Benny Baker
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5 minutes ago, jdub27 said:
We aren't competing against the P5.
Depends on the sport. Also, Memphis isn't P5 to begin with, either.
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7 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:
Yes. That is how it is supposed to be. That is true NIL. All the big schools are doing 'Pay for Play' right now.
I guess my point/questioning is, say Berg gets $30k from Red Pepper through this collective. Does him appearing in a commercial/tweeting about Red Pepper have a positive ROI for Red Pepper? I guess I just question if it does. Look at Mattress Cam in Fargo. Not sure what he got to be in those commercials but I doubt him doing that NIL deal had a positive ROI for the mattress store.
I think it may be hard to continue to convince the businesses in GF year after year that contributing to this collective gives them a better benefit than contributing to other groups/foundations. Not sure it is sustainable. I could be completely wrong though! Just sharing my thoughts on NIL at small schools.
Gotcha. Yeah, that aspect makes sense. To your point, there might be higher ROI with billboards than having a Sioux player promoting your sandwiches on twitter.
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At the time, Denver Post reported the reason for Gwoz's firing was both lack of postseason success (5 first round losses in 6 season despite 12 consecutive 20+ win seasons) and inability to reach an agreement on an extension.
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23 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:
I just don't see the ROI to donating to the collective if you're a business in Grand Forks, ND.
It would have to be looked at as strictly a "donation" (but with no tax benefit since the collective is for-profit) and not an actual investment.
Isn't there a qui-pro-quo for the business, though? I thought the idea behind Name, Image, and Likeness was that athletes could sell their Name, Image, and Likeness to a business in exchange for money. For example, the Tellmans give $X to the collective so long as Sioux players appear in a Red Pepper commercial; or every Friday night Cameron Berg needs to send out a tweet telling the drunk hockey crowd to pick up a Grinder After the Game; etc.
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36 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Could be 1099, but yes, taxable.
Right, for sure taxes are getting paid. I guess I was just wondering if Kunz was literally a "private employee" or, more likely, a 1099 independent contractor.
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UND's collective is going to need a lot of folks to kick in the $25 bucks a month to compete with some of these other schools.
I fear the truth of the matter is that UND does not have a large enough alumni base nor is there a significant enough corporate presence in Grand Forks, North Dakota to enable UND to compete whatsoever in the NIL game.
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On 4/17/2024 at 5:43 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said:
so how much does kunz get?
On 4/18/2024 at 7:03 AM, The Sicatoka said:You just asked how much someone is being paid by a private employer.
So w-2s are issued to recipients of NIL funds, and the NIL collectives have to pay payroll taxes?
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3 hours ago, Fighting Sioux 23 said:
Also, people are constantly bringing up Denver. No doubt the Pios are on a run. But they are quick to forget the Pios "awful" stretch between 2005 and 2016. 10 seasons. 0 National Titles. 0 Frozen Fours. 2 Regional Finals in 8 NCAA Tournaments (2-8 overall record). 2 missed NCAA Tournaments.
Things got so “awful”, in fact, that Denver had to fire a revered head coach to get their ship turned back around. Hope it doesn’t need to come to that around here.
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Back in 2011, @redwing wrote this blog post on Goons World and it kind of seems like we've been here before. Some of the same themes have reappeared.
It’s hard to take. It’s unimaginable that this team… MY team… OUR team… could falter like they are right now. There are no stats or records that can be put forth to change the reality that this part of our game isn’t working, that part of our game isn’t doing well, and so on.
Brad Schlossman’s blog covers the fact that I’m portraying here. We pine for Blais. We think he’s the savior and Hakstol is the mule. One commenter on his blog states that “before our very eyes, UND is turning into St. Cloud State.” Well, let me tell ya folks, unless the NCAA is going to take away 7 National Championships and all of our NCAA tourney victories, that’s patently untrue. Also, they talk about Hakstol as a recruiter being a problem. Funny how he recruited such guys as Matt Greene, Matt Smaby, had a hand in snatching Johnny Toews, Zach Parise, and all those players we covet so much. Blais didn’t recruit everyone on his teams. Hakstol got the job based upon his ability to recruit, not just coaching ability. If you want to know how important that ability is, ask Scott Sandelin. It’s arguably why he’s still in Duluth after a few down seasons. We talk about how Hakstol should at least show some emotion on the bench yet, when other coaches do so, we berate that coach for being such a fool (see Gwozdecky, George). (Link)Well this theme sure hasn't reappeared around UND the last 8 years.
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6 hours ago, brianvf said:
For as much crap as UMN fans like to poke at UND for hitting the portal for goalies, this has good comedic value.
They picked up Souliere from PSU out of the portal to join Airey as their goalie tandem.
That move pushed out Owen Bartoszkiewicz, who has now entered the portal as well.As a further twist to this....
Souliere is 25 years old already and will turn 26 years old during the 24/25 season.
