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Boston University 2011 Offseason
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sterlippo1
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Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
perhaps after you mature and i mean no disrespect you will come to understand how special it is to have your alma mater win the national champonship. believe me, i have been down this road but as it is with many if not all of you from your generation, you are awash in championships and dont understand how hard it really is to win it all . anyway, enjoy this.............but later on you will realize how special 2009 really is.............sorry to be a bore, but just my take on it
perhaps after you mature and i mean no disrespect you will come to understand how special it is to have your alma mater win the national champonship. believe me, i have been down this road but as it is with many if not all of you from your generation, you are awash in championships and dont understand how hard it really is to win it all . anyway, enjoy this.............but later on you will realize how special 2009 really is.............sorry to be a bore, but just my take on it
25 N Countin'
National Championships are awesome
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
At the same time, I understand the personal preference thing, so it makes sense.
However, I consider 09 my favorite sports moment of all-time, above the Bruins (no. 2), the Sox (no. 2A) and the other chips. As much as I love the Bs and Sox and Pats and grew up with those teams, there's no team I love more than BU hockey and no team that can ever feel more like it belongs to me. Having been to hundreds of games as a fan and two seasons worth as a media member, I know the program in a way that is different than any of the teams I love, but will never really be an insider for. There's a connection there that cannot be touched and that's why I have a hard time believing anything can happen in sports that could mean as much to me as 09.
At the same time, I understand the personal preference thing, so it makes sense.
However, I consider 09 my favorite sports moment of all-time, above the Bruins (no. 2), the Sox (no. 2A) and the other chips. As much as I love the Bs and Sox and Pats and grew up with those teams, there's no team I love more than BU hockey and no team that can ever feel more like it belongs to me. Having been to hundreds of games as a fan and two seasons worth as a media member, I know the program in a way that is different than any of the teams I love, but will never really be an insider for. There's a connection there that cannot be touched and that's why I have a hard time believing anything can happen in sports that could mean as much to me as 09.
sterlippo1
Well-known member
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
well stated and i feel that same way about my alma mater's hockey team and that personal connection i have with it as opposed to the pro teams. we are all lucky to be able to even have this type of dialog comparing the riches of our college hockey teams vs those of Boston's pro teams
well stated and i feel that same way about my alma mater's hockey team and that personal connection i have with it as opposed to the pro teams. we are all lucky to be able to even have this type of dialog comparing the riches of our college hockey teams vs those of Boston's pro teams
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
This post made me well up a little. Well put, and I bolded the one part I couldn't communicate properly to someone. I may print this to show people that ask me this question.
This post made me well up a little. Well put, and I bolded the one part I couldn't communicate properly to someone. I may print this to show people that ask me this question.
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
This makes me sad. Probably my all-time favorite Terrier. Oh, wait, this means he's available to coach! 
This makes me sad. Probably my all-time favorite Terrier. Oh, wait, this means he's available to coach!
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
I tend to write essays, and this may turn into one.
I think the insider thing is definitely a game-changer, but I just don't feel it for the 08-09 Terriers. My top 3 are Sox 04, Bruins 11, BU 09. After covering the team for the past year and change, I realized that even though I go to BU, I was no more of an insider in 08-09 than I was with the Bruins.
I know as a media member, I'm supposed to be impartial etc., but I do love BU hockey. I also love the Bruins. They were both my teams growing up. When I was little, I didn't really understand the difference between college hockey and the NHL, so the Bruins and Terriers were pretty much the same thing in my mind. I don't love BU any more than I love the Bruins, and nothing changed for me once I became a student at BU. They both belong to me.
If BU wins the national championship this season, I think I'll feel differently. That might top the Bruins from this year. I would have an actual, personal connection with the guys. If they saw me in a crowd, they could pick me out. I would be doing something other than just cheering for the team. Yeah, I run into the players on campus sometimes, but I've also run into Shawn Thornton when he goes to the boxing ring on Comm Ave. I was on a flight with Tuukka Rask from London to Boston this past summer. I run into the Bruins sometimes too. And yes, BU won it for my school, but the Bruins won it for my city. Why is that any different?
When I was little, I used to dream of the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. I didn't feel the same about BU winning a national championship. I don't know if that had anything to do with BU winning a national championship when I was five or BU winning the Beanpot all the time . . . BU was always a winner to me. The Bruins weren't.
