Goon

Time for some guys to step it up.

Dude what is your deal with Coach Hakstol? There is no reason for UND to "fire" coach Hakstol. Also, Tim O'Keefe is a solid guy and not some corrupt hack that you might suggest.

I have been reading Brad's work since he started at the Herald on Day one. I don't remember him writing many stories like that. If any thing Brad writes it as it is. Brad asks the tough questions. I am not sure that's really all that fair.

I agree with that statement, how many times have we heard that Michigan, Minnesota or ________ insert team have had the best recruiting class “on paper” and how many of those players have ended up being on a the team that was an national champion? Hockey on all levels is played on the ice not on paper. One of the best examples is the Boston Bruins that won last years Stanley Cup. They don’t have a number one line they have four lines of players that are all talented and chip in with goals, but their really isn’t very many stars on their team outside of Chara and Thomas. Instead of having one top line with a couple of decent lines they have three lines that probably are made up of second line players. I mean honestly, you need blue chip athletes but you also need role players like last years Fighting Sioux hockey team. The teams that win it all are teams that had a good mix of role players and finishers but also players that have been in college for four seasons and have grown up together. You can’t load up a roster of all these players that were their former teams first line players. You have to have a mix of players that buy into a system and believe in their coaches and the systems these coaches employ… People always talk about how Donn Lucia has won two NCAA titles, but how many has his team won since Hakstol took over the Sioux? If you look at both coaches achievements during that time period UND has accomplished more during those 8 seasons. Lastly, you can’t have an entire line up of offensive players that only play offense, you need to have players that kill penalties and do the character things. Someone has to be on the fourth line. Someone needs to be that guy that serves the penalty and takes one for the team by blocking shots and sacrifices the body to do what-ever-it-takes to win.

Jayson Hajdu said that Knight had a great week in practice and Byanni is right, that could happen to anyone. Rodwell took a tough hit to the shoulder and he is a little dinged up as well.

This weekends games will be on 617 DirecTV and 623 DirecTV on Saturday night.

He would still be a improvement over McLeod and Papa Shep.

I hate to say it but I that was the first thing that I thought as well.

Yeah good point, ala Minnesota.

Coach Hakstol isn't going anywhere, unless they had like three losing seasons in a row.

No comment on the beer though right?

It doesn't surprise me one bit, since after the game on Saturday, Coach Hakstol said that Corbin lobbied to play even though he cam in on crutches.

We could surely bet a Bud Light Lime on it if you want.

I would be willing to bet that he goes the MJ route.

I do have one of those as well.

I mean I love the Fighting Sioux nickname, and there is no way that the school will ever be able to replace the Fighting Sioux nickname with anything that I consider to be acceptable, but I don't see any way UND can keep the name "unless" the Spirit Lake Tribe wins it's law suit against the NCAA. I also would love nothing more than to see the NCAA lose their law suit, I think they deserved to have that happen to them because I think they are a bunch of hypocrites. I am not holding my breath but I hope the Tribe wins. I like most people are not going to a football game between the University of Sioux Falls and UND. I will go to a game between a Big Sky Conference or Missouri Valley Conference team and UND.

In reading this article a few times I think this is the crux of the argument.

That Kid has MJ written all over him.

It's on 675 on DirecTV.

This is kind of a slow week on the internet.

My German isn't very good.

He, He, He... I take the fifth on the one. Actually, Chuck has done a pretty good job on the Nickname story...

I will make a prediction, nothing, nix, nein, nadda, nay will happen to Kelley. The MSM will also not cover this because it's a non story to them.

That is an awesome point, how many Gophers recruits that were consider top shelf blue chippers that ended up doing squat in college? Many of them...

That's because no matter what Hakstol and Company do it's never good enough for the Bring Blais back crowd. Listening to these people you would have thought UND is coached by a bunch of no talent hacks that have no clue with what they are doing.