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Maag showing out pretty well today.

Nice investment into the program for a 7th home game in 2024. That makes for 19 home games over the next 3 years.

Likely that Berry was a little fired up after winning an elimination game, his team played much harder than the night before and probably a little perturbed at some of Jake's on-the-nose comments about effort on Friday night (which were completely in-line) and it came off a little more aggressive than intended. Nothing wrong with a coach showing a little emotion. I would also guess that there is absolutely zero hard feelings between Berry and Jake, it was a heat of the moment comment.

Pretty thin skinned for a guy who's been through the nastiness of college athletics. But I digress. Retain and build.

Why can't you answer any of the questions I asked? I mean you put your opinions out there, with conviction, why is it weird that someone wants to ask you the expand on it?

I mean sure, whatever. Thanks for gracing us with your expertise. What level did you play at again so we know how much to take your opinion into account since that's apparently the measuring stick? Stepping aside and saying maybe some of it is accurate, if college athletics are such a harsh reality and so nasty, why does someone who hasn't been on campus for multiple years and has moved on (twice) need to try to air dirty laundry? Why are you making such a big deal out of the comments that were made? Why do the opinions of those who were asked to move on matter so much? Seems more personal than anything because, as you've said, it is supposedly the norm in college athletics. Still don't buy a good chunk of the accusations, but whatever. Coach got the extension he deserved. Retain and build from there.

If an account is private, you wouldn't see it. BJ liked it on Instagram, so there's that I guess. What does it mean? Nothing in the end, similar to the negative drama that's spilling everywhere.

Maybe the only surprise here is that it's a 2 year extension, giving her 3 years left:

Yeah, disagree but whatever. Some pretty serious accusations being tossed around. Chaves follows one of the guys throwing stuff around on Twitter so I guess he'll finally get his voice heard since it supposedly didn't matter when he was here.

A couple of those are now on their 3rd stop. It is what it is, but not hard to see why they would be upset. Some of the others complaining look like they were probably told they weren't going to play at this level or they didn't fit into the new staff's plans. Looking at their stats where they currently are, that former was probably accurate and the latter happens frequently when there is a coaching change. Other than Rebraca, has any player that left been measurably more successful than they were at UND? Hopefully these players shared their concern with the athletic director on their way out. Because that opinion is the only one that actually matters.

Can't imagine why either of them would have a negative opinion. On the flip side, you also have current and past players "liking" the extension.

As expected by most: Right decision. Timing was important with the portal opening up. Now retain and build off of how the year ended!

Can't even copy and paste from the Herald's article or what?

The quote was that he directed his daughter to do so, secretly. What he knew and when he knew is a different (and fair) argument. The comment about it being taken care of relatively quickly once BB's name was brought in to it seems to lend credence to the theory he wasn't involved and once he was, it was sorted out in very short matter.

Pretty pointed accusation. Have the facts to back that up?

Not to mention short term travel logistics and making sure arenas are available. The tournament is currently very profitable, it would be nice to stay that way. I won't argue the atmosphere in the Betty was awesome when the women won there, but the greater good says this is a very good setup.

Kind of (not) funny that two of the losses in the NCAA tournament have lead to direct changes in NCAA hockey rules: 2017: 2OT loss to Boston. With the new puck possession rule negating offsides, UND would have won that game in the first overtime. Instead a blurry picture was deemed good enough to call offsides. (Not) fun fact: UND had a 59-29 SOG advantage, a 145-67 shot advantage and Boston didn't even have a shot on goal the first overtime. 2021: 5OT loss to Duluth. Michigan decides to ignore Covid protocols and ends up giving Duluth a bye, while UND plays a game the previous night and then runs out of gas in the longest college hockey game by almost a full period. Regionals now have a set off day in-between to help negate any advantage.

There was a lot more to it than on the field performance... And they had boosters willing to put their money where their mouth was. To the tune of almost $18 million.

Anyone with a champions club membership got in free for at least quite a few years. They still only drew a few hundred or less for most games.

Says something about both the staff and QV that he was willing to stick it out here even though things probably didn't go how he hoped after decommitting from ODU. Glad that he's stuck it out. I've heard nothing but great things from him outside of football as well.

Man, that axe you're grinding has got to be getting pretty sharp. But at least you've moved on from some of the other insults.

I mean, those are your opinions right? Because they definitely can't be proven?Something others could call dumb or blatantly false? Or call an uneducated, lazy take? Or even an insanely bad take? Did I get all the adjectives in there? For the record, for 2022, Massey shows UND with a 69% win probability on a neutral court and 76% win probability in Grand Forks. The odds of a 20 point or greater Jamestown win comes out at 2.5%. For 2023, it shows as 72% and 79% with a 7-10 point margin of victory. Which tells me, maybe the first part of your comment is just a bit of hyperbole....

Apparently it doesn't count if they have 40+ games of D1 experience. It takes time to adjust to new roles!

You made it sound like it was a shock that he was a huge, solid piece of NDSU's puzzle because he wasn't "the man" this year. Regardless, not sure how you get boat-raced like that in a championship game with the pieces they did have. Either the comments about how quick they "rebuilt" were pre-mature or ORU is 5 steps above everyone else in the conference.

It is a bit strange. Almost like some people have some sort of emotional attachment to how good they are, perceived or otherwise, and feel the need to make sure others have a high opinion of them. Odd that some are almost taking it personally. Not really my thing either but to see the defense of them is a bit over the top given where it is being discussed. Personally going after a poster who has proven to have great insight, for an opinion that I think others (not on a UND message board) share, is also kind of interesting. Or maybe I'm just reading into things (and teams/conferences) that don't matter too much here.