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The grades are in. They got an F.
BU Hockey: Underachievers
or you're asking 18 and 19 year olds to coach themselves. There's a reason why Umile has coached for 50 years without winning a title. 
Really tough to overcome a poorly coached team even with a lot of talent. Either you have a 30 year old captain like we did in 2009
But he was the "hand-picked" successor and the best fit for the job...
) they need more "older" leadership. You can't win with an "all-star" team. There aren't enough pucks to go around and by nature "great" players tend to want to dominate and not become "role players." After four years of this, one would think he would start to understand and "adjust" his recruiting strategy. So I'm not putting it ALL on the coaching at this point. I would like to see a team that better reflects the "balance" of a Lowell, or a Denver (or even a Mankato or Providence) before I make that evaluation.That's exactly what I was going to say. If you accept the fact that DQ was a better recruiter (because as you said, Parker had lost the ability to relate), that would explain why they were still winning. DQ gets the players and Parker coaches them. The problem now could be that one of those variables has been "weakened." Although I still say (and I know it's a broken record - for those of you who don't know what a "record" is, it's like a CD only it's vinyl and is played on a record player with a stylus
