Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

[wwjg1158]

This actually has nothing to do with coaches orders. This has to do more with disjointed nature of the team this season, which we've been discussing. It's not an allowance thing. Some guys stood. Others didn't. Coach has more important things in game to worry about than "hey you guys can't stand up"

I believe you are wrong on this account it had nothing to do with the disjointed team! Frankly are you sure the team was disjointed? You don't want to rehash last year but the team had a weak defense plain and simple. Offense came to an abrupt stop due to mixing the lines so that they would fail. Grieve Gensler on the 3rd line with the flavor if the day swas the beginning of the end.

Put the players in a place they can succeed, improve the defense, have a better save percentage and get hot at the end of the year. Clearly some teams in the frozen 4 got it right!

[Pk Specialist]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

This actually has nothing to do with coaches orders. This has to do more with disjointed nature of the team this season, which we've been discussing. It's not an allowance thing. Some guys stood. Others didn't. Coach has more important things in game to worry about than "hey you guys can't stand up"

Coaches orders are to sit on the bench (altho some don't follow) and no facial hair.

[wwjg1158]

Coaches orders are to sit on the bench (altho some don't follow) and no facial hair.

I believe pk specialist as if it were not a directive some players would stand! Watch the game they all sit. Rare to see any stand. On occasion you would see it but it was rare! Facial hair no one has any growth has to be an order! Did you watch any of the frozen 4 a lot of long hair and facial hair!

[Humanoid]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

I believe pk specialist as if it were not a directive some players would stand! Watch the game they all sit. Rare to see any stand. On occasion you would see it but it was rare! Facial hair no one has any growth has to be an order! Did you watch any of the frozen 4 a lot of long hair and facial hair!

We're complaining about facial hair now? Must be a really slow month for all of us.

[Pk Specialist]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

We're complaining about facial hair now? Must be a really slow month for all of us.

The point is that the coaching staff does create this atmosphere, regardless of how trivial the actual "offenses" are.

[Humanoid]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

The point is that the coaching staff does create this atmosphere, regardless of how trivial the actual "offenses" are.

I still don't get why we're talking about facial hair when this is a board to discuss hockey matters. Personally, I don't care what rules are in place. For all I care, the coaches could make the players wax their arses. I don't get how that matters to what happens on the ice.

Like I said - slow month.

[wwjg1158]

The point is that the coaching staff does create this atmosphere, regardless of how trivial the actual "offenses" are.

Ditto

[wwjg1158]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Just answer one question why is it ok for the majority of other teams to have facial hair or stand yet our team cannot show any spirit? Why because we have to be professional? They have plenty of time for that once they go to work! It isn't a big deal but really is there any need to be so strict?

[Humanoid]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Just answer one question why is it ok for the majority of other teams to have facial hair or stand yet our team cannot show any spirit? Why because we have to be professional? They have plenty of time for that once they go to work! It isn't a big deal but really is there any need to be so strict?

I don't get why it's a big deal, that's all. I don't care what the coach's rule is about it. I really don't. We're spending an inordinate amount of time talking about facial hair and standing on the bench. That doesn't score a goal or stop a puck. I'm sorry, I just subscribe to the Jim Craig theory of when he had to take Herb Brooks' exam - "I don't get what answering a question has to do with stopping a puck."

Not antagonizing you guys, I'm just confused.

[eXcSports]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Some thoughts to chew on:

http://excalibursportspage.com/2013/...hes-gone-wild/

[Humanoid]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Had a good conversation with some people the other day about some things that might be happening:

- It appears some people over on Forest St. might be starting to get serious about a discussion of an on-campus rink. It's something that's going to take time, money, and a commitment, but there's a major dedication to the program from the higher-ups. There are a number of high-ranking hockey people in the Boston region who've taken a notice and interest in the Bentley program and seeing it succeed because, "it's in everyone's best interests to have more local teams getting better." There's no timetable on when it will be complete, but they want to have the discussion and start making something more concrete as opposed to saying, "yeah we're going to eventually do it."

- The team is getting new home uniforms next year and will do away with the yellow. This is to conform with the athletic department's rebranding that started with the introduction of the new shield last year. I remember them talking about that on the broadcast anyways this past year.

- The team will have concrete captains next year, and there is a chance they'll stitch the letters on. In the past, they didn't put letters on the uniform because the uniforms had to be reused year after year and had to avoid being completely destroyed over the course of the year. The yellow uniforms allowed for stitchable screened names on the back, and the school and the coaching staff wants to take the next step with branding as an appropriate hockey team this year.

- The school is most likely going to increase scholarships to the full complement allowable in the AHA - 12. That also means an obvious increase of spending on women's sports because of Title IX. Not sure where that's going.

- The athletic department is committed to the hockey program becoming a viable Division I program, but they're going to do it in baby steps to make sure they get the right stuff done first. They don't want to go full bore and end up with a Wayne State or Findlay type program. Findlay and Wayne State had big time programs with funding and a rink, but the spending inflated on the program and they ended up axed because they didn't have the institutional support. It's one thing to have institutional support, it's another thing to have only the support of the athletic department. UAH is a prime example of what happens when you don't have one versus the other. So this is still going to be a work in progress to make sure Bentley hockey is around for years to come without full blast and fizzling out within a decade or two.

[Red Cows]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

I note that Bentley gets the "honor" of being our very first opponent as an NCHC team next season.

Do you know if we are giving you a return engagement the following season? The only other time we have ever played the Falcons was in the '06-'07 season and that was here.

[schiegs]

I note that Bentley gets the "honor" of being our very first opponent as an NCHC team next season.

Do you know if we are giving you a return engagement the following season? The only other time we have ever played the Falcons was in the '06-'07 season and that was here.

The only program in recent memory to return a game in Watertown is Clarkson. I find it very unlikely that your team would be making the trip back.

[wwjg1158]

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Give the team a rink! Your other teams have first class facilities and although everyone seems to have a special place in their hearts for the JAR it really is a hole. Having a nice rink on campus will help recruiting and would allow for other teams to come to Bentley! Not many people want to come to Boston to play at the JAR!

[Snively65]

I note that Bentley gets the "honor" of being our very first opponent as an NCHC team next season.

Do you know if we are giving you a return engagement the following season? The only other time we have ever played the Falcons was in the '06-'07 season and that was here.

Yikes, going 12-22-1 in 2000-2007 was like this past year for Bentley, as we started out reasonably well, tied and beat Princeton, then got trounced in both games at Omaha, traded wins and losses for about a month, then did a nose dive losing all but one game the last month. Please no repeats of either season next year.