Search for a New Head Coach

[dden3]

3 minutes ago, SIOUXELEVENS said:

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

Exactly

[gfhockey]

4 minutes ago, 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.

How many ncaa wins in last 9 years as well? They mention that?

[SJHovey]

1 minute ago, gfhockey said:

How many ncaa wins in last 9 years as well? They mention that?

They did.

[fightingsioux4life]

6 minutes ago, 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.

That's crap.

Denver fired Gwozdecky in part because of lack of national success in his later years.

Results matter. Whether it's UND or Denver or any other high level collegiate athletic program.

[yzerman19]

NCAA tourney is one and done.  !@#$ happens.  You lose sometimes with the best team and you win sometimes without the best team.  The big deal is you have to get to the dance.  We need to get there every season and we need a coach who gets chippahs in a pipeline. Parise and Toews were the two most coveted recruits in college hockey and we got them.

[1972]

1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:

So if Dane gets the gig it's because he was not even choice 1 or even 1A.

Ouch

[nascar99]

5 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

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.

Recruiting non Minnesotans is pretty rare at Minnesota, Raboin sealing the deal on one super elite guy and another who became a super elite guy is very impressive.

[yzerman19]

the thing is chippahs beget chippahs...without the first, you lose the second and third.  They all want to play together.  Look at what BC and BU and MI have done...loaded teams with chippahs.  Yeah, they didn't win it all, but damn...I bet that fan base is still juiced and looking forward to next season...2 are still alive this year, and loaded with WJC and 1st round talent...

[1972]

32 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Per source, the team met with the athletic Director and multiple players said they are porting out if Jack doesn’t get it almost like the women’s basketball team

I heard similar

[yzerman19]

Just now, nascar99 said:

Recruiting non Minnesotans is pretty rare at Minnesota, Raboin sealing the deal on one super elite guy and another who became a super elite guy is very impressive.

well, they didn't recruit non-Minnesotans for like 70 years

[Godsmack]

4 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

That's crap.

Denver fired Gwozdecky in part because of lack of national success in his later years.

Results matter. Whether it's UND or Denver or any other high level collegiate athletic program.

I also heard somewhere that Gwoz and DU were having difficulty reaching an agreement on a new contract so he flirted with the Ohio State opening and that pissed off the DU administration. Any merit to that story?

[yzerman19]

Just now, Godsmack said:

I also heard somewhere that Gwoz and DU were having difficulty reaching an agreement on a new contract so he flirted with the Ohio State opening and that pissed off the DU administration. Any merit to that story?

heard this as well

[nascar99]

At this point, I just want Jackson, Raboin, or whoever the hell North Dakota hires to be able to adapt to modern hockey & hockey players, recruit high end players from all over the world, and balance that with finding culture guys who will play hard every night for 3-4 years. Get back to the UND way of being tough to play against, and not struggling against freakin Miami and the like.

[fightingsioux4life]

7 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

NCAA tourney is one and done.  !@#$ happens.  You lose sometimes with the best team and you win sometimes without the best team.  The big deal is you have to get to the dance.  We need to get there every season and we need a coach who gets chippahs in a pipeline. Parise and Toews were the two most coveted recruits in college hockey and we got them.

Enough of this "one and done" baloney. It's just an excuse.

Denver doesn't seem to have a problem winning Natty's. Three national titles since our last in 2016. That isn't "luck", that's good recruiting, development and game planning. Something we used to be good at 

Jackson may end up being a home run hire. I just don't want Berry 2.0

[yzerman19]

Just now, nascar99 said:

At this point, I just want Jackson, Raboin, or whoever the hell North Dakota hires to be able to adapt to modern hockey & hockey players, recruit high end players from all over the world, and balance that with finding culture guys who will play hard every night for 3-4 years. Get back to the UND way of being tough to play against, and not struggling against freakin Miami and the like.

sioux hockey:  fast, heavy, hard, and skilled

[1972]

1 hour ago, Blackheart said:

So this exhaustive national search is real or just a sham?

Sham

[tnt]

8 minutes ago, 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.

The same group probably said the same thing about Lucia, Gasparini, Berenson, and probably York feeling the pressure.  What happened to those programs that had become irrelevant after the changes?  I would argue that becoming irrelevant in the age of NIL would be far more detrimental than people on the fringe looking from the outside and not seeing the actual culture change that has happened.  When you aren’t winning and you have major locker room issues on two separate occasions, you have to look a little deeper.

[yzerman19]

1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Enough of this "one and done" baloney. It's just an excuse.

Denver doesn't seem to have a problem winning Natty's. Three national titles since our last in 2016. That isn't "luck", that's good recruiting, development and game planning. Something we used to be good at 

Jackson may end up being a home run hire. I just don't want Berry 2.0

 

 

winning natty's is no longer my bag.  Of course I wish for it, but I reflect back on all those talented teams, and I still loved the ride, and I still watched every one of those guys that made the nhl

[ChadR]

16 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

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

No he was reffing

[yzerman19]

I reiterate, despite those who question me, that the number one thing we must do is make UND the destination where guys want to go to get to the NHL.  We will not compete on overall campus experience, and we will not compete on academics.  It must be, if you are a chippah, you need to come here to go pro and not ride a bus.  This is it, pure and simple.  then, we need to throw NIL $ at them and help them make it.

[Godsmack]

1 minute ago, yzerman19 said:

sioux hockey:  fast, heavy, hard, and skilled

Years ago, I attended the CC hockey team awards dinner after their season had ended. Sitting at a table with a bunch of the players, I asked them for their quick takes on the other WCHA teams and when I asked about Minnesota, they universally said things like, arrogant, prima donnas, chirpers. When I asked for their take on North Dakota, they all said things like, tough, physical, etc and one guy went so far as to say something to the effect of, UND doesn’t talk much, they just go out there and hit you in the mouth. I loved that! It gave me a sense of pride for UND hockey hearing a bunch of players from another program talk about Sioux hockey that way. I hope we can get back to having that kind of identity. 

[Blackheart]

57 minutes ago, .357 said:

You would think with all the support of Raboin on this forum that Chaves would be hearing similar praise from those advising him.

If Chaves is reading this forum for guidance UND is in BIG trouble.

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, yzerman19 said:

winning natty's is no longer my bag.  Of course I wish for it, but I reflect back on all those talented teams, and I still loved the ride, and I still watched every one of those guys that made the nhl

Fair or not, Nattys are what people remember. It's what our fan base used to care about. We have gotten soft and complacent over the years. It's very disheartening.

And I honestly care more about the success of this program than what our players do at the next level. I honestly don't care about the NHL. This isn't an AHL franchise.

If it's Jackson, I will root for him and the team like always. But if he doesn't have a plan to turn this around, we'll be having this conversation again in a couple of years 

[Cratter]

1 hour ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

what u hinting at?

You put your tinny hat on 

UND was approached to be in another superconference.

Armacost needed big $$$

Had to call KEM

She said "Not with Berry. He can't even beat Augustana or even U18 at home!"

"I just text Berry to clean out his office!"

[cberkas]

Just now, Cratter said:

You put your tinny hat on 

UND was approached to be in another superconference.

Armacost needed big $$$

Had to call KEM

She said "Not with Berry. He can't even beat Augustana or even U18 at home!"

"I just text Berry to clean out his office!"

I saw something about a super conference today