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BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
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brassbonanza
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
This might not be a bad idea, but you also do risk the players further tuning out their coach in anger. Would be better if it was a mutual captain's decision.
This might not be a bad idea, but you also do risk the players further tuning out their coach in anger. Would be better if it was a mutual captain's decision.
brassbonanza
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Oh, and go Giants.
Oh, and go Giants.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Yeah Bernie said "its not Coach Parkers fault, he is a legend and my friend" and "Go Giants". Tom sounded like he wanted to puke in his mouth.
Yeah Bernie said "its not Coach Parkers fault, he is a legend and my friend" and "Go Giants". Tom sounded like he wanted to puke in his mouth.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Bernie didn't even call the came last night. Nice try.
Oh, and for the record. Just because I'm calling you out for being a Grade A *****, doesn't mean I'm a Coach Parker Loving Pink Hat Wearing Fanboy, K.
BU Hockey: Broken
Bernie didn't even call the came last night. Nice try.
Oh, and for the record. Just because I'm calling you out for being a Grade A *****, doesn't mean I'm a Coach Parker Loving Pink Hat Wearing Fanboy, K.
BU Hockey: Broken
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
hey, join the club! you'll be in good company.
(and if jofa or anyone uses "jackpa" in the future, i want a tribute (money is good, copyright is ok if you're cheap
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ericredaxe
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
It would be pretty reasonable to assume he meant he can get used to winning, and playing some good hockey the way they did in the last 2 periods of the Saturday UMass game. He obviously didn't mean he can get used to spotting a team a 3-0 lead.
Didn't even notice if it wasn't Bernie (but thats because for the most part I had on the awful, not worth the $8 video feed).
They pretty much called out the players for lack of effort.
It would be pretty reasonable to assume he meant he can get used to winning, and playing some good hockey the way they did in the last 2 periods of the Saturday UMass game. He obviously didn't mean he can get used to spotting a team a 3-0 lead.
Didn't even notice if it wasn't Bernie (but thats because for the most part I had on the awful, not worth the $8 video feed).
They pretty much called out the players for lack of effort.
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SteveF
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
yes, much better to let the inmates run the asylum. its been working so well for them.
yes, much better to let the inmates run the asylum. its been working so well for them.
Friend_of_BU_Hockey
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
FWIW Connolly and Chiasson are no longer on FB (I don't think Connolly was on FB last season, either), and none of the captains are on Twitter. Not sure what, if anything, they've said to their teammates about being discrete w/ their social media use.
FWIW Connolly and Chiasson are no longer on FB (I don't think Connolly was on FB last season, either), and none of the captains are on Twitter. Not sure what, if anything, they've said to their teammates about being discrete w/ their social media use.
collegefan06
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Given the preseason expectations and general agreement that this team doesn't lack talent I'd say you sound more like the coach in question or one of his apologists. By the way, in this example the coach and GM are one and the same.
Given the preseason expectations and general agreement that this team doesn't lack talent I'd say you sound more like the coach in question or one of his apologists. By the way, in this example the coach and GM are one and the same.
Harry Cleverly
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Pretty comprehensive and interesting analysis of the Lowell game.
http://blog.collegehockeynews.com/2011/11/the-takeaway-umass-lowell-shocks-bu-with-7-1-beatdown/
Pretty comprehensive and interesting analysis of the Lowell game.
http://blog.collegehockeynews.com/2011/11/the-takeaway-umass-lowell-shocks-bu-with-7-1-beatdown/
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Agree with this. I would never expect some guys on the team to give up tickets to a Patriots game that were probably $100 a pop and if they want to tweet about it which they are probably doing for their buddies back home anyway then go for it. I agree that the stuff about making a drink on Sundays isn't what you want to see when they are losing like they have been should probably be kept of twitter for anyone else to see. They aren't going to be missing practice or anything on a Sunday afternoon anyway. Our perception of them really doesn't matter anyway only the results on the ice do. I don't see how NY natives (Rosen,Megan and Escobedo) going to watch their home team play is a big deal.
