toews19 wrote:HockeyHigh once again im gonna ask you a question. fargo south has some good hockey players dont get me wrong. red river also has some good hockey players. me and you both know that. but who on south is so "talented"? now before you answer that question, think about this, were they actually "talented" hockey players? not just big guys on the ice out there going hard. i mean guys out there with actual hockey "talent". a brain, or hockey sense as a lot of people call it. south was a tough team to play against this year becuase they were so big and strong. not necessiarily so talented. i would consider RR's top 7 scorers "talented" hockey players. my definition of a talented hockey player is a guy with hockey sense, good vision and a good passer. knows when to shoot, knows when to pass. reads plays before they are gonna happen. slows up an odd man rush when he needs to, or drives to the net hard and beats a guy wide. just basically overall a guy with hockey sense. im not gonna take any individual shots at any of the south players, but just think of how many of those guys are actually "talented" since they were the more talented team then RR was this year...
I'll give you Crary, Ladoucer and Bancroft for Red River and maybe even Johnson and Fugleberg. But really, after that? Not much aside from a couple of defensemen. This is also the same team that felt it was necessary to run up 18 on Wahpeton for points...
You're telling me that Orson, Sorenson, Stellrecht, Narveson, and Huguelet weren't "talented"? This isn't even including their defensive core of Burdick/Wagner/Hooey/Luecke. Those four defensemen put up 92 points. That's more than any other four combined defensemen in the entire state...not including Narveson (30 Points... who was originally a defenseman).
You're telling me because these players are big they weren't talented? The average height of an NHL player is 6'1'' and 200-220 pounds. Obviously these are high school kids and they won't be that heavy in general, but they're getting there. Am I saying these kids are NHL talent? Of course not, but it doesn't mean they're not skilled.
Go Sioux wrote:Red River was the most talentedest team in the State of North Dakota. To say Fargo South is better is down right foolish. South proved Red River was better when they lost to them when it mattered most. Bottom line, Red River doesn't care about the regular season, as long as they get a big ring on their fingers.
I won't call you out on who you are, but you keep telling yourself this. But honestly, if someone uses the word 'talentedest' I can't take their post any more seriously than someone that claims that their team is outright better than another while getting outshot 2:1 and winning in overtime on their first shot (a wrister...) from the point, without a screen.
Baller wrote:Its not rediculus. The award is given by the North Dakota High school Coaches association and if you are not a member, then you are not elegible for the award. If you want to be honored by other coaches then join the association. If you do not join, then do not complain about their award.
I did think he was well deserving of the reward. His team did extremely well this year, and if it weren't for some (well a lot of) bad tempers flaring in the championship, they likely would have taken an easy title. I felt pretty bad for him in the end, there's not much you can do about players taking stupid penalties like that, no matter how much you do.