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1 minute ago, Benny Baker said:
100%
I was in the pit at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at US Bank stadium while this game was being played. Capella tower downtown was lit up in maroon and gold. I occasionally followed along on my phone during the show, but put it away with a few minutes left expecting the Gophers would win #6
About 20 minutes later, a ripple of audible groans started permeating around the pit. No, it couldn’t be, I thought to myself. I checked my phone again, which confirmed what I was hearing: the collective groans of Gophers fans after they just sh!t the national championship away!
It was music to my ears.
That's fantastic. So funny there was an noticeable reaction hahaha.
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15 minutes ago, nodakvindy said:
They just need to get away from the schools bidding on regionals and have conferences do it. They can then pull from schools that aren't in the tourney for staffing, and you don't have the "host team guaranteed to play somewhere" issue. So say the Big Ten bids for Grand Rapids, the NCHC bids for Fargo, ECAC builds Albany and Hockey East bids Manchester. They could also go with the approach that womens' basketball was taken for Sweet Sixteen and Elite EIght and have 2 sites effectively host 2 regionals each. That would create more festival like atmosphere, allow neutrals to see games four days in a row and two Frozen Four tickets punched. That probably drives better attendance as you can still try to position as many teams as close to home as possible with one location in the east and one in the west, but also maintains the fairness of neutral sites.
Would you still distribute teams across the four sites our would you group them based on regions? Ie. West teams in two regions and East teams in the other two.
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1 hour ago, Benny Baker said:
I don't know about you guys, but this is quickly becoming the norm for me. I've been through a lot of butt puckering the last 3 frozen fours.
- 3rd year in a row for Michigan to get to #10;
- Watched Minnesota play the last two years, and they were only a few minutes from winning last year; and
- Watched Denver win #9 just two years ago (but it was better than seeing Minnesota and Michigan win, right?), but now they're gunning for #10 as well.
This one ended with a really fun memory that I re-watch on bad days, however
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6 minutes ago, Kevin G said:
There's no one to pull for. Pulling against all of them.
Pulling hardest against Michigan and Denver.
Isn't that wild? Our teams this weekend are BU and BC.
https://giphy.com/clips/hamlet-dumb-and-dumber-grossed-out-gagging-ttx2jTW1ubblzFjwPr
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Berger is back! No, not that @Dave Berger
https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/cameron-berg-to-return-to-und-for-senior-season
Much needed.
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What do you think? Do we get another portal forward with Blake signing today?
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Blake signs. *sigh*
Good luck, young man. I'll have a lot of fond memories of you.
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48 minutes ago, .357 said:
Come now, Mr. Agnew, good vibes only.
Asking for a definition of what a great college hockey coach is was an innocent enough question, or so I thought, & I was genuinely curious in reading people's opinions. It had the opposite effect of triggering some into thinking their coach was being attacked. Funny how the mind works sometimes.
Try again. Just all done with the same conversation on the repeat for 15 pages. It's really not a hard concept.
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13 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:
An anonymous source has told me that Berg isn't signing, he is 100% coming back. On the subject of Whitelaw, he has some ability, but is not well-liked by teammates.
Was this Berg's other friend that was with him at the bar that night
Just kidding. I've heard he's staying, too. I hope it's true.
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9 minutes ago, .357 said:
Was simply looking for what qualifies a D1 hockey coach as great. If a person can make that claim about the current coach but not back it up, then they prove nothing.
And double-spaced is fine.
I wasn't trying to prove anything. Jeebus, man. MOVE ON.
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3 minutes ago, .357 said:
Thanks for your time.
If anyone can present sound reasons on why UND's current head hockey coach is great, I'm all ears.
Maybe in another thread?
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2 minutes ago, .357 said:If you're going to call someone great in his field, especially one who pulls home over 400k/year, you need to have solid reasons to back it up. If not, then your claim has no teeth. Has nothing to do with a pissing match, genuinely curious why Berry is a great coach in your eyes.
I agree also that Berry is a good, but not great, coach. Appreciate your honesty.
I really don't have to do anything, no.
I'm not trying to argue anything. I just don't want to talk about it because, for a third time, whatever my opinion is doesn't really matter because he is absolutely not going anywhere. The horse as been beaten, poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.
