Miami @ UND Saturday - keep it rolling

[cowboys5xsbs]

11 minutes ago, ChrisUND1 said:

Wasted time and money attending that game tonight.  Next time, I will save that money and choose something else.  Vikes game sounding great!

Oh man trusting the vikings is asking for pain 

[tnt]

Now it has become necessary to win 5 of the next 6.  Four wins would be a minimum to keep our head above water.  

[ChrisUND1]

1 minute ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

Oh man trusting the vikings is asking for pain 

True.  But when folks have decisions to make about where to spend their hard earned money and better yet, time, what I witnessed tonight at the REA wasn’t remotely close to worth my investment and not comparable to what I experience in the cities. 

[brianvf]

2 minutes ago, tnt said:

Now it has become necessary to win 5 of the next 6.  Four wins would be a minimum to keep our head above water.  

yeah, that's not happening, unfortunately.  We were supposed to sweep this weekend against a "bottom-feeder" to get the confidence to go on a run.

[scpa0305]

1 minute ago, brianvf said:

yeah, that's not happening, unfortunately.  We were supposed to sweep this weekend against a "bottom-feeder" to get the confidence to go on a run.

5 of 6 def. is def not happening. This looks like a .500 club, maybe a click better. We’ll need to win our way though the nchcs to get in. 

[ChrisUND1]

Boo berry?

[Bleedn Green]

another EGG! right out of the gate..

 

[Bleedn Green]

If we truly look at this team compared to any of our other championship teams,  This team is nowhere close.  Mediocre at best.

[Green Banner]

50 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Again.....just have @Wilbur post Berry's post-game comments at the 10 minute mark of the 3rd. It would save us all a few minutes once the final horn sounds.

They could get some more ad reads on the Nodak Insurance post game show brought to you by Home of Economy 

[tnt]

24 minutes ago, scpa0305 said:

5 of 6 def. is def not happening. This looks like a .500 club, maybe a click better. We’ll need to win our way though the nchcs to get in. 

People said the same thing last year after the New Year.  Still a little early to say what we are going to be.

[Irish]

26 minutes ago, ChrisUND1 said:

Boo berry?

Probably - but according to the "Bubba Extension Factor" put forward by our AD there is absolutely no pressure to produce a winner.  Look at the overall state of UND athletics and I can't remember a time when things were worse overall.

[Vegas_Sioux]

1 hour ago, siouxforce19 said:

That was a split if I recall… and if we are thinking of the same season. 

It was 

[Godsmack]

Server at Red Robin felt sorry for us tonight and not only did he say he’d request an extra dose of sympathy, he comp’d us on our fries! 

[nodakgirl93]

1 hour ago, ChrisUND1 said:

Ralph was maybe 70 percent full tonight.  Why?

People won't show up if team isn't winning. No one want's to watch ugly hockey. 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

How far does this program sink before changes are made

[gfNDfan]

2 hours ago, tnt said:

You would think Berry could get his team to perform better for his old coach when he is celebrating a National Championship reunion.  Performance ruined the reunion of many people in Vegas and now this reunion.

 

Ever think UND and the Ralph put a LOT of pressure on these players to "PERFORM" when there's a big "reunion" of alums or destination fans?  That undermines the program or at least the future of it imo 

SO SORRY you went to Nashville or Vegas - spent a lot of money and the team "RUINED IT" when they lost after you partied your drunk ass-off and had "slightly" less than a great time.  F*ck you? YES - Blame the team?  okay...they had the skates on and lost - ask them.

It's great to recognize old players and teams.  EXPECTING the current team will RISE to the occasion and WIN just for the alums and (again) the drunk fans also doesn't help the bigger picture of why we don't have a better hockey team.  It's just more sh*t they have to deal with rather than trying to better HOCKEY players.  

[tnt]

1 hour ago, ChrisUND1 said:

True.  But when folks have decisions to make about where to spend their hard earned money and better yet, time, what I witnessed tonight at the REA wasn’t remotely close to worth my investment and not comparable to what I experience in the cities. 

On the positive side, you don’t have to worry about being shot going to an event here.

