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gopher6 wrote:
Cardinal on KFAN for the next hour
Hope he has a better take on the team than this one:wink:
Quote:Cardinal wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:23 pm
They are most likely going to the miss the NCAA tournament in a season where they brought back nearly everyone, finally had an older team (by Gopher / Big 10 standards) and added multiple high-end freshmen. After this season, they are going to lose a ton of players and revert back to being very young unless they go the North Dakota route and dive into the transfer portal, which seems like something Bob doesn’t want to do. And the goalie situation is a total disaster.
Granted not all of this is any one person’s fault, and they’ve for sure had some tough breaks, but this team was failing to live up to expectations long before this last week where things really went south.
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gopher6 wrote:
Cardinal on KFAN for the next hour
Hope he has a better take on the team than this one:wink:
Quote:Cardinal wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:23 pm
They are most likely going to the miss the NCAA tournament in a season where they brought back nearly everyone, finally had an older team (by Gopher / Big 10 standards) and added multiple high-end freshmen. After this season, they are going to lose a ton of players and revert back to being very young unless they go the North Dakota route and dive into the transfer portal, which seems like something Bob doesn’t want to do. And the goalie situation is a total disaster.
I know the wink is intended to add a little bit of “Hah! I’m not totally serious”. That being acknowledged, this is another example of why I’m glad I’m not in the media or public eye, where anything I’ve ever said or written might be dug up later to discredit or at the very least, poke fun at any opinions that, in hindsight (when things are 20/20), weren’t correct. How many of us, in mid-January, actually believed Close & Co. would play as well as they have and make the Frozen Four?
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Keith wrote:
I know the wink is intended to add a little bit of “Hah! I’m not totally serious”. That being acknowledged, this is another example of why I’m glad I’m not in the media or public eye, where anything I’ve ever said or written might be dug up later to discredit or at the very least, poke fun at any opinions that, in hindsight (when things are 20/20), weren’t correct. How many of us, in mid-January, actually believed Close & Co. would play as well as they have and make the Frozen Four?:wink:
We have all had bad takes including me, which I’ve been called out on here numerous times. That is part of commenting on boards online. I will also concede that peoples opinions can change or evolve over time. He has the right to have his opinion and I have the right to have a different one and you have the right to defend him. As someone who has been called complacent on this site by the the negative nellies for having faith in this team when things aren’t going well, I just wish people would let the season play out before burying this team in January. I’m just an eternal optimist. His take strictly wasn’t about Close taking over, it seems he did not like the direction of the Gopher program. It is always a tug of war battle on this site between the people who always are looking at the negative and those of us who try to see things on the bright side. I think for those of us who didn’t jump ship earlier, the beer will taste a little better when we are in Boston, win or lose.
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Keith wrote:
That being acknowledged, this is another example of why I’m glad I’m not in the media or public eye, where anything I’ve ever said or written might be dug up later to discredit or at the very least, poke fun at any opinions that, in hindsight (when things are 20/20), weren’t correct.
We all have had the occasional opinion over the years that doesn’t age well.
But that’s why it pays to be in a more balanced state of mind when you throw an opinion out there. Speaking from experience, it is usually during an overly emotional moment where the “bad” takes tend to occur.
When you are in a calm state of mind, you are probably stating things in a more balanced way. You can usually see that things aren’t necessarily as bad as you think (or maybe not as good too).
This was one reason why I liked to avoid posting on the message boards right after a tough game/series since the emotions tend to be running high and comments will probably fall in line with that.
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I liked Vosters when he has done Gopher games. Big shoes to fill in Chicago. [media]https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/1510767742382653451 [/media] Slap Shot
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Given where they were at the PWR at the time I thought it was ludicrous to write them off for the tournament, but no big deal it’s just an opinion.
It’s the old adage of sorts. Make a prediction, and if you’re wrong, you’re wrong. But if you’re right, then ZOMG GENIUS TAKE! NO ONE SAW THAT COMING!
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[media]https://twitter.com/Buccigross/status/1511475979717337091 [/media] frozen4champs- GoldenHas donated $ to the upkeep of GPL
ESPN+ to stream HE games [media]https://twitter.com/gopherstate/status/1511690055215194118 [/media] 
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ESPN+ to stream HE games[media]https://twitter.com/gopherstate/status/1511690055215194118 [/media]
And how many HE are playing in Boston? A “friend” wants to know.
