The top team in the land visits the Ralph. Denver @ UND

[SIOUXELEVENS]

1 hour ago, 90siouxfan said:

I don't know Dan, but my default is that everyone is a nice guy until proven otherwise. It is a costly way of thinking but it's the way I choose to be.

I don’t either it was supposed to be dang 

[ksl_sioux4ever]

23 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

It was just unfortunate his stick broke but it happens.  Simply was curious if he skated off or picked up a new stick on the fly to try get back into the play.  Yes, in hindsight he probably should have just tried to slow down one of the DU guys on the rush.

Could it be it's the natural forward thing to do when breaking a stick is go get a new one? Happens all the time. Forward mentality go get a new stick,  there should be 2 defenders behind me.  Oops, I am one of those defenders.  I can see this as a real possibility.

It probably is one of the cons too playing a forward as defender.  

[90siouxfan]

26 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

We are experiencing the late 80’s and early 90’s all over. The difference is, we have a fancy arena that makes the crap on the ice acceptable to watch.

The only way Berry is replaced as HC is if he leaves or retires. The AD doesn’t have the balls to do it and Berry had Kris Engelstad in his corner. 

Maybe KEM can use Brad as a coach elsewhere, her on board makes changes much more easily navigated. 

[datameisterq]

I'm asking for a friend who owns the domain name "firebradberry.com" if it makes sense to put that site into production.

Any help for this friend I'm sure would be appreciated. 

 

[fightingsioux4life]

42 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

We are experiencing the late 80’s and early 90’s all over. The difference is, we have a fancy arena that makes the crap on the ice acceptable to watch.

The only way Berry is replaced as HC is if he leaves or retires. The AD doesn’t have the balls to do it and Berry had Kris Engelstad in his corner. 

I look at it differently. The resources available make a crap product less tolerable, not more. There is no excuse for underachieving with the resources available here.

[Siouxperman8]

57 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

It was just unfortunate his stick broke but it happens.  Simply was curious if he skated off or picked up a new stick on the fly to try get back into the play.  Yes, in hindsight he probably should have just tried to slow down one of the DU guys on the rush.

Probably but the main issue was McLaughlin pushing the puck away from goalie when tried to cover it. Berry quote in herald today. 
 

“if you let TJ stop and cover it, and us identify the guy coming from behind and dig into him, he doesn’t get a stick on it,” Berry said.  “It’s just basic hockey.”

[datameisterq]

3 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:

Probably but the main issue was McLaughlin pushing the puck away from goalie when tried to cover it. Berry quote in herald today. 

"If you let T.J. stop it and cover it, and us identify the guy coming from behind and dig into him, he doesn't get a stick on it," Berry said. "It's just basic hockey."

#Culture. Oh and the other nonsense from BB, "100%"

[SIOUXELEVENS]

So Berry seems to know what’s wrong but at the end of the day why doesn’t he fix it. I would bet he changes his lines more then anyone in the country , he probably would have separated Hrkac and Joyce. 

[.357]

49 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

We are experiencing the late 80’s and early 90’s all over. The difference is, we have a fancy arena that makes the crap on the ice acceptable to watch.

The only way Berry is replaced as HC is if he leaves or retires. The AD doesn’t have the balls to do it and Berry had Kris Engelstad in his corner. 

Sums it up. Berry could very conceivably be the HC for another 5-10 years, which would put him close to 70 yo. God forbid it drags out that long. It's possible, Berenson stayed with MI until he was 77. Never heard of an average coach voluntarily stepping down, they usually have to be canned. 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

2 minutes ago, .357 said:

Sums it up. Berry could very conceivably be the HC for another 5-10 years, which would put him close to 70 yo. God forbid it drags out that long. It's possible, Berenson stayed with MI until he was 77. Never heard of an average coach voluntarily stepping down, they usually have to be canned. 

Not sure he is average. Maybe they will sacrifice an assistant again. 

[siouxkid12]

13 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

I look at it differently. The resources available make a crap product less tolerable, not more. There is no excuse for underachieving with the resources available here.

You are right, it shouldn’t be tolerable but most people that go to the games are there to socialize, same as those “destination” games. It’s the same reason fans go to Target field.

i don’t think any of us are dying for a national title every year but the expectation of being in the top 3 in our conference and doing good in the national tournament is something that should be the standard. 

[Blackheart]

17 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

You are right, it shouldn’t be tolerable but most people that go to the games are there to socialize, same as those “destination” games. It’s the same reason fans go to Target field.

i don’t think any of us are dying for a national title every year but the expectation of being in the top 3 in our conference and doing good in the national tournament is something that should be the standard. 

Well, Brad usually has the first thing covered (top 3 in conference) but he's a little light in the successful national tourney department.

[MafiaMan]

31 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Well, Brad usually has the first thing covered (top 3 in conference) but he's a little light in the successful national tourney department.

The most frustrating part of the Berry regime can’t be understated:  1 NCAA tournament win in 6 seasons.  His hot seat would literally be on fire if that 2020 team had gone 0-1 in the dance.  On the flip side, if UND wins the 2020 national title, we’re not even having this conversation today.

[MafiaMan]

In an unrelated story, my decision to drive to Cedar Rapids IA to see Loverboy and REO Speedwagon last week as opposed to Grand Forks to see a sweep at the hands of Denver turned out to be a pure genius move. 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

1 minute ago, MafiaMan said:

In an unrelated story, my decision to drive to Cedar Rapids IA to see Loverboy and REO Speedwagon last week as opposed to Grand Forks to see a sweep at the hands of Denver turned out to be a pure genius move. 

Good to have options. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Last night was winnable; players who would normally be in suits made mistakes that made the difference. Take it out on lesser opponents, get some confidence before Clown and get healthy.

[brianvf]

20 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

In an unrelated story, my decision to drive to Cedar Rapids IA to see Loverboy and REO Speedwagon last week as opposed to Grand Forks to see a sweep at the hands of Denver turned out to be a pure genius move. 

I can't fight this feeling that you made a wise choice in your working for the weekend plans.

[siouxkid12]

28 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

In an unrelated story, my decision to drive to Cedar Rapids IA to see Loverboy and REO Speedwagon last week as opposed to Grand Forks to see a sweep at the hands of Denver turned out to be a pure genius move. 

I believe they are in Rochester on the 20th…might have to check that out before they hang it up

[Oxbow6]

35 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

In an unrelated story, my decision to drive to Cedar Rapids IA to see Loverboy and REO Speedwagon last week as opposed to Grand Forks to see a sweep at the hands of Denver turned out to be a pure genius move. 

You're welcome for borrowing my slim tapered cut red leather pants

[hockeytherapy13]

14 hours ago, scpa0305 said:

Agreed. Perron has to start hitting the net though. He’s way too skilled to be this nonexistent.

Yeah I’d love to see him start firing away more and even if he hits the goalie, let our boys around dig deep and clean up the rebounds. We played a lot of “one too many passes” last night when we had chances to shoot low at a pad and create some chaos. 

[Goon]

20 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

You're welcome for borrowing my slim tapered cut red leather pants

Oh my, there's a visual that I didn't need.  

[Goon]

Here are some images from Friday's game. Here's a link for more images.