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Originally posted by Chuck Schwartz View PostI'm sure I'll get in trouble for this, but I'd drive the semi to Gwoz's house myself.
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Originally posted by D2D View PostNothing against Mr. Eaves whatsoever, but I do hope that this thread stays alive and near the top pretty much all season long.North Dakota
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I have to say I find this thread humorous. I mean, since 2005, Wisconsin has one national title and one runner up; that's twice to the final in 7 years. Just two seasons ago, they made it to the final. How many other teams have that record? You've got Boston College, and that's it."So life's a *****. What do you want to do, cry about it? " - Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
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Originally posted by D2D View PostNothing against Mr. Eaves whatsoever, but I do hope that this thread stays alive and near the top pretty much all season long.Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.
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Originally posted by Nick Papagiorgio View PostI know what you're getting at ... but the best types of these threads are the "Fire Umile" threads that pop up at the same time of the year every season. Long, drawn out threads looking for the axe to come down are boring.
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Originally posted by Priceless View PostIf you predicted Minnesota-Duluth, Maine and Wisconsin would be a combined 6-23-5 (.250) with an average rank of 52 in the RPI, come forward and accept your praise now...tUMD Hockey
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Originally posted by Biddco View PostWhat about if you actually believed Wisconsin and UMD would get home ice?!Last edited by Dirty; 11-26-2012, 01:10 PM.Hollywood Hair Care Tip for Infinity (Directly from Hollywood himself)
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I think it's a little early for a "Fire Eaves" thread. On paper, Eaves has netted some very good recruits and has built some very talented teams. There no argument that he can coach - he coached a team to the IIHF World Junior championship and has been to the NCAA championship game twice. You don't throw out a guy like Eaves for a few rough seasons. However, I do think he has some shortcomings. First, I think he focuses too much on trying to bring in Wisconsin born players - i.e. trying to imitate Minnesota. Wisconsin doesn't have enough of a hockey critical mass to populate a D1 team with home-grown players, even if it is the only D1 team in the state. Also, he seems a bit autocratic and negative at times and is still dogged by the Leavitt incident. I wonder if some players choose to go elsewhere because of his leadership style. He has lost a few really talented Wisconsin born players recently to other programs. I'd personally rather see Mark Johnson as head coach, but Eaves deserves at least two more seasons to turn things around. It would be nice to see Wisconsin fans get behind their hockey team during tough times instead of being critical and calling for firings. As a long suffering Michigan Tech fan, it's hard not to think Wisconsin fans are overly fickle and fair-weather.
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Originally posted by solovsfett View PostUW is ****ed whatever they do in the short-term. with the current record, being 55th in the rankings, it would take a miracle to make the NCAA's, and add to that Zengerle could bolt after the season and he's replaced by Besse...essentially nothing changes or it gets worse because Besse needs a year to adjust. beyond that there are no forwards lined up who can light it up. So w/Eaves it would take 3-4 years to turn this around...W/out him the same.
However, I think Blasi/Granato (either one) would get fans excited. Goal scoring and creativity. Someone brought up how the UW offense on a 3-2 does the dumbest things imaginable, all 3 just skate toward the net, no cross-overs, no drop passes, no creativity...they get one shot off (into the goalies stomach or they miss the net entirely) and then they have to regroup. How many times do you see that over the last 6 years before you're just tired of it?
I also honestly think the fanbase is tired of Mike Eaves' little metaphors and post-game comments about how the team is working hard. He's forgotten UW fired Sauer in part for missing the playoffs 3 of 4 seasons at the end. He's going to go 3 consecutive and 5 of 7 years out of the playoffs. He needs to be asked how he would defend that to an AD who cared.
Apparently in 2002 Jeff Jackson wanted the UW job. I'm guessing Eaves was chosen because he's an alum, leading scorer and all that, and a few years younger. The way Notre Dame plays hockey under Jackson and their recruiting suggests he's got a better long-term plan. No titles yet there but he seems to be in contention more frequently, in the NCAA's 4 of 6 years with what appears to be another strong team this year.
He knows what it takes to be successful at all levels and was instrumental in recruiting a ton of the talent that delivered Wisconsin's last NCAA title.
Just something to chew on!
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Originally posted by UpNorthHockey View PostI think it's a little early for a "Fire Eaves" thread. On paper, Eaves has netted some very good recruits and has built some very talented teams. There no argument that he can coach - he coached a team to the IIHF World Junior championship and has been to the NCAA championship game twice. You don't throw out a guy like Eaves for a few rough seasons. However, I do think he has some shortcomings. First, I think he focuses too much on trying to bring in Wisconsin born players - i.e. trying to imitate Minnesota. Wisconsin doesn't have enough of a hockey critical mass to populate a D1 team with home-grown players, even if it is the only D1 team in the state. Also, he seems a bit autocratic and negative at times and is still dogged by the Leavitt incident. I wonder if some players choose to go elsewhere because of his leadership style. He has lost a few really talented Wisconsin born players recently to other programs. I'd personally rather see Mark Johnson as head coach, but Eaves deserves at least two more seasons to turn things around. It would be nice to see Wisconsin fans get behind their hockey team during tough times instead of being critical and calling for firings. As a long suffering Michigan Tech fan, it's hard not to think Wisconsin fans are overly fickle and fair-weather.
Is it really fairweather to find that not acceptable? Even if it is, it sure beats the pants off of the Jan Brady existence of being okay with it.If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me
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Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View PostYour post went into "adult on Peanuts" mode for me right after the bolded section. It bears repeating: this will be the third year in a row of missing the NCAAs. 5th of the last 7 seasons. In 11 seasons, he'll have had only 5 NCAA appearances and absolutely no conference hardware.
Is it really fairweather to find that not acceptable? Even if it is, it sure beats the pants off of the Jan Brady existence of being okay with it.**NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.
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