Coaching Change

[SIOUXELEVENS]

If tonight wasn't the last straw boy I don't know what will. One of Hakstol's trade mark is flat teams when something is on the line( see all the ff he has coached in, NH and Yale etc). I believe Hakstol is a great recruiter and asst. coach but he sure doesn't fire up the players for games. It goes back to the day he took over that we wouldn't even notice the difference in coaching styles well most of us have noticed. He relieved Eades of his duties because he wanted to improve the D well thar sure hasn't worked, we are way worse defensively then last year. I know Goon or Mafia Man will criticize this post but oh well I have had season tickets since 84 and tonight was a game that caused Gino to be replaced. Maybe Hakstol is two nice to the young men and need to be more of a disciplinarian and not their friend but the coach. We all pay good money for our tickets and should expect a better product then what we had tonight. All the talent that has come through ND and no titles for Hakstol, maybe time to move on.

[crb1]

I see what's going on here. This is a fire Hakstol thread disguised.

[Clark17]

Don't acknowledge this post. Guy probably can't stop both ways but knows everything about hockey. By the way, Gino's last few years were brutal, not a valid comparison.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Don't care if you acknowledge it or not. Maybe your happy with this team and how they play, I am not. ( it's a perfect comparison to Gino's years same results)

[Goon]

Come off of the ledge guys. This is one game... Am I reading this right? Dave Hakstol is such a bad coach that he has a 11-3 record in NCAA regionals. 42-15 in post season games league and NCAA tourney.

[brianvf]

Don't care if you acknowledge it or not. Maybe your happy with this team and how they play, I am not. ( it's a perfect comparison to Gino's years same results)

Ok, I'll bite.

Who should we hire to replace Hakstol?

And, do you remember how horrible the last few Gino-led Sioux teams were? The only way this is a perfect comparison to that would be if they didn't win another game this season and finished well below .500.

[Clark17]

Not on the ledge here. I think people forget, or don't know how difficult it is to put 4 games together at the end of March and early April. You can still play well and run into a wall.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

The defense has been awful all year, who made that change, the head coach did. So it's more than one game it's been all season.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Not sure, like I said in my post Hakstol is a great recruiter and judge of talent but not a great head coach.

[siouxhockeyfan11]

Why aren't we the number 1 team in the country? We should win every game by 4. This is dumb. We should have at least 5 national championships since hak took over. Maybe 20. Fire hak

[Clark17]

Sorry, I didn't know you could stop both ways.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

I don't believe I insulted you so why the personal attack, I guess you can only have an opinion if it agrees with yours.

[jodcon]

No team is as good or as bad as they play on a given night.

Yes they mailed in a stinker tonight, but a win tomorrow and they're one game out of first...let's not get crazy here.

[Clark17]

I don't believe I insulted you so why the personal attack, I guess you can only have an opinion if it agrees with yours.

How do you think Hak feels?

[gfhockey]

II am glad we arent the figting sioux anymore cuz this woulda been a disgraced to fighting sioux hockey

[Snake]

Ok, I'll bite.

Who should we hire to replace Hakstol?

Phil Housley? IALTO

[Clark17]

I think Berenson should go too. He hasn't won one in awhile.

[gfhockey]

Dean blais would sign asap if a contract was faxed to him

[andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!!]

Dean blais would sign asap if a contract was faxed to him

Doubt it. He has moved on and enjoys the place he is at right now.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

How do you think Hak feels?

if my post bothers him maybe he is in the wrong position. I doubt his skin is as thin as some of the posters here.

[Clark17]

if my post bothers him maybe he is in the wrong position. I doubt his skin is as thin as some of the posters here.

Relax, I was just giving you a hard time. They stunk it up tonight, no doubt. I actually switched games in the third. That game was much better along with the audio and video quality. They lost too.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

No problem it's just so hard to be a fan when they seem to have talent but won't work for it, I was telling my

Brother in-law that Hakstol should pull a Herbie and have the boys keep the gear on after the game and skate lines.

[Old Barn Guy at Home]

I think the comment was meant to be "How do you think HAK feels about the team's performance tonight?" I really don't think Hak reads the posts on this board. He has enough REAL things to deal with than the up and down comments on this board. This is for the fans to use. Enjoy it and if you have an opinion that others may not agree with, so what. It's your right to comment. But on that same note, just remember that when things start to get a lot better, you should probably acknowledge the fact that the coaches are not just guys that do this on a whim. They have many years of experience at a lot of higher levels that 99% of the posters on the board. In other words, just hang in there.

I would say that the first 55 minutes of the game tonight were some of the most uninspired I've ever seen from a UND hockey team. Also remember that that could change 180 degrees when they play their next game (which, fortunately is less than 24 hours away).

[gfhockey]

Idk how hak can put up with this poor play...

[siouxforce19]

Wow. Those who seldom post really come out of the woodwork after a bad loss, in a lot of threads on this board, not just this one.

You guys can go be negative. I'll be in my bubble of positivity, as usual.