I was really eager for BU to win a national championship in 2009, but I kind of expected it. I got tickets for D.C. in January. The way they won it was a surprise, a shock, the most exciting experience of my life, all of that, but at the end of the day I was not surprised that that team went that far.
This year's Bruins team had no business winning the Stanley Cup. I was sure that they could not win a Cup with Claude Julien as a coach. They didn't have a Crosby, a Toews, a Zetterberg. They were supposed to lose in the second round, just like they always do. They were supposed to get wiped away in the SCF.
The surprise factor, the way they were underdogs, the mystique of the Stanley Cup, all that stuff is why the Bruins supersede BU in my rankings.
I tend to write essays, and this may turn into one.
I think the insider thing is definitely a game-changer, but I just don't feel it for the 08-09 Terriers. My top 3 are Sox 04, Bruins 11, BU 09. After covering the team for the past year and change, I realized that even though I go to BU, I was no more of an insider in 08-09 than I was with the Bruins.
I know as a media member, I'm supposed to be impartial etc., but I do love BU hockey. I also love the Bruins. They were both my teams growing up. When I was little, I didn't really understand the difference between college hockey and the NHL, so the Bruins and Terriers were pretty much the same thing in my mind. I don't love BU any more than I love the Bruins, and nothing changed for me once I became a student at BU. They both belong to me.
If BU wins the national championship this season, I think I'll feel differently. That might top the Bruins from this year. I would have an actual, personal connection with the guys. If they saw me in a crowd, they could pick me out. I would be doing something other than just cheering for the team. Yeah, I run into the players on campus sometimes, but I've also run into Shawn Thornton when he goes to the boxing ring on Comm Ave. I was on a flight with Tuukka Rask from London to Boston this past summer. I run into the Bruins sometimes too. And yes, BU won it for my school, but the Bruins won it for my city. Why is that any different?
When I was little, I used to dream of the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. I didn't feel the same about BU winning a national championship. I don't know if that had anything to do with BU winning a national championship when I was five or BU winning the Beanpot all the time . . . BU was always a winner to me. The Bruins weren't.
I was really eager for BU to win a national championship in 2009, but I kind of expected it. I got tickets for D.C. in January. The way they won it was a surprise, a shock, the most exciting experience of my life, all of that, but at the end of the day I was not surprised that that team went that far.
This year's Bruins team had no business winning the Stanley Cup. I was sure that they could not win a Cup with Claude Julien as a coach. They didn't have a Crosby, a Toews, a Zetterberg. They were supposed to lose in the second round, just like they always do. They were supposed to get wiped away in the SCF.
The surprise factor, the way they were underdogs, the mystique of the Stanley Cup, all that stuff is why the Bruins supersede BU in my rankings.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
Good idea. He can rest his laurels on winning the Penrose in 2023 (after Parker retires in 2022) when Marty Reasoner outcoaches him from the other side of Comm Ave.
This makes me sad. Probably my all-time favorite Terrier. Oh, wait, this means he's available to coach!
Good idea. He can rest his laurels on winning the Penrose in 2023 (after Parker retires in 2022) when Marty Reasoner outcoaches him from the other side of Comm Ave.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Federal League
I like hockey.
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
I don't think BU has anything to worry about. Usually the only guys signed are top-10, top-15 picks, which Clendening and Nieto aren't gonna be.
I don't think BU has anything to worry about. Usually the only guys signed are top-10, top-15 picks, which Clendening and Nieto aren't gonna be.
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
Yeah I am not too concerned about them leaving right now. Neither seem to be NHL-ready and are 43 and 45 on the last prospect rankings I saw which would leave them in the second round area. Those guys in the past haven't left until atleast after their sophomore years. I think Trivino is a second rounder(entering his senior year) and Coyle is a first and he is still here as well so I am not too concerned right now about those guys. They are here for another year or two atleast(depending how they play this season, need on their NHL team etc..)
Yeah I am not too concerned about them leaving right now. Neither seem to be NHL-ready and are 43 and 45 on the last prospect rankings I saw which would leave them in the second round area. Those guys in the past haven't left until atleast after their sophomore years. I think Trivino is a second rounder(entering his senior year) and Coyle is a first and he is still here as well so I am not too concerned right now about those guys. They are here for another year or two atleast(depending how they play this season, need on their NHL team etc..)
ericredaxe
Veteran
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
On where the Bruin's win ranks....
