Sparkee
Blackbear
Some of us did.
Just like some of us can see the freshmen are talented and are the strongest class if you factor in their contributions given it’s their first year.
Others are asking too much from freshmen and pinning success on them. Saying things like we should have used NIL money instead of building the addition. Blah blah.
They are ignoring the fact that your team should be carried by the upperclassmen in a traditionally well run program. So they are misguided in their thinking. I’ve pointed this out.
Perhaps Barr knew where the team was going to be and didn’t care for the recruiting that happened under Fortier and Soltys. I mean those two were the primary recruiters for the current senior, junior, and sophomore classes. I think the major junior being elligible saved the program from being very bad.
Let’s hope the two new coaches can feather in layers of good classes like this freshman class. I think if they continue to recruit major junior players it will help a lot.
Until then, we have a team that is average team in hockey east and that means Maine likely can’t make the ground now to get into the ncaa playoffs.
Kind of a bummer. Still a lot better than the Gendron days. This would be a good Gendron year, yet it is likely the most disappointing for Barr. Program is at different level and expectations are much higher.
