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UNH- How Far West Do We Go?

norbert said:
I knew you had mentioned this earlier but was too lazy to go back and find the post. It is how the campus has evolved with the inner buildings getting the money and the outskirts being abandoned. I do know Nesmith got a small reno 10 years ago but that's a lip stick on a pig type. Same with NH Hall. They have spent millions on a building that probably should have been demolished and redone.
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TRIO scholars and Sustainability Institute prepare to relocate as UNH proposes six building closures
 
norbert said:
That is what I remember but who knows. Either way it is sad that they can't keep buildings open. I doubt they will sell them but I wonder what the cost is to maintain versus use. The biggest problem is the president is the fundraiser for UNH but there is no vision on where to go.

I still think they missed the mark with the NE Center especially with Paul School opening.
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Dude. Seriously. The hockey coach, athletic director and president. All with no vision or qualified to do their jobs. At this point the state should sell the U. A private equity firm would do a much better job fulfilling the U's mission. Let me know your thoughts. I know a guy who knows a guy. The last sentence is truth although I will not reveal who they are or how I know them :)
 
norbert said:
I knew you had mentioned this earlier but was too lazy to go back and find the post. It is how the campus has evolved with the inner buildings getting the money and the outskirts being abandoned. I do know Nesmith got a small reno 10 years ago but that's a lip stick on a pig type. Same with NH Hall. They have spent millions on a building that probably should have been demolished and redone.
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Tradition 😠

Posted by the guy who still hasn't forgiven them for the WSBE eradication :mad:
 
Executive Director of the Sustainability Institute Fiona "Wilson expressed her excitement for a new location for the Sustainability Institute, as the current building, Nesmith, is older and out of date for students and staff to work effectively in. It’s one of the least sustainable buildings on campus in many ways and is not energy efficient. "
 
Felix lost his scoring touch the moment he shaved off his mustache. He needs to grow an epic soup strainer to regain his powers!
2013hockeyfan said:
I would like to see Gagnon centering Cy and Winters. He showed some flashes early
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norbert said:
Back to hockey, PC is #7 in the poll and #1 in HEA. Something I missed being disconnected with a team in the basement. Is this the upset with the short weekend or the expected blow out? How do the lines get shuffled with Lavin's most likely out? I would load up the front line with Cy, Morgan, and Ringer but see Oliver sliding back on Cy's line
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norbert said:
Back to hockey, PC is #7 in the poll and #1 in HEA. Something I missed being disconnected with a team in the basement. Is this the upset with the short weekend or the expected blow out? How do the lines get shuffled with Lavin's most likely out? I would load up the front line with Cy, Morgan, and Ringer but see Oliver sliding back on Cy's line
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I'd like to see Newcombe up there. To me, he has been creating a lot of chances and doesn't mind driving to the net, not afraid to get in all the dirty areas.
 
Afterfurtherreview said:
I'd like to see Newcombe up there. To me, he has been creating a lot of chances and doesn't mind driving to the net, not afraid to get in all the dirty areas.
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This team needs to play more in the dirty areas. Even the "high skill guys" don't really have the shot of high skill players of the past. UNH needs to learn to manufacture goals and that is generally being in and being better in the dirty areas.

EDIT: I like some of what I see in Newcombe's game. Harder nosed player willing to work in the dirty areas and I have seen him with some nifty little puck moves around the net, does seem like he has a shovel for a shot at times.

EDIT 2: ugh what bad typing begin vs being... need vs needs... ugh
 
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HockeyRef said:
Some rambling thoughts...

Too bad NU had to lose in a shoot out last night...echoing the hockey pundits. Maybe another 5 min OT and then shootout for big events like the Beanpot. But I suppose that would mess up the works. My money's on the Eagles for the 'Pot.
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I used to be a regular at the Beanpot for about 20 years, but stopped a few years ago when my usual event companions from down in the big city passed, so I haven't summoned up the interest to return without them. And here I am, realizing that the recent editions of the Beanpot are using shortened OT's and now shootouts in the title games?? As usual, the NCAA has to stick its nose into everything, make everything vanilla, and mess up an amazing tradition. Eff the NCAA.
 