I think Superfan Joe put it pretty well over on the BC offseason thread. The BU win to me seemed more personal (particularly in 95 when I was more recently finished at BU) but the Sox in 04 and the Bruins in 11 seemed bigger (bigger stage, longer grind etc). For me, I've been cheering for the pro sports teams (particularly the Sox and the Bruins) ever since i remember cheering for teams, whereas I really didn't follow college hockey at all until I came to BU.
For me I'd have to say the Sox in 04 has to be #1, the Bruins a close 2nd, with the BU NCAA's a 2a (but with a different dynamic and different feel). The Celts was also big but somehow didn't seem as big since I had seen them win a few in my lifetime previously......... All that being said, if you asked me which team I most wanted to see win next, I'd probablly say BU.
As sterlippo said, It's pretty cool to be able to have this discussion.
On where the Bruin's win ranks....
I think Superfan Joe put it pretty well over on the BC offseason thread. The BU win to me seemed more personal (particularly in 95 when I was more recently finished at BU) but the Sox in 04 and the Bruins in 11 seemed bigger (bigger stage, longer grind etc). For me, I've been cheering for the pro sports teams (particularly the Sox and the Bruins) ever since i remember cheering for teams, whereas I really didn't follow college hockey at all until I came to BU.
For me I'd have to say the Sox in 04 has to be #1, the Bruins a close 2nd, with the BU NCAA's a 2a (but with a different dynamic and different feel). The Celts was also big but somehow didn't seem as big since I had seen them win a few in my lifetime previously......... All that being said, if you asked me which team I most wanted to see win next, I'd probablly say BU.
As sterlippo said, It's pretty cool to be able to have this discussion.
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
Reading the Whitey Bulger stories this morning and saw this on the front page of Boston.com. Is this BU's own Jack Baker???? It's the first picture of the scrolling 5 or 6 on the home page.
Reading the Whitey Bulger stories this morning and saw this on the front page of Boston.com. Is this BU's own Jack Baker???? It's the first picture of the scrolling 5 or 6 on the home page.
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
That is a strange picture. I don't get it. Do they live there and put on their "southie" garb for the occasion?
BU just hired a BC guy as head basketball coach. Back in my day, this would have never been allowed to happen.
That is a strange picture. I don't get it. Do they live there and put on their "southie" garb for the occasion?
BU just hired a BC guy as head basketball coach. Back in my day, this would have never been allowed to happen.
claver2010
*****
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
All I know about him (he was only at BC for a year) is that he is a hell of a recruiter.
Hopefully this gets BU/BC basketball on track as I'm sure Donahue would like to help out his former asst.
With 2 young kids just after a move it probably seemed like a logical jump.
That is a strange picture. I don't get it. Do they live there and put on their "southie" garb for the occasion?
BU just hired a BC guy as head basketball coach. Back in my day, this would have never been allowed to happen.
All I know about him (he was only at BC for a year) is that he is a hell of a recruiter.
Hopefully this gets BU/BC basketball on track as I'm sure Donahue would like to help out his former asst.
With 2 young kids just after a move it probably seemed like a logical jump.
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I know Al Skinner put the kaboosh on playing BU when we nearly beat BC about six or seven years ago. It'd be nice to see the two play again, though it'd be very difficult to convince them to come down and play us at Agganis. In reality, there's little to gain for BC to play us, a win means nothing, and a loss looks bad on an NCAA tournament resume. But I suppose if the series were to restart, this is about as ideal of a circumstance as possible to make it happen.
I know Al Skinner put the kaboosh on playing BU when we nearly beat BC about six or seven years ago. It'd be nice to see the two play again, though it'd be very difficult to convince them to come down and play us at Agganis. In reality, there's little to gain for BC to play us, a win means nothing, and a loss looks bad on an NCAA tournament resume. But I suppose if the series were to restart, this is about as ideal of a circumstance as possible to make it happen.
Federal League
I like hockey.
Re: Boston University 2011 Offseason
I think 2 games at BC for every 1 game at BU could work. Agganis might actually fill up for that game. Plus, BC's probably looking for another local team to play now that they've had just about enough of Harvard.
I think 2 games at BC for every 1 game at BU could work. Agganis might actually fill up for that game. Plus, BC's probably looking for another local team to play now that they've had just about enough of Harvard.