Re: Brown University Bears 2011-12
Newbiebrownnosebear ....Like I said before "see what a coaching change will do" Nice weekend and a good job tonite. Oh, by way I think you owe us the "hijackers" a thank you for running the coach out of town. There is no way in hell with her still there could the girls be doing so well....I asked this question before too you. Does your daughter like playing for the new or the old coach....
Solid, and I agree.
Yes, here I am again, that person who only appears when the Bears lose (which is not true; it is after the Bears lose that people dislike what I have to say about it).
2 losses this weekend, and a few blatant reasons why. Once again, the breakout is largely responsible for these losses, which in turn reflects poorly upon the coaches. I have tried but been unable to understand why the two wingers leave the zone, oftentimes presenting nothing but their behinds to the defensemen and center struggling to break the puck out. It is not as if the wings swing to open the ice up and present more options – one wing turns and skates out of the zone in a straight line while the other skates across the ice to join the other winger on their side. So since the wings appear to have been told to leave the zone on the breakout, how do the coaches expect the girls to break out? A breakout is a 5-man, even 6-man job for the team in the defensive zone, and against a team like Harvard they need all the man-support they can get.
Line changes are out of control. Players are changing on the back check, how long will it take the coaches to figure that one out? Changing on the back check is a no-no that anyone who plays hockey has learned by the age of 12.
Another thing that irks me a little bit is that many of the same girls continue to see a lot of ice even though they repeatedly make blatant mistakes – unfortunately, the true plus-minus of these girls is masked because the two Sacred-Heart games do a great job covering for them.
I’m sure many of you just read that and assume that I must have a daughter on the team who doesn’t see much ice. False.
I understand that everyone wants to hear only good things about the team, but just because we support the Bears, it doesn’t make it logical or rational to suddenly become ignorant to the aspects of the game that they are lacking in or need improvement on. I understand that, as a few of the other commentators on here have stated, my perspectives on the game are pointless because it is not as if the coaches read my comments. Well I can respond that likewise, the coaches don’t go on a USCHO fan forum to boost their self-esteem with morale-boosting comments by parents and other Brown followers. And if they do, shame on them.
Oh, and just a side note: No matter how many goals a player puts up in a single game, it doesn’t give that player the right not to pass the puck.
