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Boston University 2012-13 Season Thread -- Part II

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brassbonanza said:
But outside of the "internal" candidates, Quinn and Sullivan, who is coaching right now that is both qualified and proven to be successful, and willing to leave to come here? Blasi is the first name that comes to mind, but he's got a decent gig there at Miami, he's got a new arena, albeit the conference situation for him isn't the best, and Ohio isn't exactly fertile hockey recruiting ground, but he's still going to be playing top competition, he's got a school that has a bit of name recognition in hockey circles, the only glaring difference I could see that would be a major difference maker is if BU offered him a sum of money that Miami, being public, could not match.
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The only reason I would be excited if you guys fired Parker is if it was followed up by hiring Failboat Blasi

Leaman is a hell of a coach
 
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mookie1995 said:
you have three people here, i only brought up two... Sister Audrey. a nun. a penguin. benefits or a catholic school education.
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Ahh... I misread... hmm... maybe not at BU.. but she could apply up the street! :D
 
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Nothing particularly important about this post...just felt like relating this "story." I went to the consolation game two years ago when I was working in town. I sat behind three Harvard fans. There were probably 100 people in the Gahden. My recollection of the game was eerily similar to what has been posted about last Monday's game. Lack of effort, lack of commitment, bonehead decision-making, etc. So just to put some perspective on it, these problems have been around for awhile now. In fact, I would submit they have been around for several years (2009 happened because the team leadership refused to allow that team to sink into the same quagmire) or more. But anyway, the only funny thing from that day was when one of the guys in front of me, upon seeing Noonan skate in front of us, asked me "Is his first name Danny?" Little did I know at the time, but I should have responded, "It might as well be." (if you haven't seen "Caddyshack" don't bother with this post). :D
 
chickod said:
Grew up here...housing prices were cheaper and we live .8 miles from the highway for easy commuting access to anywhere. My wife wanted to move to a "suburb" (quiet, small town), but I didn't want to pay 40% more for a house. Of course, now mine is worth 40% less. This proves that women are smarter than men... :D
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Clearly you don't live on a main drag and have to hear the heavy bass in a junkmobile go off.
 
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Nice of the women to join the men in 4th place. When's the last place party!?

BU Hockey: Misery Loves Company
 
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Patman said:
Clearly you don't live on a main drag and have to hear the heavy bass in a junkmobile go off.
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This is correct. That was the only condition...that if we were going to live in the city it had to be a "quiet" enclave. So we have the best of both worlds - proximity to everything but a country feel. We found the lot because my wife is a realtor so she knew about it before it went "public." We were lucky... :)
 
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carltonbarrett said:
HE already has to deal with a terrible UCONN team joining.
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I don't expect them to be a doormat when they join Hockey East. They're not good now, but don't forget, they don't have any scholarships right now. No one seems to have considered what this will do to recruiting for the rest of the Hockey East teams. A lot of good players come out of CT. That's a whole new major university competing for recruits in the same geographical area. I expect Uconn to be like another Northeastern in the league or maybe a Umass. They have plenty of money to throw at this program and I wouldn't be surprised to see them finish above 2 or maybe even 3 other Hockey East teams their first season.
 
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Terrance said:
I don't expect them to be a doormat when they join Hockey East. They're not good now, but don't forget, they don't have any scholarships right now. No one seems to have considered what this will do to recruiting for the rest of the Hockey East teams. A lot of good players come out of CT. That's a whole new major university competing for recruits in the same geographical area. I expect Uconn to be like another Northeastern in the league or maybe a Umass. They have plenty of money to throw at this program and I wouldn't be surprised to see them finish above 2 or maybe even 3 other Hockey East teams their first season.
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I don't expect any star player from CT to spurn BU (Colin Wilson, Drury, Bonino) or BC (Ben Smith, Ryan Shannon, Mullane, Atkinson) scholarship offers for Uconn. I wouldn't doubt they will add some Quinn Smith type players from Avon Old Farms and the like and that could hurt the BC's and BU's for depth purposes with walk-ons. They will field an ok team sometimes, might even have a good season here and there like the other flavors of the month (Umass '07, Umass Lowell '12, Merrimack '11, Northeastern '09, Vermont '09) but I wouldn't count on it. They are already fighting an uphill battle against an established conference with PC on the rise and Merrimack looking to be ok potentially long-term. Add in Notre Dame along with BC and BU and the desirability of NU to rake in kids with the Beanpot and Uconn is going to have trouble breaking through.

In other words, they'll be similar to Umass (much better facility than what Uconn will be dealing with) and will be mostly terrible.

As far as plenty of money to throw at this program, that maybe should be reconsidered with the recent tv contract negotiations going on with the Big East, where their fb program resides. That department could be dying a slow, painful death (deservedly so).
 
Terrance said:
I don't expect them to be a doormat when they join Hockey East. They're not good now, but don't forget, they don't have any scholarships right now. No one seems to have considered what this will do to recruiting for the rest of the Hockey East teams. A lot of good players come out of CT. That's a whole new major university competing for recruits in the same geographical area. I expect Uconn to be like another Northeastern in the league or maybe a Umass. They have plenty of money to throw at this program and I wouldn't be surprised to see them finish above 2 or maybe even 3 other Hockey East teams their first season.
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?? You think they are gonna be good, BUT expect them to be like nu or Umass?

That confuses Mookie
 
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mookie1995 said:
?? You think they are gonna be good, BUT expect them to be like nu or Umass?

That confuses Mookie
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As in, they won't be a complete doormat year in and year out like the 3 win Northeastern team from 06, or some of the mid 2000's MC teams. Historically, UConn has been just about a doormat AHA team, albeit with zero scholarships, which is what made the addition a bit puzzling. But if they can get to a level where they're finishing in the 6-8 slot every year and occasionally competing for home ice, that'd be a solid step up for the program, and is a realistic goal. Of course they're not going to compete for league championships, or be at the same level as BC, UNH, BU (well...), or ND, and I don't think anyone at UConn or the fans think that's a realistic goal anytime in the foreseeable future.
 
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mookie1995 said:
?? You think they are gonna be good, BUT expect them to be like nu or Umass?

That confuses Mookie
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I think they will be ok, not good, but ok. Maybe 8-12-2 type Hockey East record (they'll be playing 22 league games right?) by their second or third season. I'm just saying that when they join, I don't think they're an automatic last place team.
 
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