fightingsioux4life

I, for one, will withhold judgement on this team until after Christmas. I think they will figure it all out and be clicking on all cylinders come March. But we won't know that until later.

Better than 100-0% break.

This team is a work in progress, but there is potential.

Mods, please lock this thread down before it completely devolves into this:

Which would probably morph into a formally-established conference (like College Hockey America was in the late 1990's and early 2000's).

Who?

Finally, someone NOT going to almighty Michigan. #suckitbigten

And what are YOUR credentials, Mr. Football?

Why are we always "rebuilding" on the O-Line?

#decadebydecade

Would Ralph have run to the Heraldo and spread bald-faced lies about Kennedy's office not contacting her to discuss the situation? Kennedy's office produced e-mails that proved he indeed did reach out to her. I don't think you build a business empire like Ralph did by doing stuff like that. Trust is the coin of the realm, no matter what business you are in.

But people act like she is the reincarnation of Ralph Engelstad. She shares DNA with Ralph. Nothing more. People need to stop talking like they are one and the same. Also, her dishonesty in her dealings with Kennedy mean she cannot be trusted.

I certainly hope you are right about this.

Very true. Which is one reason why he isn't here anymroe.

Those aren't the comments I was referring to. And I am not giving Kennedy a pass, he was a prick during his negotiations with KEM. But I simply do not trust her.

Because it would cost too much! (boilerplate answer) If a network wants to be an "exclusive" provider of NCHC games, then they should actually broadcast more than a few each season.

High horse? She has stated in the past that her father felt loyalty and attachment to UND, but since she went to UNLV, she does not. How else am I supposed to interpret that? Her dishonest behavior during the dispute with Kennedy (whom I also am not a big fan of) soured me on her as an honest broker. Ralph would never have behaved that way. Ralph was one of us. She is not. If she makes a big donation to UND, I'll admit I was wrong. But I think we'll be waiting for that for a long time.

Which we'll never see a dime of. She doesn't care about UND or our programs; she has made that clear from the beginning.

I think you are right. But @Frozen4sioux made it sound like our days of contending are in danger of being over. I really hope he is wrong, but it is something we need to keep an eye on.

This sounds like our school will be relegated to being a mid-major in hockey. We better do what we need to do to prevent that from happening.

He's our best option right now. But we have better athletes in the pipeline that will take our offense to the next level. Patience is what's called for here.