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. Hey here is a good excuse leave and go be commish. Also it is boring to read his posts about how this thread acts when it is just the opposite. Also all he knows is one subject of his hatred almost like a jilted lover or something........ Now TS I challenge you to add something to the thread other than your spew. Here is one. I like hearing about who is going to the pros... BMW is gone and rehabing for his shot. Long health to him, K2 and RAV. Who is the 3rd goalie practicing with them. When does Tyler Marble come from the North Stars, who else are they looking for, will they carry 2,3 or like some NCAA teams four goalies. Where is next years schedule, are they having try-outs- I for one would like to watch if they do again sometime. Are they having any special mini camps like last year. Who has long term injuries. Who is going to be the first two lines, is there a grind line. Which defenseman will have the most goals. Does K2 and others leave in their JR year. Who would be best on the power play or PK. When do the renovations begin. Also there are ten other questions I am wondering about. I like to hear what folks think but if it is spew plz be polite and don't say anything or go to the bathroom.The 3rd goalie practicing with them the latter part of this past season was a kid from the club team they added when BMW went down with injury. Tyler Marble is a bit of a puzzle. He verbally committed to the Lakers a couple of years ago; I doubt he has been promised any scholarship money, but don't know for sure. I don't think he has yet proven himself ready for college hockey and I suspect the Laker coaches feel the same way. He started out this season for Traverse City with some pretty good stats, but against weaker competition in the NAHL. His stats, and presumably level of play, has fallen off as the season progressed. His save % is down under .900. Lately, Traverse City has been playing their other goalie more than Marble, leading me to think Marble may no longer even the #1 goalie at TC. Marble is still eligible to play another year of Junior hockey, and at this point I don't expect to see him with the Lakers next season. If he does show up with the Lakers next season, it will be because he wants to start school and has told the coaches he is willing to come in as the #3 goalie and as a walk-on with little or no scholarship money. But I know the Laker coaches have been out looking at other Junior goalies who they could bring in as a #3 goalie, probably with walk-on status, so as I said earlier Marble's future with the Lakers is still questionable.
QUOTE=DB Cooper;5099529]The uneven play is indeed frustrating. I believe the Lakers had above average CCHA talent this year. I am always interested to observe and read about the philsoophy of successful coaches. They seem to train their players and assistants to view every action in light of the goal of winning games. I've read that many will recruit lesser players from a traditionally winning program because they already understand the culture of winning. How does a head coach get his players and assistants to accept this vision? I agree that given recent talent levels, the Lakers could be expected to have finished just below the top few teams in the league, with an occasional first round playoff bye.
I believe the culture has to change at Lake State and it starts with the coaches. When your goal at the beginning of the year is to get to the "Joe" what is that telling the players. The same players that walked in on a visit and saw all the championship banners hanging from rafters are the same ones you are now telling disregard those banners and just look at the getting to the "Joe" banners? Thats our goal for the season. Are you friggin kidding me? I suppose in juniors these same kids were just hoping to get to the playoffs of their respective leagues. NOT!
I know Jeff Blashill at WMU sure in the hell did'nt tell his guys the goal for the year is to get to the "Joe". As a matter of fact he said if your not trying to win a National Championship then why are you playing hockey at all!
Ditto to Dean Blais at UNO who asked his team when he took over what the goals for the players were, they answered a National Championship, and so started the journey of working harder than they ever had, on and off the ice. Both teams have gotten much better as a result and have made this years tournament which will result in better players, more fans, more revenue and a generally positive vibe in their respective programs going forward. The Lakers did a better job this year of not fading in the 3rd period, which was nice to see, but they still finished in 8th place so they need to work even harder for next year. If this happens maybe some of those ties will turn to wins and thus the Lakers end up higher in the standings, which we all want, so we don't have to listen to the truth's all the time
There is no reason to believe these Lakers can't compete with the Ferris's and Western's of the league but the culture needs to change to help that happen...
And it starts with not settling for mediocrity!!!!!!!!
