SIOUXELEVENS

I’m not blaming the players, they need to be put into situations where they can be successful. putting out eggs in the incoming freshman pockets doesn’t sound like the recipe for success so we are going to need our juniors to step up their game.

Two years in a row being in the bottom of the league In scoring and PP % is a trend and Berry needs to address this. The puck luck and hot goalie excuse is worn out, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Adams was a scorer in the USHL, Weatherby in the BCHL and Mismash with the USDT. Berry needs to find a system That balances his defensive strategy with an offense that scores more than 1 goal a game. If he has a third year like the last two he may become unemployed.

Putting 18 with 22 was always a head scratcher to me, Adams has speed and 22 doesn’t . 29 and 8 would have been a better fit.

#18 over #5 every time

With you on this, Berry's line ups are drawing names from a hat.

Attitude, preparation and effort can and should be controlled by the head coach. We will see if Berry can turn this around or do we have these same talks about scoring and specialty teams next year.

So this year is still going but what does Berry need to improve on for next year, he’s not going anywhere soon so does he have the ability to change and improve? I think he needs to rethink his offensive schemes even with more talent he needs to tweak this. How does he motivate and install some discipline in the team. This team has shown flashes of being very good but also playing down to the competition ie Canisius/Bemidji. Does he start holding players accountable, does he improve the specialty teams? Can he do this with the current staff? I believe mr Berry needs to do some offseason soul searching to find these answers. This team will not win every game will all know that but they should be way more competitive from start to finish then they are. He has lots of resources and hopefully the ability to turn this around. He can also bounce things off his mentors, Blais, Hak and any former coaches . This was not a fun year to be a ND fan but it’s not over yet either.

This team, Berry needs to have a fire sale. How can Johnson be on the first pp unit,wtf

Is Berry in the senior night lineup?

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Lawson is a Mark Senden clone

A much more simplistic look.

This is just my opinion but Berry’s system focuses on the D men, cycle cycle then back to the D men for s shot. Other teams take everything to the net we kick it back to our defense, on the power play they do this also. When have we worked it down low on the power play ? There has to be a reason these players come in and just lose their scoring touch.

Been saying it for awhile, all these players don’t just forget how to score, Berry’s system where D men lead the team in shots and score more goals then the fowards is handicapping their creativity, along with some very poor lineups.

Been saying that Berry is just too nice a guy to be head coach, most penalized team , worst power play and in the bottom of the league in scoring the past two years.

Looks like about fifty die hard fans.

And people wonder why fans are calling for a change.

No Adams, but Yon, Johnson get spots. WTF.

So you can do whatever cause they can’t bench me, seems like the teams attitude.

Maybe if we start out slow which we have been prone to do , shorten the bench roll three lines , bench people when they deserve it ( Rhett on sat. Vs Duluth) and maybe decline penalties , just kidding on this last one.

This team plays like they are in poker tournament and playing with house money, no cause for concern, not a care in the world. if a senior captain can keep playing though he was responsible for 4 goals in the last three games for lack of discipline I don’t hold much hope that they can bear down and get it down.

2 in a row is not happening right now, so five in a row may be impossible for this team.

I truly believe Berry has no idea what drives or motivates his team, clueless in his post game comments.

This should be a one and done , my god who does this line up and says this is the best we can do? It seems Berry is so infatuated with local players it’s clouding his vision, I would like the best players playing and don’t care where their from. Bowen, Yon and Johnson wouldn’t play for most D 1 teams yet two are on our first line. I see Gardner got splinters last night after taking another dumb penalty. Say what you will we need a real head coach not an assistant dressing up as one.