UVM 2017/18: A Gutt Check

[GreenCat]

I have to agree. I had lost interest even before this news. Things are going smashingly tonight I see as well in Lowell down 4-0 after 2. I agree with someone below who mentioned the biggest issue with Sneddon is the complete lack of development of players as the tend to go downhill after their freshman season. And for last season they didn’t make the NCAAs cause they couldn’t close out critical games at the end of the season.

Make that 5-0 and the second isn’t over.

[TovarishchLisa]

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I feel bad for the announcers. They have no choice but to watch the entire game.

At least Alastair gets to call basketball too

[VTALUM]

5-0, but we've got Sneddon locked up!

Heard through the grapevine an Alaskan Squirt C team was looking at him for next year. Glad we locked him down in time...Hockey genius like this doesn’t come along often.

[GreenCat]

Had to check the calendar...nope, it’s not April 1st. Wow. I’ve compeltely lost interest in this program. What a joke.

I have to agree. I had lost interest even before this news. Things are going smashingly tonight I see as well in Lowell down 4-0 after 2. I agree with someone below who mentioned the biggest issue with Sneddon is the complete lack of development of players as the tend to go downhill after their freshman season. And for last season they didn’t make the NCAAs cause they couldn’t close out critical games at the end of the season.

[UVM Cat in Texas]

Paid $9.95 to watch tonight’s game. Pretty clear nobody wants to be out there right now. I feel really bad for these players.

I feel bad for the announcers. They have no choice but to watch the entire game.

[UVM Cat in Texas]

I do know that Schulman has read my blog before, and I wrote on Sneddon, so maybe that has something to do with it? I mean, that's as good a thought as any...

Sure, it's possible. Or who knows, maybe he occasionally looks at this site.

[UVM Cat in Texas]

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5-0, but we've got Sneddon locked up!

[TovarishchLisa]

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I'm guessing their plan was to announce it when the deal was finalized, likely this spring/summer after the season was over. Now, however, with the season being a huge disappointment and fans actively calling for Sneddon's head (as Ted Ryan even acknowledged in his article), they probably felt they needed come out with it now to quell the uprising.

I do know that Schulman has read my blog before, and I wrote on Sneddon, so maybe that has something to do with it? I mean, that's as good a thought as any...

[VTALUM]

3-0. One goal for each year of Sneddon's extension.

Wonder if Bowen spoke his mind? He looks like the type to not hold back...no way he’s not playing because ability level.

[TovarishchLisa]

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3-0. One goal for each year of Sneddon's extension.

[VTALUM]

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Paid $9.95 to watch tonight’s game. Pretty clear nobody wants to be out there right now. I feel really bad for these players.

[j24vt]

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The irony is I was looking through stuff when I wrote my freshmen preview piece for my blog and one of the guys (Frechette) literally said "I don't like to dump and chase." Even worse: modern hockey is drifting away from dump-and-chase and more towards controlled zone entries.

...and dump and chase on the power play is inexcusable.

[TovarishchLisa]

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My biggest frustration is that Sneddon style hockey does not develop players. Grind, dump and chase, grind, grind, grind.

The irony is I was looking through stuff when I wrote my freshmen preview piece for my blog and one of the guys (Frechette) literally said "I don't like to dump and chase." Even worse: modern hockey is drifting away from dump-and-chase and more towards controlled zone entries.

[jfromvt]

I'm guessing their plan was to announce it when the deal was finalized, likely this spring/summer after the season was over. Now, however, with the season being a huge disappointment and fans actively calling for Sneddon's head (as Ted Ryan even acknowledged in his article), they probably felt they needed come out with it now to quell the uprising.

If they agreed in principal in the summer, not sure why it takes six months to draw up a contract. Also, the three year deal includes this year, which he is under contract, so effectively he is getting a guaranteed contract for the next two years vs the year-to-year leverage UVM has in his current deal.

[j24vt]

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My biggest frustration is that Sneddon style hockey does not develop players. Grind, dump and chase, grind, grind, grind.