brianvf Posted February 21 Posted February 21 6 minutes ago, gfhockey said: So you heard it from Barry himself they came here to win national championships how can you win a national championship if you’ve only won one game since 2016 in the national playoffs Yeah Berry! You told him, man. Straight truth. 1 Quote
gfhockey Posted February 21 Posted February 21 7 minutes ago, brianvf said: Yeah Berry! You told him, man. Straight truth. Can’t handle the truth? Quote
gfhockey Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Listen we can agree to disagree I want nattys you guys want just wins in regular season nsttys are remmebered banners reunion trams no one gunna remember us sweeping Denver but schlossman next year in the gamer 2 Quote
brianvf Posted February 22 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, gfhockey said: Can’t handle the truth? Are you Tom Cruise in this A Few Good Men quote or Jack Nicholson? 1 hour ago, gfhockey said: Listen we can agree to disagree I want nattys you guys want just wins in regular season nsttys are remmebered banners reunion trams no one gunna remember us sweeping Denver but schlossman next year in the gamer I'm not sure what we are agreeing to disagree about. I want Natty's too. In fact, I bet if we took a poll on this site, 100% of UND fans would agree that we want Natty's. Is it incorrect to want both regular season wins and national titles? Is that so bad? In fact, I would say that if you don't get enough regular season wins, you won't get the opportunity to go for a national title. Nsttys are for sure remmebered. Preach brother! Banners. Yep. All of them! Trams to the reunions? Like the Simpson's episodes about Monorail's? Schloss does remember a lot, for sure. 3 Quote
Goon Posted February 22 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, brianvf said: Are you Tom Cruise in this A Few Good Men quote or Jack Nicholson? I'm not sure what we are agreeing to disagree about. I want Natty's too. In fact, I bet if we took a poll on this site, 100% of UND fans would agree that we want Natty's. Is it incorrect to want both regular season wins and national titles? Is that so bad? In fact, I would say that if you don't get enough regular season wins, you won't get the opportunity to go for a national title. Nsttys are for sure remmebered. Preach brother! Banners. Yep. All of them! Trams to the reunions? Like the Simpson's episodes about Monorail's? Schloss does remember a lot, for sure. I think we're agreeing. That's the first time we've had a reference like that on the messageboard, or at least in recent memory. I thought it was great. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want UND to win an NCAA title and NCHC regular seasons and or playoff titles. However, some have this mentality that we should/have to burn it all to the ground because UND has won one NCAA game since 2016. I have a feeling some will call for Berry’s head if UND doesn’t get to the Frozen Four this April. We actually had fans call the AD after last season and demand UND fire Berry. Obviously, those calls fell on deaf ears. It’s as if some in the UND fanbase think we’re entitled to an NCAA title. It’s hard to win a title. I also think it requires a bit of luck. It’s not like UND sucks this year. Why don’t we enjoy the season? Have some fun. 1 Quote
thUNDer Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Ya know, the 16 year drought was absolutely brutal! Good, Bad & Ugly stuff, so after 8 years, piece of cake…. Ledgies have existed long before now! Since Tampa have felt it’s no way gonna take us another 16. Just sayin’ 1 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 22 Posted February 22 39 minutes ago, Goon said: I think we're agreeing. That's the first time we've had a reference like that on the messageboard, or at least in recent memory. I thought it was great. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want UND to win an NCAA title and NCHC regular seasons and or playoff titles. However, some have this mentality that we should/have to burn it all to the ground because UND has won one NCAA game since 2016. I have a feeling some will call for Berry’s head if UND doesn’t get to the Frozen Four this April. We actually had fans call the AD after last season and demand UND fire Berry. Obviously, those calls fell on deaf ears. It’s as if some in the UND fanbase think we’re entitled to an NCAA title. It’s hard to win a title. I also think it requires a bit of luck. It’s not like UND sucks this year. Why don’t we enjoy the season? Have some fun. I think the fact that both Duluth and Denver have won two nattys each since we won #8 is what bothers people. We are falling behind in the all-time NCAA title race. With the talent we have had over the past 20 years, we should have passed Michigan in total nattys by now. That has real world consequences for our program. The very notion of North Dakota devolving into a forgotten, also-ran program like both Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State have is nauseating to someone who has been following this team since I was 6 years old. Whatever changes come to the sport of college hockey, our program must adapt. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 22 Posted February 22 8 minutes ago, thUNDer said: Ya know, the 16 year drought was absolutely brutal! Good, Bad & Ugly stuff, so after 8 years, piece of cake…. Ledgies have existed long before now! Since Tampa have felt it’s no way gonna take us another 16. Just sayin’ I agree with you. Quote
brianvf Posted February 22 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said: We are falling behind in the all-time NCAA title race. We’ve always been behind. We’ve just been slowly battling our way back into that race for the last 75 years. I’m not worried about UND turning into NMU or LSSU. Maybe if the Ralph burned down and instead of rebuilding it, they just rebuilt The Old Barn instead. 4 Quote
Popular Post RedFrog Posted February 22 Popular Post Posted February 22 If only winning National Championships was easy. Think of the team Michigan had a couple of years ago with all the first round talent, hell, look at them this year with the talent they have and they are currently on the wrong side of the bubble. The last championship Michigan won was in 1998. They must be an also-ran. The parity in college hockey has and continues to increase making it significantly more difficult to make that final 4 game run. There is no reason to not have expectations that this years' team has the ability to compete for a national championship. Those who think two bad weekends against CC during the regular season, or the season ending results of the last 7 years somehow make that impossible are just fear mongering. 6 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 22 Posted February 22 5 minutes ago, RedFrog said: The parity in college hockey has and continues to increase making it significantly more difficult to make that final 4 game run. "Parity" didn't stop two fellow NCHC schools from winning two NCAA titles each since 2016. But nobody wants to talk about that around here. I wonder why? The Michigan teams you mentioned were freshman heavy and no matter how talented they are, freshmen are still freshmen and sometimes struggle in the crucible of the playoffs. Finally, no one is saying hanging banners is easy. All I have ever said is that NCAA titles are what people remember and are what distinguish great programs from merely good ones. Quote
