TheGrouchyCat
Litter Box of Bad Ideas
Notwithstanding your preoccupation with your fellow posters' genitalia in last week's drunken posts, of course, things have gotten creepy indeed.
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UNH- How Far West Do We Go?
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Notwithstanding your preoccupation with your fellow posters' genitalia in last week's drunken posts, of course, things have gotten creepy indeed.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Grouch is not Bobo, e.cat - I promise. I know them both, as I know you. But coincidentally, Grouch and Bobo both hail from the same hometown. Bobo has a few years on the Grouch. I touch bases once in a while with Bobo, he's alive and well, and I suspect he'd be on here more often if the program was truly worth his limited free time. He's never admitted it to me, but I'm 99.9% sure he's been on here from time to time under a different name(s). His style is inimitable.
Whether you liked him or loathed him, he was one of a kind and made the boards way more fun. If you took a poll of old-timers posting from rival schools, he would be top of the list for missing posters as voted by BC, BU and UMaine fans alike, and he made their programs' lives creatively miserable. Creativity is king.
FWIW while there has been chatter about posters of the past, I also heard from NickUNH the other day for the first time in a long time. He is doing well, in a different capacity than he used to enjoy back in the day. Maybe someday we'll have a Three Stooges reunion (Bobo, Nick and myself) on here when we are all retired, and UNH actually has a program ready and willing to mix it with the best of D-1? I'm perilously close to retirement, and IIRC e.cat you beat me to it, so I'm hoping UNH Hockey does a U-turn soon, and gives us all another kick at the "relevant at the top of D-1" can someday before it's all too late for us to enjoy.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
It may all be moot regardless, as the Whale Family was fully participating in last night's Senior Night festivities. So I doubt very much he's coming back.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Actually, the funniest thing of all is your attempts to deny and disavow who and where you are. Talk about a soulless swamp denizen.
And the best part is, it was your own vanity that cracked the case.
The jig is up, cpo pottymole. You're not fooling anyone ...
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
For sure he has posted on here under another handle. He was as funny as it got on here way back when
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
You'll already know this, but after last night's usual coaching assignment, I caught the 3rd period on TV and saw the series of events that unfolded in the closing minutes, starting with the very obvious boarding non-call to Ring, the UMass goal that followed immediately after, the replay review, and the reactions of those on the UNH bench. Most were pretty stoked and especially apoplectic after the officiating crew upheld the "no major" call, which they had to have a pretty good idea would clinch a victory for UMass. You have confirmed that the UNH HC who stepped down from his post a decade ago almost lost his sh!t in the stands.
Coach Parker would have thrown crap on the ice and threatened to slash the refs' tires in the parking lot ... Coach York would have quietly threatened to call the refs' mothers and shame them for not calling a penalty that could have cripped one of his fine young players ... Walshy would have come up with something off the wall, maybe including posting airbrushed compromising naked pics of the offending refs with Bananas the Mascot for a fair slice of blackmail ...
... but MS7 barely looked bothered, displaying the rage of a Market Basket shopper in the Express lane behind someone with a couple of extra items in the cart.
The officiating team, given the choice between the hard discussion with Carvel on taking a goal away, and a sad sack 10th place pushover, took the easy road.
Imagine that situation unfolding at WBA/Agganis ... at Conte ... at Alfond, and the refs ruling against coaching icons in their home arena. Yeah, not happening.
TheGrouchyCat
Litter Box of Bad Ideas
Years ago, I was was friendly with a few former BU players. Any time the beer began flowing, the Jack stories would inevitably start. I don't think I've ever laughed as hard in my life.
JB
Desk Chair Coach
Some on here don't remember the old days before the message board. I really think it had mostly calmed down by the time this place arrived
Umile standing on the dasher in front of the bench.
Walsh grabbing sticks from the spares on the bench and throwing them on the ice
Parker one night chucked a bunch of water bottles
I think the only one where this board was around was the night Parker grabbed a ref (at the Whitt) that was skating away... Ref had decided the conversation was over Parker had a different idea and then got to spend the rest of the night not on the bench.
Been years since I have seen a coach tossed... It used to be that each of them got the gate at least once a year.
Umile standing on the dasher in front of the bench.
Walsh grabbing sticks from the spares on the bench and throwing them on the ice
Parker one night chucked a bunch of water bottles
I think the only one where this board was around was the night Parker grabbed a ref (at the Whitt) that was skating away... Ref had decided the conversation was over Parker had a different idea and then got to spend the rest of the night not on the bench.
Been years since I have seen a coach tossed... It used to be that each of them got the gate at least once a year.
emily422
Member
Neither of the assistant coaches showed emotion either. Just feel like it's a really bad look.
Would love to hear others thoughts on the hit though. Talked to a few others after the game and we all pretty much agreed it probably wasn't worthy of a major penalty but definitely a minor, which of course can not be called using a challenge.
I agree I don’t think quite a major, it looked like the hit to the back wasnt square to the numbers and not quite 4-5 feet from the boards, which I think they look for. Still… if it was called on the ice I don’t think they would have overturned the call. They really seemed to put the whistles away in the third after a lot of penalties earlier in the game…
The guys have to learn to play to the end of the whistle though, even if one of the guys is down. I wonder if that would have prevented the game winning goal in the opposite end of the ice, as a bunch of the guys were just waiting for the penalty call that never came.
That’s fully on the coaching.
