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Boston University 2009-2010 Season Thread Part the One

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Brian Gentry said:
A more realistic spot given where BU is right now. In fact I would say around #10. It will set the team's heads back on straight and a gives this young team some goals to move back up on their own merit instead of on last year's accomplishments.
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probably true, but the true judgment of this team shouldn't come until at least Beanpot time. hopefully injuries will be healed by then and the progression of the younger players and the new lines will be closer to coming full circle. i said after the first exhibition game that this team is going to be a second half of the season team. there have been some promising signs over the last few games along with some things that need to be worked on. certainly splitting with lowell in a very even series without our best scorer is nothing to scoff at, chiasson looks like an early candidate for HE ROY, and the hustle play of the freshman has been very good. lazy defensive play needs to be fixed - this came back to bite us a few times against lowell, our puck awareness has been lacking as well. Popko stands out the most from this past weekend, where his head would be flying around because he had no clue where the puck was, as well as a few others who'd get caught flatfooted because they lost sight of where the puck was.

in short, rankings mean nothing with respect to this team (really ever) until they learn to gel and play with each other and everyone hopefully heals up.
 
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Just stopped by Agganis where it was reported that they had to give the allotment of away tickets back to NU. Not sure if this was because of an early return date (it does seem REALLY early) or because NU somehow took them back because they've sold so many... In any case I'm on my way to UMass-Roxbury to see if I can catch up with our tickets.

Edit/Update - Stopped by Ell Hall at NU, they said they weren't sure if they were getting tickets from BU (Is it possible Matthews and Agganis BOTH have terrible box offices that never know what's going on? Maybe the tickets will just magically disappear). I was told to check back tomorrow. If anybody is still looking for a few tickets and wants me to pick up a few for them if/when they show up at Ell shoot me an email at quiddlet@gmail.com

I live... practically on the NU campus, so it's not a huge trip for me.
 
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not early... couple days before the game.

there is that order form with the deadline dates on the website for season ticket holders...
 
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Scarlet said:
Greetings from Washington DC! Home of the 2009 Men's Division I National Championship, won in epic fashion by the Boston University Terriers! :)
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I imagine that most Washingtonians are still talking about BU's stirring victory, right?
 
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quiddlet said:
Side note: What has happened to the more cowbell videos?
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When you have a fever, the only prescription is more cowbell! ;)

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quiddlet said:
Besides the location AND the date... I think my biggest problem is that somehow the comeback was only "stirring." I could go for some stronger prose there!
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It was EPIC! :)

No away games for the Bomber family, Scarlet. One of us will be at Merrimack on the 14th. (Maybe the entire family if I can get an extra.)

I finished Burn the Boats last night. It was great to read about the championship game and what everyone was thinking, including the insight with regards to Miami celebrating early and their fans putting it in the win column a bit early. I want to sit down and watch the entire game again.

To Scott: you should have interviewed me about the after party at the hotel. I could have spiced that section up quite a bit with some good stories and more names of people I talked to and drank with. Come see me when you do the next pressing. ;) :)

BU Hockey: Epic Win
 
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What the heck is happening with the Ole chant?!

Drop it, or someone get a new cheer going for the penalty kill. But please, I'm begging those that have power and voices loud enough to do something about it: figure out a new way to encourage the team to kill penalties in a more vociferous manner.

This is what it currently sounds like:
"ooooooooooooooooooooooOLEEOllELELEOlllelOooooooooooLElellelleoleoleollleoleoel..... clap clap clap clap ..... clap"

Fix it.
 
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Scarlet said:
slurpees - are you still interested in this or can I offer it back up for sale?
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yes put it back up for sale, i'm all set. sorry i forgot to notify you before. thank you for the offer though.
 
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Beantown6 said:
What the heck is happening with the Ole chant?!

Drop it, or someone get a new cheer going for the penalty kill. But please, I'm begging those that have power and voices loud enough to do something about it: figure out a new way to encourage the team to kill penalties in a more vociferous manner.

This is what it currently sounds like:
"ooooooooooooooooooooooOLEEOllELELEOlllelOooooooooooLElellelleoleoleollleoleoel..... clap clap clap clap ..... clap"

Fix it.
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Totally agree. I know we go through this every year, but the Saturday night game vs Lowell was tough to watch...Just because something was done in the past doesn't mean you have to keep doing it. It's clearly lost its juice. Time to bring something new to the table. And if you say it can't be changed now, that's wrong. Because the ole chant started 10 years ago with ONE person. A week later, there were 4. 2 weeks later the whole row was doing and so on and so forth. We embraced it then, but its time to put it to rest. And I don't mean counting backwards from 10 at the end of the power play. Play around with it, have fun, but mainly BE LOUD, BE PROUD. We are the Defending National Champions.

And I know what you're gonna say...You change it if you want it changed. Those days have passed. If I could sit in the middle of the student section and lead cheers, I would. But I can't. We pass that along to you guys to take on. Good luck.
 
