Beanpot LXV - Does Anything Else Even Matter?

[Yuppie Scum]

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Congratulations Harvard! This tournament wouldn't mean anything if the same team won every year.

 

[UML Puck Hawk]

Congratulations Harvard! This tournament wouldn't mean anything if the same team won every year.

Tell that to BU fans (or more recently bc fans)

 

[chickod]

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Beanpot needed this.

Did it? Apparently the thousands of Harvard fans disguised as empty seats while the Crimson were skating around with the pot didn't notice - or care.

But congrats to the Harvard TEAM. I don't believe, however, that anyone on campus really cares.

 

[ericredaxe]

Did it? Apparently the thousands of Harvard fans disguised as empty seats while the Crimson were skating around with the pot didn't notice - or care.

But congrats to the Harvard TEAM. I don't believe, however, that anyone on campus really cares.

Box Attendance was 15,941... And that seems heavy based on the visual of the stands. The Beanpot needs something, I remember non sell outs for the opening round but this was the championship game.

Overall interest in this tournament is definitely waning.

 

[PPGuru]

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Sent my son in with an extra ticket to give away. Told me that he couldn't find a kid outside to give it to. Not too long ago it would have been a much different story.

 

[J.D.]

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The fanbases are the fanbases. I think what harvard and NU (gasp) winning can do is maybe increase the interest of neutrals out there. Hard to quantify but that would be the goal anyway. Haven't been in years so i don't know how many neutrals go/what the prices are like.

 

[Bomber]

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Harvard had a nice section. Bigger than I remember in past years. This is good for tournament interest. NU next year!!

 

[Thiessen'sBetter]

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Box Attendance was 15,941... And that seems heavy based on the visual of the stands. The Beanpot needs something, I remember non sell outs for the opening round but this was the championship game.

Overall interest in this tournament is definitely waning.

Not sure about BU and BC, but it certainly seems the NU student population has changed a lot since I graduated 6 years ago. There seem to be more students from around the country and around the globe, who aren't interested in hockey. That, and the Doghouse has gotten smaller and less rowdy, now that the students are smarter and actually study. It's a great thing for the school, not so much for the hockey team. The Northeastern student support the 08-09 team had was incredible, and unfortunately I don't think it will ever be matched again.

P.S. Is it too early to point out Quinn hasn't won anything without Eichel? Great recruiter, but he is completely underwhelming as a coach IMO.

Edit: Just read the BU thread. Evidently, I'm not alone on Quinn.

 

[kdiff77]

Not sure about BU and BC, but it certainly seems the NU student population has changed a lot since I graduated 6 years ago. There seem to be more students from around the country and around the globe, who aren't interested in hockey. That, and the Doghouse has gotten smaller and less rowdy, now that the students are smarter and actually study. It's a great thing for the school, not so much for the hockey team. The Northeastern student support the 08-09 team had was incredible, and unfortunately I don't think it will ever be matched again.

Northeastern had 11 sections of students at the 2015 Beanpot final. They're hardly the problem! If anything, it seems as though Northeastern has very limited local support (understandable, with two perennial powerhouses and a globally-known brand like Harvard in the same city).

 

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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Not sure about BU and BC, but it certainly seems the NU student population has changed a lot since I graduated 6 years ago. There seem to be more students from around the country and around the globe, who aren't interested in hockey. That, and the Doghouse has gotten smaller and less rowdy, now that the students are smarter and actually study. It's a great thing for the school, not so much for the hockey team. The Northeastern student support the 08-09 team had was incredible, and unfortunately I don't think it will ever be matched again.

Same things have happened at BC. But they've seen bigger crowds for hockey as you have probably noticed the last few years at the Pot. Thanks in large part to the entire athletic department being obliterated by Gene Defilipo, Frank Spaziani, and Brad Bates. Hockey was the one source of pride.

 

[J.D.]

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I thought BC had a good sailing club???

 

[Yuppie Scum]

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Tell that to BU fans (or more recently bc fans)

.. That's kinda what I just did

 

[Yuppie Scum]

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I thought BC had a good sailing club???

The Fencing Beanpot is wednesday I hear

 

[Split-N]

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Not sure about BU and BC, but it certainly seems the NU student population has changed a lot since I graduated 6 years ago. There seem to be more students from around the country and around the globe, who aren't interested in hockey. That, and the Doghouse has gotten smaller and less rowdy....

Northeastern had 11 sections of students at the 2015 Beanpot final. They're hardly the problem! If anything, it seems as though Northeastern has very limited local support (understandable, with two perennial powerhouses and a globally-known brand like Harvard in the same city).

You're right about NU home crowds and the Doghouse being smaller but I really don't think the more globally diffuse student body has as much to do with it as lousy home schedules and a deflating tendency to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in too many of those home games. Yes, there are other distractions these days like Netflix, social media, and networked gaming but college kids still like to attach themselves to things that are dynamic, exciting, and bigger than they are. "Win and they will come." Frankly, NU hasn't won consistently since that memorable 2008-09 season.

The comment re local support is spot-on and is a self-inflicted wound that reflects the inability of the current athletic administration to see past its nose. Numerous alums have pointed out that Matthews Arena is easy to get to, being literally steps from two different subway lines, and could easily market its hockey and hoops programs as convenient and relatively inexpensive alternatives to the B's and C's. Really, NU could easily develop its own version of "subway alumni" if it wanted to but it ain't going to happen.