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[RhettRingers]

Just now, gfhockey said:

Well, I think we can all agree what we learned from this process is you and D is not a blue blood school like we used to be and it’s not as covered as a job as we all think it was

It very certainly is.

[crb1]

Just now, sioux24/7 said:

I trust Martinson. 

Like I said, he knows way more than Chaves. 

[gfhockey]

Just now, Oxbow6 said:

So the nuts run the asylum? How did we get to this point as a program??

Per source  Sasha will be staying 

 

livenage going pro. Almost lost him to another nchc school tho

[jdub27]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

Fans haven't stepped up?? You're amazing. Always someone else's responsibility. Have you been to a FB game and/or MBB/WBB game in past couple years or hockey after the New Year. Won't even bring up VB. The "Don't give a $#!t" fan meter is all the way to the right. A continual awful product doesn't make fans want to open up the entertainment dollars check book above and beyond season tickets, Champions Club, Alumni Foundation, ect.... It's Uncle Andy's job to figure it out. That's why he's getting paid.

Talking strictly as it relates to getting additional funds to student athletes. Easy way to get all those highly rated blue chippers everyone wants.
UND is funding FCOA and Alston. They currently can't pay out NIL money (and even if they opt into the settlement, exactly what "profits" would they be sharing).
Unfortunately just buying tickets and the donations that are required doesn't cover it anymore. And you're right, donor fatigue is definitely a real thing and part of the issue. Everyone competing for everyone else's dollars. Some of the things going on and dollars being thrown around are beyond anything that makes sense.

[gfhockey]

1 minute ago, RhettRingers said:

It very certainly is.

How? One guy turned us down And we settle for an assistant of a guy we just fired. 

[RhettRingers]

1 minute ago, gfhockey said:

Per source  Sasha will be staying 

 

livenage going pro. Almost lost him to another nchc school tho

If you don’t know what you’re talking about, you shouldn’t be posting my friend. Too much false info. 

[tnt]

3 minutes ago, AJS said:

Yep. How embarrassing.

So what does Schlossman have to say about UND falling from being in the top six attractive jobs to not getting a ton of interest.  This fall all happened under his guy Berry.

[crb1]

1 minute ago, gfhockey said:

How? One guy turned us down And we settle for an assistant of a guy we just fired. 

The timing certainly did UND no favors. 

[gfhockey]

2 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

If you don’t know what you’re talking about, you shouldn’t be posting my friend. Too much false info. 

Gotta love sources

[Oxbow6]

1 minute ago, tnt said:

So what does Schlossman have to say about UND falling from being in the top six attractive jobs to not getting a ton of interest.  This fall all happened under his guy Berry.

His argument will be.....this fall from a top tier job wouldn't have been evident if Berry wasn't fired. Should have kept him.

[iramurphy]

20 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

love that ask...if he was associate head at Gophers, I would be way high on him

You know when you don’t know what you are talking about you shouldn’t post stupid stuff to prove it. He was an assistant at SCSU for 6 years. They made the NCAA tourney 5 years and the F4 the last year. Endorsed by former player now in NHL. Coached at Mn 4 yrs. Got to NCAA tourney 2 of 3 possible years. Endorsed by former player who is in NHL. Built D1 Augie program from scratch with winning program in 2 yrs with what folks here call “grindaz”.  
Extremely intelligent and recognized by fellow coaches and former players as an outstanding recruiter. He is also one tough SOB when he has to be. Midco did a great piece on Augie hockey and his players believe in him, respect him, a bit afraid of pissing him off but they like him and love playing for him. 
It doesn’t matter if guys who have never coached or played at the college level don’t think he can recruit or that his Augie creds aren’t sufficient. When multiple NHL guys who played for him highly endorse him, I take notice. He is highly qualified and I would bet a nice donation that he would be successful. 
Having said that, I don’t know if he is interested and it doesn’t seem to me that UND would reach out so maybe it’s a moot point. 
Denver hired a guy a few years ago that a lot of folks didn’t think much of other than he looked a bit like Opie (or maybe Howdy Doody).  That seems to have worked out ok. There are a number of other great choices others have discussed, so hopefully whomever it is, they will be successful. 

