I didn't want Brad Berry to be the associate head coach when they let Shaw go. I also didn't want him to be the head coach when Hak left. But he's Hak's buddy and he is in this position because of that.
Right now, this team most likely will have to do the one thing it has only done once in the NCHC to make the NCAAs. The "new" standard is we make the NCAAs not we make Frozen Fours, and that might work for the Omaha's, Miami's, Western Michigan's, etc.... Honestly you can't defend what Berry has done at UND when his predecessors missed 3 NCAAs combined and 8 Frozen Fours. Blais lost in the regional final in 1998, 1999, and 2004 and out in round 1 in 2003 (1998 and 1999 they had a bye). Hak lost in 2 regional finals. When you have everything that even Denver, Minnesota, Michigan, BC, and other 'blue blood" schools don't have, and you only make ONE Frozen Four then maybe it's time for a change to someone who can get the most out of their players. It's time for Berry to stop being their dad/bff and be their coach and lead this team. Time for Berry to start taking ownership of the product on the ice and say, "I didn't have the team prepared tonight" instead of the usual BS he says after games. Karl and Dillion should get out on the recruiting trail and lock up these high end CHL/USHL/AAA/MNHS players. And Berry needs to, for the love of God, stop going to the portal and getting players that wouldn't have been recruited to UND to begin with.