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54 minutes ago, siouxkid12 said:

Should we hire from within the "family" again? I get that we have a lot of alum that have gone on to have good success but maybe it's time to look outside the "family". 

That would be fine, but you still need to find the right person.  Everyone was so enamored by Hastings, but he hasn't exactly been ripping it up at Wisconsin, even getting some nice recruits.  I certainly like Raboin at Augustana, but there is no guarantee that when you get more talent to work with that you are automatically going to succeed.  There were many that thought the grass was greener on the other side of Dave Hakstol, now they seem to have brain fog and forget how brutal they were about him during his regime. 

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1 hour ago, siouxkid12 said:

Should we hire from within the "family" again? I get that we have a lot of alum that have gone on to have good success but maybe it's time to look outside the "family". 

Sounds like the power brokers at ss.com are looking for a new HC. What criteria are the siouxsports search committee using to find the right candidate?

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9 hours ago, siouxkid12 said:

Should we hire from within the "family" again? I get that we have a lot of alum that have gone on to have good success but maybe it's time to look outside the "family". 

 

I've said as much as well...time to diversify the gene pool.  James is probably too old to hire anyways, but he's been away from UND for so long that I don't know that he's really more of the same genes as what we've had.  Blais worked for Gasparini, Hak worked for Blais, Berry worked for Hak.  But, James has not really been connected to the university like the others and I think his coaching experience in major juniors while having college experience could be a good combination.  He was a former WHL coach of the year fairly recently as well IIRC.

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7 hours ago, 90siouxfan said:

I don't recall ever griping about Hakstol, not sure if a swap for Berry would be best case scenario, but I wouldn't mind it.  But they are both old....

 

We won a title under Berry, but we all had so much more fun under Hak than Berry outside of that one year that was NINE seasons ago now.  The only guy Brad beat in the NCAA tourney since then is now going to be a Division 2 team.  Pitiful for a program like ours.

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8 hours ago, .357 said:

Sounds like the power brokers at ss.com are looking for a new HC. What criteria are the siouxsports search committee using to find the right candidate?

 

Thank you for considering us power brokers, that's awfully kind.  Compliment accepted.  Here'd be my criteria:

1)  Sweats minimally
2)  Is kinda nice, but not too nice
3)  Doesn't try to circumvent the university when creating new logos or wordmarks that have the possibility of being profited from privately
4)  Can win NCAA tournament games with his own recruits, not someone else's
5)  Knows how to recruit a goalie that isn't a one year rental from the transfer portal

There's probably more, but that's a good start.

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8 hours ago, Big A HG said:

 

I've said as much as well...time to diversify the gene pool.  James is probably too old to hire anyways, but he's been away from UND for so long that I don't know that he's really more of the same genes as what we've had.  Blais worked for Gasparini, Hak worked for Blais, Berry worked for Hak.  But, James has not really been connected to the university like the others and I think his coaching experience in major juniors while having college experience could be a good combination.  He was a former WHL coach of the year fairly recently as well IIRC.

Fair points. 
If UND ever decides to move along from Berry, a young and upcoming coach would be my pick. 

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