Fire Berry Please!

[siouxweet]

6 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Quinnipiac is a small, private school in Connecticut. And yet, they have national success. With a fraction of the resources we have.

QU doesn’t get the blue chippers which would send people through the roof here.

[siouxforce19]

5 minutes ago, JacksonW said:

1:45 minute drive from Manhattan 

No one sane is driving to Manhattan. Take the train, sure. But that’s a much longer trip. 

[scpa0305]

6 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

So it's "plucky little mid major" time? Sorry, not in this or any other lifetime.

Talent is not the problem with this team. How they perform in March is.

I don’t really like how they’re performing in Oct/Nov  

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

1 hour ago, siouxweet said:

QU doesn’t get the blue chippers which would send people through the roof here.

Q gets our underperforming draft pick D men out of the portal.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

1 hour ago, JacksonW said:

1:45 minute drive from Manhattan 

Easy trip in case they get a craving!

[UNDBIZ]

[TrueSioux2000]

22 hours ago, JacksonW said:

1:45 minute drive from Manhattan 

If you're into that kinda thing

[Big A HG]

 

When the mods quote me in ten years that I wanted Berry gone...here's your proof!  Bookmark it.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

I believe Berry is an awesome dude , great guy to be around etc etc he just is not a great head hockey coach. 

[.357]

2 hours ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

I believe Berry is an awesome dude , great guy to be around etc etc he just is not a great head hockey coach. 

There's something not quite right when your team has played 6 games, & they go to Cornell, who had only played 1 exhibition game at that point, & it takes them 30 minutes before they start trying. Where was the energy from the BU series? They should have been all over Cornell to take advantage of any rustiness they may have had, but they let that golden opportunity slip by. Valuable PWR points lost. Now we're in a position where we would do well to sweep UMD & at least split DU to avoid digging an even deeper hole & sinking in the PWR even more.

And this happens quite often. The players come & go, but the core coaching staff remains. It appears that Berry either isn't preparing or motivating his players well enough. It's up to the coach to ensure that his players come to play every night; if you're making close to $500k/year you should be able to do at least that.

It's sloppy, half-hearted performances like that that will get them bounced out of the NCAA tourney before it even begins. The HC position should be reviewed every 8-10 years to gauge the success of the program with standards like: ls the team consistently doing well in the regular season? Are they consistently making & doing well in the playoffs? If a program doesn't have a structured timeline in which these expectations should be met, then these same rinse & repeat outcomes could last for 10-20 years.   

[siouxkid12]

50 minutes ago, .357 said:

There's something not quite right when your team has played 6 games, & they go to Cornell, who had only played 1 exhibition game at that point, & it takes them 30 minutes before they start trying. Where was the energy from the BU series? They should have been all over Cornell to take advantage of any rustiness they may have had, but they let that golden opportunity slip by. Valuable PWR points lost. Now we're in a position where we would do well to sweep UMD & at least split DU to avoid digging an even deeper hole & sinking in the PWR even more.

And this happens quite often. The players come & go, but the core coaching staff remains. It appears that Berry either isn't preparing or motivating his players well enough. It's up to the coach to ensure that his players come to play every night; if you're making close to $500k/year you should be able to do at least that.

It's sloppy, half-hearted performances like that that will get them bounced out of the NCAA tourney before it even begins. The HC position should be reviewed every 8-10 years to gauge the success of the program with standards like: ls the team consistently doing well in the regular season? Are they consistently making & doing well in the playoffs? If a program doesn't have a structured timeline in which these expectations should be met, then these same rinse & repeat outcomes could last for 10-20 years.   

Could you please stop critizing Berry? He is the greatest coach UND has ever seen and you have no idea what its like to coach. Also, any program would love to have our record the last 9 years with Berry at the helm. We just need to be patient with these young players and let them learn how to play with one another and then once the 2nd half start we will turn it on because we are a 2nd half team. If they could wear the business suites every game we would be undefeated.

[Irish]

1 hour ago, siouxkid12 said:

Could you please stop critizing Berry? He is the greatest coach UND has ever seen and you have no idea what its like to coach. Also, any program would love to have our record the last 9 years with Berry at the helm. We just need to be patient with these young players and let them learn how to play with one another and then once the 2nd half start we will turn it on because we are a 2nd half team. If they could wear the business suites every game we would be undefeated.

