TheFlop

You'd have to ask someone other than Bubba........

If NDSU had stuck with a tired old (but "safe") coach for one .500 season after another.....do you think they would still have everything they have now? I'd argue no. Get some excitement and momentum and the rest will follow.

Maybe not perfect but there are a lot worse facilities than what is offered at UND out there. Maybe if a Bubba team was able to keep excitement for the team more than a couple weeks into the season more resources would follow.

It is.....Brad Berry missed the playoffs a couple years in a row and the heat was getting turned up. Bubba is a nice guy but slapping people on the backs and shaking hands doesn't win games unfortunately.

Would be nice if a Bubba team could just once wait until week 7 or 8 before the let down game.

Nebraska wouldn't finish any better than 3rd in the MVFC. Nebraska is bad and has been for quite some time. They will be lucky to win more than a game in the Big 10 this season.

Not playing to win on offense.

Think Berry or Hakstol would have been the same with a subpar facility like the old DECC? Look at Sandelins record once he got a decent facility to recruit to for more of an apples to apples comparison.

I think the trying to downplay the loss of a highly skilled USNDTP player to bring back two solid but not spectacular 5th year players......lost a lot of traction once a coach that is arguably better than Berry had no issue jumping at the chance to bring Spicer in this year.

I actually don't mind Montgomery, but once again Montgomery did that a full year older than Spicer. Do you really think Spicer wouldn't blow past that 23 point mark next season given how at every level he has started out slow but then skyrocketed once he got accustomed to the level?

So can anyone here with a straight face say Montgomery > Spicer? C'mon

Ideally I think most would agree that Spicer would benefit from another year in the USHL. However, this team needs a couple high enders (at least with high end potential) to come in. There are no guarantees so out of every 2-3 high level recruits you get, it's possible only one becomes a star. When you stop bringing in the high enders, you don't even give yourself a chance of getting that star. UND's lack of high end offensive talent was on full display the last two games of the season.....when it mattered most.

It's a little misleading given that it's basically an all star team he's playing on.

For those ripping on Spicers slow start in the USHL......this season as a 17 year old his PPG rate is higher than Senden's was as a 20 year old in the USHL......and Senden's PPG rate has basically stayed the same through college. UND is gonna regret this one. Spicer is exactly the type of high end potential they need.....not a team full of grinders.

He's a poor man's Ludvig Hoff.

Gaber is the only forward that can consistently create......need at least 2 more of him or else next year will be more of the same.

I'm not a huge fan of newly opened anonymous Twitter accounts throwing out accusations. But combined with some of the other speculation out there (and coaches handling of him in-season) it is at a minimum interesting. Rather specific and quite a bit different than the usual traitor-like comments that people like to throw at transfers.

It was men against boys tonight. Can flip that tomorrow, but like the post game said, this is a team that has to bring their lunch pail with to win each night. They aren't talented enough to have much margin for error.

That's right, my bad. I forgot that a barely above .500 career record and making the playoffs 3 out of 8 years is good enough for some fans.

Bubba would have had to actually make the playoffs first

Boy would another $500k loan that gets "forgotten" about for the next 20 years and only needs to be partially repaid come in handy about now.

Keep being happy with a stale old coach that will guarantee the program is never anything more than a game over .500 team and a 1st round exit from the playoffs.

There was a time when 5-6 and losing to all of the Dakota schools would be considered a bad season. Reminds me of the SNL skit Lowered Expectations.

UND players need one more score to take the game out of their coaches hands at the end.

With a few breaks could have been closer to 50 yards.