Idalski is 100% to blame for the initial reaction from players. I don't doubt the stories of players getting emotional because the program was cut are real. Idalski knew for a fact the program was (excuse the pun) on this ice and that the chances of it being cut were overwhelming. And that may have been his plan all along. To make the admiration look bad by keeping his players in the dark about what could happen, practicing and bringing a recruit in the very day they cut the program. You can blame the UND administration all you want, but the initial backlash from players players is ALL on him.