[siouxnatty#8]

1 hour ago, Irish said:

Probably - but according to the "Bubba Extension Factor" put forward by our AD there is absolutely no pressure to produce a winner.  Look at the overall state of UND athletics and I can't remember a time when things were worse overall.

Most likely football makes playoffs

[siouxnatty#8]

4 minutes ago, gfNDfan said:

Ever think UND and the Ralph put a LOT of pressure on these players to "PERFORM" when there's a big "reunion" of alums or destination fans?  That undermines the program or at least the future of it imo 

SO SORRY you went to Nashville or Vegas - spent a lot of money and the team "RUINED IT" when they lost after you partied your drunk ass-off and had "slightly" less than a great time.  F*ck you? YES - Blame the team?  okay...they had the skates on and lost - ask them.

It's great to recognize old players and teams.  EXPECTING the current team will RISE to the occasion and WIN just for the alums and (again) the drunk fans also doesn't help the bigger picture of why we don't have a better hockey team.  It's just more sh*t they have to deal with rather than trying to better HOCKEY players.  

Maybe we should get a team of hockey players who do care about these things. Tradition and carrying on the lineage of the past players have built. 

[tnt]

9 minutes ago, gfNDfan said:

Ever think UND and the Ralph put a LOT of pressure on these players to "PERFORM" when there's a big "reunion" of alums or destination fans?  That undermines the program or at least the future of it imo 

SO SORRY you went to Nashville or Vegas - spent a lot of money and the team "RUINED IT" when they lost after you partied your drunk ass-off and had "slightly" less than a great time.  F*ck you? YES - Blame the team?  okay...they had the skates on and lost - ask them.

It's great to recognize old players and teams.  EXPECTING the current team will RISE to the occasion and WIN just for the alums and (again) the drunk fans also doesn't help the bigger picture of why we don't have a better hockey team.  It's just more sh*t they have to deal with rather than trying to better HOCKEY players.  

It certainly wasn’t from pressure when the coaches say they came out sleepy.  And you obviously don’t know me if you think that is the case, but your language and attitude sure give a window into your world.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Didn't (couldn't) watch either game, but to spank a team and then get beat the next night is embarrassing. Leadership faltered and buried the team before Thanksgiving. 

[gfNDfan]

24 minutes ago, tnt said:

It certainly wasn’t from pressure when the coaches say they came out sleepy.  And you obviously don’t know me if you think that is the case, but your language and attitude sure give a window into your world.

Then you be an assistant coach in charge of making sure they don't all go out and party after winning big on a Friday night.  I don't know you and I don't care but the expectations of this programs fans are frankly self-centered, selfish, stupid and so nothing for the program.  

Put the HORSE before the cart you morons!  Put together a good team that will PERFORM and win instead of expecting a team JUST TO PERFORM because you have important alums in the building and you are spending money to be there...so tired of that bs

[brianvf]

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/four-themes-re-appear-in-unds-loss-to-miami

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UND's opponent has scored three-plus goals in nine of the last 11 games.

On Saturday, UND played a Miami team that hadn't scored more than two in its last 10 league games, going back to last season. The RedHawks also were playing without first-line center, Red Savage, who was left home with an injury.

They still scored four goals on 16 shots, plunging UND's team save percentage to .877. The only teams with worse team save percentages: Air Force, Bentley and Holy Cross.

The bolded parts are brutal.  Ouch.

[brianvf]

Also...closed door team meeting seemed to have happened after this game.
It's made a comeback:

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"We just talked as a group," Jamernik V said. "We're going to figure it out."

UND will now play five of its next six games on the road before heading to Christmas break.

It starts with a Friday night road game at Bemidji State. Then, UND will play two-game series at St. Cloud State and Western Michigan.

"We had a good meeting right now and there's no chance anybody's going to leave a single ounce of anything left," Jamernik V said. "So it's going to be everything we've got."

 

[DAR]

weak and horrible loss...next year will be worse.  The Ralph has worn off all the big recruits want to play in the Big Ten now.  Or at Denver.  If you are a young kid would you rather play your 4 years in Denver or Grand Forks?