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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Can you put a little more meat on those bones, JB? Is Wallace available to all UNH teams, and assuming yes, are all coaches making use of this "asset"?? Assuming the first answer is indeed "yes" ... MS7 would seem to have at least one (and possibly two) less excuse(s) for his teams' poor...- Chuck Murray
- Post #774
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Fair point. Arguably MS7 has had one or two seasons where he scratched at midtable. So mediocre at best, but on the whole, pretty abysmal.- Chuck Murray
- Post #773
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
I can't let that go ... not "our" Red Sox lol, I'm a former Expos fan. And for what it's worth, considering that (different) ownership issues were the primary reason they left Montreal, it's interesting to note that a fair few successful GM's (including Dave Dombrowski and Dan Duquette) managed...- Chuck Murray
- Post #766
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
As I said earlier ... it's the faintest of faint praise, and I agree 100% it's the baseline for a D-1 head coach. The "good citizenship" standard is more applicable to HS level coaches, who get the athletes in more of their formative years, and who get paid stipends that are usually in the...- Chuck Murray
- Post #764
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
You're making my point, JB ... kudos to Souza for running a clean program with good kids, yes, but more is expected. Both of us could run a "clean program with good kids" too, but we'd probably both be even worse at coaching/driving performance in Men's Ice Hockey than he is. D-1 HC's salaries...- Chuck Murray
- Post #758
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
It's not an either/or proposition though, is it? Coach Umile consistently recruited good people AND managed to win a lot of games too. Look at the awards that get given out, locally and nationally. There are some good citizenship awards, sure, but most apply to on-ice performance. We all...- Chuck Murray
- Post #753
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
"Fourth in the portal nationally" is right up there with "Champions of November" when it comes to utterly meaningless "achievements".- Chuck Murray
- Post #738
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Best news of the offseason, including the portal pluses. Now hopefully the "search committee" won't mess this hire up like they messed up the last one ...- Chuck Murray
- Post #714
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Assuming that such a meeting/discussion has even happened ... it's hard to envision the (apparently) outgoing lame duck AD would be throwing down forceful positions like that, when she likely hasn't done so before during her relatively brief and uneventful tenure, and she has little if any stake...- Chuck Murray
- Post #613
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
This was really a first-time blowout from Big Mike. He was just as mediocre in the portal in previous years as his coaching/developmental work. Which leads me to believe that something is absolutely different this time around. Maybe TDL has been making some offers these kids simply cannot...- Chuck Murray
- Post #606
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Portal Winners & Losers (so far) Winners (1) Mike "MS7" Souza - with his job on the line, and with the vultures (like myself) circling, MS7 has clearly emerged from the portal with some quality additions, and looks to have shed some underperforming dead weight from the bottom of the roster in...- Chuck Murray
- Post #582
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Right now, MS7 can only care about next season. Simpson looks like someone he couldn't pass up. Grout likely ends up as collateral damage. C'est la vie. In the aftermath of the last 48 hours, one must realistically ask if TDL's donations to UNH Hockey have now extended beyond getting his...- Chuck Murray
- Post #560
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Palmer's rotating drum stage was definitely a first, from a band that took pride in pushing the boundaries of showmanship. Guys like Cozy Powell, Tommy Lee and others added their own twists to the concept, but CP was there first for sure. Shame he doesn't dig that out of mothballs too...- Chuck Murray
- Post #535
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Quadrophonic sound on the BSS tour too, unfortunately wasted on a poor sonic venue like the old Gahden, its notoriously poor sound got the Centrum built. Sadly, I was still a little too young to get to that gig, an older brother would definitely have come in handy. Did they do Emerson's...- Chuck Murray
- Post #525
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Fair point, could very well be the HBF? I'm not aware of any ties between HBF and USA Hockey??- Chuck Murray
- Post #481
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Similar to the Euro model for the elite big clubs competing to get Champions League slots, barring a very few (Guardiola, formerly Ferguson and Klopp) those clubs on the edge of European qualification go through coaches like changing underwear or socks. Thinking Chelsea, Tottenham, even Real...- Chuck Murray
- Post #480
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
You're making a pretty big assumption there Grouch ... not sure I'd bet the house on MS7 being in the office today ... I mean, what's the big hurry?!? BTW gotta give props to "Emily the Flunky" who seems to have nailed this in advance, greatly enhancing her credibility, despite some doubters. (y)- Chuck Murray
- Post #477
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Carl clearly stayed sober, saved his money, stayed fit, and his continuous touring with his new guys over the last few years into his mid-'70's has allowed them to rebuild the ELP worldwide fanbase to some degree. At their peak, despite the headwinds from the music press, ELP was one of the...- Chuck Murray
- Post #476
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
While we wait for the portal to open, and debate rages on about whose golf club is best ... here's a link for a show last Thursday night in Vegas at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay. Guessing the 2nd game of the semis probably kept our college hockey diehards away, but the greatest drummer of...- Chuck Murray
- Post #447
- Forum: Men's Division I
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
Hellsten has been without question the best product of the portal at UNH to date, and even he was a short-lived but glorious blip on the screen. Chauvette was probably coming here anyway from the sounds of it, so I'm not sure MS7 gets a ton of credit for that one. Outside of the goalies, I...- Chuck Murray
- Post #423
- Forum: Men's Division I