CARDS_rule_the_Burgh
Nate LePage, Siena '13
Ok, I'm aware that this week's installment was wrought with controversy, but I believe the best way to deal with at this point is to take the results at face value, and look to correct it in the future. So, here I go...
Congratulations to Derek Hanson of Wisconsin-Stout for being named the DIII Posters' Player of the Week for the week of 1/11-1/17. With 2 goals and 1 assist, Hanson helped his Blue Devils to a successful road sweep of the Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets, placing the team into 2nd second place in the NCHA. Since the conclusion of the 1/11-1/17 week, Hanson has recorded yet another goal, this time in the famed XCel Energy Center in a Minnesota Hockey Day match-up against St. Olaf, but inactivity in the NCHA has resulted in the Blue Devils falling down to 3rd place. This coming weekend, Hanson and his Stout teammates take on the Yellowjackets yet again, this time at home, and the 2nd place St. Scholastica Saints in a weekend of NCHA action. Congratulations to Derek Hanson.
Ok, so now that it's officially in the books, we can move on to next week. Anybody who has read the poll thread in which Hanson took the honor knows that there was some controversy involved in this week's selection process, and I suppose there is no time better than the present for dealing with the issue. Ideas that have, thus far, been proposed are:
*Instructions to not vote for a player of your primary team of interest
*Making polls public, for the enforcement of that rule.
*Polls public - nominator may not vote for their nominee (my suggestion)
This is the board's honor to give, not mine, and so we should all be involved in the selection process. So, in addition to nominations, I will also be accepting suggestions for how to deal with the issue of fans of any team pushing through players, who had what can, at best, be described as mediocre, simply because they play for their particular team of interest. No changes will be made for this week's edition of the POTW, but I will be setting up a second poll with suggestions, in which voters will be able to select multiple options, in order to determine which suggestions will or will not become reality.
Now, on to the nominations. As with last week, each poster may only nominate 1 student-athlete. Nominations are due at 11pm on Monday (which I do realize is today, my apologies).
Let the nominating begin!
Congratulations to Derek Hanson of Wisconsin-Stout for being named the DIII Posters' Player of the Week for the week of 1/11-1/17. With 2 goals and 1 assist, Hanson helped his Blue Devils to a successful road sweep of the Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets, placing the team into 2nd second place in the NCHA. Since the conclusion of the 1/11-1/17 week, Hanson has recorded yet another goal, this time in the famed XCel Energy Center in a Minnesota Hockey Day match-up against St. Olaf, but inactivity in the NCHA has resulted in the Blue Devils falling down to 3rd place. This coming weekend, Hanson and his Stout teammates take on the Yellowjackets yet again, this time at home, and the 2nd place St. Scholastica Saints in a weekend of NCHA action. Congratulations to Derek Hanson.
Ok, so now that it's officially in the books, we can move on to next week. Anybody who has read the poll thread in which Hanson took the honor knows that there was some controversy involved in this week's selection process, and I suppose there is no time better than the present for dealing with the issue. Ideas that have, thus far, been proposed are:
*Instructions to not vote for a player of your primary team of interest
*Making polls public, for the enforcement of that rule.
*Polls public - nominator may not vote for their nominee (my suggestion)
This is the board's honor to give, not mine, and so we should all be involved in the selection process. So, in addition to nominations, I will also be accepting suggestions for how to deal with the issue of fans of any team pushing through players, who had what can, at best, be described as mediocre, simply because they play for their particular team of interest. No changes will be made for this week's edition of the POTW, but I will be setting up a second poll with suggestions, in which voters will be able to select multiple options, in order to determine which suggestions will or will not become reality.
Now, on to the nominations. As with last week, each poster may only nominate 1 student-athlete. Nominations are due at 11pm on Monday (which I do realize is today, my apologies).
Let the nominating begin!
