early departures

[scsavre]

1 more year of dealing with that diving crybaby, I hope someone puts him through the boards at Marriucci

[yakfisher]

Whatever, we still have to endure THREE more years of Rau.

[cbrooks]

]1 more year of dealing with that diving crybaby, I hope someone puts him through the boards at Marriucci

The way the WCHA reffing is nowadays that will give a player a game missconduct.

[Bear55]

Whatever, we still have to endure THREE more years of Rau.

Rau doesn't dive, he's just very little so he flys a little further when you hit him. It's hard to imagine him surviving a season in the WCHA at 5'8" and mayb 160 let alone watching him level guys much larger then himself. You guys are just lucky his brother played D and did quite have the skills Kyle has or we could have two of them out there. It would only seem fair after having to deal with those Panzer brothers all those years.

[PierBridge]

Yeah I'm sure Kristo decided on his own it was much better to play for FREE thus risking career ending injury versus turning pro ...

[scsavre]

Rau talks trash, kristos crys like a baby. Of all the fans in the world you would think sioux fans would dislike a crybaby.ohhhh and rau led the team in checks

[cbrooks]

UND has another departure before he arrived on campus from the United states developmental team, Miles Koules is going Canadian Jrs now.

[Bear55]

Koules doesn't look like a huge loss but the Sioux have had their fair share of this lately. 1 or 2 guys defecting or leaving early usually won't kill a program but it is happens over a long enough time you might start to feel it. The Gophers are a perfect example, pretty much all of their recruits make it to campus but we had a heck of stretch where guys were jumping to the CHL, signing with the NHL when they weren't ready, then you mix in some guys just not panning out and you end up with 3-4 crappy seasons in a row.

This probably won't happen to the Sioux but anything is possible. The Gophers had some unique coaching situations during that stretch too where Lucia went ill, Guentzel left and Hill clearly wasn't the guy. When guys defect you just end up losing some of that depth or have to bring in guys early who aren't alwasy ready to play at this level. Mix in a few injuries and a good team can go down hill fast.

[Shorelunch]

Miami lost a NDTP recruit to the CHL yesterday too. What is going on in Ann Arbor?

[cbrooks]

Miami lost a NDTP recruit to the CHL yesterday too. What is going on in Ann Arbor?

Definately a risk of a early flight risk when you get a recruit from the USDT. UND has one recruit, Chris Wilkie, a high prospect. I think he's 16 or 17 years old now. See if he jumps to the WHL in the future. It the sign of the times. What can you do.

Interesting post Bear. We will see if this catches up with UND. The thing here with the USDT recruits backing out on colleges is it effects several teams, Maybe even every team in college hockey with recruits going the major canadain route.

[Bear55]

I kind of blame this on the "advisors" and the kids themselves along with the CHL being pretty good at selling the dream. A lot of these USA kids are considered the best of the best and often get drafted high and have hopes of fast tracking to the NHL.

The probelm is 99% of them will never fast track to the NHL or be good enough to even be a regular in the NHL but they keep getting pulled in that direction by the CHL recruiters.

[Bear55]

Interesting post Bear. We will see if this catches up with UND. The thing here with the USDT recruits backing out on colleges is it effects several teams, Maybe even every team in college hockey with recruits going the major canadain route.

I don't think it catches up to UND the way it did MN but you guys have had your fair share of guys jumping to the CHL or going pro early. It just kills your depth and a few key guys can be the difference between winning and losing.

[cbrooks]

UND's associate coach Eades out

http://undhockey.areavoices.com/?p=91086

[Bear55]

Didn't see that one coming. So what is the story up in GF? You know, not the story in the link but the real story.

[cbrooks]

I got nothing... Maybe Brad Berry is available. He was a former coach under the Dean Blais era.

[scsavre]

Hakstol being a grudge holder fires eades for applying for mankato job.

[cbrooks]

Cary Eades was in charge of recruiting from what I read online. So maybe with all the decommitments is what got him fired. Lets face it...Eades pretty much fired. i know they sugar coated it saying they want to restucture that position but something happen. It will come eventually.

[Bear55]

Aside from one good period, they were owned by the gophers this year. Someone had to go, Hak didn't want to fire himself.

[cbrooks]

I should of just started a new topic with Eades being fired instead of putting it in the early departure thread. Should have known it will turn in to a Sioux bashing.

I see UND sweeping the Gophs next year so enjoy what you accomplish this year.

[scsavre]

Why wouldnt hak have fired him earlier? Why wait to right after Hak gets a new contract.

Brooks, is there any truth the talk about Eides personal life coming into play?

[cbrooks]

]Why wouldnt hak have fired him earlier? Why wait to right after Hak gets a new contract.

Brooks, is there any truth the talk about Eides personal life coming into play?

I haven't even heard any rumors. What do you know??

[Bear55]

I see UND sweeping the Gophs next year so enjoy what you accomplish this year.

Sounds like another sig bet in the making.

[cbrooks]

Probably. The odds of losing three times are slim.

[Bear55]

Gophs vs Sioux - 1/18/13 and 1/19/13 at Mariucci.

Lets say 3 points or better and you win sigs for a week. If they split it's a wash.

[Bear55]

Probably. The odds of losing three times are slim.

Like taking candy from a baby, except I feel a little guilty when the baby crys, not so much with Sioux fans.