https://twitter.com/collegepucknxt/status/1945500941890757032?s=46&t=3T_aqyWV0c5WnrFBAyJLTg
NONE of these posts include any Gopher symbol. It’s just bizarre we are so far from consideration for some of these CHL players.
If you need to add a player why add a D3 player when you could at least TRY for a 1st round NHL pick.
Here are a couple. Granted, I think Cullen is a lock for Sparty.
https://twitter.com/CollegePuckNXT/status/1945108967388041246
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https://twitter.com/collegepucknxt/status/1945500941890757032?s=46&t=3T_aqyWV0c5WnrFBAyJLTg
NONE of these posts include any Gopher symbol. It’s just bizarre we are so far from consideration for some of these CHL players.
If you need to add a player why add a D3 player when you could at least TRY for a 1st round NHL pick.
We did spend 70 years shitting on Canadians, so. 😊
I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
if they aren't trying to buy one? Then it's time to bring someone in who understands how it worksI see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
if they aren't trying to buy one? Then it's time to bring someone in who understands how it worksI see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
or, and hear me out here, there are multiple ways to build a roster and if it gets outside the budget, you're wasting your time.
we've recruited more canadians under Bob than we have in the past typically (though I get the argument they've been heavily older goalies). him choosing not to enter the lottery for a bunch of one and done guys does not preclude them from recruiting them in the future. If you don't have the budget/institutional support to bid on them, I don't exactly get how you think Bob can just magically make the money in a short time span. Stomp his feet in front of Coyle? Hopefully the Golden Helmet Collective hits fruition so the funds become not the issue (and they're still active online and posted on their site a statement after the recent NCAA post about deals being denied and needing to be for valid business purposes).
Still stand by the smartest thing the U could do right now is hire a GM, regardless of if Bob is the coach or not. Balancing the budget, negotiating NIL/collectives, recruiting big boards. All much easier handled by the guy (and a way more worthwhile investment) who isn't also responsible for coaching the team who has it added to assemble the WJC team this year. Easily the smartest thing UND has done this offseason and would be waaaaay wiser to get ahead of it now. There are simply way too many leagues and relationships that you'd need to keep up for a coaching staff at this point, particularly given how the Jr scene has been going.
If the other Blue Chip schools are able to raise the money to compete for top players and MN isn't, we need to address that immediately. Mich St hockey should not be regularly out recruiting MN.I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
If the other Blue Chip schools are able to raise the money to compete for top players and MN isn't, we need to address that immediately. Mich St hockey should not be regularly out recruiting MN.I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
Who is this we? Either we got big doners willing to pay or we don't. And anybody who has seen anything about Minnesota athletics over the last 20 years knows that answer.
I don't think they are suddenly gonna start paying mid to high six figures for a one year guy from Canada anytime soon if they won't do that for a three year guy in BB or Football.
If the other Blue Chip schools are able to raise the money to compete for top players and MN isn't, we need to address that immediately. Mich St hockey should not be regularly out recruiting MN.I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
Who is this we? Either we got big doners willing to pay or we don't. And anybody who has seen anything about Minnesota athletics over the last 20 years knows that answer.
I don't think they are suddenly gonna start paying mid to high six figures for a one year guy from Canada anytime soon if they won't do that for a three year guy in BB or Football.
My question is why? I don't understand how a Div I university located in a city with more Fortune 500 companies per capita than IA, WI, IN, WA, OR etc, etc. isn't more competitive for NIL.
Austen Cargill II is a graduate worth $2.4b. Aren't Curt Carlson and Stanley Hubbard graduates? According to Fortune magazine UM is Top 15 for business school graduates for placing the most alumni in C-suite roles—CEO, CFO (chief financial officer), and CTO (chief technology officer) as of 2022.
And it's not as though schools rely only upon graduates for donations.
Is the U just horrible at seeking donors?
It's probably a super complicated topic but it makes no sense for this U to be so far down the list for donors.