Agree with this. I would never expect some guys on the team to give up tickets to a Patriots game that were probably $100 a pop and if they want to tweet about it which they are probably doing for their buddies back home anyway then go for it. I agree that the stuff about making a drink on Sundays isn't what you want to see when they are losing like they have been should probably be kept of twitter for anyone else to see. They aren't going to be missing practice or anything on a Sunday afternoon anyway. Our perception of them really doesn't matter anyway only the results on the ice do. I don't see how NY natives (Rosen,Megan and Escobedo) going to watch their home team play is a big deal.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
This over-analyzing is borderline scary. Reminds me of the BC fan last year who took exception to the "Not From Boston" chant because in the 1800's the main campus of a college that eventually became BU was in VT, or something like that, all I remember is like this conversation, it's "Not From Relevant."
Kieran Millan's body language after goals in his sophomore and junior year was frequently described as sulking, he had the same body language his frosh year, I don't believe it was ever mentioned here. (A free drink to anyone who can find a post about it)
John McCarthy is commonly accepted as a great captain Mark Mullen, Brian McGuirk, Kevin Shattenkirk were not. Someone tell me something John did that the other 3 didn't that made him great.
I know firsthand that underage BU players the night before a game in 08-09 were drinking at a small party they hosted. They won the next night, one of the players there even scored. Drinking Wednesday before a Friday game caused a s#itstorm of epic proportions the following year.
Parker yells at the players too much now, Matt Gilroy complained that Parker didn't yell enough and actively tried to get him to yell more.
The ping pong table that was credited with being a team builder in relieving stress before and after practice in 08-09 was removed for being a distraction the next year.
We hate getting the cliche quotes at press conferences that say they didn't do enough, but don't specify what changes they can make, we complement a DU player who makes a tweet stating the same exact sentiment, and wish our players would do the same, ignoring when one of them did.
These off the ice activities are like a QB in football, they get a disproportionate amount of credit for wins, and blames for losses.
Winning cures all off ice drama.
We don't know why they haven't put a consistent effort forward recently, but parsing 140 character messages will leave us farther from the answer than when we started.
If this current staff of 3 is ever going to solve the consistency piece it'll be this year, they have over 5 more months to try.
This over-analyzing is borderline scary. Reminds me of the BC fan last year who took exception to the "Not From Boston" chant because in the 1800's the main campus of a college that eventually became BU was in VT, or something like that, all I remember is like this conversation, it's "Not From Relevant."
Kieran Millan's body language after goals in his sophomore and junior year was frequently described as sulking, he had the same body language his frosh year, I don't believe it was ever mentioned here. (A free drink to anyone who can find a post about it)
John McCarthy is commonly accepted as a great captain Mark Mullen, Brian McGuirk, Kevin Shattenkirk were not. Someone tell me something John did that the other 3 didn't that made him great.
I know firsthand that underage BU players the night before a game in 08-09 were drinking at a small party they hosted. They won the next night, one of the players there even scored. Drinking Wednesday before a Friday game caused a s#itstorm of epic proportions the following year.
Parker yells at the players too much now, Matt Gilroy complained that Parker didn't yell enough and actively tried to get him to yell more.
The ping pong table that was credited with being a team builder in relieving stress before and after practice in 08-09 was removed for being a distraction the next year.
We hate getting the cliche quotes at press conferences that say they didn't do enough, but don't specify what changes they can make, we complement a DU player who makes a tweet stating the same exact sentiment, and wish our players would do the same, ignoring when one of them did.
These off the ice activities are like a QB in football, they get a disproportionate amount of credit for wins, and blames for losses.
Winning cures all off ice drama.
We don't know why they haven't put a consistent effort forward recently, but parsing 140 character messages will leave us farther from the answer than when we started.
If this current staff of 3 is ever going to solve the consistency piece it'll be this year, they have over 5 more months to try.
collegefan06
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Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
You just hate BC fans because they are superior people with superior firepower in all facets of life (and as a result they got into BC and you didn't). It's ok to admit that. It doesn't make BC bad people. Put your hand out for a little charity rather than making a fist with it and some BC people might surprise you.
Anyway, I take offense to the people that are claiming BC is going to rip BU on Sunday. If we've learned anything over the past 15 years, it's that BU will come to play vs. BC almost guaranteed. BC has had some seriously superior teams and yet BU almost always came to play (especially in the Peepot). I don't think that a BC blowout is a foregone conclusion. I think BC might be a little overinflated right now myself.
The question about BU and how they relate to those older teams is what type of makeup did you have. Some of those teams (immediately post-Drury) lacked serious talent yet they had balls and pride in wearing the BU jersey; they came together and played like it was their last game (because with the lack of talent they had, it always could have been their last game). These more recent teams seem to be a lot more loaded with "talent" (debate if you will) but you don't see the pride and cohesiveness that the older "bad" BU teams had. It's like, let's get drafted, gain some weight/muscle under Boyle, and get the heck out of here while a good contract is still on the table.
