fightingsioux4life

Excellent.

I agree with you. However, it is early in the portal vetting process and we don't know which players the coaches are pursuing. The sausage-making process never looks pretty, but the end product is far from being determined.

Maybe the coaching staff wants to keep quiet the portal players they are interested in? That has a certain logic to it.

Some disagreed with their choices because they backfired big time in 2022-23.

Let's not drag this out...........

In other words, load up on older players nobody else wants because they aren't that good. No thank you. We cannot accept mid-major status. It would be the end of everything we hold dear as a program.

This x 100!!! Denver, Michigan and the Goofs are not immune to the impact of early departures, no team is. I know it's been a tough year all around for UND athletics, but we are not going away......as much as Rodentia would like it to happen.

Maybe they are still looking for a "culture" guy.

You know what? If it motivates next years team, then I am all for it. The 2022-23 team lacked a sense of urgency all year. Anything that would light a fire under their collective arses is fine by me.

The tweet does prove that the rivalry is not dead. That is a good thing. Now we have to clean our own mess up so we can play them in the playoffs again.

I haven't brought up Holy Cross in years. And I didn't bring it up in my original post. Because it isn't relevant. What the tweet proves is that UND is not "just another school" to them. And that is good. A rivalry like this one, with all of the history and classic moments, should not be allowed to die because of realignment.

Seven Frozen Fours in 11 years without a single NCAA title was maddening, especially since it happened over and over again. It was like we just kept doing the same things and expected different results. Bad karma is not cashing in when you have the chance, because you never know how many chances you will get. This current stretch we are on now makes all those semifinal losses even harder to swallow. The nickname voting crap was the work of UND's administration, not the fans. The Sioux Forever nonsense is annoying, but I have learned to tune it out. The crapping on other UND sports I agree with you on. I have been fighting that for years. That all being said, none of that compares to the official Gopher Hockey Twitter account taking cheap shots at a school that wasn't even in the tournament this year. Gopher fans are insufferable whether they are winning or losing. Anyway.......F the Gophers.

What we deserve? Being passionate about the program is not a sin. I don't think the tweet I was referencing would have been sent by UND's hockey Twitter account. And calling for a coaches head is hardly exclusive to our fan base or this sport (Gopher fans were calling for Lucia's head for years). If you are talking about that insane All Things Fighting Sioux Facebook group, you may have a point. Anyway........F the Gophers.

Blake has a lot of growing to do before he makes the jump.

That is an intriguing idea. But we need to solve our fundraising issues first.

I thought we trimmed sports a few years ago? Aren't we down to the minimum we need to have?

You need to take a pill and lie down.

Oh yes. VERY, VERY long memories!!!

That program wouldn't know what "humble" is if it shook their hand. The next time one of their fans tells me that Wisconsin is their "real rival" and that UND is "just another school" to them, I will shove this in their face and ask "What say you?". This is the most insufferable fan base in the sport and it is not even close. I will support them when pigs fly and Hades freezes over. They remain Enemy #1, Denver and Duluth don't even come close. F the Gophers.

Yuck it up while you can Rodents. What goes around comes around and you will get yours eventually. I think this needs to be blown up and posted in the home locker room at REA. Light a fire under the a$$es of our players so they are ready to roll in October.

If we don't turn this program around soon, we will get left behind whether or not the B1G is doing well. Wisconsin is a prime example of what can happen to any program. And as long as hockey is third at best in the pecking order at B1G schools, I just don't see those schools pumping a lot of money into hockey. Most Michigan and Ohio State fans probably don't know their favorite schools sponsor this sport. Penn State seems to have embraced hockey, which is great, but it will never get the kind of media attention FB does there. My overall point is people shouldn't jump off bridges based on a sample size of one whole season. College hockey is, and will remain, a highly competitive sport with lots of recruitable talent and a lot of good teams vying for championships. Which is why we should focus on cleaning up our own mess and getting back to winning.

I 100% approve of this message.

Nope, no living in the past for me. Facing up to our problems is the only way to solve them. And we will.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35727606/ncaa-sanctions-miami-women-hoop-nil-related-infraction%3fplatform=amp Maybe @Frozen4sioux can explain this away? Without calling me stupid this time.