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Man this search has really gone south quickly in my mind. Had two great options in Ryans and Harbaugh and now we have neither. Guess at this point I'd roll the dice on the offensive guy O'Connell but I'm not in love with any of these final 3 guys.
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Vikings seem to be down to 4 coaching candidates. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, Rams OC Kevin O'Connell, Rams DC Raheem Morris, and Giants DC Patrick Graham.
Disappointing to see DeMeco Ryans pull out of the race tonight as he had become my top guy after seeing Daboll and Hackett head elsewhere, I also would have liked Kellen Moore and thought they should have interviewed Brian Flores.
At this point I'm hoping it is Harbaugh and I'd probably have O'Connell 2nd with Morris right there with him and Graham a very distant 4th. I don't really get the Graham interest at all and would be pretty disappointed if he is the guy.
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Big performance this weekend and a needed performance.
Thought Portz-Ness-Albrecht line had their best weekend of the season by far and all seemed to have a little more jump.
Sanderson's game tonight reminded me of the Duluth playoff game where especially in the OTs he just took over at times.
Calder played maybe his best hockey of the season this weekend.
Driscoll was really solid in relief, still think I'd go with Hellsten next Friday though but maybe go to splitting weekends?
Moore has so many chances and Kleven as well lately, both have to feel just snakebitten.
Need to continue to build. This weekend was a very good weekend but you can't celebrate it and say see look what we can do and rest on that for even a little bit. Guys have to continue to grow and find their best hockey of the year. Really need to take care of UNO next weekend.
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Just never know what you are gonna get outta this team.
Most complete game this team has played all year. Really in attack mode tonight. Thought the passing and transition which has been awful all season looked like what you expect from a typical Sioux team.
Took advantage of a few St. Cloud miscues but even with that left two wide open tap ins out there and 3-4 grade A opportunities.
Hellsten was really really solid, couple huge sequences.
Costantini was excellent, we've seen some flashes from him this season but the patience and playmaking tonight was on a different level.
Thought Bast had some solid moments as the extra defenseman as well.
Now bring that same type of energy, effort, and execution again tomorrow night.
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1 minute ago, brianvf said:
We had to bring in those portal guys because we lost a ton after last year. A ton.
We lost more than any other program in the NCAA. If we didn't bring in all the transfers, we'd have 14 freshmen on the roster right now.
I had higher hopes for this year than what the team is showing now, but UND is still an elite program. We had the #1 team in the nation the last two years in a row...something was bound to give when all those talented players graduated or left for the NHL.This season isn't lost yet, but it certainly is teetering. Hopefully they can right the ship and at least make the NCAA's.
Next season should be better when we're bringing in more talent and potentially only losing Sanderson.I understand we lost a lot off a loaded team last year my issue is why didn’t we have a couple stud freshmen in the pipeline? Those should be the guys stepping into the big roles lost by nhl signings not guys like Calder and Ford, those guys are the supplemental pieces. It just feels to me like we aren’t consistently bringing in the talent we should and that goes on this staff. I’m really not sure the issue because you have the history, tradition, facilities, amenities everything a top prospect could want so I don’t know if the staff is just getting out worked, slow on the process, lazy, not identifying talent, bad relationships or what.
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16 minutes ago, brianvf said:
Man, one goal all weekend.
We'll see what next weekend brings, but we should probably prepare for more of the same.We get a team that scored 19 goals this weekend coming in to the Ralph. Yikes!
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Just so disappointed with the lack of skill, speed, and overall talent on this team. Right now we aren’t recruiting at the level we should be and need to be. I do like what we have coming next year in guys like Blake, Spicer, and McLaughlin but our classes aren’t consistently at the top or that level like they should be. I don’t what the exact reason is but at North Dakota it can’t be bring in a average class, good class, average, great it needs to be consistently good/great. Having to bring in guys like Ford, Calder, Ferber, and Jandric and have them play a big role should’ve been a major red flag. Elite programs are hitting the portal for like one guy and it’s the top guys or maybe a goalie and they usually end playing a role. Look at Michaud with us last year, look at Cruikshank at Minnesota. Like I said I do like what we should have coming next year but looking more to the future it feels like the pipeline should be a lot more stocked with talent then it is and the staff is either just behind the pace that other elite programs are working at by choice or for some other reason but it doesn’t seem good.
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3 minutes ago, SiouxFanatic said:
Not a YT link but there is a stream available none the less:
I do plan to stream the UND games that are on CBSSN though.
Hmm can't get it to work. Is it just onhockey? I did find it there.
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Any youtube link for tonight? Otherwise I think I'll just stick with TH.
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On 1/18/2022 at 7:08 PM, sioux24/7 said:
UND have any shot at BJ Omot out of Mankato East? Not sure if an offer has even been extended from UND but he has some other D1 offers, including Providence, UST and WIU.
Thought it sounded like he might have some work academically that could make him JC bound.
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Vikings decided to clean house wish while I'm a little surprised I'm happy with. Surprised because it had seemed like they would keep Spielman around in some capacity but I think the completely fresh start is best off.
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1 minute ago, crb1 said:
Well the season is officially over for the Vikings. Any ideas of who you think if Zimmer does get fired, who would be the coach that they hire. My idea is it could be Doug Peterson or Eric Bieniemy, what do others think?
Definitely feel like we should bring an offensive minded coach. Kellen Moore would be at the top of my wishlist right now.
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1 hour ago, SWSiouxMN said:
Any nasty O-Line going to around that spot potentially?
