fightingsioux4life

@MafiaMan, so are you suggesting we start hanging Runner-Up banners and NCAA participation banners? Individual conference title banners are okay. We have one banner with all the years we made the Frozen Four and one banner for the years we won our conference tournament. That is as far as we should go, IMHO.

Amen.

This is a false choice. And we have to stop putting stock into it.

So Tom Clifford must have been really mediocre because he never went anywhere else? (sarcasm) And we need to stop talking ourselves down. If we keep talking about ourselves like we are a bottom-feeding, bargain-basement institution, that is what we will become. Kennedy knows his days here are numbered so he is looking for an escape hatch. And Colorado is giving it to him.

She IS right about one thing. Kennedy is NOT committed to the University of North Dakota. Never has been and never will be.

And what you (and KEM and her cohorts) need to understand is that a school's #1 revenue sport absolutely has to help fund the other programs on campus. And that isn't happening right now. My first loyalty is to the school itself and all its programs/missions. Not to one individual (coach, president, etc.). Not to one program at the expense of the others. And definitely not to one donor, no matter who her daddy was. And that is why once 2030 comes around, the Engelstad Foundation and whomever else has their fingers in this need to be out of the picture. Permanently. That arena is one big cash machine. I cannot believe that all the profits are eaten up by operating expenses. The convoluted management structure is perfect for hiding where the money goes vs. where everybody thinks it goes. I have said this before, but we need a forensic accountant to untangle the finances of this arena. Because I think there is a lot we don't know. And it would infuriate us if we did. Either this situation changes or we should just move back down to Division II. Because being a low-end Division I athletic department is not in the best interest of UND. And I believe it is not what most supporters of UND want. We also should cultivate relationships with other potential donors. Division I costs way more than Division II did and we need more revenue streams than the Champions Club, 50/50 raffles and leftover table scraps from REA, Inc.

And no talk about Hot Goalies either.

Your response is what he is aiming for. He writes provocative stuff to get a reaction from people. That is what he gets paid to do.

I am guessing Shaw's replacement is on one of the Frozen Four teams. Our season ended a month ago. The college hockey season ended last Saturday night. Why else would Berry wait until now to make the move? Just a hunch.

You'll get told that he won't ever come back, but they won't tell you why. I don't know if he would leave a high level position in the USHL for an assistant job in college.

I guess I don't really care one way or the other, now that Denver is gone.

And here is the team that started it all. It was so sweet to stick it to Amy Ruley in the Bison Sports Arena in the regional final (and during the next two years as well)!

And here is the 1998-99 Team, the third leg of the Triple Crown:

Here is the 1997-98 team:

Nobody is forcing you to post here. Don't like it.....leave.

So you admit you are a troll?

Why don't you contribute something meaningful to the discussion?

Everybody starts out somewhere. Based on this logic, Clifford would never have been hired at UND. It is also unlikely that Shirley would leave after less than 3 years on the job; he seems like a North Dakota lifer. We need stability and loyalty right now, not more instability and wanderlust.

Well played sir, well played!

As long as the Unholy Trinity (Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky) isn't in the Final Four, I am okay with whomever wins.

Look at all the North Dakota kids who are playing college hockey elsewhere. We should get more of them then we do.

The facts are what they are. Look at the won-loss records, league finishes and lack of NCAA appearances and you see a downward trend for this program. Will it be better next year? That is very possible, but until we see it that is pure wishful thinking. And for the record, I am not an investor. The stock market is basically legalized gambling; very risky when you don't have a real-life crystal ball.

Which is cause for concern.

The question is, how quickly will the freshmen adjust to the college game and start contributing offensively. The sooner the better.

The current trend for this program is down, down and down some more. If we were a stock, I wouldn't buy it. And if I owned it, I would sell as quickly as possible. I don't blame people for being frustrated, especially since it looks like Berry is going to Stand Pat with everything.