Boston University 2012 Offseason

[mookie1995]

Re: Boston University 2012 Offseason

Issue isn't a coach over his team... But the school over the team. Parker isn't the overseer. He is part of the overseen.

If (IF) there is an issue, that's where it'll be

 

[Wicked Slappaahs]

Re: Boston University 2012 Offseason

But I don't see this as a significant example of a coach who has lost control of his team. The season is over, they have immense reason to celebrate, and so they did. Was it a poor choice by them? Sure. But a large number of them were of legal drinking age, they drank and partied with them and their friends. This was not a large party of 75-100 from what I previously heard of it. If this same party had occurred at some random house off campus, I doubt anything would've been made of it. College kids drank a lot and had sex, oh no. If there were girls who were sexually assaulted or forced to have sex there, that's another ballgame, but there's no evidence that that happened. This is a 6 AM sprint offense, not a legal offense.

It is, however, quite concerning to me Parker's seemingly deceptive answers to the task force about what he knew and how he responded. I would hope Brown did have a discussion with Parker about what he knew and if so, why he was deceptive/lied to the task force. Colby Cohen was right, the guy knows everything that happens, so there's no way he knew nothing.

You and I don't disagree. But you can't look at the on-campus, naked guys skating together championship party on its own. Not with Parker apparently having attempted to lie to cover it up. Not now that its become known that the A.D. apparently knew nothing about it. Not with two sexual assaults hanging over the school & program. Its all been tossed into the deep end of the pool now and Coach Parker is treading water.

 

[ericredaxe]

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Sorry to depart from the topic of this thread, but how does everyone think the team will do this year? I personally expect to see a more cohesive team (even though we are bringing in 9 new players). I hope to see more team play and a little more variety in the plays we run. Last year it seemed like every play we ran was slapshot from the blue line and crash the net. I'd love to see our passing game and forecheck improve. With the player losses over the last few years I think we've finally stripped away the players who didn't truly want to be there and with all that's happened, I imagine the freshman will be introduced to a strict and focused environment. If the freshmen are kept 100% focused and the rest of the team continues to improve, I think they should at least be a bubble team for the tournament. All I really want is our Bean Pot trophy back. Megan really has his work cut out as captain. I hope the responsibility doesn't affect his on ice performance.

A lot of questions but potential is there. Will all thats going on end up acting as a fresh start? Or a point of unraveling? If the off ice distractions are put behind us and it is a fresh start then the talent should be there (albeit with some question marks). I don't see why this team can't compete well this year with a good shot to win the beanpot, place well in regular season H.E. standings, compete well in the HE tournament and have a good shot at getting into NCAA's.

 

[BeloBrasil]

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Thanks Cliff, how's your mom doing?

Don Knotts played Barney Fife from 1960-1968, winning 5 Emmy Awards...that was the original Andy Griffith Show which spun off RFD.

Don't jump ugly with me dirtball! I'm not the one who linked the incredible Mr. Limpet with a show in which he appeared in but one episode. If you are going to make references to rural comedies of the 1960's know what you are talking about else keep your piehole shut! That's just sage advice.

 

[mookie1995]

Re: Boston University 2012 Offseason

This below may be the strangest fight EVAH

 

[Rover]

Re: Boston University 2012 Offseason

I'm not sure I get where people's confidence is coming from regarding the upcoming season. We had trouble enough winning hardware before the s # ! t hit the fan this month. The entire team (and coach) will be skating on eggshells as any incident will be magnified and who knows what the fallout will be. BU will "compete" for the Beanpot because there's only three other teams and two of them are awful. Beyond that I wouldn't put any plans on hold for either HE or NCAA playoff time.

 

[defkit]

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I'm not sure I get where people's confidence is coming from regarding the upcoming season. We had trouble enough winning hardware before the s # ! t hit the fan this month. The entire team (and coach) will be skating on eggshells as any incident will be magnified and who knows what the fallout will be. BU will "compete" for the Beanpot because there's only three other teams and two of them are awful. Beyond that I wouldn't put any plans on hold for either HE or NCAA playoff time.

