Is this issue ever going to die?

I have already touched on this subject earlier today. This afternoon, I stumbled across a blog post from Mike McFeely. It’s easy to sit on the sidelines and snipe others.

Four teams out of 59 make the Frozen Four. Hakstol has done it seven times during his 11-year history. It’s hard to make the NCAA tourney, let alone win it all.

Mike McFeely, KFGO — It’s another belly flop to the finish line by Hakstol’s crew.

There are two ways to look at this.

The first is the one most UND fans, and more importantly the school’s administration, choose: Hak’s doing a great job by getting his team to the national semifinals on a regular basis.

The other is the one that pops up on Twitter every once in awhile: #FireHak.

We all know the latter is not going to happen. Hakstol is an entrenched coach who wins 65 percent of his games. He’s won three regular-season conference titles in his 11 years, and four conference playoff championships. He’s been to the Frozen Four seven times.

There is nothing missing from UND’s resume under Hakstol.

Hakstol needs to go #firehak

— Blake Holien (@BlakeHolien20) April 10, 2015

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I have never seen Mike McFeely at a UND hockey game or a Wednesday hockey press conference, however, he does make some interesting points. Flawed, but interesting. Then he goes off on this tangent. Really, the Boston Red Sox? Thoughts?

But Hakstol continues to underachieve with a program that is the equivalent of the Boston Red Sox in college hockey. Resources, facilities, fan base, tradition. Everything.

And he survives.

UND’s impressive and frantic rally perhaps softened the fall this time around. But it was still a premature fall.

It’s always been an odd dynamic with Hakstol. It will continue to be that way.

Maybe next year will be his year. History says it won’t be, but maybe it will be. UND and its fans are willing to take that chance.

Just for the record, the Red Sox didn’t win a World Series from 1918-2004 (86 years). After experiencing a long drought, the Red Sox have now won three World Series (2004, 2007 and 2013). Finally, is this issue ever going to die? Maybe not.  It must officially be the offseason?