Sure, everyone wants to support FB or BB and nobody wants to support hockey. It may be worth consideration that there are MN hockey fans with money.If the other Blue Chip schools are able to raise the money to compete for top players and MN isn't, we need to address that immediately. Mich St hockey should not be regularly out recruiting MN.I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
Who is this we? Either we got big doners willing to pay or we don't. And anybody who has seen anything about Minnesota athletics over the last 20 years knows that answer.
I don't think they are suddenly gonna start paying mid to high six figures for a one year guy from Canada anytime soon if they won't do that for a three year guy in BB or Football.
If the other Blue Chip schools are able to raise the money to compete for top players and MN isn't, we need to address that immediately. Mich St hockey should not be regularly out recruiting MN.I see the wink but it’s not that they aren’t getting enough Canadians. But if you’re going to lose more players than we have incoming recruits, I’d prefer they go after higher end replacements and the last I checked there are no uncommitted, early round NHL drafted MN born players to bring in on short notice.I never thought I would live in a world were Gopher fans were complaining that we aren't getting enough Canadians but here we are. 😉 😊
You planning on donating the 300K to land one?
Because that's why we aren't in, we aren't trying to buy one.
Who is this we? Either we got big doners willing to pay or we don't. And anybody who has seen anything about Minnesota athletics over the last 20 years knows that answer.
I don't think they are suddenly gonna start paying mid to high six figures for a one year guy from Canada anytime soon if they won't do that for a three year guy in BB or Football.
My question is why? I don't understand how a Div I university located in a city with more Fortune 500 companies per capita than IA, WI, IN, WA, OR etc, etc. isn't more competitive for NIL.
Austen Cargill II is a graduate worth $2.4b. Aren't Curt Carlson and Stanley Hubbard graduates? According to Fortune magazine UM is Top 15 for business school graduates for placing the most alumni in C-suite roles—CEO, CFO (chief financial officer), and CTO (chief technology officer) as of 2022.
And it's not as though schools rely only upon graduates for donations.
Is the U just horrible at seeking donors?
It's probably a super complicated topic but it makes no sense for this U to be so far down the list for donors.
I think multiple things
many companies do donate, but to the general U of M fund. 3M sponsored Mariuccis naming rights. It's not that we don't benefit from those companies being here
But what incentive is there for a fortune 500 to sponsor NIL in the national landscape? Is Target going to make significantly more money because they sponsor Logan Cooley or Mo Ibrahim? And if you're going to sponsor someone, wouldn't you rather sponsor Justin Jefferson who you know you could also show the ads nationally and people will have some idea possibly who he is?
Additionally, yeah we've got fortune 500s, but UHC sponsoring athletes directly? Best Buy? GM? Polaris? Just not much profit for them to make directly on athletes and they all donate to the U in some capacity
If you had an athletic company, that's a different game. Really I think if you wanted to try "target" people, you'd be looking at say Leipold as a more synonymous target.
Would assume many of the random C suite people you mention do donate to the U in some capacity. The U would rather solicit it to come directly to them and do what they want with the money. Some of this is on DTA and the GHC (if they develop) to be more aggressive about how they solicit donations. But don't think that's going to get solved because we have F 500s here in town, particularly given they all work nationally and internationally (not to mention many of the CEOs and CFOs salaries are in stocks within companies, and you're going to get into weird water from a donation standpoint dumping it directly into athlete pay for play/NIL). Different game for a person like Pegula, Knight, T Boone who have more money than they know what to do with so it doesn't even matter to them. Hockey is a pretty small community and small dollars/donations comparatively around the country.
Would be curious as to where BU gets their money (never have really dug into it). Michigan's donation network is lightyears ahead of us across the board (probably in part because of the general arrogance of those who go to Michigan and viewing the school as an Ivy equivalent, so maybe we need to brainwash UMN students more). Ditto for PSU and they have Pegula
I get all that but this is bothersome to me: College sports top donors: Ranking the most generous athletics boosters
Which universities have the most generous athletics boosters? According to total cumulative “donations and contributions” findings from 2005 through the 2022 season via USA Today and the Knight Commission, programs who receive the most from generous donors tend to have a heightened advantage against others through recruiting success, coaching prestige, facility enhancements and other upgrades.
