fightingsioux4life

So based on these responses, we should just lock the attendance thread and not talk about it anymore, because the die is cast? I respectfully disagree. There are people who can't afford hockey, but could afford football and these are the people we need to get and in many cases are not getting.

This was the same song and dance I heard when REA was being built. We will never, EVER fill a 12,000 seat arena. E-V-E-R. Well, how did that work out? We need to stop thinking small and start thinking big. There are several Slummit League schools in large metro areas that are virtually invisible in their own communities; metro area size is not the end all and be all of attendance. Think small and that is what you will be. Think big and you will meet and even exceed your goals. We need a second revenue-generating sport on campus and FB has the most potential upside of all the non-hockey programs.

Then why the obsession with us from their fans, to their media and so on? They shouldn't care what we are doing, but they obviously do.

We lost a TON of talent over the off-season. We haven't lost this many guys at the same time for awhile and it shows on the ice right now. But these guys will get better and we have good kids coming in. Way too soon to push the panic button.

Small world.

Are you serious? I am not totally surprised we are struggling at this point.

I wasn't blaming the guy. I was saying that if kids don't want to be here, they should transfer. Having players in the locker room who don't want to be there is poisonous to team chemistry and attitude.

If he didn't want to stick around following the coaching change, then we are better off without him. Bubba now has guys that want to be here and believe in what he is trying to build. That is why we have reeled off 8 consecutive wins.

Mods, please close this thread. What does it say in the forum rules: No Politics Please.

I agree with all this. But I don't think that is necessarily relevant to the topic at hand.

And it took them how many years to raise the money for it?

This is why players who leave early often regret it afterwards.

If we win, we will have a chance to have a home playoff game. So by filling the place, we will increase our chances of having one more game. If we end up with 6,000 or *gulp* less, I will be very disappointed in our fans.

Agree 100% But some people insist on a "one strike and you're out" philosophy.

I just want one freaking conference win right now.

Or they could simply forfeit every game scheduled for the Alerus Center.

Couldn't resist.......

Unless Jost starts lighting the college hockey world on fire soon, he ain't going anywhere. And I think the large number of early departures over the off-season may be a side effect of hanging #8. Players may have felt like they had accomplished all they could at the collegiate level and figured it was time to move on. I don't think we'll have that many departures every single year.

I don't believe I said that. I was simply trying to inject some historical perspective into this. Losing games in Mariucci isn't exactly unprecedented.

I am thinking the negotiations involve both the Slummit and MVFC. Otherwise, it wouldn't make any sense.

In this series, the home team has usually had a distinct advantage. We have swept down there once since 1980 (2007). The Gophers meanwhile have trouble winning at REA (both the Old and New). We'll get them in our barn next season and we'll see who the "good hockey team" is then.

I think this team will figure it out by Christmas and be much, much better in the second half. And if it ends up being a rebuilding year, then so be it.

And what makes you think Kennedy didn't give Faison the job of negotiating the conference change? Kennedy probably figures Faison is better equipped to negotiate such a move because he has been around longer and knows most of the people involved. Good Presidents delegate tasks to people better equipped to tackle them.

Oh yeah? Well, here is another "truth": You are a jack-wagon troll.