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  • WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

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    here is an idea...

    i am playing the agitator. but i do feel the WCHA and AHA need to shake things up to not only keep things from getting boring but also make the conferences better (as is, its no good).

    between the WCHA, the AHA, and ASU you have a total of 22 teams.

    have AHA give up AF... so they can go down from 11 to 10 teams making scheduling and traveling much easier and cheaper - all AHA teams would be really close to each other. AF and army can still have their bouts in the likes of the governors cup that UAF and UAA fight for every year, but in a NC way. call it the military cup.

    the AHA has now 10 teams, they are set. now have ASU and AF join the WCHA making it 12.

    travel in the WCHA is a big issue so create three mini-regions;

    west - UAF/UAA/AF/ASU
    central - MNSU/BSU/MTU/NMU
    east - LSSU/FSU/BGSU/UAH

    play most of your games within your region and make sure to schedule games with the other two with a rotation every year. keep things simple opening up more (then now) NC games with teams around you. as an example west could play DU and CC, central can play UofMN and SCSU, and east can play MSU and MIAMI.

    top two from each region moves on, together with two wild cards based on record.

    maybe seed the eight teams based on the PWR? could make it exciting for it involves the NC record.

    reduce travel, same money, save time, and play more NC games.

    take a d*** chance, do it. DO IT!

    this here is interesting and relevant;

    https://uahhockey.com/blog/2018/06/2...ule-exemption/

    GO TECH GOLD!
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    Last edited by DrunkTrainPolka; 04-18-2019, 08:14 PM.

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    Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

    Originally posted by DrunkTrainPolka View Post
    .
    here is an idea...

    i am playing the agitator. but i do feel the WCHA and AHA need to shake things up to not only keep things from getting boring but also make the conferences better (as is, its no good).

    between the WCHA, the AHA, and ASU you have a total of 22 teams.

    have AHA give up AF... so they can go down from 11 to 10 teams making scheduling and traveling much easier and cheaper - all AHA teams would be really close to each other. AF and army can still have their bouts in the likes of the governors cup that UAF and UAA fight for every year, but in a NC way. call it the military cup.

    the AHA has now 10 teams, they are set. now have ASU and AF join the WCHA making it 12.

    travel in the WCHA is a big issue so create three mini-regions;

    west - UAF/UAA/AF/ASU
    central - MNSU/BSU/MTU/NMU
    east - LSSU/FSU/BGSU/UAH

    play most of your games within your region and make sure to schedule games with the other two with a rotation every year. keep things simple opening up more (then now) NC games with teams around you. as an example west could play DU and CC, central can play UofMN and SCSU, and east can play MSU and MIAMI.

    top two from each region moves on, together with two wild cards based on record.

    maybe seed the eight teams based on the PWR? could make it exciting for it involves the NC record.

    reduce travel, same money, save time, and play more NC games.

    take a d*** chance, do it. DO IT!

    this here is interesting and relevant;

    https://uahhockey.com/blog/2018/06/2...ule-exemption/

    GO TECH GOLD!
    .
    DTP: I like this scenario even better than your two regions within the current WCHA.

    With three regions, you could play the 3 teams in your region home and away for 12 games. Home series against 2 teams from each other region for 8 more games. Road series against the other 2 teams in each of the other regions gives you a full 28 game league schedule. Next year travel to the schools you hosted this year and vice versa.

    You could use a PWR using only league games for post season seeding.

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    • #3
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        Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

        Don't forget Liberty and Navy into AHA!!
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          Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

          Of course you are ignoring the fact that schools and conferences do what they think is best for them. In the case of Air Force have they given any indication they want to leave Atlantic Hockey and join the WCHA? As for Atlantic Hockey, if I recall correctly, someone posted their commissioner said they were actively pursuing a new member.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by joecct View Post
            Don't forget Liberty and Navy into AHA!!
            Why doesn’t anyone ever mention Delaware when it comes to Atlantic Hockey expansion? Two rinks on campus with their main one holding over 2,000 fans. Location is closer than Navy. Strong history with their ACHA program. Seems like a no brained to me. Wonder if anyone has ever reached out.

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            • #7
              Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

              Originally posted by Sean Pickett View Post
              Of course you are ignoring the fact that schools and conferences do what they think is best for them. In the case of Air Force have they given any indication they want to leave Atlantic Hockey and join the WCHA? As for Atlantic Hockey, if I recall correctly, someone posted their commissioner said they were actively pursuing a new member.

              Sean
              for sure... but AF does not need to be in a bad or unhappy situation to get, to want to get, into a better one. the proposal is just an idea... and sometimes, these ideas get people thinking - including teams and/or conferences. and yes, i heard gossip in regard to AHA pursuing a 12th team... if its a current D-I team, UAH would be my guess.

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              Last edited by DrunkTrainPolka; 04-19-2019, 07:27 AM.

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              • #8
                Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                Originally posted by Sean Pickett View Post
                Of course you are ignoring the fact that schools and conferences do what they think is best for them. In the case of Air Force have they given any indication they want to leave Atlantic Hockey and join the WCHA? As for Atlantic Hockey, if I recall correctly, someone posted their commissioner said they were actively pursuing a new member.

                Sean
                It has nothing to do with what the schools and conferences think what's best for them. It's all about the fans and where and who we want to see our favourite teams play.

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                • #9
                  Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                  This is the kind of nonsense that I want to see when I visit these forums in the off-season.
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                  • #10
                    Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                    I would also expect AF to provide transportation for all WCHA teams as part of this deal. Not going to be a lot of frills, but cheap flights.

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                    • #11
                      Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                      Personally I’d enjoy some kind of WCHA-AHA scheduling alliance. Beats getting our collective **** pushed in by the NCHC every year.
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                      • #12
                        Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                        Originally posted by Squarebanks View Post
                        Personally I’d enjoy some kind of WCHA-AHA scheduling alliance. Beats getting our collective **** pushed in by the NCHC every year.
                        there is something to this...

                        while winning against 'stronger' teams (e.g., NACHO) is great for PWR, winning still is the most important thing no matter the level of competition.

                        meaning that if you are going to most likely lose, your best bet is to play against teams of your caliber.

                        you don't 'get points' for losing to any one... no matter how good the team that beats you is!

                        just need to find a way to work into the equation that playing better teams, will make you better.

                        hmm... be a fun project to run some kind of monte carlo simulation on this...

                        ...someone has probably done it.

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                        • #13
                          Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                          Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                          This is the kind of nonsense that I want to see when I visit these forums in the off-season.
                          Weird, because this was one of the few out the blue realignment proposals I've seen that didn't appear all that ludicrous.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DrunkTrainPolka View Post
                            there is something to this...

                            while winning against 'stronger' teams (e.g., NACHO) is great for PWR, winning still is the most important thing no matter the level of competition.

                            meaning that if you are going to most likely lose, your best bet is to play against teams of your caliber.

                            you don't 'get points' for losing to any one... no matter how good the team that beats you is!

                            just need to find a way to work into the equation that playing better teams, will make you better.

                            hmm... be a fun project to run some kind of monte carlo simulation on this...

                            ...someone has probably done it.

                            GO TECH GOLD!
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                            • #15
                              Re: WCHA + AHA + ASU = BETTER (for all)

                              Originally posted by Squarebanks View Post
                              Personally I’d enjoy some kind of WCHA-AHA scheduling alliance. Beats getting our collective **** pushed in by the NCHC every year.
                              Personally I'd enjoy seeing WCHA schedule and beat a lot of Nacho and B1G teams.

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