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BU 2021-22: Albie's Great Adventure
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Yet again, very disappointing. Shut out at home after putting in 8 last game. I don’t know what to say anymore. Time to start Duplessis to shake this team up. I think Commesso has been very average anyway. But you still have to score to win games. Anyone have any other ideas?
Need to turn things upside down - bring in a new head coach that isn't a former Terrier (unless his last name is Sullivan; but that's not likely). Kinda simple really - recruit better skaters (this team isn't very fast; both forwards and d'men) and better goal scorers (not a lot of finishers on this roster). Unfortunately this won't/can't be done this year so it's likely to be a case of waiting this out. Sigh.
brassbonanza
Super Serial
The only meaningful change that must occur is at head coach. Any other one at this point is window dressing.
Yup.
Spot on. It’s a long season and Hockey East is a mess but this team has no spark. It’s the same thing over and over. Offensively too pretty, on defense too soft and they give up way too many breakways and odd man rushes and flat out grade “A” scoring chances. Some stuff can be fixed but this ain’t pretty. Only positive is Brown and Tuch should be back and those are 1st line caliber players. No one else is stepping up.
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Tonight's game finally moved me firmly into the "Fire Albie!" camp....this team is wasting talent and clearly undisciplined. Can't make basic passes, they've gotta wheel 300 feet in their defensive zone before getting out, meanwhile Lowell moves the puck end to end on 2 passes because the support on our forecheck doesn't cover anyone. Sending 6 players out on a power play (and not just a cheapie "oops it hit someone changing", a legit missed substitution). A power play that's 1-for-12 in the last 3 games against perennial powerhouse Merrimack and Lowell.
The 2nd intermission "coach interview" said everything I needed to hear. "Well, we're outshooting them, so we're going to keep doing what we're doing and hope it gets better". Keep doing what you're doing? Skating a lazy, uninspired game? That's the whole team philosophy - "Well, I hope it gets better." No hustle, no heart. Whatever happened to Desire, Determination and the Will to Win?
I don't blame Commesso (the softie tonight is really the only one I remember, the other 2 goals were a cross-crease pass and a breakaway because a pinching defenseman blasted a shot that got kicked back past him).
I can't remember the last time I was this pissed at this team, and I've been sitting in the same seat for the last 15 years, and following them for 25.
We should be 6-1, maybe 5-2 right now after this cupcake opening schedule. A split with 2-4-1 Atlantic Hockey Sacred Heart? Splits with 3-3 UConn and 3-4 'Mack? If Albie can't get these guys fighting for each other on their trip out to Michigan, we could be looking at another 20-loss season, which is absolutely unacceptable with 12 NHL draft picks on your roster, and don't whine to me that O'Brien is hurt or Matt Brown didn't play. Where's Cockerill been? Why can't Mastrosimone finish after he dangles 3 guys? Why does everyone else feel the need to try to dangle 3 guys when there are teammates wide open on either side of them? Ugh, I'm just raging and ranting. I don't even want to look at the results until we get back home against UMass.
We could easily be 3-7 going into that game. I'm not surprised the arena is half-empty.
Also, as much as we all appreciate and love Travis, the pre-game ceremony set such a weird, hushed tone for the beginning of the game. I was in Section 7 my sophomore year when Travis had his accident. I've met him a handful of times, and made donations to the TRF. That kind of night should have inspired his fellow Terriers to want to bring home a W for Travis.
I really hope their play rest of the season gets better than this, because tonight's product on the ice was simply unwatchable.
Can these guys skate through anyone with the puck? A quick tap of their stick and they lose the puck. They don't have a bull-rush guy that can carry the puck end to end through sheer will or stickhandling talent. Just feels so soft.
defkit
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The jekyll and hyde (8 goals one night, then 0) and the inability to adjust your game to the opponent (at least mid-game if not beforehand) are the two signs to me that coaching is the issue.
I think this team has talent and speed. I think the players are giving the effort. I understand there are injuries, but we have a roster that is very big and full of NHL draft picks. The players need a system.
How many times is Fensore going to get a head of steam going in the defensive zone (good), make it through the neutral zone (good) only to try to get through three guys or have someone just poke the puck off of his stick (not good)? I've never been a dump and chase guy but with big bodies like Peterson and Boucher, maybe we need to try that more? Then again, we don't win puck battles along the boards very often so, maybe not.
Going tonight, hoping the schizophrenic nature continues and we put up 7.
I think this team has talent and speed. I think the players are giving the effort. I understand there are injuries, but we have a roster that is very big and full of NHL draft picks. The players need a system.
How many times is Fensore going to get a head of steam going in the defensive zone (good), make it through the neutral zone (good) only to try to get through three guys or have someone just poke the puck off of his stick (not good)? I've never been a dump and chase guy but with big bodies like Peterson and Boucher, maybe we need to try that more? Then again, we don't win puck battles along the boards very often so, maybe not.
Going tonight, hoping the schizophrenic nature continues and we put up 7.
Solid post bu98. You nailed the anger and frustration we're all feeling right now.
Their entire offensive repertoire is skate hard down the left wing, shoot the puck at the goalie and hope for a rebound. Or, in the case of Fensore, skate around the net every third time and pass the puck into the skates of a defender. And don't even get me started on the drop passes. One led to a Lowell goal (Ty Amonte was the transgressor) and another blew-up a 3 on 2 with an off-sides.