48. Minnesota Golden Gophers: $199 million
41. Iowa State Cyclones: $249 million
28. Indiana Hoosiers: $351 million
26. Illinois Fighting Illini: $373 million
24. Wisconsin Badgers: $389 million
16. Iowa Hawkeyes: $477 million
I will chime in on this discussion briefly with two points.
One, nobody gets excited about NIL monies unless the head coach starts talking about it. Locally, nothing happened until PJ started, and then money rolled in for football. Same with basketball with Medved. Bob hasn't really spent much time talking about it as an issue. So coaches need to talk about the need if it is a thing.
Two, curiously, BU has not opted into the House settlement-- and is the only Hockey East school not to do so. I have not yet had the time to research why. But they must have some reason not to which appears different from everyone else.
I will chime in on this discussion briefly with two points.
One, nobody gets excited about NIL monies unless the head coach starts talking about it. Locally, nothing happened until PJ started, and then money rolled in for football. Same with basketball with Medved. Bob hasn't really spent much time talking about it as an issue. So coaches need to talk about the need if it is a thing.
Two, curiously, BU has not opted into the House settlement-- and is the only Hockey East school not to do so. I have not yet had the time to research why. But they must have some reason not to which appears different from everyone else.
Likely because (1) BU doesn't have a football team, and (2) BU's been irrelevant in college basketball for a long time. (3) I believe opting-in to the House settlement comes with a whole host of extra NIL restrictions and hoops to jump thru, such as needing clearinghouse approval on every single NIL deal under a more exacting standard of review. As BU doesn't need revenue sharing for football and basketball, then I could see their admin just deciding to stay the course and not add extra compliance stuff to deal with.
I will chime in on this discussion briefly with two points.
One, nobody gets excited about NIL monies unless the head coach starts talking about it. Locally, nothing happened until PJ started, and then money rolled in for football. Same with basketball with Medved. Bob hasn't really spent much time talking about it as an issue. So coaches need to talk about the need if it is a thing.
Two, curiously, BU has not opted into the House settlement-- and is the only Hockey East school not to do so. I have not yet had the time to research why. But they must have some reason not to which appears different from everyone else.
Likely because (1) BU doesn't have a football team, and (2) BU's been irrelevant in college basketball for a long time. (3) I believe opting-in to the House settlement comes with a whole host of extra NIL restrictions and hoops to jump thru, such as needing clearinghouse approval on every single NIL deal under a more exacting standard of review. As BU doesn't need revenue sharing for football and basketball, then I could see their admin just deciding to stay the course and not add extra compliance stuff to deal with.
Whether they opt in or not, the NIL Go system is required. So that isn't the reason.
And Northeastern and Providence also don't have football and their basketball programs have been pretty meh too (NIT counts as meh to me). They both opted in too, though Providence has historically good basketball and Northeastern's affiliation with the A-10 has them all opting in.
I believe BU is probably not wanting to get into the arms race for scholarships, or just want to have more players on the roster for this year. This might be because they did fund NIL deals for players prior to July 1 deadline and are just going to ride that for this season. They can opt in again next year if they wish.
Todd Milewski with a new article out talking about the new proposed Big Ten tournament schedule. They would extend the regular season one more weekend. The quarterfinals would then be a single game at the high seed the Wednesday of that formerly second week. The semifinals would still be a single game on the Saturday of that week and then the championship game would stay the same at the high seed the following Saturday.
https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1947306156763803825?t=XI0SbYVKoJvS6vaPZIqYZA&s=19
Todd Milewski with a new article out talking about the new proposed Big Ten tournament schedule. They would extend the regular season one more weekend. The quarterfinals would then be a single game at the high seed the Wednesday of that formerly second week. The semifinals would still be a single game on the Saturday of that week and then the championship game would stay the same at the high seed the following Saturday.
https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1947306156763803825?t=XI0SbYVKoJvS6vaPZIqYZA&s=19
I like if this happens but come playoff time round 1 a mid week game I hope not
Aloha!
As someone who is a STH and lives 4 hours away, I'm not a fan of this new format. No way my wife will burn another vacation day in the middle of the week to attend this when she uses vacation days for every Friday home game already.