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2 minutes ago, .357 said:You didn't describe the qualities of a great D1 college hockey coach. Please elaborate on why Berry deserves to be called great.
Correct, because again, I'm not interested. It's going to devolve into a pissing match of whether Bubs goes or stays. It's just not going to happen and I'd rather not go in circles.
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7 minutes ago, .357 said:I'll extend the question to you as well as Goon: Kindly describe what makes a college hockey coach great at the D1 level in this day & age?
I'm good. I think Bubs is a great coach, and you disagree and we've spent so many pages on this conversation. He's not leaving. I'd much rather talk about the 24-25 season.
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Comparing Dean Blais and Jerry York to today's game is just a completely worthless exercise, IMO. It's a different game/different world.
I'll say this again, you can all want Bubs to go, but it ain't happening any time soon unless he falls off a cliff performance wise.
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4 minutes ago, .357 said:
Ok then, what was it about Dean Blais & Jerry York that made them great college hockey coaches?
I was mostly directing the question at Goon, but it's open to anyone, I guess.
Broken sticks and swear words
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1 minute ago, neoflex said:
Hopefully, your right as I want the team to succeed whomever is coaching. But the point of the comparison of Berry and Calipari is that the Kentucky's alumni where looking to move on from Calipari, and he made the jump before it came to fruition. Berry might not get canned, but who's to say he might not move on.
If he moves on, it's to the NHL.
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6 minutes ago, neoflex said:Berry is the epitome of Calipari in hockey. They both can recruit great talent for universities with a rich history in their sports and both have all the bells & whistles at their disposal for player development and comfort. Unfortunately they both are 1 and done when it comes to the playoffs.
I'll take a coach like Nate Oats from Alabama or Sandelin from UMD. They get talent, and not always the best talent on paper, but are somehow able to get the most out of their players when it counts. That's the mark of good coaching - but it's just my opinion. This next year will be Berry's test as he is most definitely on the hot seat. With a pretty good class of recruits and returning players, they should have a good run into the NCAA tournament. Any scenario that has the Sioux missing the playoffs or losing in the 1st round, I just can't see him coming back.
I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Bubs is absolutely NOT on the hot seat. Whether you, me, or the next guy think he should be, he is absolutely not on the hot seat.
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1 hour ago, Sioux>Bison said:
Yeah I didn’t do any actual fact finding research to come to that misinformed opinion. I missed his assists in the frozen faceoff game. I didn’t even consider the Miami series as part of the playoffs. My feelings from the playoffs weren’t backed by facts. I just wished this team would have stepped up and tied it up to those Michigan goals.
Ditto, brother. Ditto.
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1 minute ago, Walsh Hall said:
The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team. The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.
As much loyalty I'd have to my program, this would be very, very hard to resist as a kid his age. Very hard.
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Just now, skateshattrick said:
Don't confuse Sioux> with the facts Stoney. He's our version of LakesBison and DrunkHockeyGuy. He has an opinion on everything, usually negative and always unsupported by a factual or evidentiary basis.
I mean, everyone can have an opinion, but saying Blake didn't show up in the playoffs is pretty easily refuted with real stats lol.
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4 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:Yup same guy who was non existent in the playoffs. Wouldn’t know a hobey baker finalist was on the team if you had just tuned in for the playoffs. Will Blake be as memorable of a player for years to come like the other UND superstars? Not for me. Carolina obviously wants to sign him regardless otherwise he’s gone.
I did misread that initial post on why Carolina was in such a rush. He would be dumb to turn down a big offer. Blake had all the leverage in those negotiations.
Uh, he had 8 points (3g, 5a) in 4 playoff games. 2.0 ppg during the playoffs is uh... pretty good lol.
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2 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:
Maybe Carolina didn’t like the way Blake was developing. Wanted to get him within the program to get him on track
Ha!
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15 hours ago, Benny Baker said:
Lol. Duluth and Notre Dame’s first game winning goals were waived off against UND in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Both teams literally had to score 2 game winning goals each to beat UND in the NCAAs.
In back-to-back seasons.
If UND only got more favorable bounces in the NCAAs!
But neither were goals? I get what you're saying, but both were not goals and both calls were changed correctly.
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I've never been one to wear gear of a team that's not involved, but the Frozen Four is one of those exceptions. It's a celebration of all of college hockey. Just as long as neither Michigan or DU win on Saturday