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frozen4champs wrote:
ESPN+ to stream HE games[media]https://twitter.com/gopherstate/status/1511690055215194118 [/media]
This is a big f-ing deal for HE and college hockey in general. All M & W game now available nationally on a platform that is easily available.It may even be a bigger deal for women’s hockey.
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ESPN+ to stream HE games[media]https://twitter.com/gopherstate/status/1511690055215194118 [/media]
I used to enjoy watching the Beanpot and the HE tournament back in the day. This will be fun.frozen4champs- GoldenHas donated $ to the upkeep of GPL
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What happened to the Wild game? Is set to be on Bally’s plus right now they are showing a golf show
[media]https://twitter.com/BallySportsNOR/status/1513261294002053125?cxt=HHwWioC5laPIl4AqAAAA [/media] Took them over 1 hour to fix the problem. Absolutely ridiculous
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KarlssonHoly crap! Everyone was okay. Lucky that truck didn’t go over the side onto 65 below.
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Russo’s most recent Straight From the Source podcast was a great listen. Mike Guentzel was his guest.
Couple things stood out to me in case you don’t get to it… Guentzel brought up how he doesn’t believe the age difference between Minnesota State and Minnesota matters, having good players matters.
The other one was that he no longer has the desire to pursue coaching, but would rather look into a management type position in the NHL.
Also he gave some credit to Scott Bell when talking about current favorite Gophers among the defensemen that he was still involved with recruiting as he felt Bell deserved a lot of credit for landing those guys, but he dodged that one.
And Guentzel defended Sammy Walker, being a three-time captain means something.
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Don’t get to watch much Twins, Wolves or Wild as YTTV dropped greedy ass BSN last year. On Sat the Wild and Wolves were both on national broadcasts but of course the games started a half hour apart so hard to follow both. Surprisingly tonight’s Twins game is on channel 23 plus the Wolves game starting a half hour later. With 3 NBA playoff games tonight of course the Wolves game gets bumped to NBATV and then of course is blocked. This shit is getting old…FU Sinclair.
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One of the most popular radio personalities in Twin Cities music is going off the The Current's airwaves on Thursday. https://t.co/8WaY1N3iTi
— KARE 11 (@kare11) April 20, 2022
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In the article in the Star Trib, they announced her boss was no longer with the company. Announcement came just after her last shift. Something is afoot, and no idea what it is.
Article also mentioned she is the younger sister of Paul Westerberg of The Replacements.
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In the article in the Star Trib, they announced her boss was no longer with the company. Announcement came just after her last shift. Something is afoot, and no idea what it is.
Article also mentioned she is the younger sister of Paul Westerberg of The Replacements.
I don’t think that is a necessary detail, unless something happened with a scheduling or something of that sort. *shrug*
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In the article in the Star Trib, they announced her boss was no longer with the company. Announcement came just after her last shift. Something is afoot, and no idea what it is.
Article also mentioned she is the younger sister of Paul Westerberg of The Replacements.
I don’t think that is a necessary detail, unless something happened with a scheduling or something of that sort. *shrug*
She’s been a DJ and avid supporter lof local music for decades. It’s an interesting tidbit.
Also the stalker think I believe occurred a handful of years ago so I doubt itvhas anything do with her departure.
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In the article in the Star Trib, they announced her boss was no longer with the company. Announcement came just after her last shift. Something is afoot, and no idea what it is.
Article also mentioned she is the younger sister of Paul Westerberg of The Replacements.
I don’t think that is a necessary detail, unless something happened with a scheduling or something of that sort. *shrug*
sorry, I was just sharing an interesting fact that I learned from the article. I should have been more clear.
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In the article in the Star Trib, they announced her boss was no longer with the company. Announcement came just after her last shift. Something is afoot, and no idea what it is.
Article also mentioned she is the younger sister of Paul Westerberg of The Replacements.
