fightingsioux4life

I am not sure about that. I think some teams have the players elect their captain and other teams have the coaches do it.

These coaches make lots of money to do what they do for a living. And the Wild have spent a lot of money to upgrade the roster. So yes, I do think Yeo wasn't getting the most out of what he had to work with. And yes, I do think it was right to hand him his walking papers. Tom Powers of the St. Paul Pioneer Press had a piece a few weeks back calling the Wild "Yeobots" for basically using the same tired-old system that Jacques Lemaire used to use. He also pointed out that every team in the NHL does not use the same exact system. So I am not surprised he was let go; it simply wasn't going to get turned around. Sometimes players need to hear a different voice; maybe that will give them the shot in the arm they have needed.

That was the final regular season series that year, which allowed the Gophers to claim a share of the WCHA title. We would not lose another game all season. Let us hope for a repeat of that this year.

Just a bad weekend all around (not just hockey either). Time to get back to some home cooking and take care of the Dogs.

I watched the first two periods. Other than the first half of the 1st period, I thought we were outplayed and outskated. We looked tired and a little sluggish. Look for a bounce-back game tonight.

When they can't make the NCAA tournament because they lose too many non-conference games to bad teams, I would question that.

That isn't the point either. When some of your Bison rubes come on here and make fun of Bubba's name (Bubba Gump) and what he wears at practice (the big floppy hat) and tell us you are happy with Bubba in charge of UND football because he did nothing at SIU, then you shouldn't expect us to kiss your a$$ and bow down to you. This is siouxsports.com, not bisonville.com. If you want positive affirmation, you better go to the latter and stop reading the former.

I think the program has hit a ceiling with Idalski. I don't think we'll do much better than third place in the league with him at the helm.

This comment reflects just how ignorant and delusional the NDSU fan base has become. The idea that UND will remain in the toilet with regards to football is the very definition of ignorance. But keep telling yourself that if you wish.

The early 1990's featured great MBB teams and slowly decaying MH teams. That is what Wayne Nelson was talking about.

Couldn't agree with you more. I have been saying this ever since we decided to move up to Division I.

With as tough as this league is week in and week out, I won't feel comfortable unless we do sweep this weekend. St. Cloud won't lose too many games down the stretch, so we have to keep up.

A sweep would also put us in the driver's seat for the Penrose Cup.

Really? So you are the arbiter as to what is and isn't "message board fodder"? Thanks for telling me that, I didn't know.

Immediate gratification? I am more than willing to be patient in waiting for good things, but after 10 years of basically .500 basketball, people were starting to question if it would ever happen under Jones. Now it looks like it may be happening. But we'll have to wait and see how the rest of the season plays out.

Yeah, but early on this season they looked dreadful (the Northern Iowa game, the second half vs. NDSU). Now they look like they could beat just about anybody in the conference.

I have no idea why this team is all of a sudden playing well and winning, but I love it. Let's keep it going all the way to Reno.

Their QB's strange rant at the press conference afterwards is how some rivalries start.

Not a bad idea.

You are right, part of Minnesota's bad attendance is their poor performance on the ice. But I also hear from a lot of Gopher fans how much they HATE the Big Ten Hockey Conference. I actually feel bad for you guys being stuck in a weak 6 team conference and I hate not being on your schedule on a regular basis anymore.

This year's Duluth team is underachieving; it probably has the fans discouraged.

Holy Cross? Don't you mean Sacred Heart?

It's telling how bad the Gopher program is right now that this is all you have to hang your hat on. We have ended your season many, many times as well.

It is a fact that people with college degrees make way more money over the course of their careers than people without one. So I do think a college education still matters. And if it doesn't matter which school you graduate from, why all the rankings of colleges and programs? Obviously, there is some level of importance to which college people attend. And I think everyone here is just proving my point for me. An expensive Big Ten education is not necessarily worth more than a UND education. Heck, community colleges do a solid job of educating students who like the smaller class sizes and one-on-one attention from professors.

What does it explain? I happen to have pride in my alma mater. We could use a little more of that around here, if you ask me.