Regarding the reaction afterwards. I’m not sure how many on here are college basketball fans. Yesterday the UConn men (#4 nationally) lost to a below .500 Marquette team on the road. Coach Dan Hurley went ballistic on the refs at the end of the game due to a non foul call - bumping into one of the refs leading to an ejection.
While always a strong program, Hurley has brought UConn to another level in recent years, with 2 national championships in a row in 23 and 24. Obviously a strong coach, but his passion for the game may be unmatched, and I think that rubs off on his players who would likely run through a wall for him.
Based on MS7 and co. reaction to the Ring hit, how many guys would run through a wall for them? I agree, it’s a bad look. It makes me think of Souza is that concerned with his job security, and perhaps if he already has assurance he is coming back next year… I have no insider info on this, just speculation.
Wednesday looms large. Hoping for a big W for the good guys at Conte!
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Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
It's not up to the assistants to take the lead in situations like that. It's on the head coach 100%. And whether it was worthy of an overturn is beside the point. You have to make it uncomfortable for the officials to make that tough call against you, right from the start. You actually have to have a history of advocating for your team, sometimes no matter the cost, at least at the D-1 level, and certainly above. Your job is to use every possible intangible to help your guys win a game, and MS7 lost it last night by having a wishy-washy reputation that allowed the officiating crew to overlook a very obvious (and dangerous) boarding call that could have seen Ring seriously injured. The rest of it all flowed from that oversight, and the officials knowing Souza would not meaningfully hold them accountable.
Let's face it ... it wasn't a super important game, other than for postseason seeding. But if a head coach has a certain level of respect, an officiating crew will almost feel obligated to "even things up", despite the fact that's a no-no in the public officiating gospel. But that respect simply doesn't exist for Souza, and we see this manifest itself from time to time. And mind you, the current HEA commish is tied to UNH from his prior employment. Joey "Buttons" Bertagna would never come in against one of his league's most respected HC's, and if it was a York or Parker against a roadkill HC like Pooley (PC) or MacDonald (UML) or even Cahoon (UMA), you didn't have to do a lot of analysis to figure out the ending.
Souza exudes an aura that oozes indifference ... so if the officials don't think he's upset or will get upset if there is a tough call to be made, it's path of least resistance.
emily422
Member
I agree with you 100% it’s on Souza. I mentioned in an earlier post that I watched that part of the game back and saw how little emotion he showed. Mostly was just trying to make the point that it seemed like none of the coaching staff cared. I can recall games this season where an assistant coach is standing on top of the bench, screaming at the refs for a missed call, whatever it may have been.
But agree on your other points that Souza is not respected enough to have calls “go his way.”
emily422
Member
In the replay could see at least one player give up on the play in the corner with his hand in the air waiting for the call. Not really sure at that point what they were waiting for as UMass already had possession and clearly no whistle. Maybe the older guys will remember the feeling after the OT loss last year in the play in round and use that as motivation. Really think the game could go either way
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
There was a game at Alfond which I was lucky enough to attend where both Jack and Shawn were in the stands watching. I saw Jack throw shit on the ice at Alfond in another game. Also BU asst coaches trying to climb over the glass behind benches to get at Maine fans who I assume were talking about their Moms
Blue tarps over the runways onto the ice. Fights in the stand between Maine and BU fans in the garden. Not to mention tons of stuff Shawn didRobert Balin
Active member
I was always wondering what happened to Jack Sadowski this year. He only played 2 games in the BCHL was then traded and is now off the list completely. So with some deep digging I found this.
Jack Sadowski
is currently a first-year pitcher for the Vassar College baseball team.
While he was previously a highly-touted hockey prospect from Arlington, MA, who committed to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), his collegiate career has pivoted to baseball. I'm assuming he's ditched hockey completely as Vassar has no hockey.
Jack Sadowski
is currently a first-year pitcher for the Vassar College baseball team.
While he was previously a highly-touted hockey prospect from Arlington, MA, who committed to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), his collegiate career has pivoted to baseball. I'm assuming he's ditched hockey completely as Vassar has no hockey.
Great find. Good for him. He's clearly very bright and decided to take things in a different direction. That takes courage. Vassar is an excellent school. Good luck to Jack.
Thanks for this nugget RB. My take is that it could be he ditched hockey because he couldn't stay healthy. Or maybe he just likes baseball more.
Question for you since I know you follow the recruiting trail. What is your take on the goaltending situation? I'm sick of them having to go into the portal to find a goalie. I thought Grout was going to be a solution but his numbers in the WHL aren't too impressive. Henriquez shows promise but he's only 18 and I wonder if he is big enough.
Thanks.
Creepy indeed. With your professed international business dealings (just back from China!) and college lectures, K street lawyers, beer drinking with former BU and UNH hockey players and alleged all around business acumen. Yes, there's been no shortage of creepy delusional posting on here.
Robert Balin
Active member
I'm thinking since getting Henriquez maybe Grout will be playing somewhere else? At one point when he was I believe 16 Grout was the 8th ranked goalie on Elite prospects in his age group. He plays for a sub par team and I still think he's gonna be good. I would have liked to see Coombs get a start this year since he's the only returning goalie. He had a great JR year last year. I'd myself would like to see a goalie they recruited play, they have three with plenty of potential. Does anyone know what happened to Jack Cronin? Has he been a healthy scratch? if so another feather in the cap for Big Mike in the portal..
