Search for a New Head Coach

[gfNDfan]

27 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Per source (Joe blacks) done deal

Let me guess. JACK DANIELS!?! 

[ChetSteadman]

35 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Per source (Joe blacks) done deal

Your night at the bar?

[petey23]

6 hours ago, nascar99 said:

He's in the loop, he just won't repeat it in order to keep his sources & potentially his whole job. DM Schloss politely on Twitter & you'll find out that he knows more behind the scenes but can't really bring it up on pods & in articles.

I don't remember if Virg Foss reported it or not but the whole campus heard about when Blais smacked Serratore at the John Barleycorn in 88.

[Siouxphan27]

2 hours ago, gfhockey said:

Per source (Joe blacks) done deal

I love how mentioning a bar, late at night, is somehow supposed to add validity to your “info.”  

[AJS]

What were the perceived weaknesses of the program under Berry? What’s an important note is things can change quickly. I know some have given @yzerman19 a hard time about perception of Top youth players and UND, but last recruiting cycle (HS Juniors), something seemed off. It needs to get better. 

Weaknesses

• Style of play (attract high end talent)

• Roster management

• Accountability (Berry’s guys. Not everyone was treated the same, based on performance)

•  Recruiting

• NIL

I’m sure there’s others. I have no doubt Jackson will either be an improvement or couldn’t be worse in some of those categories. I would be worried about 1 / 4 / 5. Can he fundraise? Being a collegiate coach in 2025 in the transfer portal / NIL era is completely different. Can he adapt? If he cannot, and he’s not out trying to fundraise for the collective, then this program will just be a slightly better version of these last few years under Berry. All of these facets need to improve, some drastically to get back to an elite program. 
 

Chaves better think he can check all those boxes. If he does, he’ll be incredibly successful. No outcome would be worse than hiring Jackson, although it wouldn’t be said, but the reason was so players didn’t leave. Or more accurately, threatened to leave, we don’t know if anyone would have (my guess most would stay), 2nd seed / 1st round exit next year. All the players that said they would leave, are now gone. And this program is stuck with a slightly better version than Berry, but stuck in Tier 2 level for another 10 years.

[AJS]

What candidate gives this program the best chance to get back to elite status. There’s different variables, but that’s the ultimate question Chaves needs to ask himself. Everyone would risk losing a few players for a better chance to get back to the elite status.

Here’s to Jackson being the guy

[burd]

7 hours ago, gfNDfan said:

Let me guess. JACK DANIELS!?! 

gf isn't good with remembering names, but he was a white Russian.  

[yzerman19]

25 minutes ago, AJS said:

What were the perceived weaknesses of the program under Berry? What’s an important note is things can change quickly. I know some have given @yzerman19 a hard time about perception of Top youth players and UND, but last recruiting cycle (HS Juniors), something seemed off. It needs to get better. 

Weaknesses

• Style of play (attract high end talent)

• Roster management

• Accountability (Berry’s guys. Not everyone was treated the same, based on performance)

•  Recruiting

• NIL

I’m sure there’s others. I have no doubt Jackson will either be an improvement or couldn’t be worse in some of those categories. I would be worried about 1 / 4 / 5. Can he fundraise? Being a collegiate coach in 2025 in the transfer portal / NIL era is completely different. Can he adapt? If he cannot, and he’s not out trying to fundraise for the collective, then this program will just be a slightly better version of these last few years under Berry. All of these facets need to improve, some drastically to get back to an elite program. 
 

Chaves better think he can check all those boxes. If he does, he’ll be incredibly successful. No outcome would be worse than hiring Jackson, although it wouldn’t be said, but the reason was so players didn’t leave. Or more accurately, threatened to leave, we don’t know if anyone would have (my guess most would stay), 2nd seed / 1st round exit next year. All the players that said they would leave, are now gone. And this program is stuck with a slightly better version than Berry, but stuck in Tier 2 level for another 10 years.

Appreciate the sentiment- I do bring some of it on myself though!  I hope everyone knows that it comes from passion for this program that has been forged over almost half a century.  

I think one of the things is we gotta get to guys younger and meet them where they are.  I know it sounds dumb because so much can change between 15-20, but there are a ton of young prospects out there that are never going to see the Ralph or know how great September/October and May are on campus- its a pretty campus!  the buildings and the co-eds!  By the time the chippaz are 15 years old, if they haven't seen UND hockey making runs, or been to the Ralph, or see us being loaded with pro talent, etc. then UND is on the outside looking in by the time they call them for an unofficial visit January of their sophomore year in high school.  Coaches and advisors have the whiz kids making top 5 lists of colleges when they are 13 years old.  Guess what those are loaded with?  The schools that are already loaded with chippaz.  How do the kids know they're chippaz?  Social media, the world juniors, etc.  They all know.  The chippaz know each other, the olders mentor the youngers sometimes just by dabbing them up in a gym or at a rink, the youngers watch the olders and believe they can do it too.  

I know it sounds crazy, but for chippaz, we have to sell them.  Market everything about the program and school to them.  Hammer the social media stuff...jeez we certainly have more qualified eyes than the 18 year old click collectors...I'm envisioning a quick run through alumni in the NHL:  Sanderson, Boeser, Nelson, Oshie, Schmaltz...even guys that are done like Parise, Toews, Greene with the saying why North Dakota Hockey from a real perspective.  Program guys, World junior guys...why UND was my pick...get it out there.  Remember the CBS line doesn't feel like forever a go to us (well maybe to some) but to a young chippa, they were in Kindergarten or first grade....its 2/3 of their life ago.  Its like people of my age thinking about Lake Superior State as having NHLers and playing winning hockey.  

I don't envy the new bench boss.  It is a brave new world out there.  The athletic world is truly abuzz with NIL...and chippaz in hockey know that they aren't playing football or hoops, but at the same time they see there is life altering money out there and they want it too.  The absolute best will want to go to the programs they think will help them get to the next level, have a great college experience, play with other elite talent in a system that they can thrive in, and they want to get paid.

[The Sicatoka]

Where is Peter Mannino?

[yzerman19]

I will reinforce that the ones I know are not a bunch of spoiled brats that we don't want, they are hard working and bring great team attitudes.  They just also know that they have a ton of value and as such have choices.

[Godsmack]

3 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Where is Peter Mannino?

That’s what I’ve been wondering! 
 

 

[yzerman19]

I think I saw him drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.  His hair was perfect.

[Godsmack]

The Gazette article only offered up a brief quote from the CC athletic department confirming that he is no longer with CC and wish him well. No mention of why he resigned or where he’s going. Kris Mayotte was unavailable for comment.

[siouxweet]

32 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

That’s what I’ve been wondering! 
 

 

Me too is it just a coincidence or are there dots to connect?

[yzerman19]

mannino and Gwoz 2fer

[Godsmack]

2 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Me too is it just a coincidence or are there dots to connect?

In my humble opinion, I’d think he’d be a long shot but it is interesting given the timing. 

[SIOUXELEVENS]

Maybe coming as an assistant to Jackson , everyone is saying Jackson is in so just playing along. 

[Godsmack]

ESPN the Ocho reporting John Tortorella being spotted having lunch yesterday at the Red Pepper!

[AJS]

I’ll be incredibly disappointed if they felt there was a viable candidate, but didn’t pursue because they were coaching in the NCAAs (non-FF teams). We’re talking days, not weeks. A current players decision to stay / go would not change, because it was announced next Wednesday vs Sunday. Disappointing narrative that Schlossman has been pushing.

[George M. Bluth]

50 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

That’s what I’ve been wondering! 
 

 

Have we been watching the flightz??? 🙄

[Godsmack]

3 minutes ago, George M. Bluth said:

Have we been watching the flightz??? 🙄

I have my people on it 

[SIOUXpucks]

Maybe Mannino applied, CC found out, got pissed for him being a team traitor, and axed him.  Or maybe they just had a worse season than expected, went into a tailspin after a hot start and never recovered, and needed a scapegoat and change of direction.

[Vegas_Sioux]

19 minutes ago, Godsmack said:

ESPN the Ocho reporting John Tortorella being spotted having lunch yesterday at the Red Pepper!

Red pepper and a high strung individual with a high stress job. He must have tums on Amazon auto order. 

[yzerman19]

I got a note from a dad of a chippa just this morning...it was of the Allentown regional and the Penn State student section going nuts.  Zombie nation...We, Are, Penn State...now this guy is from the Philly area, but it resonated...and hurt...everytime we miss a regional in our backyard we miss that free recruiting.  

When the Big House does Mr Brightside and turns all the lights on and off and the students sing along and go crazy....they are recruiting for hockey without even trying.

 

 

[yzerman19]

what is the latest rumor on when said announcement is forthcoming?