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Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!
Originally posted by PCM View PostAs my noble hero Sen. Al Franken would say, you're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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Originally posted by Dirty View PostSlap Shot, just stop. Arguing with PCM on the internet is like arguing with your wife. Whether you are right or wrong doesn't matter, you're going to lose.
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Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!
Slap Shot, just stop. Arguing with PCM on the internet is like arguing with your wife. Whether you are right or wrong doesn't matter, you're going to lose.
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Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!
Originally posted by Goon View PostIt sounded like there were some strings attached and messures or hoops that that Frattin had to jump through to get back with the team.
Sounds like there had to be some behavioral changes for Frattin to be able to get back on the team. We can only speculate what they are.
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This makes it Frattin Post No. 5 since your online persona said it was done with the subject.
Originally posted by Slap Shot View PostYou can't be serious. Easier to take a dead end job and do nothing for the rest of his life?
Besides, I didn't say "smarter." I said "easier." I'm sure you're aware that many people, when faced with tough times, take the easy way out rather than making difficult decisions required to get their lives back on track. The easiest thing for Frattin to do would have been to drop out of school, drop out of hockey and not deal with his problems.
And what about the other more realistic option Frattin had which you ignored? That would have been the easier path, too, right?
Easier than going to college, play a game he was promised to play, in a place where the team reigned surpeme, and parlay it into something more? This question alone discredits anything you could say on the subject.
You continue to sell the notion that what Frattin did was "easy" because he never really left school and was never really out of UND's hockey program. With no evidence whatsoever to support it, you believe that there was some type of "'wink, wink' behind the scenes" agreement that enabled Frattin to return to UND no matter what.
The facts are that in five years of coaching at UND, Hakstol has never yanked a player's scholarship and suspended him indefinitely. And not only did Hakstol do that, but he also brought in another freshman forward early to replace Frattin on the roster. After Frattin was kicked off the team, he left school, he left town, he left the state and he left the country.
But rather than staying gone, he met the conditions Hakstol set for his return, re-enrolled at UND and returned to face up to his responsibilities and be held accountable for his actions.
I'm not saying what Frattin did was "noble" or "heroic" (your words, not my words or the words of any Sioux fan). I'm not nominating him for sainthood. He still has to prove himself, redeem himself and make something of the chance that he's been given. I hope that he will, but the jury is still out. The one thing I am sure about is that the past four months have not been easy for Matt Frattin.
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Originally posted by PCM View PostBecause if you'd read what Hakstol said at the time Frattin was kicked off the team, the coach left open the possibility that Frattin could return at some point. My guess is that Hakstol spelled out the conditions under which that could happen. It was up to Frattin to satisfy those conditions...
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Originally posted by brianvf View Post
Dell is out with an injury...that's all we need is more injuries.
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Originally posted by PCM View PostPlease explain how it was easier than, say, taking a mininum wage job at Tim Horton's making donuts and hanging out with his buddies from high school.Last edited by Slap Shot; 01-02-2010, 11:02 PM.
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Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!
Originally posted by brianvf View PostNo, Fratts played with Cichy and Toews.
VV played with Gregoire and Knight.
The most impressive line was Trupp/Malone/Hextall.
Accounted for two of the three goals and were buzzing all game.
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Originally posted by Slap Shot View PostThereby making it not a difficult decision at all.
...stick with the first choice he made all along...
Now I realize your on-line persona will never, ever, ever give up on this...
...so perhaps I should just bow having said what I've said - which is good luck to him but there's nothing special or remotely heroic about this situation.Last edited by PCM; 01-02-2010, 09:55 PM.
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Originally posted by lord k View PostJust curious who were Frattins linemates? Did he play with VV? Glad to hear he played well.
VV played with Gregoire and Knight.
The most impressive line was Trupp/Malone/Hextall.
Accounted for two of the three goals and were buzzing all game.
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Re: UND 2009-2010 Season Thread - The Lawnmower and Cookie tossing edition!
Just curious who were Frattins linemates? Did he play with VV? Glad to hear he played well.
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