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Sect8RowESeat15 said:
And I know what you're gonna say...You change it if you want it changed. Those days have passed. If I could sit in the middle of the student section and lead cheers, I would. But I can't. We pass that along to you guys to take on. Good luck.
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That hasn't stopped Sasquatch! :D
 
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Sect8RowESeat15 said:
Totally agree. I know we go through this every year, but the Saturday night game vs Lowell was tough to watch...Just because something was done in the past doesn't mean you have to keep doing it. It's clearly lost its juice. Time to bring something new to the table. And if you say it can't be changed now, that's wrong. Because the ole chant started 10 years ago with ONE person. A week later, there were 4. 2 weeks later the whole row was doing and so on and so forth. We embraced it then, but its time to put it to rest. And I don't mean counting backwards from 10 at the end of the power play. Play around with it, have fun, but mainly BE LOUD, BE PROUD. We are the Defending National Champions.
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I agree with the sentiment that just because something was done in the past doesn't mean it has to be done in the future, however, if the UML game was the only game so far this year where it has been consistently, noticeably weak I would argue that the rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
The student section as a whole was horrid on Halloween, one of the worst non-break games I have been a part of. There were points where we had trouble getting "Let's Go Terriers" to last 3 rounds, and I don't think that chant has "lost its juice."
And as a sidebar I do think 108 was Ole-ing strongly Saturday, all things considered, so I'm not ready to abandon it. Instead I'd be more interested in creating a powerplay song.

Sect8RowESeat15 said:
And I know what you're gonna say...You change it if you want it changed. Those days have passed. If I could sit in the middle of the student section and lead cheers, I would. But I can't. We pass that along to you guys to take on. Good luck.
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I don't think any of the students were going to tell you to change it. It's called a Student section for a good reason, it's not the job of alumni to lead it. I would say that if one notices a problem and doesn't do anything to solve it they become part of the problem. However, by communicating with the students, whether in person or online, you are doing your part. Let us know how we do going forward, if it's one game where we are terrible, it happens, if it continues then maybe change would be in order.
 
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Agganis said:
I agree with the sentiment that just because something was done in the past doesn't mean it has to be done in the future, however, if the UML game was the only game so far this year where it has been consistently, noticeably weak I would argue that the rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
The student section as a whole was horrid on Halloween, one of the worst non-break games I have been a part of. There were points where we had trouble getting "Let's Go Terriers" to last 3 rounds, and I don't think that chant has "lost its juice."
And as a sidebar I do think 108 was Ole-ing strongly Saturday, all things considered, so I'm not ready to abandon it. Instead I'd be more interested in creating a powerplay song.



I don't think any of the students were going to tell you to change it. It's called a Student section for a good reason, it's not the job of alumni to lead it. I would say that if one notices a problem and doesn't do anything to solve it they become part of the problem. However, by communicating with the students, whether in person or online, you are doing your part. Let us know how we do going forward, if it's one game where we are terrible, it happens, if it continues then maybe change would be in order.
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I do appreciate the thoughts and I know you guys take pride and it shows in your respone....For me, I've been noticing an apathy towards the ole chant for a while, but Saturday put it over the top for me. I don't know, maybe it's just me but at one point on Lowell's 2nd PP of the 1st period, after some susstained action, it was random clapping. Couldn't hear any audible ole's in 101...

I personally think the strongest thing the student section has brought since the team moved to Agganis is the incorporation of 108. The chants are fantastic when you get it coming from both ends of the arena. That's something we never had at Walter Brown. (You still suck section 7!) The back and forth chants are terrific (Loved the Arnold "you suck" chant during the U-18 game - you guys must have kept it going for 5 minutes of gametime)

I don't know what the solution is but if you guys are having fun and being loud, something new will come out of it that might be around for years to come. All the stupid sh*t we did back at Walter Brown, a lot of it didn't catch on but we would laugh our asses off...As long as you keep trying stuff, it's all good by me.
 
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The only time I enjoyed the ole cheer was 2006-2007. After that I dreaded every time we had to do it because no one could get it right. I know the band helped out a for a couple games in one season, the brass and percussion would hold out a note before a faceoff and percussion would set a good couple beats for the tempo of ole. That worked ok for a bit.

Either way, the guys who are still in the student section, you will think of something. Or apathy will prevail and the rest of the season will be messy ole cheers.
 
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Sect8RowESeat15 said:
I personally think the strongest thing the student section has brought since the team moved to Agganis is the incorporation of 108. The chants are fantastic when you get it coming from both ends of the arena. That's something we never had at Walter Brown. (You still suck section 7!) The back and forth chants are terrific (Loved the Arnold "you suck" chant during the U-18 game - you guys must have kept it going for 5 minutes of gametime)
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I agree with the back-and-forth being the most amazing set of chants. It needs to be expanded. Pick a player every single game to do the 'Arnold' to several times a game. Boo certain players whenever they touch the puck. The 'Dirty Laundry' list doesn't get read by everyone who has it on their seat, but if enough people get it at the beginning everyone will catch on eventually.
 
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candycanes99 said:
I agree with the back-and-forth being the most amazing set of chants. It needs to be expanded. Pick a player every single game to do the 'Arnold' to several times a game. Boo certain players whenever they touch the puck. The 'Dirty Laundry' list doesn't get read by everyone who has it on their seat, but if enough people get it at the beginning everyone will catch on eventually.
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^^
 
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Instead of a continuous chant during the PK, maybe a reactionary one would be better? Something like when we clear the puck, yelling a Jack Edwards-esque, "Sends it down the river!"
 
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BUtiful said:
Instead of a continuous chant during the PK, maybe a reactionary one would be better? Something like when we clear the puck, yelling a Jack Edwards-esque, "Sends it down the river!"
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No, nothing Jack Edwards-related. Ever. We need to keep our sanity during a high pressure PK. :p

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