Wilbur Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 49 minutes ago, MafiaMan said: I also heard that the hot tub temp this season has been lukewarm at best - that’s a sure fire way to scare away recruits. If nobody does something about the subzero temperatures and crappy weather in Grand Forks we are bound to White banners..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 This team absolutely over performed. To see where they ended up to where they were in middle of January is an absolute achievement. They were a few horses away from being able to really make a run. It ended up being a great season in which a banner gets hung. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXELEVENS Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 So we are down to this we over preformed so all is good , we are supposed to be a national power in hockey and can’t win a first round game , 17,18,19,21,22 with no frozen four and who knows if we would have made it in 20. I think Berry is a good coach but may need to change some things moving on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlop Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Gaber is the only forward that can consistently create......need at least 2 more of him or else next year will be more of the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Green Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I don't get this crap about this team over performed. Sure they had a lot of turnover, but they brought in plenty of transfers, so its not like the were all freshmen. They were a 1st place team to start the new year so it not like they just came on in the 2nd half. They had 2 bad weekends in January, and they sh!t the bed in the playoffs. This program should never be in a position the be rebuilding, they should reload every year. Having to rebuild is a black mark on Berry. I would like to think they would have made a run in 2020, but after the last 2 years i'm more and more convinced they would have been 1 and done or maybe won a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langster019 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 It’s mind boggling people think a team full of new teammates should just gel and be instantly good bc they’re not freshmen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXELEVENS Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 All this is very frustrating when other teams seem to load up on recruits and with all our resources we should win some of those battles. Every year it seemed we could count on some stud recruits, praise, bochenski, bayda, Osijek, toews etc , like I said very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakgirl93 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Hak struggled during the regular season but come conference tourney and regional time he did well. Berry teams seems to peak in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Green Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Langster019 said: It’s mind boggling people think a team full of new teammates should just gel and be instantly good bc they’re not freshmen. I can see 1st half struggles, but come playoff time they have been together long enough. Plenty of time to gel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxbow6 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 20 minutes ago, Langster019 said: It’s mind boggling people think a team full of new teammates should just gel and be instantly good bc they’re not freshmen. Didn't UND pick up two of the top goal scorers in the nation from last season?? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Green Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Berry is way too easy on the team, miss Hak and the stare. Listening to the Has Been's pod cast they talk about the big differences between the 2. Berry seems to be too much of nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, siouxweet said: This team absolutely over performed. To see where they ended up to where they were in middle of January is an absolute achievement. They were a few horses away from being able to really make a run. It ended up being a great season in which a banner gets hung. Perhaps a Jasper Weatherby, thus a better power play away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakgirl93 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 The fact that mr sandy finished 2nd for points on this years team even after missing how many games should how scoring was a big issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 This team was not built to win a title it was built to make the tourney and see where the chips fall and hopefully make a run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodakgirl93 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, nodakgirl93 said: The fact that mr sandy finished 2nd for points on this years team even after missing how many games should how scoring was a big issue. Showed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXELEVENS Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, Big Green said: Berry is way too easy on the team, miss Hak and the stare. Listening to the Has Been's pod cast they talk about the big differences between the 2. Berry seems to be too much of nice guy. This^^^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Sometimes I think the staff thinks they can win on the "culture" alone. When it gets down to games like these, you need some difference makers to make that extra play, or just have the talent to bury one when most wouldn't. Duluth doesn't really have the difference makers either, but they are so disciplined that they all stick to their roles and they don't make the mistakes like the first goal we gave up last night. Let's face it, Berry isn't a disciplinarian, we could tell that with the whole Rhett Gardner situation when he didn't sit him until the whole fanbase was wondering what was going on. Thankfully, with a bump in the existing class, and the talent coming in next year, we should be able to make waves again next year with the regional in Fargo. Could be quite a bit of pressure in that regional, because of all the past circumstances. Really need to recruit with the premise that you are going to lose more skilled guys, so recruit more to replace them, because inevitably all of them won't pan out. Just really hope we don't have to listen to Duluth, Denver, Minnesota or Michigan celebrate a Natty, as that would definitely add insult to injury. