I'm a long time NU fan, and I have not been to as many games as years prior due to my current school being in Maine.
Just addressing a couple things I have read in this here thread...
(1) I wouldn't say Cronin has done "a very good job". I would say he has done an OKAY job, maybe a good job. He inherited a very poor program, everyone knows that. However I have yet to see anything that has been exceptional or extraordinary. It has been very good compared to what Crowder produced in his time at NU. The program is on a trend upwards currently from where we were some years ago.
(2) A losing record this year is VERY disappointing imho. They have not played up to their capabilities and whether or not we want to admit it its partially the coaches fault.
(3) Rawlings is not as good or as sharp as everyone claims him to be. I do not see it. I literally point to him as the reason for losing the beanpot last night. I think Thessin or Gibson would have saved about half or close to have of the 7 goals that BC put in the net. I mean, Rawlings was so SLOW sliding side to side. I was a goalie back in the day and its goalie 101 to hurry back to the other post when a puck goes off the endboards behind the net, instead for whatever reason Rawlings took his time on one of the goals and BC fired the puck into the net. I thought he could have had the Kreider breakaway last night that I still don't know how it went in. Even the first goal wasn't sharp, he was not in good position with his pad at all. I can't remember all of the goals but alot of them had me scratching my head
(4) They need to get away from dumping every single time they touch the puck. All it does it loose possession and when they lose the majority of 1 on 1 battles I just don't see the point. Make some strong passes and breakout! It's exactly why BC is so much better then NU! They posses the ability to stickhandle and pass unlike the huskies. Dumping and chasing and hoping is not the answer.
(5) Silva is probably the most frustrating hockey player I have watched in awhile at NU. It's almost as aggravating as watching Birnstill REFUSE to ever shoot the puck from the point, LOL. He makes stupid plays all night long, takes stupid penalties.. it's been that way for him long before this season.
(6) The huskies have a really bright future in Oleksiak, Pimm, Reid, Eibler, Dongola as Fr... I was impressed by all of them last night. This is the recruiting class that could make Cronin go from an 'okay' job to a 'good' one on my book. I do think they need to bring in a better goalie then Rawlings. I might be wrong about him, but only time will tell.
The huskies were an average goaltending performance away from a beanpot last night.. especially aggravating after watching Gibson and other goalies stand on their head back in the day. But hey, when was the last time they put up 6 goals? Definitely a positive to take out of the game. However, I think NU was lucky they caught Muse on an off night.
To sum up; Time for Cronin to go? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
