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US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
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. -
NCHC Frozen Faceoff - Xcel Energy Center
fightingsioux4life replied to AZSIOUX's topic in Men's Hockey
Hey, we haven't heard from you in awhile. Welcome back. -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
I know the IOC is corrupt to the core, as is International soccer. I certainly hope USA Hockey is not. -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
He retired a long time ago (2004 I think). -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
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. -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
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. -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
And I am saying that is a bad idea. The Olympics are supposed to be for amateurs. -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
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. -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
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? -
US vs Canada - Women's Hockey
fightingsioux4life replied to BobIwabuchiFan's topic in Women's Hockey
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. -
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.
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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.
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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!!!
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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.
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2016 isn't recent?
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NORTH DAKOTA vs. SCSU - SATURDAY GAME 2
fightingsioux4life replied to AZSIOUX's topic in Men's Hockey
So it isn't always the goaltender's fault? Good to know, some people on this forum still haven't figured that out. -
NORTH DAKOTA vs. SCSU - SATURDAY GAME 2
fightingsioux4life replied to AZSIOUX's topic in Men's Hockey
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. -
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.
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Is there a second?
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You took the bait, son. Nice job.