I don’t think that is a necessary detail, unless something happened with a scheduling or something of that sort. *shrug*
sorry, I was just sharing an interesting fact that I learned from the article. I should have been more clear.
if you were only better know for your interesting facts maybe this wouldn’t have happened ;)
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In the article in the Star Trib, they announced her boss was no longer with the company. Announcement came just after her last shift. Something is afoot, and no idea what it is.
Article also mentioned she is the younger sister of Paul Westerberg of The Replacements.
I don’t think that is a necessary detail, unless something happened with a scheduling or something of that sort. *shrug*
She’s been a DJ and avid supporter lof local music for decades. It’s an interesting tidbit. Also the stalker think I believe occurred a handful of years ago so I doubt itvhas anything do with her departure.
The stalker thing happened in 2015? Something like that. Although the same stalker was busted a year or two ago stalking Jade, another Current DJ.
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Sounds to me like at least part of it was gender pay inequality.
Big part of it. My question is, why did she leave, if her boss was no longer going to be part of the company (the guy who was responsible for the pay inequity/lack of promotions/etc)?
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Just heard on KFAN that Glen Mason had some serious medical issues, he fell down and had to call ER, he is doing better but was not on the radio, hopefully returns in the next few months
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How old is he?
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Just heard on KFAN that Glen Mason had some serious medical issues, he fell down and had to call ER, he is doing better but was not on the radio, hopefully returns in the next few months
</p> How old is he?
i am not sure how old he is he was on KFAN last night he told the story of what happened, about 5 weeks ago he fell down outside of his home, he had to crawl back to his place his girl friend called ER, he had lengthy time in the hospital they thought he had a heart attack but after being in the hospital they said no heart attack. He went home and was still in so much pain he had to go back to ER, then they found out that he had 7 broken ribs from his fall. He is doing ok but is still limited on what he can do.
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Initial pricing for Bally Sports streaming is $19.99/month or $189.99/year
https://thestreamable.com/news/sinclair-announces-initial-pricing-for-bally-sports-dtc-streaming-app
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Initial pricing for Bally Sports streaming is $19.99/month or $189.99/year https://thestreamable.com/news/sinclair-announces-initial-pricing-for-bally-sports-dtc-streaming-app
NOPE!
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Initial pricing for Bally Sports streaming is $19.99/month or $189.99/year https://thestreamable.com/news/sinclair-announces-initial-pricing-for-bally-sports-dtc-streaming-app
Everybody has their own preferences. I get Netflix for free through T-mobile but I watch it about once a month. For me Netflix would never be worth the $20 a month or whatever it is. For as many Twins, Wild, and Gopher hockey games I watch, $16/month (if you buy the whole year) isn’t that crazy. I’d watch that way more than I’d ever watch Netflix.
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What streaming platforms have Bally these days? For a lot of people there won’t be much other choice and they’ll have to accept the price.
What streaming platforms have Bally these days? For a lot of people there won’t be much other choice and they’ll have to accept the price.
Aren’t they advertising their own? So, nobody. You can still get the channel on Comcast.
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Yeah, I think DirectTV Stream is the only one that has it now.
I’ve basically given up watching sports and found that I don’t really miss it. When everything came back after the pandemic shutdowns, I realized that I hadn’t even cared they were gone. The exception is Gopher hockey, but I enjoy listening on radio and then catching an occasional game away from home (or on Peacock, the one game on antenna TV last year, etc.). I have enjoyed catching some baseball games on Apple TV+ recently. I mostly rotate through a few streaming services depending on what I want to watch, no cable or streaming bundle, and found that’s all I need at this point. I realize that that might not be workable for most people on a sports-focused message board though!
And I agree with Scooby, most of these aren’t going to work out. Most content doesn’t have the demand to stand alone, without being part of a bundle where everyone has to pay for it regardless of whether they watch it. Apple and Amazon can lose money on their services and not really even notice, but most of these can’t.
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I am hoping for the day that the streamers get control.
I want to be able to watch a game and pick what I want to see and watch. If I do not want to hear the announcers. I can turn that off and just get the sounds of the game. If I want to watch a specific camera, I can chose that camera. I think this could be the future.
Right now… I enjoy when sports are broadcast in surround sound. I can turn off my center channel and just listen to the sounds of the game. It’s nice.