Fair point. And I'm perhaps naive, but I think having 9 new guys to the team is a positive, a "changing of the guard" if you will. Of course, it is still up to the upperclassmen to "show them the way", so if there are any bad elements in there, we have to hope the natural leaders emerge. I also think having 5 of the first 7 games on the road could help this team gel early. Going out to play a pair at REA will certainly help some of the freshmen grow up quickly.

Given the talent, I expect this team to make the BP final, finish in the top three in HE, make the Garden, and make the NCAAs. If the team fails to achieve most of these, I will consider the season a disappointment.

Keys to success:
1. Freshmen goalies - will at least one of them be able to handle this level of hockey immediately? I am sending vibes from 2008-09.
2. Team defense - not a bad group of d-men, but none of them are cut from the Brian Strait mold.
3. Discipline - I consider the inability of Parker to get his teams to play disciplined hockey as one of his biggest failures. We always seem to lead the league in PIMs, and last year may have been the worst in terms of dumb penalties at the worst times.
4. Snipers - Chiasson is a big loss, though he wasn't a 20-goal scorer. I think Nieto is the most likely to lead this team in goals, but I am hopeful that one of the freshmen will have the touch to be a true goal scorer (Kurker? O'Regan?). It seems it has been a long time. I think Jason Lawrence was the highest goals scorer in the past few years, and 80% of them were about being at the right place at the right time for a nice pass from one of his linemates. I long for a pure goal scorer.

As I've said before. I go into most seasons excited for the possibilities, regardless of the lack of success for the past decade and a half. While asking for a repeat of 2009 is a stretch, I want another 2006-type season, and I want it badly (minus the final game of course).

Edit: I forgot about Megan hitting the 20-goal mark last season. Perhaps he can build on that and reach 25.

 

[pirate]

Don't jump ugly with me dirtball! I'm not the one who linked the incredible Mr. Limpet with a show in which he appeared in but one episode. If you are going to make references to rural comedies of the 1960's know what you are talking about else keep your piehole shut! That's just sage advice.

So let me get this straight, I suggest that if they were to remake Mayberry RFD, a show which you admit included Don Knotts in the role of Barney Fife, that some of the dimwits on here could audition for that role...you respond that he appeared in only one episode. So, what is your point?

He was in the show, it was the actor I referenced, is there some rule you live by in which people can only reference 1960's actors in terms of shows in which they appeared more than once? Not to mention the near universal recognition of said actor and the role in the first place. So go **** yourself.

And, the day I need, or would heed, advice from you will be a long ****ing time from now, after we pass never.

So, before you decide to play the role of dick head who runs around on the Internet trying to correct other people's references, why don't you make sure you don't introduce facts that prove you are wrong?

I'm pretty sure even Barney ****ing Fife could figure that out, no matter what show he was in, Cliff.

 

[pirate]

You and I don't disagree. But you can't look at the on-campus, naked guys skating together championship party on its own. Not with Parker apparently having attempted to lie to cover it up. Not now that its become known that the A.D. apparently knew nothing about it. Not with two sexual assaults hanging over the school & program. Its all been tossed into the deep end of the pool now and Coach Parker is treading water.

Help me out...what is the foundation of your Parker lied theory? And don't say Barney Fife told you.

 

[brassbonanza]

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Help me out...what is the foundation of your Parker lied theory? And don't say Barney Fife told you.

In the Globe story, they say he at first said he had no knowledge of the Agganis party, then later said he knew of a few players drinking in the locker room.

 

[pirate]

In the Globe story, they say he at first said he had no knowledge of the Agganis party, then later said he knew of a few players drinking in the locker room.

Is there a transcript? What did he say he had no knowledge of? A beer party or people having sex in the penalty box while naked people skated around?
what did he admonish the team for? A beer party or an orgy?

If the transcript says he was asked about a beer party and he didn't admit as much then I'll understand the use of the word "lied".

The reporters use of the word 'yet' has troubled me from the beginning...she never really says he lied, but everybody sure thinks thats what he did. Was that unintentional? I tend to think the worst of professional journalists.