This BC game on Sunday and how BU comes out will be a very, very big indicator to me in what BU has on their hands.
You just hate BC fans because they are superior people with superior firepower in all facets of life (and as a result they got into BC and you didn't). It's ok to admit that. It doesn't make BC bad people. Put your hand out for a little charity rather than making a fist with it and some BC people might surprise you.
Anyway, I take offense to the people that are claiming BC is going to rip BU on Sunday. If we've learned anything over the past 15 years, it's that BU will come to play vs. BC almost guaranteed. BC has had some seriously superior teams and yet BU almost always came to play (especially in the Peepot). I don't think that a BC blowout is a foregone conclusion. I think BC might be a little overinflated right now myself.
The question about BU and how they relate to those older teams is what type of makeup did you have. Some of those teams (immediately post-Drury) lacked serious talent yet they had balls and pride in wearing the BU jersey; they came together and played like it was their last game (because with the lack of talent they had, it always could have been their last game). These more recent teams seem to be a lot more loaded with "talent" (debate if you will) but you don't see the pride and cohesiveness that the older "bad" BU teams had. It's like, let's get drafted, gain some weight/muscle under Boyle, and get the heck out of here while a good contract is still on the table.
This BC game on Sunday and how BU comes out will be a very, very big indicator to me in what BU has on their hands.
claver2010
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Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Donahue uses the same policy at BC and it's smart. There are too many negatives of what could happen to outweigh the possible positives. You guys got a very good one in Jones, excellent recruiter.
Edit: eagleh8r has to be an alias, or a BU freshman.
Donahue uses the same policy at BC and it's smart. There are too many negatives of what could happen to outweigh the possible positives. You guys got a very good one in Jones, excellent recruiter.
Edit: eagleh8r has to be an alias, or a BU freshman.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Funny, the only BC fans I ever meet are either really Westfield St grads or dweebs. Wonder where all the successful people are? Eagleh8er, keep up the good work! Nothing's worse than when a team's fans have no b@lls anymore to defend their school. One has to wonder if these same people are also as meek on the job when they get challenged at work. 
Regarding BU, Bob Brown (who's done a good job so far) really needs to step in here and tell Parker that he being shifted to full time AD and giving the coaching duties to someone else. Great coach, good guy from what I hear, but the hockey program isn't functioning anymore save for one bright year out of a dozen. Bobby Bowden was a great coach, and was responsible for FSU being a football powerhouse. However, when it came time the school told him to call it a career, and managed to do so in a dignified way. If that can happen down there, the same thing can happen here. It could be simply that these guys run out of energy eventually (York being an obvious exception).
Funny, the only BC fans I ever meet are either really Westfield St grads or dweebs. Wonder where all the successful people are?
Eagleh8er, keep up the good work! Nothing's worse than when a team's fans have no b@lls anymore to defend their school. One has to wonder if these same people are also as meek on the job when they get challenged at work. Regarding BU, Bob Brown (who's done a good job so far) really needs to step in here and tell Parker that he being shifted to full time AD and giving the coaching duties to someone else. Great coach, good guy from what I hear, but the hockey program isn't functioning anymore save for one bright year out of a dozen. Bobby Bowden was a great coach, and was responsible for FSU being a football powerhouse. However, when it came time the school told him to call it a career, and managed to do so in a dignified way. If that can happen down there, the same thing can happen here. It could be simply that these guys run out of energy eventually (York being an obvious exception).
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
My guess is you've never actually met any BC fans. Regardless of that, not sure how what you started with has any relevance on being a "successful" person.
LOL at eagleh8er doing good work. What exactly was he "defending" BU from anyway? Even if there was actually something to defend, there are ways to do it without coming across as a complete fool.
My guess is you've never actually met any BC fans. Regardless of that, not sure how what you started with has any relevance on being a "successful" person.
LOL at eagleh8er doing good work. What exactly was he "defending" BU from anyway? Even if there was actually something to defend, there are ways to do it without coming across as a complete fool.
Re: BU 2011-2012 Season: The bar is low, boys!
Are you upset because I insulted Westfield St?
Are you upset because I insulted Westfield St?
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