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[gfhockey]

Is it gunna be Jax or jacks?

 

in all seriousness I hope he takes it and runs with it. Proves all the hatas wrong 

[burd]

I kinda like how we fans turn on each other in stressful times.  Seriously; if our team is no longer feared, at least we will be. 

[tnt]

8 hours ago, RhettRingers said:

The problem is we haven’t and we won’t be getting them. Need to do what Barr has done at Maine. Get guys to believe in one and other and build team chemistry. We have used the portal way too much and it’s showing it’s not working. Too much turn over. Need to start trusting the guys we recruit even if they are on campus maybe a year early, because if they are as good as we think they are they shouldn’t be here long anyway.

Wait, weren't you telling us that Carter Bear is coming here?   You don't consider a probable high first round pick a Chippah?

[Oxbow6]

Let's  be fair and realistic. This whole sh!t show would not have even presented itself if UND was playing in Scheels tomorrow.  The ask to avoid all of this wasn't really that difficult.

[Oxbow6]

15 minutes ago, iluvdebbies said:

We don't have a Chipotle.

Exactly.  GF used to operate as a proper society.

[The Sicatoka]

To think I look more forward to football season.

[tnt]

Maybe being Hakstol's good friend, Jackson is just holding the place for Hakstol until he gets fired from his next NHL stint.

[gfhockey]

2 minutes ago, tnt said:

Maybe being Hakstol's good friend, Jackson is just holding the place for Hakstol until he gets fired from his next NHL stint.

Literally laughed out loud in this one

[gfhockey]

Per source sounds like everyone was blindsided including the playas Ralph staff and alumni association 

[siouxweet]

1 minute ago, gfhockey said:

Per source sounds like everyone was blindsided including the playas Ralph staff and alumni association 

That is a definition of a program with blinders on

[Oxbow6]

Just now, gfhockey said:

Per source sounds like everyone was blindsided including the playas Ralph staff and alumni association 

If true I don't get this. Has the bar on campus for this program really dropped this low? Especially with the players? 

[1972]

5 hours ago, .357 said:

If Jackson ends up getting the job, it defies all logic that, of all the talented coaches out there & with the rich history that UND has in hockey, that he was the best candidate for the job. Of ALL the possibilities in N. America. 

If he has the respect of the players & his words carry weight with them, very curious why he couldn't have asserted himself more (if at all) when the team was lapsing for long stretches in games. If he couldn't light a fire under their asses when they looked like a jv club against Bemidji, RMU & Cornell, it doesn't give me much faith that he can do so now. 

i was told the players just love BB...had a funny way of showing it (literally just going thru the motions on a saturday night, at home against western sure says i love my coach)

[gfhockey]

3 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

If true I don't get this. Has the bar on campus for this program really dropped this low? Especially with the players? 

I was talking about the firing of Berry everyone was blindsided not the botched application process

[Shawn-O]

The lack of interest in this job is shocking, unless there’s a surprise coming which I doubt.  

[BusinessSoot]

21 minutes ago, tnt said:

If he is indeed waiting for Motzko, then I imagine he figures he can wait 3 or 4 years.  I guess we will see.  The problem with that line of thinking is you aren't guaranteed anything, as we have seen that Potulny at one point was thought the heir apparent.  Personally, if I was being realistic and a competitor, I would definitely be going somewhere where I could have a decent chance at a National title.  How many teams from that league have won a title?

Personally, if I was being realistic and a competitor, I would definitely stay at a brand new hockey school, build a program from ground up with my hands all over the process, keep it headed in right direction, stay loyal to players/their families and build a program over many years not two years and leave. Also, get to raise a young family in a thriving Midwest community and learn and grow as a professional and then wait for the “right” opportunity, if I would ever want to leave. Maybe someone stays for a very long time? A lot worse places to live/coach in than Sioux Falls.

UND hockey is not the destination it once was. Everyone needs to realize this. If another internal hire happens, so be it. That seems to be the blueprint. Whether right or wrong, a guy who has dedicated 19 years to a program, is not going to come in without his own plan and he will have his own intentions/ideas.

My two cents……
 

 

 

[Oxbow6]

On the bright side I'll have a credit on my account for playoff FB and hockey tickets so there's that.

[SuhakiYeahYeah]

Maybe the real head coach hire was the friends we made along the way 

[siouxweet]

59 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Per source Jack expected a 4 year contract low buyout 

Low buyout just says we have very little confidence you can get this thing turned around.

[tnt]

38 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Per source sounds like everyone was blindsided including the playas Ralph staff and alumni association 

Per very inside source -- me  -- the fans of said hockey team were blindsided by the lack of dedication, fundamentals and passion this team had, given they said they were focusing on building for the post season.  To state that as a goal, then have the dysfunctional locker room and then in the final period of the season to be dominated by a team whose season wasn't on the line totally blindsided me. 

[AJS]

I hope this ends up being a unifying moment for the fanbase and that everyone gets behind Jackson. The more people that realize when this is announced that it wasn't a situation where a name appeared and stuck out over a list of high caliber candidates. By all accounts it's Jackson that is stepping up and taking a job nobody else wants. Us vs the world type of mentality. Let's go Jax, bring this program back to the top!

[siouxweet]

Here is hoping Jax has more Hak in him then Berry.

[SJHovey]

Hak's teams were different than Blais' teams, and Berry's teams were different than Hak's teams.  If Jackson gets the job, I have no reason to think this won't continue to be the case.

[siouxkid12]

22 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:

The lack of interest in this job is shocking, unless there’s a surprise coming which I doubt.  

Is it though? Maybe it's not that coaches aren't interested in it, maybe it's just the fact that UND hasn't hired an outside voice in over 30 years for a HC and the one coach they did hire that wasn't from UND, they let go after 4 years. 

Also, there could be a lot of interest in the job but with North Dakota's open records law, they don't want to apply because they want secrecy, and they are getting around it by vetting candidates before they technically apply.

[siouxweet]

3 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

Is it though? Maybe it's not that coaches aren't interested in it, maybe it's just the fact that UND hasn't hired an outside voice in over 30 years for a HC and the one coach they did hire that wasn't from UND, they let go after 4 years. 

Also, there could be a lot of interest in the job but with North Dakota's open records law, they don't want to apply because they want secrecy, and they are getting around it by vetting candidates before they technically apply.

That absolutely could be the case.  If you are looking at leaving your current job and searching, pretty sure you won't want your current employer to know.

[tnt]

55 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Per source sounds like everyone was blindsided including the playas Ralph staff and alumni association 

Imagine how Berry felt when every postgame interview he stated that they didn't come out to play, and they need to play a full 60 minutes.  Having to put that on auto repeat suggests that the players weren't practicing what Berry preached.