Buckeyes play 3 to 4 D and 2 lines most of the time. They cannot keep up for three periods unless the opponent has a short bench much like Minnesota did last weekend. This team should look forward to next year.
It did not work in Minny last weekend and appears it did not work this weekend. Good coaches coach and not shorten the bench for periods at a time. This will lead to more injuries than goals. Buckeyes are not a well coached team. Very individualistic with no support. Easy system for other coaches to break down. If not for Sauve this team may not have won a game.
The players that aren't playing regularly are getting the message about their futures with the new coach. Sounds like she'll be replacing them as soon as she gets her own recruits in the door. Not sure it means she's a bad coach. If you don't have the horses to win the race you probably need new horses, or just don't enter the race to begin with. It's her stable of horses to run as she sees fit. You obviously don't like it but that doesn't mean she's wrong or a bad coach. She's trying hard to win some games to attract better recruits to the program as soon as she can. I'd say she knows exactly what she's doing and doesn't care if you approve or not. Kudos to her. I think that program needs someone like her to get it back on track. The last two coaches were awful for the reputation of the program.
Jenny Potter did a lot of damage to this program in one year ! It appears the new coach is doing the best she can with what she has to build, outstanding goaltending, better than average defence and very, very limited offence. It takes time to develop and build.
Dani Sadek and Lauren Boyle are 2 of the top 10 D in the conference and will be there again next year along with the Dunne sisters. Very strong top 4. The Buckeyes will be tough to play against next year moreso if they can bolster their offense.
Dont get me wrong, offensive D are valuable and jumping into the play is a necessity, but if a D had natural goal scoring ability they would have been moved up to F a long time ago.
I was told there was a discussion going on here about the Buckeyes. As for Coach Muzerall and her staff, there will always be attrition when a new coach comes in. I think she is going about things the right way and I am trusting the process. As others have already alluded to, I think this team is solid defensively with Kass in net and the D's we have. Where we really need help is offense. I was talking to one of the parents a few weeks back at Penn State and he said that every time our opponents have scored more than one goal, we have lost those games. Looking at our scores this season ... yep, spot on. That is a lot of pressure to put on the defensemen and goaltender. In order to get a W, they have to hold everyone to one goal or shut them out. Clearly, that is a sign that we need offense/goal scorers. From what I understand and hear from those who know, we do have some scoring coming in next season. Then again, regardless of how good the player is, there is always an adjustment period with the college game, so we will see, but I think the program is in good hands now with Coach Muzerall and Coach Koizumi. I am looking forward to the team being back home for a couple weekends ... St. Cloud this weekend and Minnesota State the weekend of 2/10 - 2/11. After that, it's the regular season finale at North Dakota. We need to take advantage of the opportunities we have to get points in these next couple weekends at home and break the logjam (OSU, Bemidji, St. Cloud, all with 19 points).
I was told there was a discussion going on here about the Buckeyes. As for Coach Muzerall and her staff, there will always be attrition when a new coach comes in. I think she is going about things the right way and I am trusting the process. As others have already alluded to, I think this team is solid defensively with Kass in net and the D's we have. Where we really need help is offense. I was talking to one of the parents a few weeks back at Penn State and he said that every time our opponents have scored more than one goal, we have lost those games. Looking at our scores this season ... yep, spot on. That is a lot of pressure to put on the defensemen and goaltender. In order to get a W, they have to hold everyone to one goal or shut them out. Clearly, that is a sign that we need offense/goal scorers. From what I understand and hear from those who know, we do have some scoring coming in next season. Then again, regardless of how good the player is, there is always an adjustment period with the college game, so we will see, but I think the program is in good hands now with Coach Muzerall and Coach Koizumi. I am looking forward to the team being back home for a couple weekends ... St. Cloud this weekend and Minnesota State the weekend of 2/10 - 2/11. After that, it's the regular season finale at North Dakota. We need to take advantage of the opportunities we have to get points in these next couple weekends at home and break the logjam (OSU, Bemidji, St. Cloud, all with 19 points).
There are different styles & some coaches never want their D to carry the puck but most of them are now retired or unemployed. The D often has more room to move at the start of the rush, particularly if the Fs pull the other team up ice. If they have the speed built up & the skill to carry they are disrupting the other teams set. A forward has to rotate back to cover the point but that is pretty standard today (when I was a kid skaters were expected to pretty much stay in their little section of ice, in addition to being boring to play it leads to low scoring defensive battles if both side do it and blows out by creative teams). Now if they are not going D to D or strictly dump and chase that is a separate isueAbsolutely they have a very strong D core. But here is a question. Which one actually plays D? Watching, the forwards never get the puck. The D carry it down the ice almost every time and the forwards have to stop and wait for them. There is no regroup or D to D cycle but silly dump-ins or shots to the goalies mid-section. . . .
Nope. Its great to have D that carry the puck & can get a few goals so that the other side cannot afford to ignore them in their zone as they can generate a head of steam entering the zone causing disruption.if a D had natural goal scoring ability they would have been moved up to F a long time ago.
There are different styles & some coaches never want their D to carry the puck but most of them are now retired or unemployed. The D often has more room to move at the start of the rush, particularly if the Fs pull the other team up ice. If they have the speed built up & the skill to carry they are disrupting the other teams set. A forward has to rotate back to cover the point but that is pretty standard today (when I was a kid skaters were expected to pretty much stay in their little section of ice, in addition to being boring to play it leads to low scoring defensive battles if both side do it and blows out by creative teams). Now if they are not going D to D or strictly dump and chase that is a separate isue
Nope. Its great to have D that carry the puck & can get a few goals so that the other side cannot afford to ignore them in their zone as they can generate a head of steam entering the zone causing disruption.
Discussing OSU looked like fun while they got the broom in Duluth over the weekend. Maybe they'll be good someday.
But since this is the UMD thread, how about those Bulldogs? I'm guessing most people didn't see them being in position to host a NCAA playoff game this deep into the season.
I didn't. Especially after what I considered a weak showing by the team and particularly Stalder when I was counting on them to play hard against Wisconsin in the WCHA semi final game last year.
But they have shown a lot this season. I think with their solid 'd' and top of the line scorers the Bulldogs, while being underDogs against Wisconsin, are capable of anything in the postseason.
