NoiseInsideMyHead

THIS is why you can't have careers in sports journalism, kids. The jobs are being taken up by highly paid professionals from completely unrelated disciplines.

Normally I'd have gone to bed. But for some reason I'm glued to this Avs-Rangers regular season game as if it might be the last hockey for a while.

Loved Thome bowing to the UNO student section at the horn.

Credit where it's due...backup goaltender solid for the Mavs.

Even better. Two possible schools of thought with respect to managing the Department: 1. Hockey wins, we can exhale/slide. 2. Hockey wins, we need to press hard and shoot for blockbuster coaching hires and pull the stops to build a winning culture. I don't know where the current AD falls, but it seems a lot of people on here were quite unhappy with today's news.

For the public at large, and for non-FB die-hards, hockey success creates an aura of contentment and satisfaction and the tolerance for mediocrity in other sports will persist.

Lukewarm take: If hockey hangs no. 9 this year, or makes a really deep run, that buys everybody in the Department some time and space in which to deliver.

Did UMass really screw up their own graphic, or is “HOCKY EAST” a thing?

Optimism. Gotta love it.

How did only 4 '95 Central players make the 25th anniversary celebration? That's pathetic.

Just a head's up...tonight's game is on Midco 624 (in Grand Forks, at least), not 622.

The smart play in Omaha is to never spend two nights in the same place.

Profiting (or trying to profit) off of high school sports is pretty lame. If it's going out over the air later for free, these games should be free as well. I guess they really can't sell enough advertising to break even. In any medium.

In addition to the structural deficiencies (inefficiencies) of USA Hockey and ADM, youth hockey suffers from a lack of clear information and guidance for players and their parents. There are so many "paths" that it's darn near impossible to know which way is forward. Sure, you can listen to 'scouts" and "advisers" at camps all over the country, but good luck getting a straight answer about (1) whose interests are really being looked after, and (2) where the line falls between permissible "advising" and receiving services that jeopardize NCAA eligibility. Junior hockey can be a confusing morass, and parents are left wondering whether they'll be throwing money away by going all in with no meaningful chance of a scholarship, or whether they can help their child recognize any good opportunities at all. It's no secret (or surprise) that a lot of talented players simply fall through the cracks or never fall into the right pipeline, but I suppose that's why and where collegiate club and rec hockey thrives.

Interesting take. You seeing something the stats don’t show?

He didn't put up much of a fight. Probably more like "Trotting Moose" or "Trespassing Moose."

GFRR squeaks past GFC 3-2 (2OT) in the EDC Semis.

Boeser out 3 weeks.

https://www.inforum.com/news/government-and-politics/4885173-ND-public-entities-spend-big-on-travel-using-purchasing-cards Another meandering, pointless Forum Communication hit piece that supposedly was intended to gin up anger against public employees - and especially UND and NDSU sports. Does this company realize that those athletic programs are responsible for probably 90% of their hits, clicks, traffic, and revenue? Why keep this campaign going? On top of everything, I'm not sure the writer had enough information, or context, to even make a point.

Good Lord...they're 12-3 and in first place in the East by 4 points. Hardly a crisis.

That inbox...

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/weather/4873960-Grand-Forks-has-gotten-more-than-4-feet-of-snow-so-far-this-winter

The Blaine-Blake outdoor HS game earlier Saturday on FSNorth not only had UND paid spots, but UND sponsored the drone cam, too. Not sure if UND supplied the drone or pilots, but the campaign was nicely on-message.

Your rants are all over the map. I specifically addressed "current practices" and you want to talk about the 60s and 70s. Let's agree that compliance and enforcement were lax 30-40 years ago. Does that alone justify letting athletes get paid for name and likeness now? What about current practices is deficient? Are you suggesting that it's still the wild west? How many pay-to-play scandals since, say, SMU have been provable but ignored, or botched, by the NCAA? Even more to the point of my statement, do you feel that the soon-to-be reality of letting schools try to sort out which payments are legit is preferable to the zero tolerance model that we're about to wind down?