fightingsioux4life

The last thing we need is more uncertainty surrounding this program. That won't help us land any CHL players.

I sure hope UND never has this problem.

We pounded the crap out of them in the Alerus Center in 2001.

How will Major Junior players translate to the NCAA?

There are more Americans playing hockey than ever. Some of those kids will end up in NCAA hockey.

I think you can narrow it down to Smaby, St. Clair and Trupp.

Agree 100% But all we can do is get our own house in order and get back to the top of the mountain in this sport. And I'm not talking about the Penrose either.

And that is what separates the successful coaches from the ones that don't work out.

The Goofs lost a lot of players from 2024-2025. They'll be figuring it out like we will.

We will have some bumps in the road early in the season. But I think we'll get better as the season goes on.

So would Jeff Panzer.

I don't think Berry was getting the most out of his players. If Jackson can do that, we'll have a lot more success in 2025-2026.

Good point. I am looking forward to what this team looks like with Jackson as the bench boss.

I am not knocking anyone we have landed so far. I just want us to get some impact players that can add some juice to an offense that was, to put it mildly, vanilla at best last season. I am very much looking forward to seeing Jackson's team in action. Same with FB and WBB.

My point is, he's getting interest from top prospects despite no tradition of winning at the FCS level and a lot of mediocrity. Attitude and posture matter. If the coaching staff can't get excited about the program, you can't expect the kids to get excited either. And FWIW, Jackson hasn't coached a game as head coach yet either. But his recruiting prowess during the coaching transition will be crucial to having some success early on, which will largely determine how much success he has in the years to come.

Agreed.

I think most of us understand it's a complicated process and what looks good to one recruit won't necessarily look good to another. I just want us to be aggressive and show some swagger in recruiting. Look at what Eric Schmidt is doing with FB. His aggressive, take no prisoners attitude toward recruiting is already starting to pay dividends and he hasn't even coached a game yet.

I think NCAA hockey is more national than it used to be. But if Denver or St. Thomas starts landing kids east of Lake Michigan, then you'll have to revise your rule of thumb.

So we don't try? Cripes, when did we get so skittish about which prospects we go after. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

The coaching change and having one assistant position unfilled does add some uncertainty to the mix. Which may give some prospects pause to come here.

Sounds like automatically assuming the B1G school will win the recruiting battles. Seeing way too much of that on this forum. Like I've said before, time to get our swagger back as a program.

Is this good news for us?

How many of them care about hockey? It's always been a FB first school.

I think it will be the best class since we moved up to D-1.

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