yzerman19

brother, we've been on here together for a ton of years, and I respect you- shocking actually we never met in person at a F4 or F5...probably walked past each other : ) I know exactly what you're saying, and God knows I hated certain fans wearing other colors at times...but don't you miss being there at the top every year even if we didn't win it all. We were there. Eye of the Tiger. Could've done it. RIght there....

I reiterate, despite those who question me, that the number one thing we must do is make UND the destination where guys want to go to get to the NHL. We will not compete on overall campus experience, and we will not compete on academics. It must be, if you are a chippah, you need to come here to go pro and not ride a bus. This is it, pure and simple. then, we need to throw NIL $ at them and help them make it.

winning natty's is no longer my bag. Of course I wish for it, but I reflect back on all those talented teams, and I still loved the ride, and I still watched every one of those guys that made the nhl

sioux hockey: fast, heavy, hard, and skilled

heard this as well

well, they didn't recruit non-Minnesotans for like 70 years

the thing is chippahs beget chippahs...without the first, you lose the second and third. They all want to play together. Look at what BC and BU and MI have done...loaded teams with chippahs. Yeah, they didn't win it all, but damn...I bet that fan base is still juiced and looking forward to next season...2 are still alive this year, and loaded with WJC and 1st round talent...

NCAA tourney is one and done. !@#$ happens. You lose sometimes with the best team and you win sometimes without the best team. The big deal is you have to get to the dance. We need to get there every season and we need a coach who gets chippahs in a pipeline. Parise and Toews were the two most coveted recruits in college hockey and we got them.

For the record, getting Knies and Cooley is great, but its not like the University of Minnesota is hard to recruit to. I guess they lost Eiserman, but its not the same.

Within how many years and who did they bring in as associates and assistants? That is the key question. Every senior exec knows you are only as good as the people who you bring in or keep next to you. I would not bring in an unproven head coach mostly because i don't think they can bring in the right people to help immediately, and we are in an immediate correction situation.

sorry i am not high on him like you are. Never call me stupid. I won't call you stupid either. Its opinion.

this is exactly what Carle does and it is excellent.

I am not anybody's agent. I think on the surface, a guy who was assistant at Harvard and Associate at Michigan is very attractive. Michigan won the Big 10 and Harvard won in that time frame as well at least a beanpot? (i'm not doing homework on this as I am not that invested), while both produced NHL talent. From my lens, the superstars that came to UND and took us deep made me love the program more and made me watch them all in the NHL...I followed Parise, Oshie, Toews, Zajac, Stafford, Nelson, Kristo, Grimaldi...I still pay attention when they do something. We need that again. I could go way, way back, and the guys i watched growing up, but as an adult...it was fun to watch these elite players make a go, and even if they lost in the Frozen Four, I loved watching them in the NHL

love that ask...if he was associate head at Gophers, I would be way high on him

did you read my comments that I believe he is being groomed?

I won't go personal over a message board, but look back and see who I referenced before being more generic...it was the associate head at Michigan. Yes, Michigan. Not Augustana...a school where you might need a pulse to attend. Michigan is a program with many championships, an elite academic institution basically on par with Ivy, a track record into the NTDP and Hockey Canada. I don't know why the love affair with Rabboin...It appears he is being groomed as a high end coach, he might be a great coach and great guy, but the coach of Augustana now the head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux? That is a hard pill for an old guy like me.

bro...I am so rattled...

Sioux hockey must return.

c'mon, its a message board- I laughed at myself when it got fired up...nobody is tough on a keypad

Tom, can you get me off the hook, for old times sake?

somebody called Raboin a chippah....I am done commenting on the man, as I don't know him and have no recollection of Jan Brady State nor some college in SD nobody outside of the area has ever heard of...however, I do want to ensure vocabulary is correct...a non-drafted, walk-on by definition cannot be a chippah. They can be a great player, which I am not saying he wasn't, although I don't recall him as a player...but chippaz are drafted and chippaz are full ride at 18. Chippaz are chippaz.

ahhh...sounds like you know the secrets of the 2006-2010 chippaz too : ). You are correct that he is leaving.

Wow...if this is true, that is telling

I've seen those labeled as volunteer assistant coach as opposed to assistant coach on staff listings

Might have a guaranteed severence package in the event of a change in leadership...like a change of control provision