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  1. southpaw
    You also must not have read the article because even Schlossman didn't say that. But look at this... I just had to go back a few pages and a few people were advocating moving the WH budget to the football or basketball programs:
  2. southpaw
    We had both in the early 2000's when I was a student and it was great. I don't want to start a hockey vs football thread as I attend games for both teams despite living 1,000 miles away but with the current setup neither program is going to bring the national recognition. NDSU has won five straight FCS titles and ESPN still ignores them on a consistent basis. I think it comes down to who brings in the most money to help fund the other sports in the athletic department. Hockey may have hit its max but it still seems like it is bigger than football ever will be as far as funding.
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    Be honest. "Addressing" the elephant in the room isn't what you want. Just use the word cut. I'd imagine you'll be sadly disappointed if the committee comes out and says "We addressed women's hockey and decided it's going to stay." You had me up until the bolded portion. At many schools, this is true but right now that's not the case at UND. And as long as hockey sells out an 11,000 seat arena double-digit times a year while football attempts to fill a 12,000 seat stadium 6-9 times a year that will continue to be the case.
  4. southpaw
    You only have about 15 seconds MAX to play a song as it has to be down when the opposing team breaks the huddle. If they don't huddle, then you have about 5-10 seconds worth of song to play. It has to be impactful in the first few seconds or it won't work.
  5. southpaw
    You realize the football team also gets FCOA? That expense is significantly higher than "paying the hockey team."
  6. southpaw
    That is something the NCHC pushed aggressively during negotiations on extending the CBSSN contract.
  7. southpaw
    Currently, the NCHC collects money from each of the schools to pay for the costs of the refs. That is something the NCHC wants to eventually take in-house so it's less of a burden on the schools. I'd imagine the money would go towards that. Additionally, there is the potential to create a new full-time position that focuses on marketing and sales. That would allow Fenton to add some new projects instead of being so focused on negotiation those contracts himself.
  8. southpaw
    Your knowledge of Schlossman's knowledge outside of hockey is extremely limited.
  9. southpaw
    I feel bad for everyone but SiouxVolley and Cratter. If only the rest of us could be more enlightened like these two. We should feel honored they're lowering themselves to our level to give us these facts.
  10. southpaw
    Technically the gap in this picture is green. That's the tough part of this design.
  11. southpaw
    Looking for four lower-bowl tickets for the Friday/Saturday series January 20 & 21st. My girlfriend and one of my friends will be joining me and a friend for their first trip to the Ralph and good 'ol Grand Forks.
  12. southpaw
    What will he accomplish by December 31st? Does a solid OOC record really mean that much? UND's only chance to be legit this year is to win the BigSky tournament, which unfortunately doesn't start before December 31st.
  13. southpaw
    Agreed, let's cut all sports and positions started after 2004. Goodbye women's hockey. See you later Matt Schill, the digital content director, we don't need no stinking highlights, UND Insider or Through These Doors. Plus several other important positions. What's that? We were able to increase pay after the oil boom? Get those raises out of here. Time to go back to salary levels of 2004.
  14. southpaw
    It's a university-wide rebrand. Outside of the Midwest more people recognize the name Omaha vs UNO.
  15. southpaw
    So you have a lot of dislike for the interim president because of the logo but none towards the new president? Plan executed perfectly.
  16. southpaw
    Why does everyone have this love fest with talking about WMU and Miami leaving? Please show me one article that has any sort of official, even an anonymous one, saying those two schools are unhappy in the NCHC? Or that they're looking to leave because of travel. Not a blog post without any quotes, but something even semi-substantial. WMU's hockey budget is 1.6 million. If they announce right now they're leaving, they'll owe 1.5 million. With the NCHC's operating budget going up every year, by the end of the year WMU would have to pay more than its annual hockey budget just to leave the conference. And that doesn't eliminate the travel costs. Unless they decided to bus to every opponent under 10 hours, they're flying the exact same amount as they do now when its combined with their non-conference schedule. The benefit of being out-of-conference with the WCHA schools is the ability to schedule them in non-conference. Look at WMU's schedule... they have a home and home with BGSU and Ferris. If they join the WCHA, they now only have Miami close-by to schedule OOC, whereas they have LSSU, MTU, Ferris, Northern and Bowling Green. If we were talking an all-sport conference, then having really close schools is a great budget saving opportunity. But when you still have five non-conference weekends to schedule then it's not that big of a deal.
  17. southpaw
    I don't believe they think something was imminent, but apparently they do think there was more to talk about than just the email. Tom listed off a couple of questions but there likely were more, which would lead to follow-up questions. Sure every answer could be "Right now, we don't have that info but we'll get it to you as soon as we can," but at least it's an answer. Why release it when you're out of town and can't just set aside an hour to talk to the Herald? And you don't email your questions. That's going to get a canned "PR" response every time and it's not how the media works. Show me one story where it says "we emailed him asking for comment, but he was unavailable."
  18. southpaw
    That's the point of the article... Everyone is left in a wait and see mode instead of Kennedy being available and willing to comment.
  19. southpaw
    I think Tom makes some fair points. Why drop this on a Tuesday when the bus tour is scheduled beforehand? Why not send it out when you're actually in town and then take an hour to answer questions with the media? It was a chance for Kennedy to be public about it. Instead he hides behind an email, a bus and Peter Johnson.
  20. southpaw
    Is that star under the beak supposed to be the outline of North Dakota and Grand Forks? Good to know UND is now located in Edinburg, in a rectangleish area that doesn't look like North Dakota. Also, way too much grey. Especially with the beak and the outline being the same color.
  21. southpaw
    When you screw up at work do people talk to your boss first or do they bring it up with you first? Why bring Jayson into it when a simple email to Ryan would likely have the result you want. That is, unless the result you want is to get Jayson in trouble too because you have some sort of vendetta against him. Jayson spoke with his staff about it after it happened. Ryan forgot to do it after a couple games while doing the rest of his post-game duties. Jayson addressed it and it's not an issue now.
  22. southpaw
    Whoa. Let me get this straight. If UND decided to be the Fighting Sioux again and held an event like this, the crowd would be bigger? You don't say. That's some groundbreaking news right there. So far, we have seen people all over the map on opinions on some of the fan-created logos. There is no concensus, so what exactly is a "nice looking Fighting Hawks logo"? Nice to a couple of kids? I think the current logo is nice looking and apparently so do others. Feel free to create a logo that everyone feels is nice looking. When that happens, I expect a huge crowd!
  23. southpaw
    I love those facts you just touted. When the Dacotah legacy collection was released, there was nobody outside waiting to get in.
  24. southpaw
    What you just said doesn't make Goon wrong. Haj is the men's hockey SID. If you have problems with non-hockey sports not being updated, take it up with the SIDs for that sport. What part don't you understand that Jayson doesn't update every sport and doesn't micromanage his people? Bring your issue to that SID, if it doesn't change, bring your issue to Jayson. But don't instantly blame Jayson for sports that aren't his not being updated. If you underperform at your job, do you think people should first blame your boss?
  25. southpaw
    Seriously Dave? This is ridiculous. I agree with your top two but that's it. I know you're a homer for your new favorite team and conference but I expected more out of you. North Dakota Boston U. Michigan Minnesota Boston College Denver Penn State Wisconsin Michigan State Ohio State
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