 

 

[gfhockey]

Does anyone know why Hal endorsed Berry instead of Jack back in the day

[yzerman19]

2 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

You know when you don’t know what you are talking about you shouldn’t post stupid stuff to prove it. He was an assistant at SCSU for 6 years. They made the NCAA tourney 5 years and the F4 the last year. Endorsed by former player now in NHL. Coached at Mn 4 yrs. Got to NCAA tourney 2 of 3 possible years. Endorsed by former player who is in NHL. Built D1 Augie program from scratch with winning program in 2 yrs with what folks here call “grindaz”.  
Extremely intelligent and recognized by fellow coaches and former players as an outstanding recruiter. He is also one tough SOB when he has to be. Midco did a great piece on Augie hockey and his players believe in him, respect him, a bit afraid of pissing him off but they like him and love playing for him. 
It doesn’t matter if guys who have never coached or played at the college level don’t think he can recruit or that his Augie creds aren’t sufficient. When multiple NHL guys who played for him highly endorse him, I take notice. He is highly qualified and I would bet a nice donation that he would be successful. 
Having said that, I don’t know if he is interested and it doesn’t seem to me that UND would reach out so maybe it’s a moot point. 
Denver hired a guy a few years ago that a lot of folks didn’t think much of other than he looked a bit like Opie (or maybe Howdy Doody).  That seems to have worked out ok. There are a number of other great choices others have discussed, so hopefully whomever it is, they will be successful. 

 

 

sorry i am not high on him like you are.  Never call me stupid.  I won't call you stupid either.  Its opinion.  

[Oxbow6]

So going from Berry to Dane with a couple recruits and another portal goalie is going to even out the huge gap between WMU and UND that everything witnessed multiple times this past season?

[dden3]

41 minutes ago, rochsioux said:

A few questIons I would like answered by Dane Jackson before I would consider promoting him:

Why did the penalty kill perform so poorly for a large portion of the season?

Why do we seem to have so much trouble passing and receiving the puck?

Why are we constantly bringing in starting goalies from the portal every damn year? How do you plan to use the portal?

Why is there no chemistry with the players? Line juggling, locker room issues, other?

Why do we seem to have more injuries than other teams?

Why do we seem to go into a shell in the 3rd period when leading? Are we trying to win games, or trying not to lose? Do we want an attack or defensive style of play?

Any chance you would stop scheduling Bemidji State every year?

 

All great questions. And each question poses a reason not to hire Dane

[tnt]

17 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

Just got the news Raboin was never interested. If I had to guess he’s waiting for Motzko to be done.

Was this to save face if their guy doesn’t pan out?  …and shouldn’t a lot of this vetting happened before you have to buy out a coaches contract?

[SiouxBoys]

2 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

sorry i am not high on him like you are.  Never call me stupid.  I won't call you stupid either.  Its opinion.  

He called your post stupid, not you. But if the shoe fits...

[Kab]

Can they just give 2 year contracts ?

[tnt]

5 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

sorry i am not high on him like you are.  Never call me stupid.  I won't call you stupid either.  Its opinion.  

List the National Championship coaches that began their career as an Associate or assistant at a blue blood.

[SJHovey]

10 minutes ago, tnt said:

So what does Schlossman have to say about UND falling from being in the top six attractive jobs to not getting a ton of interest.  This fall all happened under his guy Berry.

I think what has been lost on this board is that when word went out Sunday that BB was fired, the reaction of about 99% of the college hockey world was “WTF? They did what?”

The USCHO podcast guys had some interesting takes, including the idea that coaches may think twice before applying for this job if a guy who won a natty, five conference titles and a conference tournament title, and never had a losing record in ten seasons was dumped.

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Why settle and what’s the rush. Get the best possible coach even if it takes awhile. 

[yzerman19]

Just now, tnt said:

List the National Championship coaches that began their career as an Associate or assistant at a blue blood.

Within how many years and who did they bring in as associates and assistants?  That is the key question.  Every senior exec knows you are only as good as the people who you bring in or keep next to you.  I would not bring in an unproven head coach mostly because i don't think they can bring in the right people to help immediately, and we are in an immediate correction situation.  

[gfhockey]

So is martinson the one that told Chavez to fire Berry? 

[yzerman19]

For the record, getting Knies and Cooley is great, but its not like the University of Minnesota is hard to recruit to.  I guess they lost Eiserman, but its not the same.

[Kab]

Just now, SJHovey said:

I think what has been lost on this board is that when word went out Sunday that BB was fired, the reaction of about 99% of the college hockey world was “WTF? They did what?”

The USCHO podcast guys had some interesting takes, including the idea that coaches may think twice before applying for this job if a guy who won a natty, five conference titles and a conference tournament title, and never had a losing record in ten seasons was dumped.

Does the AD ever sit with coaches and ask what they will be doing to get the team better and make playoffs.

seeing BB stats it does make you wonder WTF was the AD doing.  Where was this coming from?  President which I doubt, engelstad  which I have no idea, hockey alumni, past coaches ?