Originally Posted by
Professor Chaos
I don't think WIU is a team they should dominate. They had the best creator on the floor in Massner and probably feel like they should've won this game. This NDSU team isn't the juggernaut Dave is apparently expecting them to be that'll put together 40 minute games on the regular. He can and should be critical of how they let WIU back into the game by losing the edge they played with in the first half. There's a big difference between saying "I expect better because I know these kids can do better" and "we would have been better off losing that game". That comment really stuck in my craw and he didn't do anything with his follow-up comments to walk that back - he basically made it sound like he expects them to get knocked out in the first round of the SLT.
I get that he likes the "Herb Brooks approach" to coaching but I think he took it too far with his postgame comments.