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don't seem to get that you are far detached from reality?
Well, I think this past weekend should serve as a reality check. Mercyhurst blasted Brown with an 18-0 run with no apparent mercy for the Brown team. In my history as a coach, you only did this to a team whose coach you didn't respect so what's the message here? It's a shame!!! The Brown players never quit despite daunting odds. They held their heads high - as well they should - but their coach was outcoached again. Or is this another rebuilding year? May I suggest we start rebuilding with new coaches. Obviously, this duo isn't getting the job done.
Brown was the top seed in 2000, the last year that the tournament was conducted by the AWCHA rather than the NCAA. The Bears made it to the Frozen Four and advanced to the title game in 2002.
It's kind of a stretch to compare UNH to Brown here. The Wildcats were an NCAA team last year and for the four years before that. As bad as they've struggled this season, they've won 10 games. It's been four years since Brown won 10 in a full season. When a team does well for a long time, people's expectations are raised. Bitter former parents aside, you'd expect some discontent with the recent records. More troubling may be the apathy and disappearance of other long-time fans. For comparison, Flarrow is unhappy in the Union thread, but is still going to games and talking about the team. At this point, Brown is more like Union than UNH.
Sorry to go off topic, but I just want to note some corrections. There is currently a moratorium on schools elevating a program to DI. Schools currently doing so are allowed to continue doing so. SLU and Clarkson do play up in hockey, but Vermont is DI.
Careful my friend, they might just be tempted to roll you guys into this as well!
Aside from the NCAA rules and regulations, is it a ridiculous idea? Look at international hockey, Davis Cup tennis and European football leagues to name a few that do this. They all regulate the bottom teams of higher divisions to the next lower division and promote the top teams from lower divisions to the next higher division. The only question would be how to do this in the NCAA.
Aside from the NCAA rules and regulations, is it a ridiculous idea? Look at international hockey, Davis Cup tennis and European football leagues to name a few that do this. They all regulate the bottom teams of higher divisions to the next lower division and promote the top teams from lower divisions to the next higher division. The only question would be how to do this in the NCAA.
Sean Pickett