fightingsioux4life

I know the point you are making and it is well made. But the Kings, Blackhawks and Bruins have been far more steady and consistent in the playoffs over the past five years (where the level of play is much higher) than Pittsburgh has over the past couple of years. In the big leagues of the NHL, if you are a head coach and you underachieve with world-class talent on the roster, you will likely get the pink slip. The year the Pens won the Cup, Bylsma was hired mid-season with the team 9th in the Eastern Conference. They finished 4th in the conference and went on to win their first Cup in a very long time. So Bylsma has now been on both sides of that coin. And I am sure he will get snatched up by another team very soon.

With the talent they have on that team and with how that team has underachieved in recent years, I am not surprised and I think it needed to be done to shake things up. Since they won the Cup in 2009, they haven't been clicking on all cylinders very often. And that includes the times that Sidney Crosby was healthy and in the line-up. This is their window of opportunity to win championships and that window won't be open forever. Once their stars get too old, it will be rebuilding and retooling time.

June 6th, 1944. The most important day in human history. Had Operation Overlord went differently, our lives would be much different and I don't think we would be speaking English right now. Thanks for posting this!

Yeah, there is a lot of mindless legal-speak in the announcements. But that is still more than what we are getting from the Kelley regime. I guess the biggest problem I have with this is the general attitude of "It's none of the public's business why this happened" that has been adopted by the suits in Twamley Hall. A simple "We cannot comment on specifics because of an ongoing investigation" would be better than "no comment" x 1000.

It's tough to measure the square footage of a building from the outside or from faded memories of what was once there. This should help Columbia Mall out big-time.

Whenever a high-level person (Vice-President, Dean, Coach) is fired, forced to resign, resigns to take another job or retires, there usually is some sort of statement from UND about it. The EERC Director is a big-time player on campus; you simply cannot do something like this and not have it cause ripples across campus and across the community at-large. Which is why saying "no comment" over and over again is a bad idea; people start making up their own stories on what happened or didn't happen. If there are legal reasons for it, then we'll just have to wait until there is some sort of legal action. Which I think is coming. My point is that when you are the head of a public institution like UND, you need to play the PR game better than this. Acting like it's nobody else's business is not acceptable.

I hope you are right; otherwise, they will have one heck of a lawsuit on their hands.

http://www.grandfork...ains-mum-reason Someone should tell this administration that UND is not a private business and cannot keep using "no comment" as the answer to every media question about this. This is a publicly-funded and governed institution of higher education and I think the public has a right to know why this is being done.

Yeah, according to some people on this forum, the Rangers will be fortunate to win a game. I believe this series will be closer than the aforementioned "some people" think. Look for it to go at least to a Game 6 (maybe even 7).

At least the NHL isn't rigged.

In the larger scheme of things, Bieber is not all that important. Turning America's youth against him would be much more effective than deporting him. He could still export his "music" from Canada.

Personally, I think stopping Justin Bieber is much more important, but to each their own.

The man has a teenage daughter, let's cut him a break just for that!

As a good leftie, I support the 1st Amendment for EVERYONE, unless someone is committing libel and/or slander against somebody. Of course, Freedom of Speech doesn't include Freedom from criticism of said speech.

Well played!

I just don't think it's a big deal how people personalize their jerseys. As long as they aren't using profane or inappropriate language, they should be able to put whatever they want on them. We pay a nice chunk of cash for these things (especially the authentics).

Based on that logic, authentic jerseys shouldn't be available to the general public at all because we haven't earned it. And that goes double for game worn jerseys. What say you?

How is it Faison's fault that the Grand Forks Herald obtains e-mails via the Freedom of Information Act? Hello? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

So now you are resorting to Weapons of Mass Distraction? Nice move son, but it ain't gonna work.

I don't think they would get any signatures from the George Orwell Party, so why waste time asking in the first place? Seriously though, I am not in favor of the Redskins name being retired and I think Congress has more important stuff to work on.

"Just win baby!" They must have stolen that from the Raiders. "Commitment to Excrement".

This is the problem with your fan base: You actually think you will be undefeated forever and ever. College sports is cyclical. What is true now is not necessarily true next year or five years or ten years from now. It wasn't long ago you guys couldn't give tickets away to your home games. That could happen again and, deep down, you know that. I honestly don't care if we play FU in FB again. If it happens in the playoffs, so be it. But until then, goodbye and good luck.

You are proving my point, you don't freaking get it. You are not Notre Dame, you are not Alabama and you are not Florida State. You are not what you think you are. And that is why the game won't happen. And I will sleep at night just fine.