 

[brassbonanza]

Re: Boston University 2012 Offseason

Is there a transcript? What did he say he had no knowledge of? A beer party or people having sex in the penalty box while naked people skated around?
what did he admonish the team for? A beer party or an orgy?

If the transcript says he was asked about a beer party and he didn't admit as much then I'll understand the use of the word "lied".

The reporters use of the word 'yet' has troubled me from the beginning...she never really says he lied, but everybody sure thinks thats what he did. Was that unintentional? I tend to think the worst of professional journalists.

I don't have answers to your questions and don't feel like digging up the article, but I don't think that clearly answered your questions either. I remember being troubled by what it was saying and insinuating, but also not being sure how true it was because the author wasn't entirely specific.

 

[mookie1995]

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Fair point.....

BU, by and of itself, should be a top 10 program every year. the level of fan support (friends, alumni, students), the facilities, the traditional, the staff support, and the school are in place to attract top X recruiting classes year after year after year. throw in the resume of parker and there is no excuse. like him or not, he commands attention and respect for this titles over 40 years (national & league). if he has a down season it is nearly unacceptable. if he has a run of down years there is no excuse.

nobody, nobody, should every go into a season thinking that there is no chance for BU hockey to be winning games in april.

if you are, and that's ok with you.... you should have nu season tickets.

 

[Tater]

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nobody, nobody, should every go into a season thinking that there is no chance for BU hockey to be winning games in april.

if you are, and that's ok with you.... you should have nu season tickets.

instant classic

 

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

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Not trying to pile on here but our good friend from the Globe was on NECN to discuss recently (see the last half of the video for her appearance in studio). The host is a piece of work!

http://www.necn.com/09/10/12/Broadside-BU-hockey-scandal/landing_broadside.html?blockID=771031&feedID=11122

 

[mookie1995]

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Not trying to pile on here but our good friend from the Globe was on NECN to discuss recently (see the last half of the video for her appearance in studio). The host is a piece of work!

http://www.necn.com/09/10/12/Broadside-BU-hockey-scandal/landing_broadside.html?blockID=771031&feedID=11122

braude found the behavior at that party appalling!!!! 'sex with women'!!!

now sex with each other, he'd-a been just fine with (not that there's anything wrong with that!)

 

[pirate]

I don't have answers to your questions and don't feel like digging up the article, but I don't think that clearly answered your questions either. I remember being troubled by what it was saying and insinuating, but also not being sure how true it was because the author wasn't entirely specific.

Sorry, didn't mean it to come across that way. Not your job to do research...the questions were better directed towards someone who read that article and concluded it was proof of anything.

 

[J.D.]

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BU, by and of itself, should be a top 10 program every year. the level of fan support (friends, alumni, students), the facilities, the traditional, the staff support, and the school are in place to attract top X recruiting classes year after year after year. throw in the resume of parker and there is no excuse. like him or not, he commands attention and respect for this titles over 40 years (national & league). if he has a down season it is nearly unacceptable. if he has a run of down years there is no excuse.

nobody, nobody, should every go into a season thinking that there is no chance for BU hockey to be winning games in april.

if you are, and that's ok with you.... you should have nu season tickets.

*Should* BU be a top 10 program year in year out? Even if that's the case, that has no bearing on the actual state of the program. You can't just blindly think that because you're BU, results will follow. It doesn't work that way. Now, if you wanna talk specifically about the upcoming year, do you think BU will have a better team than last year?

 

[ericredaxe]

Now, if you wanna talk specifically about the upcoming year, do you think BU will have a better team than last year?

I'll predict results (on paper) to be similar to last year, but with a better vibe.... As if it's a starting point for better things to come.

 

[mookie1995]

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*Should* BU be a top 10 program year in year out? Even if that's the case, that has no bearing on the actual state of the program. You can't just blindly think that because you're BU, results will follow. It doesn't work that way. Now, if you wanna talk specifically about the upcoming year, do you think BU will have a better team than last year?

can't be any worse. results from last season were very disappointing.

and yes i can. there are a handful of teams that should be confident in their locations for mid-to-late march every year. you always have to acknowledge the possibility of injury, whatnot... but half to 60% of the teams still playing are there every year or should expect to be.