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19.99 a year, I might think about. Not at all sure I’d pay it, but it’s at least in the realm of possibility. 19.99 a month? I’d love to know what they’re smoking.
19.99 a YEAR? What streaming service can you get for less than 2 bucks a month?
From an article:
“The closest comparisons to other sports-specific streamers are likely to be the individual league’s out-of-market packages. MLB.TV costs $24.99 per month, while NBA League Pass Premium costs $29.99 per month. In another stratosphere, NFL Sunday Ticket currently costs $74 per month, while NHL.TV and MLS Live are now part of ESPN+ on the $6.99 per month plan.”
Sports are expensive. People will pay it. I will.
Nice thing about this is your can cancel it if the local team is shitty and you’re not going to be watching much of them. Or, when baseball season is over, cancel it for a couple months before the NHL starts up, etc.
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Nice thing about this is your can cancel it if the local team is shitty and you’re not going to be watching much of them.
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Nice thing about this is your can cancel it if the local team is shitty and you’re not going to be watching much of them.
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When it comes to the long haul sports (Wild, Twins), I’m definitely a bandwagoner. I just don’t have the desire to waste a summer watching bad baseball 😂
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Nice thing about this is your can cancel it if the local team is shitty and you’re not going to be watching much of them.
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I guess I’m still lucky to have DirecTv. I pay more than I like, but still get Ballys, BTN, ESPN’s, and I have the regional sports package that allows me to see other college hockey teams when they are one the regional networks. At this point we have zero streaming services, but may consider BTN plus or ESPN+ in the future. I’m sure it will all come crashing down at some point if ( when ) Bally’s leaves DirecTv. The only other one is Amazon for some NFL games, but we don’t order from Amazon, so no need for an account from them and I can probably survive by missing the Thursday games each week.
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I am hoping for the day that the streamers get control. I want to be able to watch a game and pick what I want to see and watch. If I do not want to hear the announcers. I can turn that off and just get the sounds of the game. If I want to watch a specific camera, I can chose that camera. I think this could be the future. Right now… I enjoy when sports are broadcast in surround sound. I can turn off my center channel and just listen to the sounds of the game. It’s nice.
Somebody needs to figure out an interface that handles all your streaming services with one, nice remote control, one schedule, and search across all platforms. That’s part of why I’m sticking with Comcast for now. I like that all the apps are right there with my broadcast TV. But even then it’s a pain to switch from service to service (although mostly it’s just switching to . It would just be nice to have everything consolidated for ease of use and searching. My garage TV doesn’t have a cable box and I just use the Roku to use the Comcast app and other apps, but it’s such a pain. Wouldn’t want that through the whole house, but it’s fine for my garage that I only use a couple times a month.
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I am hoping for the day that the streamers get control. I want to be able to watch a game and pick what I want to see and watch. If I do not want to hear the announcers. I can turn that off and just get the sounds of the game. If I want to watch a specific camera, I can chose that camera. I think this could be the future. Right now… I enjoy when sports are broadcast in surround sound. I can turn off my center channel and just listen to the sounds of the game. It’s nice.
Somebody needs to figure out an interface that handles all your streaming services with one, nice remote control, one schedule, and search across all platforms. That’s part of why I’m sticking with Comcast for now. I like that all the apps are right there with my broadcast TV. But even then it’s a pain to switch from service to service (although mostly it’s just switching to . It would just be nice to have everything consolidated for ease of use and searching. My garage TV doesn’t have a cable box and I just use the Roku to use the Comcast app and other apps, but it’s such a pain. Wouldn’t want that through the whole house, but it’s fine for my garage that I only use a couple times a month.
my Logitech remote handles every device in my house except my AppleTv. I wish they didn’t stop making them because I’m a year or two away from multiple remotes unless I replace my DLP that doesn’t seem to wantto die.
i have two little kids so I don’t watch a lot of TVand by the time they go to bed I’m not up that much longer. If Ballys can be sustainable at $20 a month then more power to them but I suspect it will be a tough road
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We have spectrum and still get anything we need for Minnesota sports. Except I need to upgrade to get the nhl network. My promo period expires soon so hoping I can sort out a better option that has that included. Although with that 🤫 site where I can watch any nhl game I want for free I guess it’s not super necessary. 😏
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