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1 minute ago, Godsmack said:

Didn’t he just accept a coaching position in professional hockey though?

You may be right,, I thought it hadd been a couple years.  He was pretty miffed at the portal,, i know that.  Would find a diamond in the rough, and a big name team would come in a swoop them up.  That's the reason he finally left, i guess

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1 minute ago, Godsmack said:

Wasn’t it John Cooper at Ohio State who won tons of games but got fired for one simple reason? -Losing to Michigan.

Yep.

Although if some of his better teams hadn't choked on their way to national championships, he might have survived.

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1 minute ago, brianvf said:

My only requests for the new coach:

Go back to the Speed Kills era of Sioux hockey.
No more chipping it off the glass as a breakout strategy.
No more dump and chase as a zone entry strategy.
Let the skill players USE their skill.

No more grindas

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2 minutes ago, brianvf said:

My only requests for the new coach:

Go back to the Speed Kills era of Sioux hockey.
No more chipping it off the glass as a breakout strategy.
No more dump and chase as a zone entry strategy.
Let the skill players USE their skill.

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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9 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Boy is Schloss providing the sand bags for Berry and providing the excuses pretty thick in his article. 

Feom the article:

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His .642 career winning percentage ranks third among the 64 active NCAA head coaches...

Three of the seven best teams in program history were Berry’s — 2016, 2020 and 2021.

Berry won five league titles, tying Dean Blais for the most of any UND coach.

 

Posted
10 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Boy is Schloss providing the sand bags for Berry and providing the excuses pretty thick in his article. 

Who knew that Tucker Poolman's name would come up in a Brad Berry is fired article. 

You are not exaggerating at all. Listed every accomplishment he had as a coach and everything that went wrong. 

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Just now, brianvf said:

My only requests for the new coach:

Go back to the Speed Kills era of Sioux hockey.
No more chipping it off the glass as a breakout strategy.
No more dump and chase as a zone entry strategy.
Let the skill players USE their skill.

Exactly. There is no point in recruiting skilled players if you aren't going to utilize their talents. And I think that might have been hurting us in recruiting in recent years.

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Some names of the top of my head and not necessarily all would be head coach guys but more so intrigued to have with the next staff.

UND guys-Matt Smaby, Colten St. Clair, Bryn Chyzk

Non-UND-Nick Fohr USNTDP(GF native), Garrett Raboin, Mike Hastings 

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1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Exactly. There is no point in recruiting skilled players if you aren't going to utilize their talents. And I think that might have been hurting us in recruiting in recent years.

100% for sure it was.
Get a new coach that utilizes those players and their skillsets and you know the chippah commits will follow.

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UND hasn’t often gone outside the family for head coaching hires.

Since 1959, UND has only hired one head coach who wasn’t previously an assistant with the program — Rube Bjorkman in 1968.

So only question is which UND family member will be coaching UND hockey next year?

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Just now, SiouxScore said:

Some names of the top of my head and not necessarily all would be head coach guys but more so intrigued to have with the next staff.

UND guys-Matt Smaby, Colten St. Clair, Bryn Chyzk

Non-UND-Nick Fohr USNTDP(GF native), Garrett Raboin, Mike Hastings 

I was just thinking Raboin would be an interesting choice 

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Just now, BusinessSoot said:

Regardless whom the next HC is, time to unite and march forward. A lot of people got their wish today with a change in direction for our beloved hockey program.

I was ready to cancel my season tix if no change was made……..
 

Giddy up

A badly needed change was made.

Now we have to nail this hire or it won't matter in the long run.

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2 minutes ago, SiouxScore said:

Some names of the top of my head and not necessarily all would be head coach guys but more so intrigued to have with the next staff.

UND guys-Matt Smaby, Colten St. Clair, Bryn Chyzk

Non-UND-Nick Fohr USNTDP(GF native), Garrett Raboin, Mike Hastings 

+ Jackson Keane

Posted
2 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Go after the best CHL or USHL head coach?

How about a USHL coach that’s coached the US U17s twice? 

Posted
6 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

+ Jackson Keane

None of those guys will get an interview…maybe Smaby. But this is UND…CHL window has opened. Time to go all in.

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You would have to imagine conversations have been quietly going on for weeks, if not months with potential candidates. With portal opening next Sunday, is it possible a deal already in place with Hakstol? 
 

 Would make a lot of sense in my opinion. 

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