Goon’s World Site Changes

I am please to announce that a brand new commenting system that has installed on Goon's World. I think the transition will be a smooth one. A while ago, I inadvertently deactivated the Intense Debate commenting system that I had on the blog for some time. That being said, I was not happy with the blogger commenting system. So,  LiveFyre is now installed and you "should" be able to log in with a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or with a LiveFyre log in.  Don't worry, I will still be able to moderate comments and ban trolls.

Sunday Evening Post: Interesting comment on Hakstol

I found this comment on Brad's blog tonight. I think it's an interesting comment, but it also brings up a topic for debate. Of course, there's nothing else to talk about right now, during the off-season.

Recently, back in June I was on 1310 with Jarrod Thomas and we were discussing Dave Hakstol's tenure at UND and how some are getting restless and with the head coach and how you see quips like this every once in a while on the various blogs around the internet.

As most of you know, I am a fan of Hak and I think that he's worth that they're paying him, but I do think It’s fair to question his salary. He’s a public figure.

In the last year or so, there seems to be more and more angst and antipathy popping on the internet message boards and blogs. Often I get comments on blog and I see a few on other places as well. Frankly, if UND didn't pay him, he'd get snatched up by someone else, top-flight coaches don't come cheap.

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A few things related to TV broadcasts

DirecTV (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I know a few people pinged me both on twitter and on my cell phone last night and said that they couldn't watch the game on DirecTV.

I didn't see the tweet by @UNDSID until I got to the Ralph and when I left my home to go to the game last night the game between UND and USNDT U-18 team the game was still actually listed on my DirecTV channel line up as well (FCS channel 626).

Below is the tweet that Jayson Hajdu put up on twitter last night.

Here is the schedule again if want to peruse it - it looks like every game in January will be on TV this season. [click to view]

@goon48 @john_innes Tonight's game is televised on Midco Sports Network. Every game BUT this one will be on FOX College Sports as well.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) October 13, 2012

This should be the only "home" UND Men's Hockey game that is not picked up by Fox College Sports this season and all of the other games should be on TV.

@fergy2004 Understandable. Fortunately it's the only game NOT picked up by FCS this season.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) October 13, 2012

I have not seen an actual broadcast of UND hockey as of yet so I can't comment on the quality of the broadcasts... I did watch most of the UND vs UNA football game on MidcoNet both at work and on my father-in-laws television and I thought it was a high quality broadcast.

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