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Not a huge fan of this setup, either, to be honest, but, it was pretty well set that without a good neutral site option, there would be a Wednesday game moved int there, either the Quarterfinal or Semi
Anyone whip out their calculators to see what would’ve happened if we lost to Notre Dame once instead of twice yet? 😂
I like this change a lot. Anything to condense the tourney
Anyone whip out their calculators to see what would’ve happened if we lost to Notre Dame once instead of twice yet? 😂
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we would’ve been the 5
I like this change a lot. Anything to condense the tourney
I'm all for making it 2 weekends, and because the conference is so spread out, the 1 weekend neutral sites never drew any crowds. They have been there, done that. I get that 99.9% of the STH's live within an hour of the arena, and for the rest of us it stinks unless you are retired, and I understand it doesn't make sense for them to accommodate us.
Side note--With all of the gloom and doom, the Gophers most likely won't be home for any of those games anyways. 😉
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I would think logistically a Friday and Sunday would work. Assuming teams fly in and out of SCE when @PSU that puts the longest flight time at about 4.5 hours. I realize there's more to it than that but schedule the Friday games in the afternoon. Yes it requires some quick chartering arrangements while having to wait for the QF results first but...
Great non-conference matchups this year in addition to the Gophers schedule:
-Sparty/BU Oct. 17/18
-Mich/WMU Oct. 23/24
-Denver/BC Oct. 24
i wish some of these non conference matches happened a little later in the season. Once when the pairwise really starts to matter.
Whether they opt in or not, the NIL Go system is required. So that isn't the reason.
And Northeastern and Providence also don't have football and their basketball programs have been pretty meh too (NIT counts as meh to me). They both opted in too, though Providence has historically good basketball and Northeastern's affiliation with the A-10 has them all opting in.
I believe BU is probably not wanting to get into the arms race for scholarships, or just want to have more players on the roster for this year. This might be because they did fund NIL deals for players prior to July 1 deadline and are just going to ride that for this season. They can opt in again next year if they wish.
I would bet a nice pour of rye that it's about the roster limit for this year. It's making things challenging for a lot of schools as rosters are kind of projected out multiple years and the only solution is to defer enrollment on recruits or take away roster spots from returning players. Some teams get helped with pro signings or transfer portal attrition, but looks like BU has 31 players for 25-26 according to CHN. I doubt it actually will be that many, but it'll probably be over 26, CHN has a hard time dealing with the deferred enrollment issue and there are only two goalies on that CHN roster.
Todd Milewski with a new article out talking about the new proposed Big Ten tournament schedule. They would extend the regular season one more weekend. The quarterfinals would then be a single game at the high seed the Wednesday of that formerly second week. The semifinals would still be a single game on the Saturday of that week and then the championship game would stay the same at the high seed the following Saturday.
https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1947306156763803825?t=XI0SbYVKoJvS6vaPZIqYZA&s=19
This is now official and will begin this season. One additional interesting note is the final regular season weekend games will be played Thursday/ Friday to get everyone an extra day of prep before the Wednesday night quarterfinals
Todd Milewski with a new article out talking about the new proposed Big Ten tournament schedule. They would extend the regular season one more weekend. The quarterfinals would then be a single game at the high seed the Wednesday of that formerly second week. The semifinals would still be a single game on the Saturday of that week and then the championship game would stay the same at the high seed the following Saturday.
https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1947306156763803825?t=XI0SbYVKoJvS6vaPZIqYZA&s=19
This is now official and will begin this season. One additional interesting note is the final regular season weekend games will be played Thursday/ Friday to get everyone an extra day of prep before the Wednesday night quarterfinals
Sigh....
