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  1. fightingsioux4life
    Oh, okay.
  2. fightingsioux4life
    Let's not have this deteriorate into a hockey vs. everything else argument. Let's just enjoy the success our teams are having.
  3. fightingsioux4life
    The Lamoureux twins have jobs. So do many of the other women's players who are no longer in college. Please show a little more respect for the women who have put USA women's hockey on the map. And I haven't heard anybody on the women's international team claim it is their "right" to play for their country. They are simply trying to make it easier for them to be able to play in international tournaments while still hanging onto their full-time jobs. Simply put, if we don't have the best players, we won't have much success in international tournaments (especially against the Canadians). And if anyone on here thinks we can simply replace our best players and get the exact same results, they are simply deluding themselves. There probably is room for compromise and negotiation here, but USA Hockey has basically refused to even have a conversation about it. That is why these women (who work harder than most of us on this forum) are doing this. They know they are sacrificing a chance to play for their country and they are willing to make that sacrifice. That doesn't sound like "entitlement" to me.
  4. fightingsioux4life
    Hey, we haven't heard from you in awhile. Welcome back.
  5. fightingsioux4life
    I know the IOC is corrupt to the core, as is International soccer. I certainly hope USA Hockey is not.
  6. fightingsioux4life
    He retired a long time ago (2004 I think).
  7. fightingsioux4life
    I don't know what they do north of the border. They probably pay whatever it takes to keep their best players on the team. They are fanatical about hockey up there. If their teams don't win on the international stage, heads will roll.
  8. fightingsioux4life
    If you don't have the best athletes your country has to offer, you are going to struggle. If athletes cannot afford to take time off to play in international competition, they simply won't play. There is no getting around those two things.
  9. fightingsioux4life
    And I am saying that is a bad idea. The Olympics are supposed to be for amateurs.
  10. fightingsioux4life
    I also don't like politics contaminating my sports coverage, but I haven't seen any political nonsense in Schlossman's articles. When he covers UND hockey, he covers UND hockey. I don't care what he does on his personal social media accounts on his own time. And I think interjecting politics into this thread is a violation of forum guidelines.
  11. fightingsioux4life
    Fine. But if the women decide to "deal with it" by walking and not playing, will you be on here b!tching about the United States performing poorly in international competition?
  12. fightingsioux4life
    What you are forgetting is that the men are largely professionals making good money, while the women are amateurs who don't have a professional league to make money in. By telling the women to, in effect, "put up and shut up", you are discouraging them from pursuing a spot on international teams (Olympic and IIHF). That will eventually translate into disappointing results on the international stage. And the first people to b!tch about it will be the same people who are telling the women to "put up and shut up". The Olympics are supposed to be amateur, not professional. We should encourage the amateur aspect, not discourage it by telling our prospective athletes to "put up and shut up". For the record, I do not like having professional athletes in the Olympics, whether it be hockey, basketball or anything else. Just make all Olympic sports amateur only and that should level the playing field across the board.
  13. fightingsioux4life
    It is apparent that Trev Alberts only cares about UN-Lincoln and UN-Omaha can just wither on the vine and die. Sad, very sad indeed. Good luck to you and your fellow UNO fans in finding a top-notch coach to run your program.
  14. fightingsioux4life
    http://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2017/3/12/14896712/ncaa-tournament-bracket-getting-to-know-arizona-first-round-opponent-north-dakota-predictions In that case, maybe we should just forfeit.
  15. fightingsioux4life
    Was watching them break down the brackets on ESPNU. Spent about five minutes trying to figure out how South Dakota State can beat Gonzaga. Spent about ten minutes analyzing Florida Gulf Coast's chances of knocking off Florida State. When they came to the UND-Arizona match-up......"Any reason Arizona doesn't advance? Nope? Okay, let's move on to talk about VCU and St. Mary's and then we'll talk about Arizona some more." I hope the coaches are recording stuff like this; it would light a fire under my a$$ if I was a player on the team. Clark Kellogg on CBS actually gave us some respect, saying he thinks Arizona wins, but that the game could be closer than people think. But most people are acting like the Mildcats have a first round bye. GO HAWKS, SHOCK THE WORLD!!!
  16. fightingsioux4life
    Meh, it still involved Arizona choking. They haven't won anything in 20 freaking years and all we are hearing about today is their path to the Final Four is all but assured.
  17. fightingsioux4life
    2016 isn't recent?
  18. fightingsioux4life
    This x 1000!!!
  19. fightingsioux4life
    They like to pretend that the Summit is a multi-bid conference, when in fact it is not. And most people think we will get a 15 seed, not the 16 seed and/or play-in game that the Bison rubes think we will get stuck with. I love the smell of payback in the morning!!!
  20. fightingsioux4life
    So it isn't always the goaltender's fault? Good to know, some people on this forum still haven't figured that out.
  21. fightingsioux4life
    That would have been insane for parking and the REA management and staff!
  22. fightingsioux4life
    I was stuck at home all weekend trying to get rid of the week-long Headcold from Hell, so I had to watch it on TV. I was yelling stuff like that last night too. "Get it out of the zone already!!!" At least things turned out for us.
  23. fightingsioux4life
    I think this season has bought Jones some serious slack on his leash. Give him a three year extension and see if this is a trend or not.
  24. fightingsioux4life
    Is there a second?
  25. fightingsioux4life
    You took the bait, son. Nice job.
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