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I was definitely disappointed when he left. Definitely feels like he would have helped this year. But, it sounds like there was more to it.

Sorry, I was just clarifying if you meant you were upset he left or were implying TheFlop was.

Wow... you're really cool, buddy. Feel free to direct message me if you need to get something off your chest. Haven't been able to blog in a while, unfortunately. Enjoy being sad about the state of the program.

You are?

You spelled my name wrong. Bubbs says hi and hopes you guys have a better day since you seem very sad today.

I used his name in reference to Donovan and what he could or could not potentially be (a player who left early and under performed while at UND).

C'mon, man. What are you trying to prove with this?? Jost has said nothing but good things since he left. Has also said he wanted to help his single mother who raised him his entire life. Cripes, can we stop this?

Ok. This has nothing to do with the overall point of why I brought up Wilkie.

I'll do no such spinning. Aka, he'd be a player who'd leave after two years because he couldn't score. Good try, though.

I appreciate that! I think they will. I'm completely fine being called a homer and I'll admit when I am wrong. However, the toxicity around here has been awful. This team isn't where we want it to be, no doubt. The coaches know that and the players know this, too. But, we are absolutely close, IMO. There are some pretty incredible pieces on this team and more coming.

Haha I'm assuming that one was sarcasm.

I'd definitely gonna do this some time.

Not singling you out, Irish! It's all good, man. I think it's fair to be concerned. Coach speak is hockey. Hockey is the sport of cliches. I don't think it's constructive or helps to improve our program or overall standing for a coach to rip his players in the media. I think part of the lack of questions from the press is perspective. Two down years with loads of success previous to that and a loaded pipeline... I feel the fans are doing what fans do and overreacting. The media is keeping perspective, correctly, I believe. Boeser and Schmaltz were heavily recruited by UND before they landed. We lost one good player and he's a recruit. And I don't think we should be comparing Donovan to either of those or Jost. He's not that kind of a player. What if he's the next Chris Wilkie?

I love that you went through your posts to confirm this

The roster was already the roster since the title season, so bold point one, you're squaring that only on Bubbs? Seems unfair since he wasn't the HC. Ok, so does Bubbs get one more year? Ok, cool. Moving on. Next bold point, and many are not.... I've already noted this, but, our problem is forward scoring, correct? Well, we have a pipeline of scoring coming in starting next season.... (Bubbs' second primary HC recruiting class) ... getting rid of the coach puts this at risk and hinders us getting back. You willing to put that at risk?

Yeah, I was a bit surprised, too. Also remember that I did that with no other results taken into account.

Sweep against UMD would be massive for our chances. Would absolutely keep us in the battle for an at-large.

I was under the impression that splits against DU, WMU and UMD, along with sweeps against UNO and CC and a first round NCHC win would get us to right around there. We didn't get quite there, but we were close. Super quick play with the Pairwise tool, no other results counted, a split with Duluth and two sweeps against CC and UNO has us at 13. Sweeping the next six games, we're 11.

He's gotten plenty heat and rightfully so. I guess it's fair to not have Bubbs a part of that 17 year run since he wasn't the head guy for most of it. Even by standards of all college sports, it's irrational to fire a coach after 4 seasons, two of which bring a tournament and one of which brings a national championships.

Hahaha again, fair point! I'm just doing my best to try and keep the peace.

You think KU would/should fire Bill Self after two missed tournaments after winning consistently for 17 years? I don't.

You're right, my bad. I think it's certainly fine to question our team, coaches and all the things of the like. But, I feel like it's gotten extreme.

Lol alright man. Sall good.

Hahaha it's what I said ... Anyway, no need for the squabble. I get what you're saying and we're on the same page.

Ahhhh, so no, I didn't say he'd be a first rounder. I said he's a first round talent. Thanks for clarifying