And he is Canadian.
Lol. Besides him, I wonder if there are any other college players born in the 1990s? That is too funny.
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4 hours ago, burd said:
They have a serious problem though--can't win when it counts, despite all that talent. There must be a goat curse or something in there somewhere. That or they just refuse to play a full 60.
Sounds like a team a lot of us around here follow.
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2 minutes ago, SJHovey said:
Seems like the coaches might want to think about bringing these guys in the fall after they are drafted to maybe insure ourselves of at least three seasons.
I’ve started wondering the same thing.
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Berry needs to win an NCAA game before he loses another one. That’s my metric going forward.
The 2016 title brought Berry a lot of goodwill and capital. But he’s squandered all of it over the past 8 seasons.
If UND is not playing in the Fargo regional championship in March 2025, then it’s time for a change.
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5 hours ago, sagard said:
This is my second 20 year drought between Gophers titles, so it's pretty comical to hear you all complain about 2016. Any least you all didn't lose to QU.
But then again, you’re talking about a fanbase that’s never experienced a 20-year title drought before, let alone 3 separate ones, in its program’s history.
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Bucci is more interested in making some extra cash by hawking products that say “cawlidge hockey” than he is about actual college hockey.
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1 hour ago, tnt said:
I was never in the fire Hak crowd, as I loved being relevant every year and having North Dakota being in the national spotlight. It certainly helps recruiting when you are in the Frozen Four every year and the media raves about the program. How many times do you hear North Dakota even mentioned during the tourney as a team that was going to be a significant threat?
To your point, when people read ESPN today, they will be left with the understanding that college hockey titans are Denver (10), Michigan (9), Wisconsin (6), and the Boston schools tied at fourth with five titles a piece.
I guess I’ll hang my hat on the fact they forgot Minnesota too, but no mention of North Dakota’s 8 titles?
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39 minutes ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:
How is it consistent to under Hakstol saying we could never win the big one so he has to go, then turn around and say look at BU, BC, Mich, Mich St, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and at least they have tournament wins! You gotta follow the conversation, I wasn't comparing Hakstol to Berry but to all these other blue blood programs that haven't won a title for up to 26 freaking years. But at least they have some tournament wins, right?
It wouldn’t be.
But after all, SIOUXELEVENS was talking about UND’s current coach, Brad Berry, who can’t even claim to have NCAA tournament wins over the last 8 seasons like some of those blue bloods.
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1 hour ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:
Feel like I'm being gaslit every time I come on this website because the bolded is exactly why everyone wanted to run Hakstol out of town. Now we're content hanging some postseason win banners even if it means a 20-30 year NCAA Title drought?
If fans were calling for Hakstol’s job due to lack of frozen four success it only makes sense for them to call for Berry’s job due to lack of NCAA tournament success altogether. In their eyes, the program has taken a step backwards. I haven’t seen anyone advocate for post season win banners, lol. They would, however, at least like to see the program get back to winning some NCAA playoff games.
I know it’s the buzzword of the day, but I don’t see this as gaslighting at all. Their arguments are consistent.
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5 hours ago, Sioux>Bison said:
If Bubba isn’t on the hot seat then Berry will never be no matter how many tourney games he loses!
Duluth football:
3 seasons before Bubba: 28-7
4 following seasons with Bubba: 22-21
3 seasons following Bubba: 41-2
Hindsight is 20/20, sure. But still can’t believe we hired that doofus over DeBoer to begin with, let alone the fact we extended him after last season.
I agree with you. With this athletic department, Berry ain’t going nowhere.
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Dear NHL: please hire David Carle.
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6 minutes ago, fsioux said:
Didn't help when Brock Nelson got knocked out of the game early. Also screwed up our lines in addition to losing a player of his caliber.
Agreed it couldn’t have helped. It didn’t seem to hurt that much either, tough. We outshot them 40-20. (26-9 in the last 2 frames). Just could never get the goal we needed. They score the empty net, and we lose 2-0.
I remember being at the game at feeling entirely confident we would win until 5 minutes left when time started running out.
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18 minutes ago, Walsh Hall said:
Having your goalie have a 97% or more save percentage in 3 straight games doesn’t hurt either.
No crap.
Remember when DU’s weak goaltending was going to be their downfall this season …
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5 minutes ago, dustnyou said:
Still enrolled at UMD and will be back in the lineup next season
Thanks! Any reason he didn't play USHL? Perhaps needed to stay in school to become re-eligble? Just curious, if you know.
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Not sure which thread this fits best in (do mods feel free to move), but whatever happened to Cole Spicer this Spring?
Thought Youngstown had his rights, but I can't find that he actually played for them or anywhere else, for that matter. Curious to know where things are headed for him.
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Was pleasantly surprised with both their freshman performances. And as later round draft picks at the time, thought they could both end up as 20+ goal, 40+ point players for the Sioux as seniors.
Welp, here we are …