This team has a very low hockey IQ. They have no ice vision and they do a lousy job of collecting passes and maintaining stick possession. I'm with you defkit, it's time to try some dump and suck. It couldn't be any worse.
Oh, and Vinny needs to get some starts in net. Kid was nails last year.
And finally, I'm going to bitch about another sloppy BU production. (RE: The Travis Roy Ceremony) The sound system in Agganis sucks (not the production department's fault, but worth mentioning.). Making it difficult to hear video content. Then they announce the Lowell team right after the standing O for Travis' parents!? Awkward. And then Jack Parker goes to the bench for a photo op and nobody announces him!? What are we doing here! Be better.
And finally, finally, they may not have taken many penalties last night, but as mentioned below, that too many men on the ice penalty on the PP was baaaaaad.
BU Hockey: Leader Needed. Inquire Within
Their entire offensive repertoire is skate hard down the left wing, shoot the puck at the goalie and hope for a rebound. Or, in the case of Fensore, skate around the net every third time and pass the puck into the skates of a defender. And don't even get me started on the drop passes. One led to a Lowell goal (Ty Amonte was the transgressor) and another blew-up a 3 on 2 with an off-sides.
This team has a very low hockey IQ. They have no ice vision and they do a lousy job of collecting passes and maintaining stick possession. I'm with you defkit, it's time to try some dump and suck. It couldn't be any worse.
Oh, and Vinny needs to get some starts in net. Kid was nails last year.
And finally, I'm going to bitch about another sloppy BU production. (RE: The Travis Roy Ceremony) The sound system in Agganis sucks (not the production department's fault, but worth mentioning.). Making it difficult to hear video content. Then they announce the Lowell team right after the standing O for Travis' parents!? Awkward. And then Jack Parker goes to the bench for a photo op and nobody announces him!? What are we doing here! Be better.
And finally, finally, they may not have taken many penalties last night, but as mentioned below, that too many men on the ice penalty on the PP was baaaaaad.
BU Hockey: Leader Needed. Inquire Within
Putting Albie's stunning incompetence aside for a moment, I really admire how Lowell plays. A big team playing a heavy game, but they were still tracking down BU forwards from behind and knocking them off the puck all night. They're also patient as all hell and really pick their spots. Can't recall too many times their D was caught crashing the net and giving up an odd man rush. Crisp passing as well. Year in and year out they're always solid.
Won't rehash too much of the BU related commentary because it looks like all of us were seeing the same thing. I will point out one thing however. In the past few weeks I've been saying that nobody, not even Albie himself, benefits from him coaching one more game. He needs to stop being a head coach and rebuild his reputation as an assistant somewhere. But now I think we're at the point where he's damaging the program. It has to have a negative effect on player development when the coach is clueless. This is going to waste an entire year and some might not stick around for this s hitshow. Even worse it's killing fan enthusiasm. It was a fun and rowdy crowd at opening night, but after repeated losses the place was a ghost town yesterday on Travis Roy night of all nights. This needs to change immediately.
Won't rehash too much of the BU related commentary because it looks like all of us were seeing the same thing. I will point out one thing however. In the past few weeks I've been saying that nobody, not even Albie himself, benefits from him coaching one more game. He needs to stop being a head coach and rebuild his reputation as an assistant somewhere. But now I think we're at the point where he's damaging the program. It has to have a negative effect on player development when the coach is clueless. This is going to waste an entire year and some might not stick around for this s hitshow. Even worse it's killing fan enthusiasm. It was a fun and rowdy crowd at opening night, but after repeated losses the place was a ghost town yesterday on Travis Roy night of all nights. This needs to change immediately.
buoldtimer
The social ramble ain't restful
Enough is enough. This team plays as if they have no coaching, and met for the first time minutes before the game.
The program has become a clown show.
Jack Kelley, Jack Parker, David Quinn........ Albie.
Let Pandolfo, Quesnelle and Friedman take it from here. Albie should be gone.
The program has become a clown show.
Jack Kelley, Jack Parker, David Quinn........ Albie.
Let Pandolfo, Quesnelle and Friedman take it from here. Albie should be gone.
Agreed. Program needs a culture change and fast. Hand the keys to pandolfo now. Only positive is obrien/amonte/cockerill/tuch/brown should be back and they are the top 5 offense players…..
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
at least we scored tonight
This is getting ridiculous. We should not be reduced to team defined by “at least we scored tonight” . I’ve been watching and supporting BU hockey for 32 years now since my first game in 89 when we knocked off #1 Michigan State at WBA. We generally have had our pick of recruits and “top tier” recruiting classes over the years. I was excited to see this team - it looked like a good mix of young talent and older, stronger, and experienced players - something we’ve all been waiting for in this new era of college hockey. So far it’s a bust. A 3-5 record with the schedule we had to start is entirely unacceptable for the program, players, coaches, alumni and fans. I don’t even want to watch the games anymore - I have never felt this way before. I know sometimes there can be rebuilding type years. Actually we used to say BU doesn’t rebuild - it reloads. This should not remotely be a rebuilding type year. I like Albie as a person and appreciate what he has done as a former player, assistant and what he has tried to do as head coach. It’s not working right now and it hasn’t during most of his tenure - we need leadership from the AD to make some changes. Contract is up when?
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