fightingsioux4life

This makes a buyout cheaper in the long run than maintaining the status quo. The vision of a sub 6,000 Potato Bowl attendance figure should make Faison and Kelley think twice about keeping Mussman on board.

Pure wishful thinking. Enjoy the next 48 hours. After that, this program gets a fresh start. Much to your chagrin.

If the Patriarch of Positivity is talking like this, then you know things are bad.

Careful, you'll be accused of wanting Hakstol fired when all you are doing is making a fair observation.

Don't you know Irish, it isn't kosher to talk about past accomplishments on here! It's all about what's happened from Fall 2004 to tonight! FWIW, I agree with you.

The fact that these two things are no longer considered synonymous with each other explains a lot of the problems in America today (including sports coverage of all kinds).

Then why did they demand an exclusive contract with the NCHC? Sorry DaveK, but I will blame them for this because they are screwing us over big time. Every time we are screwed out of a player by the CHL or television coverage by somebody, we are told that "We can't blame them for this and that". Well, enough is enough; I am sick and tired of it! If they don't want to put NCHC games on their precious little network, then why did they sign the deal in the first place? As soon as possible, we need to tell CBSSN to take a hike and not let the door hit their prominent posteriors on the way out. Then we should explore all viable options for getting our games on television that don't involve bait and switch tactics like this. End Rant.

I am one of those eight posters you speak of. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Yep, you are correct. Of course, the official UND press release said they left to explore "educational opportunities that weren't available here". Yeah, and the Vikings are Super Bowl contenders this year.

Please accept my condolences. I lost a friend 6 years ago to Huntington's Disease (a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder, no treatment and no cure) and it was an extremely difficult five days between his death and the funeral, in which I was one of the pallbearers. Give yourself time to grieve and have someone to just talk to, you need to get this stuff out of your system. My prayers are with you during this difficult time. God bless.

My black and white jerseys have my last name on the back. The white jersey has #7 on it and the black jersey has #10. My green jersey has "Sioux Alum" on the back with the #98 (I received my Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration in May 1998). As for putting your own name on the back, I think it's cool. I know Dan "The Common Man" Cole complains about people doing it, but I think he's full of crap on that (and other things too, but that's another topic! ). And all of my jerseys have the captain's "C" on the front.

I had them sent off for customizing and they were shipped directly to my house via UPS. They all looked fabulous.

Last year, I had three authentic Sioux jerseys customized at the Sioux Shop (one white, one green and one black). I have other jerseys, but they were getting a little worn in places. I also have several of the old geometric jerseys from the 1990's.

Maybe if you improved your grammar?

If that is the case, then I have attended my last athletic event at the U of M.

All I really care about in football is scoring defense. I have never really cared all that much about total defense, which is based on yards given up. And based on scoring defense, we are 0.8 ppg better than in 2012. Our regression on offense (including the alarming increase in turnovers) has more than cancelled out that meager improvement on defense. And, if you throw out the Valpo game, the defense gave up 36.33 ppg. We still have a long road ahead of us to get the defense back to what it once was, our bedrock, our bread and butter.

When they can walk to some of their road games, they shouldn't judge how we travel.

Good points. I was on the fence with Mussman before the season started. I jumped on the Fire Muss bandwagon after the two home blowout losses to Montana and Montana State. I think some people on here were ahead of the rest of us (me included) when they started questioning Mussman's leadership skills after the Sioux Falls debacle in 2009.

Big, early season weekend for the boys. Let's hope the flu bug is squashed by the time Friday rolls around. I'll go with a win and a shootout loss.

Yeah, I have noticed the same thing and you are right, it is scary.

So you are saying context doesn't matter? Yeah, I am glad you didn't teach my English classes in high school.

It's nice that you guys are enjoying yourselves on here. It's funny, but if that floats your boat, who am I to judge? First, I have never said that Hak should be fired. I have however, criticized him when I felt it is warranted. For example, I don't think treating college-age hockey players like the paid professionals at the next level necessarily gets the most out of them. A high-tempo game emphasizing team speed and skill coupled with a team-wide dedication to playing stingy defense to support your netminder (sounds like a certain Hockey East team we have trouble with in the NCAA tournament, doesn't it?) would (IMHO) work better than this dump and chase, cycle-cycle-cycle game that Hakstol stubbornly sticks will no matter what. And if some people on here don't like to see that posted here, then so be it. Second, my criticism of Hakstol's "business-like" approach is based on the idea that if your team plays too tight and is not loose enough, they will be too afraid to commit errors on the ice and then won't use their creativity and skills to make things happen (i.e., we better not crash the net because we might *gasp* give up some shots on goal on the other end). That was evident on Saturday night in Omaha and it was evident last weekend at home vs. St. Cloud. And it's been pointed out by other posters on this forum over the years (the ones that don't mind being bashed for it, that is). How that translates into me wanting Hak fired is puzzling. Third of all, I am far from the only poster to be calling for Mussman to be fired and for Hakstol to make in-game strategic adjustments to improve our chances of winning. And yes, UND is my alma mater and I am proud of it. And, as an alumnus, a Champions Club member and a season ticketholder to football and hockey, I will continue to speak out when I believe it is necessary. And again, if that rubs some of you the wrong way, too bad.

I agree 100% with this, except that I put 100% of the blame on the coaching staff. They are the ones that recruited these kids, they are the ones that decide who plays and who sits, they are the ones that call the plays and decide what systems and schemes to use and they are the ones that have to set the tone for the entire program. Teams take on the personality and attitude of the head coach and, by extension, his subordinates. Just like in the military, if the operation goes bad, the blame lies with the officers that were in charge of it. This program lacks the leadership at the top and the right kind of players on the roster to be a success. The only way this gets fixed is with a top to bottom housecleaning. Give the new head coach whatever he needs to build the program the right way from top to bottom. He'll also have to weed out any players that are attitude problems. If that doesn't happen a week from today, I think Faison deserves whatever criticism he gets.

This is why a change must be made now; the program hasn't hit rock-bottom yet. A couple of more years of this crap and it will. And it will be that much harder to rebuild it. The sooner we make a change, the better.