gfhockey Posted February 22 Posted February 22 2 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said: "Parity" didn't stop two fellow NCHC schools from winning two NCAA titles each since 2016. But nobody wants to talk about that around here. I wonder why? The Michigan teams you mentioned were freshman heavy and no matter how talented they are, freshmen are still freshmen and sometimes struggle in the crucible of the playoffs. Finally, no one is saying hanging banners is easy. All I have ever said is that NCAA titles are what people remember and are what distinguish great programs from merely good ones. Cuz they can’t handle the facts! 1 Quote
gfhockey Posted February 22 Posted February 22 And are we a blue hood cause of total games won NO! Its cause total nattys won 1 Quote
iluvdebbies Posted February 22 Posted February 22 19 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said: I think the fact that both Duluth and Denver have won two nattys each since we won #8 is what bothers people. We are falling behind in the all-time NCAA title race. With the talent we have had over the past 20 years, we should have passed Michigan in total nattys by now. That has real world consequences for our program. The very notion of North Dakota devolving into a forgotten, also-ran program like both Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State have is nauseating to someone who has been following this team since I was 6 years old. Whatever changes come to the sport of college hockey, our program must adapt. #dramaqueen 3 Quote
brianvf Posted February 22 Posted February 22 53 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said: "Parity" didn't stop two fellow NCHC schools from winning two NCAA titles each since 2016. But nobody wants to talk about that around here. I wonder why? It’s been talked about a lot on here and other message boards. But we can certainly rehash all those talking points all day if you like. UND has one title in the last 8 years. DU and UMD have two each. What prevented DU and UMD from having 3-4 titles each during that timeframe? They certainly had teams talented enough to do so, just like UND. What prevented other blue blood schools (like UMN, UM, UW, BC, and BU) from getting more titles (or any titles) during that timeframe? Many of those teams were stacked during the past 8 years, yet no titles? 3 Quote
thUNDer Posted February 22 Posted February 22 But but but…. Isn’t such a view the ‘tired&soft’ part of the best fan base ever 1 Quote
petey23 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 We have an abundance of fans(a few on here, but not many thankfully) who believe that the sole purpose of other college hockey programs is so we have someone to play. 2 Quote
ND_Texan Posted February 23 Posted February 23 If the playoffs started today we’d breeze through rounds 1 and 2 and into the FF. #3 in the PW ain’t too shabby. Just sayin’. Quote
TwamleyShuffle Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, ND_Texan said: If the playoffs started today we’d breeze through rounds 1 and 2 and into the FF. #3 in the PW ain’t too shabby. Just sayin’. Idk what you mean by we’d breeze through rounds one and two. Maybe round one but the NCAAs is no easy tourney Quote
thUNDer Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, petey23 said: We have an abundance of fans(a few on here, but not many thankfully) who believe that the sole purpose of other college hockey programs is so we have someone to play. Bingo, we’re all (fingers crossed), coming from a good place. Snarky is genetic with me Quote
hockeytherapy13 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, ND_Texan said: If the playoffs started today we’d breeze through rounds 1 and 2 and into the FF. #3 in the PW ain’t too shabby. Just sayin’. No one is going to have a piece of cake in the first round this year. I don’t remember the last time the bubble teams had such solid potential to make a frozen four as they do this season. For example: Just this last weekend the #17 pairwise team jumped up to #11 by sweeping the #2/3 team in the pairwise. There are always upsets, but predicting the first round winners in the NCAAs this year is going to be tougher than normal. 1 Quote
Popular Post burd Posted February 23 Popular Post Posted February 23 On 2/21/2024 at 8:01 PM, Goon said: Why don’t we enjoy the season? Have some fun. Agree big time. It’s a great game, and championships are fun, but for those if us who experience it as fans, it is most definitely part of the small stuff of life. It appears, at least, that those who place so much importance on the banner count are usually unhappy with their experience and are missing out on something good. We’re watching a game we love, not feeding the poor here. 6 1 Quote
krustyklown Posted February 23 Posted February 23 First; no more ‘checkbox’ marking, natty babble or other fan/critic b.s. Second; funnel your fan ‘karma energy’ to the TEAM so they win the first shift tomorrow night. Third; rinse and repeat step 2 P.S. Cease demanding line personnel change(s), ad infinitum. Coaches coach, players play, fans are happy or sad - these are the finite roles in this drama. 1 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 23 Posted February 23 36 minutes ago, krustyklown said: First; no more ‘checkbox’ marking, natty babble or other fan/critic b.s. Second; funnel your fan ‘karma energy’ to the TEAM so they win the first shift tomorrow night. Third; rinse and repeat step 2 P.S. Cease demanding line personnel change(s), ad infinitum. Coaches coach, players play, fans are happy or sad - these are the finite roles in this drama. I can get on board with all of that. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 23 Posted February 23 49 minutes ago, burd said: Agree big time. It’s a great game, and championships are fun, but for those if us who experience it as fans, it is most definitely part of the small stuff of life. It appears, at least, that those who place so much importance on the banner count are usually unhappy with their experience and are missing out on something good. We’re watching a game we love, not feeding the poor here. One can enjoy the experience and have certain expectations simultaneously. This season is way more fun than last season. Quote
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