fightingsioux4life

Please get over yourself. The "Father Knows Best" routine stopped being funny a long time ago (on second thought, it never was funny).

We can call it Buning's Blunder.

Agreed.

Pontificating is what the forum is all about. Apparently you have a problem with that. That's your problem. And please don't lecture me about the "real world" and "logic". Mussman was bought out because people stepped up and donated the money needed to do it. Don't you think our cornerstone program can come up with willing donors to buy out Berry, if it comes to that? I say yes we can and will. Finally, I don't tell people what to think or write. But you think that is your job on this forum. News Flash: It isn't.

And if that happens, some people on here will tell us that because we are flat broke we can't do anything about it anyway (sarcasm). Seriously though, we would need another Blais to come in and clean it up. And as Wisconsin shows us, that won't be easy.

What would qualify as "off the rails" to you? Serious question.

He doesn't want us to deteriorate to that point; I think that is the issue.

She doesn't care enough about UND to do that.

That's what this forum is all about, isn't it? Or maybe it's where you get to tell everybody else the way it is and will be? I mean.......please stop the "Father Knows Best" routine. Full Stop.

Berry has two more seasons to fix this.

I don't think Berry should lose his job right now. I think he should get two more years to turn this around. If he can't, then he needs to go. We cannot accept becoming a mid-major in hockey.

I must concur with this. However, we don't want the program to deteriorate to the point where it needs a total rebuilding. If we don't start turning it around the next two seasons, it might be time for a change at the very top.

Different situations. Hak's teams would choke on the big stage. The past two years, we never got close to the big stage. Either way, the ultimate goal is not being reached. I can accept a few bad years sprinkled among the good years. But the trend pointing downward is what I am most worried about.

Nobody is comparing college hockey to the bigger problems in life. But to say we should all feel positive about an almost universally bad season on the ice is a big much to ask.

Yeah, this is no different than high school sports ("all about teaching life lessons" and "all about the relationships"). (sarcasm) This mentality has infected all of our programs. And as long as it is in place, we will win nothing of significance ever again. #hadenoughyet?

#falsechoice

Wasn't the BESC built when we were still D-2? And wasn't that before serious discussions about moving up to D-I had started?

I rest my case.

The choice of words could have been better. But the feeling of frustration is appropriate and understandable.

I don't think he is "quitting". He is expressing frustration at the current state of UND athletics, which is not good.

But some people on this forum and elsewhere act like everything is just fine as is. Well, it isn't "just fine as is". Bill Chaves, you have your work cut out for you. I hope you are up to the challenge.

If a team isn't from "the metro" or one of those snooty private schools, they aren't worth jack squat. That is the attitude of the Twin Cities media, has been for years. That's why it's great when EGF, Warroad and Roseau win big in March and shut them up.

I think he is just pining for a return of the one-class format. Which is fine, but don't disparage Class A. Implying that players like T.J. Oshie and Brock Nelson can't skate, catch a pass or shoot is just plain stupid (both aforementioned players starred at Class A Warroad).

The Senior's Home Ice Swan Song. Regardless of what happens in Oxford, OH, let's finish up strong and get a sweep, along with a CISS (Center Ice Stick Salute).... or TCoS (Traditional Circle of Sticks) if you are Dan Hammer.

This from a poster that LOVES to point out other people's grammatical errors. #ohtheirony