fightingsioux4life

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.

2004 First Round game at St. Cloud's Husky Stadium. They had a lead late in the game, then their running back fumbled and we recovered. We ended up tying the game with a FG and won it in double OT with a FG. I was there, great win.

Now maybe that guy can come out of Witness Protection and live normally again. His whole life was turned upside down because he did what almost any other fan would have done in the same situation. Bill Buckner was taken off the hook in 2004, now it's time to take Mr. Bartman off the Cub Fans Most Wanted List.

Just check out GPL and look at the length of the discussion thread for a UND-UM series vs. the length of a UW-UM discussion thread and so on. We inspire the most hatred and vitriol on that forum vs. any other team in the world of men's hockey.