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OK? He still called it a hoax, which was what I was responding too from yzerman. Also, is that link supposed to instill confidence in how it's being handled? Here's a timeline of how this administration has consistently downplayed the seriousness and size of Covid-19. Slightly more than two weeks ago, he said Here's an extensive article highlighting the history of Coronavirus, the rate of growth throughout the world, and the difference between how countries have handled it. The only thing the U.S. is leading the way in is the fewest number of tests available per million people. If you want a textbook example of how not to handle a pandemic, look at the U.S. since Coronavirus was first announced in China in December.

Just the president...

I've seen a lot of posts on social media saying UND deserves the title. Imagine if this had happened last year and St. Cloud had declared themselves the national champs. We would have mocked them endlessly.

Can a two-year college go NCAA D1? I'm sure that's right around the corner now that they have a venue.

Where did you get that? Yeah, he says Wow but I feel like that's a normal reaction to UND buying out a coach. The rest of his tweet was literally just facts that would be in any news report.

Six hours later, it's more than 1,000 positive tests. It's amazing what having access to tests actually does to the number of infected patients. If we don't have tests, we can't have official cases.

I'm mostly concerned about whether this is a hoax by the left wing media, or a trial run by the government to see how much they can restrict our movement. If all of the experts here can't even decide which conspiracy this is, how will we ever have a chance to survive it?

That guy is lucky to still be in the game. The ones who aren't can't write articles and aren't just 60+ year olds or those with immune issues. It's not the flu.

While I personally am more worried about other deadly situations despite the fact that so far four people in my office building have tested positive, I understand that city and hospital officials are more concerned. There is no vaccine, it spreads as fast as, if not faster, than the flu, the known death rate is higher than the flu, and hospitals can't handle a massive number of cases regardless of the illness. There's a reason events here in Europe are being canceled: the hospitals are full. I can understand why cities could be asking for these events to be canceled. If 1% of a regional gets sick, you're looking at maybe 80 people. If 1% of Detroit gets sick, there's a major problem.

We have more in common with NDSU, SDSU and UNI than Sac St, Portland St and Southern Utah. Can't say I was ever excited to see any of those games. At least going to MVFC games most fans don't have to drive 1,000 miles.

Exactly. Maybe I didn't articulate well enough. I see the MVFC as the NCHC of FCS. and the Big Sky would be Hockey East. Without NDSU going on this run, I'd bet at least two other teams have titles in the past handful of years. There have been some damn good teams from the MVFC. There have also been some good Big Sky teams but (and this is as a fan of the Big Sky for UND) I just never felt like any of the teams were quite the complete team. I'd take some of those SDSU teams over any of the Big Sky teams any day of the week and twice on Saturdays in January. I loved the Big Sky. I went to more away games there than I will ever in the MVFC, and I'm a bit scared about how UND will fare against the MVFC.

When I think of the MVFC, UND is nearly guaranteed to play 4 of the top 5 teams every year. Yes, there are definitely bottom-tier teams that should be easy wins for any "adequate" team. In the Big Sky, you could get super lucky with scheduling and find yourself playing the six lowest teams in a season with just a couple of higher level teams. The uneven scheduling is more magnified in a bigger conference, so the strength of the conference gets spread around. I think the top of the Big Sky is on par with the top of the MFVC. But more than half your schedule can be low-level teams that you should dominate. Unless they're ISU, in which case ????

Get a point tonight, rest everyone tomorrow. Bring in the emergency goalie. Stay healthy for the first round.

It's only on kick plays.

Yes, I did four semesters of 30+ hours a wekk of free work to start my career. Followed by a very stressful, even lower-paying job than a football coach. At no point have I questioned anyone's work ethic, livelihood or well-being. I have questioned whether the average level of success achieved by the football team is deserving of an extension for the head coach. While technically a 37-32 record is above average, I don't believe it is adequate as you called it. Zero playoff wins in six seasons is not adequate. I know Bubba will get us to the playoffs 3 out of 5 seasons, but I want better. And I think the UND football team, fans and alumni should to.

I work in a career field that is incredibly competitive. I have 90-day Objectives and Key Results that I, and all of my colleagues, need to hit every quarter over and over. Yes, there is room for a bad quarter here and there. But there also are never two quarters in a row where my OKRs are at the same level. In my job, I must continuously improve and provide value to our company and consumers. If I'm not hitting those targets, I'm out of a job. Why is it too much to expect the same of a head coach? Chaves likely has set season OKRs for him. An injury riddled season is understandable, it's out of his hands. But he needs to be improving and reaching bigger targets. Just making the playoffs every year isn't progressing. Losing to ISU every year isn't showing improvement year over year. Why do we hold our head football coach to a lower standard than someone working in the business world? Just because he is a nice guy and came from UND?

Remember when we had a future FBS head coach apply for the job and they lost out to Bubba? No, UND isn't getting a current FBS coach to head to GF, but to say UND should be happy with Bubba because it's not a destination school is crap. Get a coach on the rise instead of collecting a series of seasons just good enough to make the playoffs and then lose.

As some have mentioned, I'm going to wait until the details come out before I praise or am super internet angry about the contract extension. There's so many scenarios that could play out. I'm just hoping there's wording in there where he can seamlessly be transitioned to a fundraising position at any point following this coming season. I'd think giving Danny two more years at OC would be beneficial but for once I think we have an internal candidate who legitimately should be our next head coach.

Tell that to the Swiss Hockey League where they'll play the playoffs in empty arenas, or the city of Venice which is a ghost town, or literally anyone here in a town with at least one infected person. Only in the US could a deadly virus be considered a hoax...

Oh, so now that must make phone call is just a courtesy? You made it sound like an absolute necessity. Perhaps only broadcasting 8 effing games from venues doesn't require a phone call. CBSSN has broadcasted games from Air Force where the game cam is in the middle of the press box with the front legs on a table, tight cam is on a mobile platform, and the announcers are calling the game from a folding table directly behind the top row of fans. There are no fiber or triax runs and your entire production truck needs to be searched before being allowed on campus. It's literally the worst place in college hockey to broadcast a game and yet they still do it. Of course CBS would prefer to do games from the Ralph but don't act like venues are an issue. Of all the times you've made an ass of yourself with horrible predictions that are insanely wrong, you're well out of your league on this one.

There is the confirmation that you know nothing about college hockey and broadcast contracts. CBS is broadcasting 8 of 192 conference games. Plus 3 more tournament games and none of the entire first round.

What does CBS have to do with what schools are accepted to the NCHC? You clearly don't understand how games are picked for broadcast on CBS. And are you really insinuating that Mankato winning a championship is going to drive up significant interest in viewers in the twin cities would be a tipping point for the nchc accepting Mankato? Hint: The NCHC isn't bringing in money from CBS broadcasts. And it certainly isn't concerned about an extra couple of thousand people watching the 1-2 games that would feature Mankato each year if they were accepted.

None of us are missing that. We're all in agreement that the NCHC is a destination conference and that you have to be special to get in. Where we disagree is what needs to be special to get in. Some believe attracting fans after having a successful year is what matters. Other feel that a long-term financial commitment to hockey is more important. I'd rather have CC with its sporadic success but financial resources. Others prefer a school like Mankato that is growing but somehow needs to rely on an additional 300 people per game to be considered.

Some people actually do know what they're talking about on this board. Fortunately, Brad Schlossman's extensive set of articles about the formation of the NCHC shows you're once again wrong: