Search for a New Head Coach

[jk]

It was hard to fire BB when they kept winning league titles, I get that.  I've also long believed ten years is a nice run, and then give someone else a shot.  Over the last 15 months or so, the things that bothered me were getting run out of the rink repeatedly by CC and Omaha, and then seeming inferior to Mankato, whose roster was down to a few guys just two years ago, and Augie, who didn't even have a team two years ago.  It just felt like they either needed different players or better coaching.

I've supported both Hak and Berry, who I think was truly the unluckiest guy.  You can't make up the stuff that got in the way of some playoff runs.  But I'm ready for a change.

Nobody knows who the right choice is now.  Maybe our main thought about Dane in a few years will be that it was a shame he was stuck in the second chair for so long.

[skol22]

25 minutes ago, NCsiouxfan1733 said:

Can also confirm this has happened. Very interesting to see how it plays out. 

If this is the case and they will only stay because of a coach do we really want them on the team we cheer for? If it is someone other than DJ and they bolt let them. That tells me they don't bleed green and are only in it for themselves and only care about the amount of playing time they get. 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

7 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

The thing that is hard in regards to UND recruiting is getting a good portion of players from large metropolises such as Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York to want to go to Grand Forks North Dakota, as the vast majority of them aren't used to (relatively) smaller town living. Going to Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Denver, Boston, Madison fits their idea of being in a university town and/or a bigger city/metro area, which they're used to. I believe Berry talked about this difficulty in one of the videos on YouTube where he takes visitors around The Ralph on a tour. Makes sense that the majority of UND's recruiting and thus player base has come from Western Canada and Minnesota over the years

Playing in the USHL is a sort of preview of living in the G Funk; unfortuantely now they can play MJ in the horseshoe or PNW rather than Waterloo or Dubuque.

[siouxkid12]

3 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

The thing that is hard in regards to UND recruiting is getting a good portion of players from large metropolises such as Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York to want to go to Grand Forks North Dakota, as the vast majority of them aren't used to (relatively) smaller town living. Going to Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Denver, Boston, Madison fits their idea of being in a university town and/or a bigger city/metro area, which they're used to. I believe Berry talked about this difficulty in one of the videos on YouTube where he takes visitors around The Ralph on a tour. Makes sense that the majority of UND's recruiting and thus player base has come from Western Canada and Minnesota over the years

It's hard and it's even harder when one of your staff members doesn't even have a permanent home with his family in Grand Forks.

[skol22]

Just now, skol22 said:

If this is the case and they will only stay because of a coach do we really want them on the team we cheer for? If it is someone other than DJ and they bolt let them. That tells me they don't bleed green and are only in it for themselves and only care about the amount of playing time they get. 

Unless there is something I'm missing and if it is DJ there better be some changes he makes otherwise if they keep him and promote him to HC and the same players on the team that just leads to another miss NCAA tournament and the same song and dance we just saw this year.

[SIOUXFAN97]

still not sure why we aren't grabbing the top assistant at the schools that are actually winning nattys whether or not its hockey, basketball, football, or volleyball?

grab nightinggales top

jared demichiel? 

tavis in denver?

[The Sicatoka]

21 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Hear me out: a second altitude training room… 

I like your low pressure sales approach. 

[siouxweet]

3 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

It's hard and it's even harder when one of your staff members doesn't even have a permanent home with his family in Grand Forks.

Who doesn't have a home in GF?

[burd]

1 minute ago, The Sicatoka said:

I like your low pressure sales approach. 

Dang, I hate having to think in order to smile. 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, RhettRingers said:

Getting news there are apparently a group of players who voiced that if it's not Dane they are gone, one of them being Livanavage.

It is amusing that the players can't see their own culpability in the decisions that have been made.  How many times did Berry have to drill it in you that you need to start on time?   I think that many players took advantage of Berry's good nature. 

[UND1983]

26 minutes ago, burd said:

When’s the last time a UND hockey coach was fired?    Rube?

There are other sports on campus

[fargosioux]

I really hope there's nothing to the rumors some are saying that pressure from current players is having a hand in possibly keeping Jackson. I think one poster stated it best .. this should be a decision about the next 10-15 years, not next season. I'd gladly take a rebuilding season or two if it meant setting us up for sustainable success.

[RhettRingers]

Just now, tnt said:

It is amusing that the players can't see their own culpability in the decisions that have been made.  How many times did Berry have to drill it in you that you need to start on time?   I think that many players took advantage of Berry's good nature. 

Brad didn't have the Blais/Hak demeanor. I think Dane will bring that intensity, and I think it will be different when he's in charge.

[skol22]

2 minutes ago, tnt said:

It is amusing that the players can't see their own culpability in the decisions that have been made.  How many times did Berry have to drill it in you that you need to start on time?   I think that many players took advantage of Berry's good nature. 

Agree let them leave as far as I'm concerned. That isn't old time sioux hockey. That's being a in it for yourself. I'll take one from Berry. That isn't building on the culture and playing a full 60.

[The Sicatoka]

Hak was big brother best buddy to the team until ...

The "Judy's Incident"

Hak became more HC and command presence after that. 

Bubs has never made that transition. 

[siouxkid12]

15 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Who doesn't have a home in GF?

Karl

[fightingsioux4life]

28 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

True but we all know he was fired. 3 straight years of 7/8th place and first round wcha knockouts were not cutting it and they made the move before it got worse. You probably remember this, but you couldn't give tickets away those final three years of his time here.

I remember those years very well. That final year (1993-94) was very ugly.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

17 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

Who doesn't have a home in GF?

Simpson rents a place at Empire townhouses per internet sleuthing.

[Godsmack]

[tnt]

Maybe Jackson should think about hiring an assistant coach that actually is tuned in to U.S. hockey.  I know Karl was part of a few tournaments, but we need to better utilize connections to U.S.A. hockey and the development teams. 

[tnt]

25 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

still not sure why we aren't grabbing the top assistant at the schools that are actually winning nattys whether or not its hockey, basketball, football, or volleyball?

grab nightinggales top

jared demichiel? 

tavis in denver?

Curious, why they would want to take a lateral move and go through North Dakota winters.    Not that Grand Forks is a bad place to live, but if you aren't born to it, living in the Rockies is probably the bigger lure, all things being equal. 

[RhettRingers]

27 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

still not sure why we aren't grabbing the top assistant at the schools that are actually winning nattys whether or not its hockey, basketball, football, or volleyball?

grab nightinggales top

jared demichiel? 

tavis in denver?

So those guys are automatically "winners" because they are part of a few winning seasons at a program?

[ksixpack]

39 minutes ago, nascar99 said:

The thing that is hard in regards to UND recruiting is getting a good portion of players from large metropolises such as Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York to want to go to Grand Forks North Dakota, as the vast majority of them aren't used to (relatively) smaller town living. Going to Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Denver, Boston, Madison fits their idea of being in a university town and/or a bigger city/metro area, which they're used to. I believe Berry talked about this difficulty in one of the videos on YouTube where he takes visitors around The Ralph on a tour. Makes sense that the majority of UND's recruiting and thus player base has come from Western Canada and Minnesota over the years

These are the same players that leave home at age 14 to play AAA hockey in moose jaw or Detroit…selling them on ND is not tough…the school is great and the facilities are even better…good grief.

[RhettRingers]

1 minute ago, ksixpack said:

These are the same players that leave home at age 14 to play AAA hockey in moose jaw or Detroit…selling them on ND is not tough…the school is great and the facilities are even better…good grief.

But when you compare it to ASU or Ann Arbor it's a little different.

[tnt]

10 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

I remember those years very well. That final year (1993-94) was very ugly.

But even then, I think it was a better brand of hockey to watch.  Of course winning is the most important, but at least with guys like Romaniuk, Ward, McLean, Bombardir, etc. they played an up tempo game.