Chuck Murray said:
I used to be a regular at the Beanpot for about 20 years, but stopped a few years ago when my usual event companions from down in the big city passed, so I haven't summoned up the interest to return without them. And here I am, realizing that the recent editions of the Beanpot are using shortened OT's and now shootouts in the title games?? As usual, the NCAA has to stick its nose into everything, make everything vanilla, and mess up an amazing tradition. Eff the NCAA.
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Serious question is the short OT and shutouts at the Bean Pot the NCAA? Or is the schools and the garden (both venue and event organizer)?

Crazy alternate world thought... would 2-on-1 or 3-on-2 "drills" be better than a shoutout? It is more common in hockey to have odd man rush than a break away. I am still more of a let them play until they drop.
 
Penn State star Gavin McKenna arrested for assault. Interesting to see what will happen with his playing status the rest of the year. Does he Casey Desmith treatment or a fair shake.
 
norbert said:
I knew you had mentioned this earlier but was too lazy to go back and find the post. It is how the campus has evolved with the inner buildings getting the money and the outskirts being abandoned. I do know Nesmith got a small reno 10 years ago but that's a lip stick on a pig type. Same with NH Hall. They have spent millions on a building that probably should have been demolished and redone.
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In fairness, I think this is probably a common issue with schools located out in the relative boonies, as there are usually limited options for repurposing or reuse outside the school itself. A funky outdated building in Allston (BU) or on Huntington Ave. (NU) can become a donut or coffee shop, or even an upscale bar or any number of options. With the locations of these now seemingly doomed UNH buildings, it's not like some honky-tonk establishments can pop up there without taking away from the bucolic nature of the campus. Obviously, that doesn't matter so much in urban Boston, or Providence to a lesser degree. It is what it is.

Then again ... taking government funding to the tune of $10 million (give or take) to do the "lipstick on a pig" temporary thingy, and then tearing these places down (with more government funding) is the kind of stuff that makes the folks in Concord get agita over further funding of the U.

It's actually not very different from the school districts who habitually feel the need to launch the next school rebuild project the second the bonds on the last (re)building are paid off. If you're around in a single place long enough, these are the questions that you have to ask. Sometimes the answers are unpleasant.

For example ... before we landed in Effingwoods, my wife and I grew up in a much more urban setting. Our original high school - the one our parents went to a generation earlier - was a beautiful classic brick & mortar that had held up pretty nicely over 50 years. There was plenty of room to expand to meet the rising enrollment, and there were local yokel shops and stores around it that probably depended on teacher and student usage that had been there forever.

But rather than upgrade a perfectly fine structure, and maybe do a modest expansion on lots of available land, the local pols opted for the new building etc. approach, and plopped it on the edge of wetlands in an otherwise residential neighborhood. Just in case anyone had silly thoughts of reusing the previous building, it was burned to the ground a year after the new place opened. All of the small businesses near the old place closed or moved, and the only things that showed up even moderately close to the new facility were owned by ( ... wait for it ... ) local politicians. And a few years later, some of those politicians got their hands caught in the proverbial cookie jar, receiving copious amounts of payola (kickbacks) from the general contractor on the project. Shocking, I know.

And here we are, another 50 years down the road, and guess what?!? Said same community wants to build another high school, using all the same old excuses, and here we go, all over again. Literally, the proposed new site is on the other side of the tracks from the current one. Politicians all arguing for using their preferred site, and their preferred contractors ... wonder why, eh?!? :rolleyes:

Proving once again, there are good rea$on$ politician$ "volunteer" at low/no pay to do their "job$" relative to $chool project$ lol :ROFLMAO:
 
JB said:
Executive Director of the Sustainability Institute Fiona "Wilson expressed her excitement for a new location for the Sustainability Institute, as the current building, Nesmith, is older and out of date for students and staff to work effectively in. It’s one of the least sustainable buildings on campus in many ways and is not energy efficient. "
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The Executive Director ain't no dummy, she can hear the clink-clank sounds of contractor money sloshing around with the new location/project lol 😂
 
JB said:
Serious question is the short OT and shutouts at the Bean Pot the NCAA? Or is the schools and the garden (both venue and event organizer)?
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Looked it up tonight, it was definitely strongly influenced by the NCAA when they started to tamper with the format in 2020.

JB said:
Crazy alternate world thought... would 2-on-1 or 3-on-2 "drills" be better than a shoutout? It is more common in hockey to have odd man rush than a break away. I am still more of a let them play until they drop.
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Thankfully they go back to the old way when all the postseason games arrive. I'm not sure unlimited postseason OT's are going to outlast me, sadly ...
 
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