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Todd Milewski with a new article out talking about the new proposed Big Ten tournament schedule. They would extend the regular season one more weekend. The quarterfinals would then be a single game at the high seed the Wednesday of that formerly second week. The semifinals would still be a single game on the Saturday of that week and then the championship game would stay the same at the high seed the following Saturday.
https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1947306156763803825?t=XI0SbYVKoJvS6vaPZIqYZA&s=19
This is now official and will begin this season. One additional interesting note is the final regular season weekend games will be played Thursday/ Friday to get everyone an extra day of prep before the Wednesday night quarterfinals
now is a best of 1 for your QF game. really only shortened the maximal off time by 2-3 days and now made it a BO1. so a plus in that the QF isn't as far out I guess. doesn't move the needle a ton but this is the joy of putting the title game on a weekend by itself. Would've rather kept format and gone weekend QF followed by single game SF midweek and title on the weekend but i'm sure ADs made some bitch fit about needing to organize and sell tickets.
Adding another 1 and done for the playoffs to make a long regular season even more meaningless (not to mention the QF game being on a Weds lol) is certainly a choice. That said IDK how you avoid that format without getting rid of some non-con games, having less teams make the playoffs, making the season longer which I assume isn't possible, or having a potentially uneven in-conference schedule. I get why they're doing this as it's a pretty simple solution to condense the conference tourney down to 2 weeks but I wish there'd be a bigger shakeup to the overall playoff format of conference/NCAA tournies.
The perfect solution did not work for the B1G, which was a Final 5 like tourney. It failed because the teams are too spread out and the lack of traveling fans. I get it. I also understand the coaches desire to make it work in 2 weekends. The downfall to this format is having Weds night quarterfinal games, and now Thursday games the week prior. That won't help attendance and for those of us that live outstate, it causes issues. Not to mention those who actually go on the road for every game and will have to book a flight within 3 days notice. Let's hope the Gophers are 1st or 2nd in the conference every year.
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I would have kept a best of 3 first round with semis and finals the same weekend following. Still two weeks. Still best of 3 to advance, still compressed. But whatever.
I would have kept a best of 3 first round with semis and finals the same weekend following. Still two weeks. Still best of 3 to advance, still compressed. But whatever.
this is the way
Make Boston U forfeit all of its hockey games this year.. LOL
https://twitter.com/McCannSportsLaw/status/1954949036785668226
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Make Boston U forfeit all of its hockey games this year.. LOL
https://twitter.com/McCannSportsLaw/status/1954949036785668226
So many other scenarios of similar designs come to mind. (Und vs nd anyone?) The U better sue all the high schools using the block M in other colors then as it’s the same logo. 😂
Lawyers. 🙄
(Sorry @skiumahlaw) 😉
Patent/Copyright trolling is a scourge. There's a youtuber who used a stock image in a tweet on his company page and he ended up having to pay a $10,000 settlement because the "owner" of the image was waiting for someone to use it and start a lawsuit.
My high school was slapped with cease and desist from the St. Louis Cardinals back in the day.
Pretty sure my high school (Annandale) used the identical AZ cardinals logo on some athletic apparel when I was in school. The current logo is now “slightly” different. Wonder why. 🤔
Oddly no one has sued Minnetonka for their usage of Skippers. 🤣 🙄
Is it wrong I'm kinda cheering for a litigious Notre Dame? 😉
Baylor, as an institution, has always bugged me. Hope they get their backsides slapped in this one.
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It's petty for major sports teams to go after schools or youth sports teams for using their logos. The schools/teams are generally not making money off the products and even if they do..... the money is going to a good cause.My high school was slapped with cease and desist from the St. Louis Cardinals back in the day.
It's petty for major sports teams to go after schools or youth sports teams for using their logos. The schools/teams are generally not making money off the products and even if they do..... the money is going to a good cause.My high school was slapped with cease and desist from the St. Louis Cardinals back in the day.
Trademark owners have to defend their trademark or they risk it becoming common use and lose their trademark.
SkiUMahLaw can speak more fully to this, but, this is the major issue.It's petty for major sports teams to go after schools or youth sports teams for using their logos. The schools/teams are generally not making money off the products and even if they do..... the money is going to a good cause.My high school was slapped with cease and desist from the St. Louis Cardinals back in the day.
Trademark owners have to defend their trademark or they risk it becoming common use and lose their trademark.
For things like copyright, the rights holder can pick and choose who they enforce the copyright against. Trademark is basically "defend it against all comers, or you lose it entirely"