fightingsioux4life

We could sell merchandise with the NODAK logo and use the proceeds to pay for the buyout?

He worked his way back from injury for this?

Good thing for Berry results don't matter at UND.

We haven't lost a home first round playoff series since 1996. If we manage to earn home ice (not likely, but not impossible), that streak would likely end.

So it was another east vs. west kerfuffle? That's been going on for years.

The point is that nobody saw that coming. I was shocked that they actually did it.

People said the same thing about Bubba a few months ago.

I'll bet if it was for Imperial Cass County, it would have passed.

It's a new era for this program. Embrace the challenges and the opportunities that are there. We were in even worse shape in 1986 and we went on to beat them 10 out of 13 times from 1993 to 2003. It will take time, but it can and will happen.

Which makes this a high school program. All that's missing are home baked goods sold at the front door.

Bump yourself.

Thankfully, Schmidt does not think like this.

Exactly. It's a process. It doesn't happen overnight, but that doesn't mean it is impossible. If we are going to have a defeatist attitude, we may as well go back down to Division 2.

I imagine people said the same things in 1986. And we all know what happened next.

Except our facilities were garbage back in 2014. And Schmidt seems to have an energy level that Bubba never seemed to be able to reach.

And you are making my case for me. If you want to just sit there and take whatever is dished out, go ahead. But don't expect the rest of us to follow you.

Neither will the passivity and shoulder shrugging of fans like yourself. william.chaves@und.edu andrew.armacost@und.edu I suppose posting those e-mail addresses is a "tantrum" and/or an "antic" too?

Tantrums? I am stating historical facts. And the road from where we are now to the early 1990's is shorter than you think. Wisconsin collapsed in just a few years and they are still trying to fix it.

And these kids who are getting recruited can tell the difference in energy level amongst the various coaching staffs recruiting them. Schmidt and company are projecting energy, enthusiasm, positivity and an ambitious plan for greatness. That will make a difference.

THIS x 1000! I was there at the end of Gino's tenure; it was ugly. Very ugly. When Gino was pushed out, Virg Foss wrote an opinion piece in the Heraldo where he acted like someone had executed his mother. But the change had to be made and Terry Wanless (with whom I didn't always agree) made the hard decision. Blais took over and the rest is history. Let's please not repeat the 1991 to 1994 time period.

That's the million dollar question. I think this staff will land enough of them to start turning us upward.

Hopefully we'll be able to land a few of these.

I am guessing one of the assistants.