fightingsioux4life

What I meant by "high school mentality" is that some people don't care whether we win or lose ("all about the relationships" and "all about teaching life lessons"). That simply will not foster a winning mentality and attitude.

Opps, never mind. My goof.

Actually, you are making my point for me. Blais, like Smith, was not a proven commodity. But look at what he did in three short years (11 wins in 1994; NCAA title in 1997).

#highschoolmentality #mediocrityrules #standpatwitheverything

Pitino, Jr. really needs this game.

Yes we do. He didn't meet Buning's long list of must-haves. Which shows you that being rigid in hiring criteria can backfire big-time. Smith was a rising star in college basketball coaching at the time; that is not up for debate. He is one that got away. Buning was a disaster as AD in general, not just this one decision. But this is one decision of his that we are still paying for. Finally, "Hindsight is 20/20" is not an all-purpose shield against criticism of a bad decision.

If Duke is to lose this time, I don't think it will happen before the Sweet 16.

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.