After 3 wins by 3 different teams for Atlantic Hockey in the tourney and a FF trip by the College Hockey America auto-bid team last year, anyone who is against the auto-bid needs to shut up now. It has proven its worth in this sport with some wins against some major college hockey powers. I have always been in favor of it, but now its time for everyone to stop b*tching about it.
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Originally posted by Bakunin View PostYes because if there's one thing that's been proven effective over the years, it's to ask everyone to stop doing something.Colorado College Hockey: Finding new and creative ways to break your heart since 1957.
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I'm fine with the auto bid, if you don't play well enough to assure an at-large bid then you don't deserve to be in. Plus, it allows a higher chance that my (usually) high ranked Sioux will get an easy team in the first round.
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Originally posted by dolan View PostI'm fine with the auto bid, if you don't play well enough to assure an at-large bid then you don't deserve to be in. Plus, it allows a higher chance that my (usually) high ranked Sioux will get an easy team in the first round.Colorado College Hockey: Finding new and creative ways to break your heart since 1957.
-dggoddard
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The people who complain about the auto-bids are either ignorant or arrogant... and often they're both.
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Originally posted by moe24 View PostThe people who complain about the auto-bids are either ignorant or arrogant... and often they're both.Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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Originally posted by moe24 View PostThe people who complain about the auto-bids are either ignorant or arrogant... and often they're both.
Not the auto-bids fault the other team forgot to show up
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Originally posted by dolan View PostI'm fine with the auto bid, if you don't play well enough to assure an at-large bid then you don't deserve to be in. Plus, it allows a higher chance that my (usually) high ranked Sioux will get an easy team in the first round.Russell Jaslow
[Former] SUNYAC Correspondent
U.S. College Hockey Online
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At the beginning of the season, every team has the same opportunities to make the tournament.
1) Schedule good teams and beat enough of them that your PWR gets you into the tournament.
2) Win your conference tournament.
The coaches and administration at every school knows this. So nobody should be complaining.University of North Dakota
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Originally posted by dakotadan View PostAt the beginning of the season, every team has the same opportunities to make the tournament.
1) Schedule good teams and beat enough of them that your PWR gets you into the tournament.
2) Win your conference tournament.
The coaches and administration at every school knows this. So nobody should be complaining.
#1 is technically true, but often times, the AHA (who is probably the only conference that COULD be complained about now) teams have a harder time getting "good" teams to play them at ALL, much less get a home game from them.
That said, MY AHA team (RIT) has been somewhat fortunate in that area, and from what I have seen regarding the schedules for the next couples years they are getting good teams to play them.2006-07 Atlantic Hockey Champions!
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Originally posted by komey1 View PostThat said, MY AHA team (RIT) has been somewhat fortunate in that area, and from what I have seen regarding the schedules for the next couples years they are getting good teams to play them.Colorado College Hockey: Finding new and creative ways to break your heart since 1957.
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There's a third equally effective, but rarely perfected method: play a cupcake schedule, but lose only one or two games all year. That will get you an at-large, too, but it's risky - you literally cannot afford a single off night all season.If you don't change the world today, how can it be any better tomorrow?
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