Wisconsin Hockey 22-23 Empty Dreams & Empty Seats

[Timothy A]

And on the 5th goal Wisconsin lost multiple multiple 1 and 1 fights for the puck. They gave up.

[MadCityRich]

…I got a bit soft there for a few weeks but I’ve had enough.

McIntosh needs to show the Men’s Hockey fan base that he wants a highly successful hockey program that has a standard of winning national titles.

so…fire the staff Sunday. Period. End of discussion. This is an utter embarrassment.

I totally agree with this and have been posting exactly that across many platforms. If not after Sunday, it should be after that Milwaukee Peewee tournament that they're hosting.
Who gives a fukk who the intern coach is, can it be any fukken worse? NO!

I just happened to turn on Bally sports and at the end of the second period it's already 6 to 2 Minnesota. Is McIntosh paying any fukken attention or is his face glued to the women's volleyball team?

[Timothy A]

The last 5 minutes the Badger showed a little bit of juice . Urdahl, Stange and Gorniac.

[Timothy A]

And now the gophers are just standing around and we pop a couple quickies. Showing some heart.

[solovsfett]

I totally agree with this and have been posting exactly that across many platforms. If not after Sunday, it should be after that Milwaukee Peewee tournament that they're hosting.
Who gives a fukk who the intern coach is, can it be any fukken worse? NO!

I just happened to turn on Bally sports and at the end of the second period it's already 6 to 2 Minnesota. Is McIntosh paying any fukken attention or is his face glued to the women's volleyball team?

my god. If McIntosh doesn’t act soon there will be no fans left to sell tickets to.

I don’t think he understands the history nor importance of Badger Men’s Hockey. And Badger Bob’s legacy to hockey is superior in every single way to Barry Alvarez, Lou Holtz, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembeckler(sp?) and Nick Saban combined for football. It’s that simple. 3 NCAA titles, putting Wisconsin on the map, took Calgary to the Stanley Cup finals and then won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh. This lack of effort from the AD is inexcusable.

[druzy192]

It's a good article for the most part. It's been 17 years since 2006 and that was 16 years since the 1990 title. So two titles in the last 33 years. Before that they had 4 in 17 years 1973 to 1989...

I saw in the paper or somewhere today that the Badgers haven't won an NCAA playoff game since 2010. I didnt realize that. *** is going on? How is everyone not fired 3 years ago?

[druzy192]

Just heard on 97.3 in Milwaukee that women’s volleyball is outdrawing men’s hockey.

no offense to volleyball team but that’s a joke.

Dude I'd watch volleyball over men's hockey 9 games out of 10. Probably 10/10. It's exciting. Place is rocking. They're winners.

And I'm a hockey guy.

[LordofBrewtown]

Dude I'd watch volleyball over men's hockey 9 games out of 10. Probably 10/10. It's exciting. Place is rocking. They're winners.

And I'm a hockey guy.

Yeah, I love them both (actually attended more volleyball games while I was a student; but, hockey tickets were very hard to get way back then). And volleyball is averaging some very large crowds - so that in itself isn't necessarily the issue. The issue is that between Barry and and now McIntosh, they've destroyed the hockey program. You really have to ask yourself, if you were a rival or enemy, and trying to tank the program, what would you have done differently than what they've done over the last 10 years?

[digitalbooya]

The call against strammel was garbage but he's gotta stop taking dumb penalties. Wisconsin was in total control until that point. I don't care if he sits the rest of the season. What a dumbass.

Watching the replay, how on earth was that called!? Stramel was pulled into Faber's helmet... by Faber! You can't call that a dumb penalty when he did nothing wrong.

[GoBucky18]

TG has got to be let go...like right now. The idea that you can have a 2 goal lead with players consistently making boneheaded decisions on ice (not even talking about the Stramel penalty) with poor effort, bad passes, bad time and space/awareness decisions on D and on a week in and week out pace...just...it is over man.

Fire him and get a head start on the hiring search process if your team is so fragile that you let a team score 6 goals in under 6mins, it just has to stop.

They are consistently one of the youngest, most penalized, highest GAA, lowest save %, lowest PK%, and lowest scoring teams in the NCAA. The record reflects it. Time to move on.

Does anyone even know what kind of offensive scheme TG employs? For all I can tell its a wingers at the boards center line that relies very little on the blue liners exiting the zone in a coordinated fashion. Its awful.

[solovsfett]

Dude I'd watch volleyball over men's hockey 9 games out of 10. Probably 10/10. It's exciting. Place is rocking. They're winners.

And I'm a hockey guy.

It’s not for me (volleyball). I honestly don’t get it. Why do more people watch and care about UW volleyball over say a 6-time national champion women’s hockey team with a famous gold-medal winning and NCAA champion coach and the team is still kicking ***?!?!!!!

[MadCityRich]

I saw in the paper or somewhere today that the Badgers haven't won an NCAA playoff game since 2010. I didnt realize that. *** is going on? How is everyone not fired 3 years ago?

Seriously druzy? Come on man, we all knew that. Why do you think we're all so ****ed off? I know you've been keeping track because you even said everybody should have been fired 3 years ago.

It just sucks that Granato has been allowed to coach this long and Chryst got whacked so quickly. I understand the money difference in the sports but come on!

[GoBucky18]

Thay's easy. They got their *** handed to them 5-0 in 2010 Natl Champ game by BC and then lost in the first round to UMass Lowell, the Sioux, and recently (Bemidji State)...and none of those were really close contests either.

Plus, saying they haven't won a game since 2010 gives the illusion they've been in a lot of NCAA tourneys.

3 appearences over 12yrs is not an acceptable outcome.

[GoBucky18]

Last 4 NCAA tourney games the Badgers have been outscored 22-6.

Vs BC 0-5
Vs UMass Lowell 1-6
Vs Sioux 2-5
Vs Bemidji 3-6

That's 22-6 folks.

[Punudski]

I checked to see who would be breaking the news that TG is gone, but alas, we are all still left waiting and hoping. I have heard from many that he is a great guy, but it must be obvious to everyone by now that he unfortunately cannot coach. I do not know the advantages/disadvantages of moving on during/after the season but my goodness, it’s over, right? RIGHT?! Please?!