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Boston University 2012-13 Season Thread -- Part II

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I don't see it that way. There are numerous young, procen coaches who would be interested in the job. That would excite me.
 
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Terrier520 said:
I shouldn't talk about being a Mets fan, either.

I think the reluctance from the pro-Parker crowd (and I understand it) is that, when Parker leaves, there will most likely be some sort of vacuum. Will it be seamless, or will it be a tear-it-down approach? And if it's the latter, we can only look to Huntington Avenue to see how quickly things can fall apart. I don't think BU fans want to be asking themselves if it's going to get back to normal. To use another football analogy, BU is like the Dallas Cowboys. Are they embarrassing? It sure looks that way. But, then again, if you're a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, you are looking up.

And no one wants to see BU become the Chiefs.
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w t f?!?!

things can fall apart?!?! from what?? they were never put together!!!

hey, things are bad.. but bu ain't nu. c'mon people!!! :D
 
Nick Papagiorgio said:
Of course everyone else is on another level from BC. Everyone knows that. Forget about BC being at the top. The point is to see where BU belongs among the rest of the "signature programs" in college hockey. And clearly, they are right down at the bottom (let's be honest, ND and Miami are stretching it for that term and they are newbies and Ohio State is somewhat of a joke to even include but worth including to show the difference between them and BU is 1 conf tourney title and a NC over 15 years - not a lot, and that's pathetic).

UNH has been consistently better than BU has over the past 15 years.

FWIW, as far as consistency, using the above numbers, guess which team was the least consistent, relying on their best season the most for their point total over the 15 years? Oh yes, it was BU at 89% (just 1 HE tourney title in 2006). Thank God for you guys Miami choked huh?

89% BU
71% Ohio State
68% DULUTH
68% WISC
45% MSU
45% DU
42% MIAMI
37% MN
36% NOTRE DAME
34% MAINE
31% Ndak
29% UNH
29% MICH
16% BC
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That 89% is on the back of barely beating a 4 seed and 2 3 seeds in addition to the osu slaughter (another 4 seed)
 
Re: Boston University 2012-13 Season Thread -- Part II

The reason this team frustrates me the most doesn't involve national titles. Great teams can go years without one because of basically bad luck.

The lack of Hockey East hardware and beanpot trophies hurts, but it's not the worst part.

Since winning in '09, this team has been embarassing.

They suck at home:

36-24-8 at home since the start of the '09 season.

They're bad against bad teams:

.596 winning percentage vs teams under .500 (since start of '09 season).

Players get arrested thrown off the team or quit every year.

And the outrageous penalty minutes.

I don't know how you fix it, but I do know that (as cliche as it is) someone once said " Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Something needs to change. It doesn't have to be Parker, but if Parker refuses to make changes then he has to go.
 
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Funny, I was out doing errands earlier, and my ears started burning. :confused:

J.D. said:
If that's the case, why the hell is he asking me for a list of names??? He's turning into dave from st. Paul.
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Ah, that's what's going on! (Gosh, I'm going to have to go back over . . . what is it, FOUR pages today so far? What's going on in here, man!)
 
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Terrance said:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
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I assume this is in reference to us having this conversation on online messageboards, again. Right?
 
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While not completely sure, I believe JP's contract runs through 2014-15.
 
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mookie1995 said:
streak of nothing!! they haven't WON since 2005! EIGHT YEARS! dynasty my *** :D there is a whole generation that can't recall them winning a SB!
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Wow! Generations are short these days! I didn't know we could reproduce at 8 years old...boy, I must have really missed something growing up!! :D
 
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mookie1995 said:
hey, once bellicheat wasn't allowed to cheat anymore - no more super bowls.
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Spoken by a true objective Steelers fan. The Pats didn't get to any of those Super Bowls by beating the Black and Gold by any chance, did they? I can't recall...hmmm....

I'm sure the ball slipped though Samuel's hands or Welker's drop were the result of "cheating." Jeez...
 
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chickod said:
Wow! Generations are short these days! I didn't know we could reproduce at 8 years old...boy, I must have really missed something growing up!! :D
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you're old... you probably think that all 17yo kids remember what they did when they were 8 & 9 like it was yesterday. ;)
 
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chickod said:
Spoken by a true objective Steelers fan. The Pats didn't get to any of those Super Bowls by beating the Black and Gold by any chance, did they? I can't recall...hmmm....

I'm sure the ball slipped though Samuel's hands or Welker's drop were the result of "cheating." Jeez...
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gotta sign you up for a 'multi-quote' class. hoky is teaching one tues-thurs 6-830p the next three weeks!! :D
 
Re: Boston University 2012-13 Season Thread -- Part II

Terrier520 said:
And no one wants to see BU become the Chiefs.
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Who own the Chiefs? OWNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Come on, that was put on a tee, I had to take it.

Anyway: when Quinn left Parker replaced him with Buddy Powers. No disrespect to Coach Powers who has had a lot of success coaching in his long career, but he's almost 60 years old. Parker was already having trouble relating to the players, so he made the staff older? That doesn't make any sense.

I don't know what's going on but why not apply Occam's Razor: the players have come and gone. The assistant coaches have come and gone, the facilities have changed and now the team has a beautiful rink after years of toiling in WBA after many rivals had built new rinks. The league is different, the game is different...but there's one constant. Coach Parker. In the end, you can change so many things. But you have to believe the simplest answer is the best: Parker can't relate to the players, can't recruit character kids anymore, and kids are bolting left and right, now even midseason.

2009 was a fluke. They ended up with so much NHL/AHL quality talent: Gilroy, Wilson, Yip, Shattenkirk, Bonino and some AHL talent in CCohen,Strait, Warsofsky, ZCohen, Gryba, McCarthy, etc.

There were high character guys and strong leaders on the team, that have been absent since then. High talent and high character. Now we don't have either. Now does that mean for the short while Quinn was here he singlehanded-ly recruited that kind of caliber guy to play at BU? He left and the program went right back down.

I have the belief that if Parker goes and they replace him with Quinn, Sullivan, or even swing for the fences and try to get an accomplished college HC that is active, the program not only will avoid a precipitous fall, but actually have a chance to radically improve and become a consistent national power again.
 
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