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scpa0305 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 minute ago, tnt said: Sometimes I think the staff thinks they can win on the "culture" alone. When it gets down to games like these, you need some difference makers to make that extra play, or just have the talent to bury one when most wouldn't. Duluth doesn't really have the difference makers either, but they are so disciplined that they all stick to their roles and they don't make the mistakes like the first goal we gave up last night. Let's face it, Berry isn't a disciplinarian, we could tell that with the whole Rhett Gardner situation when he didn't sit him until the whole fanbase was wondering what was going on. Thankfully, with a bump in the existing class, and the talent coming in next year, we should be able to make waves again next year with the regional in Fargo. Could be quite a bit of pressure in that regional, because of all the past circumstances. Really need to recruit with the premise that you are going to lose more skilled guys, so recruit more to replace them, because inevitably all of them won't pan out. Agreed. We’ve missed on fairly significant recruits the past 2-3 years. Kids we would normally get. However, we’ll be another year older next year and we’re bringing in two fairly skilled F’s. We should be better next year but I still have some question marks on our overall recruiting philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Ranger Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, tnt said: Sometimes I think the staff thinks they can win on the "culture" alone. When it gets down to games like these, you need some difference makers to make that extra play, or just have the talent to bury one when most wouldn't. Duluth doesn't really have the difference makers either, but they are so disciplined that they all stick to their roles and they don't make the mistakes like the first goal we gave up last night. Let's face it, Berry isn't a disciplinarian, we could tell that with the whole Rhett Gardner situation when he didn't sit him until the whole fanbase was wondering what was going on. Thankfully, with a bump in the existing class, and the talent coming in next year, we should be able to make waves again next year with the regional in Fargo. Could be quite a bit of pressure in that regional, because of all the past circumstances. Really need to recruit with the premise that you are going to lose more skilled guys, so recruit more to replace them, because inevitably all of them won't pan out. This part right here makes me question the Morrow decision even more so. I get there were apparently "red flags" but wouldn't you think with a coach and team that preaches "culture" that you could bring in a kid with huge talent and groom him into the culture rather than be scared away from him? All this being said, I haven't heard one thing bad about him with UMASS and the World Junior team which again makes me question the decision. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, I Ranger said: This part right here makes me question the Morrow decision even more so. I get there were apparently "red flags" but wouldn't you think with a coach and team that preaches "culture" that you could bring in a kid with huge talent and groom him into the culture rather than be scared away from him? All this being said, I haven't heard one thing bad about him with UMASS and the World Junior team which again makes me question the decision. Especially when you were willing to take a huge chance on Mitchell Miller. To me, that makes no sense at all, and the fact that Brent Johnson was injured at the end of last year, and really couldn't get back to a full training regimen until much later makes that decision even more of a head scratcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Rizzo would've helped. Weatherby also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 What is the reason Rizzo jumped ship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 47 minutes ago, tnt said: Sometimes I think the staff thinks they can win on the "culture" alone. When it gets down to games like these, you need some difference makers to make that extra play, or just have the talent to bury one when most wouldn't. Duluth doesn't really have the difference makers either, but they are so disciplined that they all stick to their roles and they don't make the mistakes like the first goal we gave up last night. Let's face it, Berry isn't a disciplinarian, we could tell that with the whole Rhett Gardner situation when he didn't sit him until the whole fanbase was wondering what was going on. Thankfully, with a bump in the existing class, and the talent coming in next year, we should be able to make waves again next year with the regional in Fargo. Could be quite a bit of pressure in that regional, because of all the past circumstances. Really need to recruit with the premise that you are going to lose more skilled guys, so recruit more to replace them, because inevitably all of them won't pan out. Just really hope we don't have to listen to Duluth, Denver, Minnesota or Michigan celebrate a Natty, as that would definitely add insult to injury. Well said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneySIOUX Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, siouxweet said: What is the reason Rizzo jumped ship? We, apparently, asked him to stay another year in Junior and he felt he was ready. So, that unfortunately looks like a big miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Don't we just not really know the whole story on Morrow and Rizzo? I've seen internet speculation (some by me no doubt), but hard to judge without knowing what actually happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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