fightingsioux4life
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Well, we had one of those guys for 10 years, but we aren't allowed to mention his name anymore (*cough, cough* Dean Blais *cough, cough*) least we get accused of living in the past.
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I honestly don't think Gwoz was fired for lack of success on the ice; I think it was some political crap off the ice involving the administration. And I think they will live to regret it.
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The last year of the Old REA, we were WCHA Regular Season champs and runners-up both in the WCHA Final Five and the NCAA Frozen Four. I was at practically every home game that season and I can tell you the 3,291 figure is pure crap. USCHO needs to double-check that one.
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I hope you are right. We have heard that before and it hasn't come to fruition. Minot (1992) remains the only West Region team to win a state title.
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That's pretty good, gfhockey.
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No, you aren't a Kool-Aid drinker. I was simply explaining the rationale for my rants, which are usually a response to an attack from someone else. I am a hopeless alternate history buff; I love asking "what if" when studying historical events.
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What makes me "fly off the handle" are B.S. excuses for things and the tendency for some on this forum to defend the establishment and the decision-makers no matter what the facts are. I guess I get sick and tired of some of the Kool-Aid drinkers on this forum and simply want to offer a different perspective. I do not have anything personal against anyone on this forum; life is much too short for that crap. As for the topic at hand, there is a difference between being four years removed from back to back NCAA titles and being nine years removed from one NCAA title. I also think it is possible that if we had won the 2005 title, more would have followed. Kind of like "what if" Scott Norwood had made the last-second field goal against the Giants in the Super Bowl in 1991. Would that have changed the course of history for the Bills? We'll never know, unless we figure out how to travel to parallel universes "Sliders" style.
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Okay Captain Thin Skin, I'll bite. With 2002 and 2003 NCAA titles in the trophy case, I would not have pulled the plug on Lucia after that four year stretch. However, if Lucia hadn't made the changes he made to turn it around and was content with staying the course, I probably would have started making my list of potential replacements. Not making any changes would have told me that Lucia had lost perspective and that a change was needed for the good of the program.
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NCAA Titles: North Dakota 0 Minnesota 2
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Anything is better than the poor customer service and poorly-maintained inventory of the Wal-Mart Super Center. I used to go there for some groceries, but I got tired of product running out and not being replaced and putting up with all the prissy missy checkout personnel. And some of the blame for that is on the management for not training them properly.
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The 2008 debacle is what helped make my avatar possible. I knew I was going to be on the front page of the Heraldo when I saw the camera flash out of the corner of my eye!
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With all due respect (and I do mean that), the whole team lost those games. Our goaltenders are good enough to get us there.....but not good enough for us to finish the job? Our whole roster was totally unprepared for the team speed and skill that Boston College puts on the ice every single year. Some of our pylon D-men (Joe Finley anyone?) looked like they were standing in dried cement. That is how we used to make teams look; that has changed since Hakstol took over this program. Hakstol's precious systems and "baselines" might work in the regular season, but they have not worked in the NCAA tournament. And if that changes this season or next or whenever, I will come on this forum and give him all the props he deserves.
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And some football programs are in for a rude awakening when the Division 1 titles stop coming and "that other school in North Dakota" starts contending for Division 1 trophies of their own. Just keep running your mouth, son. Your day is coming.
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My point is that Hakstol doesn't always get the most out of the talent he has had to work with. His teams have laid more than one egg on the national stage (I am talking Frozen Four, not anything else). We also seem to play down to the level of our competition on a regular basis. Those things stick out like a sore thumb in a program that has had a lot of talent come through it over the past 10 years.
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I have seen comments to the effect of "I would like to have a "natty", but.....". Which tells me it just isn't all that important to them. They are satisfied with winning seasons and a few league titles here and there. That is their opinion. I do not share that opinion. With all the tools we have at UND, NCAA titles should not be this impossible to win.
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Okay, that sounds fair enough and I am fine with doing that. But if it still hasn't happened after five years, you will have people on here recycling the same tired old excuses (hot goalies, lucky bounces, one and done format, Jerry York is still coaching and so on). I for one want Hakstol to win one just so we can retire this discussion and talk about things that are more positive.
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But a majority of the posts are defending Hakstol and some of them are even implying that NCAA titles don't matter all that much. Me, Irish and Smokey are most responsible for speaking the Inconvenient Truth.
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If this is your way of telling me to shut up, it ain't gonna work. If you don't like the discussion.....go away. Problem solved.
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Didn't Dean Smith start at North Carolina before Civil Rights forced the integration of colleges and universities in the South, which lead to schools like UNC recruiting and accepting black athletes? That might explain some of it.
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Hakstol = Woog (without the cash-in-a-hat-under-the-desk scandal) Woog was pushed out after just a couple of poor seasons and I think the lack of an NCAA title was a factor. Gino brought home 3 NCAA titles and was forced out after three losing seasons, but those UND teams were much worse than anything Woog ever put on the ice for the Goofs. If Woog had won even one NCAA title, he might have had more rope to work with and might have survived the very brief down period. A couple of poor seasons for Hakstol without a NCAA title in previous years could result in the same thing (most likely a behind-closed-doors resignation agreement). I could see Hakstol getting an assistant coaching job in the NHL and I could see him hanging around the league for years to come. He isn't a "crappy coach", it's just possible that he isn't the right person to take us to the top once again. But I would love to be proven wrong on that; it would be a shame for Hakstol not to have at least one NCAA title before he leaves Grand Forks.
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Well, you sounded like a Hak apologist, but you are right in that you are not the worst of them. And I am sorry if my "constant spew on this topic is growing tired" because I am one of just a few brave souls on this forum that are willing to criticize Hakstol when it is warranted. And I think it is worth explaining (again) that criticizing the head coach is NOT the same as calling for his immediate ouster. So I will not be giving you "3 realistic names and why". My position on this is summed up in another thread like this: Jerry York and Red Berenson took over programs that were in the toilet and rebuilt them into national powers. So when you hear people talk about how long it took for them to win their first NCAA title and why Hakstol should get pretty much all the time he wants to get it done, just remember that little factoid. Dave Hakstol inherited a Porsche and drives it like a Yugo. He has every single tool you need to win at the highest level of Division I hockey, so it's time to ditch the excuses and the B.S. that is spewed on this forum concerning NCAA titles and the importance (or lack thereof) they hold for this program. My first loyalty is to the program, not to any one individual coach or player. So yes, I will point out problems when I see them. Especially when very few others are willing to point them out.
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Yeah, it's really geared towards adults. But if it's animated, kids will assume it is just another cartoon and will watch. At least you watched it with him. "Brian the puppy", that is cute.
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Unless you are running the option (or the single-wing or the wing T), receivers matter. So yes, we have to talk about the receivers. Championship teams generally don't have glaring weaknesses of any kind.