Vikings have a ton of needs and it feels weird to say this but I don't think OL is near the top right now. Definitely need a RG and could use an upgrade at C but the rest of the line is pretty set. Meanwhile you will have starting spots open at S, CB, Nickel, 2 LBs, DT, and DE although I think a few of those will have to be filled by guys just moving up the depth chart and getting an opportunity because of the Vikes cap situation. Like DT and DE I could see giving Watts and Wilekes an opportunity as they've been solid in limited time. Have to think this roster is gonna look drastically different.
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Bears leaving all those points on the field is coming back to haunt us.
Goddamnit Vikings just took the lead.
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4 hours ago, rochsioux said:
I’m confused as to why the Vikings are going to start Cousins against the Bears. Let one of the backups get some playing time as a loss will give them a better slot in the draft. Also, why risk an injury to Cousins when the game is meaningless ? An injury might impact next years team if you are planning to keep him. If you want to explore trade options, again playing him is nonsensical. There is absolutely no upside to him playing, only downside.
It is because Zimmer is still coaching and he likely knows he is gone after tomorrow anyway so what does he care how it sets up for the next guy. If ownership was smarter they would have made the call on Zimmer a few weeks ago and told whoever they gave the interim title to they were to look at young guys the rest of the way and give them opportunities.
A Denver win today would've been nice for draft positioning. A loss really would beneficial as I think the Vikes can be anywhere from like 9-16 in the draft with a big logjam of teams together right now. Here is hoping the players have seen all the reports that Zim is gone and they show up tomorrow with one foot out the door already giving a terrible effort.
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1 minute ago, SiouxFan100 said:
Wasn’t Cornell ranked number one in the last year or two?
Take the Kelly green glasses off and give Cornell some credit
not saying we played up to our ability
They were right with us during the covid cancelled tourney but what does that have to do with this team? Our team looks nothing like last years group or the the previous year.
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1 minute ago, LynahFaithful said:
One thing about that -- about three quarters of the team were playing sick. I think it was an anomaly and this was much more indicative of our strength. We actually are a top 10 team. :-)
You guys will be fine -- there is so much talent and you didn't get puck luck either night. Good luck in the NC$$s until maybe we meet again! I've always really loved watching NoDak hockey, and this is a great thrill for us.
This really isn't a very talented UND team and that is the bottom line. Cornell is a very average team, just like this UND group. I think both will be trying to just sneak into the tournament come March and get a few breaks to go their way to make a run.
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Just a miserable weekend of hockey.
This roster just isn't a typical Sioux hockey roster and this group doesn't play Sioux hockey.
The effort is inconsistent, chemistry just doesn't always seem there, and the skill level is severely lacking.
Look at our forward group. Our top guys have been Gaber, Jamernik, Senden, and Hain probably and on good championship type Sioux teams those guys are 3rd/4th line role guys. For a team that lacks speed, creativity, skill, etc you'd think they would have some toughness and be pretty strong along the boards but nope, I've never seen a Sioux team beat in so many 1 on 1 battles.
Our D group that should be the strength of this team has been flat awful. Guys we thought we took a big step forward like Sanderson, Kleven, and Frisch just haven't done that at all this season. We have opponents getting to whatever areas they want, guys just free and easy in the slot and on top of the crease popping in rebounds without even being touched.
Coaching staff doesn't escape the blame at all either. A lot of us looked at the recruiting pipeline and were worried about the lack of top skilled guys we were landing a couple years ago and especially up front well we are seeing the results now. You had to hit the transfer portal up and Ford/Calder have been pretty meh. Very offensively challenged, overall the team really lacks speed, playmaking and creativity is very absent. It really just isn't the type of hockey we have become accustomed to watching over the years. The staff better start working their ass off and get on the road recruiting.
Goaltending has been a problem as well. Driscoll hasn't looked close to what he did at Bemidji. Hellsten did a solid job tonight and deserves another look Friday.
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1 minute ago, brianvf said:
UND down to #9 in the PWR now. Ooff, that's quite a drop for one game.
They lose tomorrow and they're a bubble team all of a sudden.Which with what I've seen of this team and its inconsistencies all season seems like where they should be.
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15 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
I miss Thome
Eh I never was a big fan of Thome and I know it is with an overmatched St. Thomas team but .871 save and 4.44 GAA doesn't do much for me.
Thought Driscoll would be a very good fit but he has been a much different goalie this year than we saw at BSU. Gotta give Hellsten the opportunity to take the job.
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This was absolutely a game you can't lose and somehow this team did.
Driscoll was awful all night, give Hellsten the opportunity and see what he does with it.
Just another night where this team shows who they really are. Might be leading the conference somehow but this isn't a championship roster or team and is the type that you hope just sneaks into the tournament gets a little luck and plays their best hockey of the year.
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Pile on the points Packers, the more embarrassing it gets the more likely Zygi makes the move tomorrow.
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1 hour ago, crb1 said:
I would be shocked if the Vikings even won one of their last two games. I do feel that Zimmer nor Spielman will be fired. I think Zimmer gets rid of Kubiak and that is good enough for the Wilfs to give him another year.
I'd be absolutely shocked if both Zimmer and Spielman are back in their same roles. Wilfs have pretty high expectations I don't even think Zim would be back with a sneak into the playoff and 1st round exit. I think the most likely scenario is Zimmer gets fired, Spielman moves to some sort of senior type role, and they hire a new GM. In my opinion Spielman deserves more heat than he gets especially from the TC media, he has a lot of draft picks that haven't been close to panning out.
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