and like an above poster said, he gets kids to come in, work their butts off, and commit to a program with 100% loyalty...Sioux hockey at its finest. The one thing that I am starting to doubt is the system that is employed on offense. Dumping, chasing, cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling, turnover is a bit frustrating. Some years, the personal might dictate a game like that. However, when you have very skilled teams like last year, I'd prefer a very aggressive offensive approach with a bunch of guys crashing the net hard...a lot like what BC does when they turn it on. We can still play physical, but why take away the skill of your best forwards by pushing them along the boards and making them fight puck battles constantly. Yes, I know we've had one of the highest scoring programs over the last 5-6 years on an annual basis, but I think it could have been even better with a more aggressive approach on offense. It's tough to see all three forwards along the boards, half the time trying to just keep control of the puck. I do not want Hak going anywhere, but I'd like to see something new from an offensive standpoint. I know our defense cost us more than anything yesterday, but I'm looking at a general concern over the last number of years where we struggle to get things going offensively at times.