Really? - Berry's needs to get a team to play the full 60 every game.  We often take time to coast and lose focus - this is a huge problem - see last year's regionals where for some reason we didn't come out of the locker room to start the 3rd.  His record in regionals is pathetic.

[90siouxfan]

the fire went out when Eades left....   we need the next generation of Cary Eades, paging Colton St. Claire...   not sure if Head coach is where it absolutely needs to change, but something ain't right....

[.357]

57 minutes ago, 90siouxfan said:

the fire went out when Eades left....   we need the next generation of Cary Eades, paging Colton St. Claire...   not sure if Head coach is where it absolutely needs to change, but something ain't right....

Colton is an intense guy, don't think he would tolerate any half-assed play on his watch. Younger version of Hakstol, perhaps, in terms of his demeanor. 

 

[Irish]

1 hour ago, 90siouxfan said:

the fire went out when Eades left....   we need the next generation of Cary Eades, paging Colton St. Claire...   not sure if Head coach is where it absolutely needs to change, but something ain't right....

Exactly this - I had hopes that Karl would be the missing piece but so far we are always getting our goalies from the portal - not what I expected year after year.  A hot goalie is essential to the playoffs.

 

[UND1983]

There isn't an athletic department in the country that tolerates mediocrity, all while funding excessively like the University of North Dakota.  

[Big A HG]

I blame Brad Berry on the election results.

[cberkas]

5 hours ago, Big A HG said:

I blame Brad Berry on the election results.

I had to lol at this 

[Stack]

On 11/3/2024 at 2:22 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

Quinnipiac is a small, private school in Connecticut. And yet, they have national success. With a fraction of the resources we have.

I looked up total hockey revenue by college and Quinnipiac takes in $6 million a year and North Dakota makes $5.5 million. Quinnipiac is ranked 6th in total revenue and UND is ranked 11th. So, Quinnipiac devotes a lot of resources to their hockey program because it makes money. 

 

One surprise is Providence is Number 1 bringing in $7 million a year. 

 

 

[fightingsioux4life]

19 minutes ago, Stack said:

I looked up total hockey revenue by college and Quinnipiac takes in $6 million a year and North Dakota makes $5.5 million. Quinnipiac is ranked 6th in total revenue and UND is ranked 11th. So, Quinnipiac devotes a lot of resources to their hockey program because it makes money. 

One surprise is Providence is Number 1 bringing in $7 million a year. 

$6 million a year? At Quinnipiac? That is stunning.

[stoneySIOUX]

11 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

$6 million a year? At Quinnipiac? That is stunning.

Private college in a very affluent part of the country. 

[Stack]

14 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

$6 million a year? At Quinnipiac? That is stunning.

What they showed in millions for the top 15  were: 

1: Providence: 7

2. BU: 7

3: Penn State: 6.5

4. BC: 6.2

5. Northeastern: 6

6. Quinnipiac: 6

7: Minnesota: 5.8

8. Notre Dame: 5.6

9: Omaha: 5.6

10: Clarkson: 5.5

11: North Dakota: 5.5

12: Colgate: 5.5

13: Duluth: 5.3

14: Michigan State: 5.1

15: Arizona State: 5

 

I was very surprised that Omaha was ahead of us in revenue. How the heck is that happening?

[fightingsioux4life]

1 minute ago, stoneySIOUX said:

Private college in a very affluent part of the country. 

I get that, but not all private schools have a UST level of commitment from their alumni.

[cberkas]

5 minutes ago, Stack said:

What they showed in millions for the top 15  were: 

1: Providence: 7

2. BU: 7

3: Penn State: 6.5

4. BC: 6.2

5. Northeastern: 6

6. Quinnipiac: 6

7: Minnesota: 5.8

8. Notre Dame: 5.6

9: Omaha: 5.6

10: Clarkson: 5.5

11: North Dakota: 5.5

12: Colgate: 5.5

13: Duluth: 5.3

14: Michigan State: 5.1

15: Arizona State: 5

 

I was very surprised that Omaha was ahead of us in revenue. How the heck is that happening?

Naming rights would be my guess.

[stoneySIOUX]

32 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

I get that, but not all private schools have a UST level of commitment from their alumni.

I'm assuming they do haha