Alright. Everybody's noted the low activity. Lets face it, the forum software kinda stinks and if it were up to me I'd move the UML hockey stuff to a discord server.
Nonetheless, hockey to play. Last season ended on fire but the tournament selectors denied taking into account two COVID enforced breaks and instead selected an elite school in our place. In the meantime we our two best players to this wacky object of a transfer portal including a player to Boston University, which frankly, IMO, is unforgivable. However, I've been against the open transfer portal because it makes everything unstable and I'm told I'm bad for not letting people make whatever choice they want. Meh. Either way, we are here and we play hockey.
I'll let others tell me whether or not we're supposed to be good because I just don't know anymore. As it is every year, every game counts towards March and that includes tonight against Arizona State. One thing is for sure, we haven't made the NCAA tournament in quite awhile and I don't like backwards progress when its coming after noted success and multiple league titles. We may never have the advantage of BU legacy or UMass resources but the program needs to find a way forward especially as the times become more and more changing and challenging. I'd say the hockey program is at the most questionable position since moving to Division 1 in the current zeitgeist of college sports. This year is important. Are we moving forward?
Nevertheless despite the players we lose we had some interesting pieces and last year's team was very different than what I feel like we're used to seeing and not in a negative way. Could this be building to something fun or is it going to stay a little bit funky?
This is my view from your nation's capital.
Nonetheless, hockey to play. Last season ended on fire but the tournament selectors denied taking into account two COVID enforced breaks and instead selected an elite school in our place. In the meantime we our two best players to this wacky object of a transfer portal including a player to Boston University, which frankly, IMO, is unforgivable. However, I've been against the open transfer portal because it makes everything unstable and I'm told I'm bad for not letting people make whatever choice they want. Meh. Either way, we are here and we play hockey.
I'll let others tell me whether or not we're supposed to be good because I just don't know anymore. As it is every year, every game counts towards March and that includes tonight against Arizona State. One thing is for sure, we haven't made the NCAA tournament in quite awhile and I don't like backwards progress when its coming after noted success and multiple league titles. We may never have the advantage of BU legacy or UMass resources but the program needs to find a way forward especially as the times become more and more changing and challenging. I'd say the hockey program is at the most questionable position since moving to Division 1 in the current zeitgeist of college sports. This year is important. Are we moving forward?
Nevertheless despite the players we lose we had some interesting pieces and last year's team was very different than what I feel like we're used to seeing and not in a negative way. Could this be building to something fun or is it going to stay a little bit funky?
This is my view from your nation's capital.
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