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maybe if your development is not progressing, even regressing is a possible scenario where I would disagree, but I would think it would be rare, and highly subjectable..

Is the bantam level dividing teams by school districts? Are you making the assumption that this 50/50 split is a done deal for the next season at the varsity level. As far as a super team, from my perspective which is a long way from then inner working of GF, I am not implying a concerted effort to build a state championship team for each year, it is not like the Bismarck girls cabal. But GF is the dominant force in ND HS hockey, if I had KEM money, would a private school, invite only, competing in MN HS level, that puts the best GF players at a higher level, be good for ND hockey. My thinking is Central & Red River would still have teams, the field would have a bit more parity.....

How do you like me now?

Where does this put us in the draft?

Well I guess this year I will be watching the NHL a bit closer a bit earlier... it's like being a gopher fan, ick

If history shows up we dominate, score early and often only to crap the bed tomorrow... raspBerry just doesn't have the "it" factor....

Has a D1 coach ever voluntarily stepped down and give up his contract?

not a fun season....

or maybe they are more trained to not slip one past the goalie.... I'll show myself out...

the road to 9 runs through Albuquerque...

Did the boys make it to Denver yet?

my concern with a AAA team, junior team, etc in GF is the majority of the players would be non resident as that is the model of those teams. Seems like if the top 20 GF players were on an elite team that played in MN, then ND parity would be better, split Bismarck into 3 teams (but not allow "super teaming") would also help, same could kind of be said about Fargo... the issue is hockey is a sport for the "rich", meaning families that are willing to spend, not necessarily that they are loaded.

not an expert but you seem to just be kicking bottineau and hazen/beulah down to jr. gold. Not sure that accomplishes the issue. Maybe make grand forks split the kids better instead of the "super" team from central.... not that anyone is going to unseat either school very often. i would think an actual super team from GF playing in MN would help parity a bunch, along with bismarck having 3 schools.

I guess my issue with coaching staff is not on the parking garage fiasco, although that is a shiny example. Like you I am upbeat on the incoming class, just as I have been with pretty much all incoming classes. My concern is what is happening after they get to campus, skills progression, and maturity. Something is amiss and I don't mind if a few claim the emperor has no clothes. After all isn't the onus of program success squarely on his shoulders? I don't recall that I called to Fire Hak, definitely not in earnest. More likely to poke your bar buddy, gfhockey a bit... lol.

I am far from a hockey guru but do wonder if Berry is out of his league for lack of Mafia Man wordage.... not all great guys make great coaches, not all great assistant coaches make great head coaches. Maybe Berry will need to ferment a bit like Sandy....

Many have said that we have great defense, does that jive with the amount of leads we have given up this year? Seems to me there is a laundry list of issues.... hope Stoney is right and we hoist #9 before the Ralph looks like mariucci...

i have been hoping to stumble on that for quite awhile, wife probably replaced it with memes

wow, while you are inside my brain will you find where I stashed the spare key to the gun safe? seriously, this is my thought by a more articulate mind, kudos

free heartburn

JJ must have something like Lyme Disease...

lol, I was thinking, can't really tell these guys, here watch the best players in the world, so you are spot on.

man, I wish I could see this...

maybe we should make some practice nets that are 2" smaller on 3 sides?

oh, not here... just some summit crap.. I miss FSSN

Is the game not on Midco tonight?