Maine 2012 - Take 2. If This Ain't the Bottom...

[Chuck Murray]

Re: Maine 2012 - Take 2. If This Ain't the Bottom...

Someone better start a "Take 3" version of this thread soon. Every time I think this has already hit bottom, someone drops it down another gear.

 

[walrus]

Re: Maine 2012 - Take 2. If This Ain't the Bottom...

Translation puleeeze

Who else thinks Jacques Poriveau is actually Chuck "the schmuck" Murray ?

He's not,

 

[Gusforhobey]

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if all the fans would do this..http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&h...=179&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:115

 

[all bear]

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Someone better start a "Take 3" version of this thread soon. Every time I think this has already hit bottom, someone drops it down another gear.

Chin up Chucky. As soon as UHN wins a NC this year, you'll have plenty to gloat about. Tell me, is the bonfire scheduled ?

 

[JB]

Re: Maine 2012 - Take 2. If This Ain't the Bottom...

Chin up Chucky. As soon as UHN wins a NC this year, you'll have plenty to gloat about. Tell me, is the bonfire scheduled ?

As a UNH fan you guys over here give me hope for this season.

Riddle me this... what would be the ultimate cherry on top of this dog poo sundae you guys have been eating this year?

You know in your race to truly find the bottom of your current existence.

 

[Fishman'81]

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To people who run an educational institution it matters just a tad. It isn't about what you or any other fan wants. It's about what Paul Ferguson expects from student-athletes. I'm going to guess his expectations don't align with yours.


I agree that "a tad" is probably the accurate term to use here...

Taking this argument to its logical extreme, do you think that Maine would be happier with a team of Rhodes Scholars who finish 2-21, or a squad that wins an NC and sports a barely-passable GPA? It's a no-brainer, once you put aside all hypocrisy to the contrary. We are not talking about debate teams here; getting-by academically is just fine for Maine hockey, as long as they excel on the weekends.

I realize that private money is often crucial to the success of a program, but sport-specific donations are generally contingent on team-success, are they not..? And I think you sell-short the value of the gate, which appears to be dwindling... Community support and deep-pocket money really spring from the same font: winning games.

Any big-time D-1 sport is about national recognition and income-generation, and that much is garnered on the field of play, not in the classroom.. To suggest otherwise is, yes, naive.

 

[Ma#1ne Hky]

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Its all about the money;either they buy him out and pay another or continue to nose-dive and just pay one in order to do so. College $ports is a Business no matter what we think,the money needs to come in...winning brings it in and losing does not.

 

[walrus]

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As a UNH fan you guys over here give me hope for this season..

This doesn't surprise me, you have nothing going in your pathetic little life so you look in a Maine thread for joy.

 

[JB]

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This doesn't surprise me, you have nothing going in your pathetic little life so you look in a Maine thread for joy.

I dont take joy in your pain... see I have been a UNH fan since the late 70's. Cheering through the mid 80's gives me perspective on what you guys are going through. It is so bad over here I feel sorry for you guys.

But the potential cherry on top is a sweet idea for any UNH fan... I hope you get the reference.

 

[Priceless]

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Its all about the money;either they buy him out and pay another or continue to nose-dive and just pay one in order to do so. College $ports is a Business no matter what we think,the money needs to come in...winning brings it in and losing does not.

The money comes in whether the team wins or not. Ask the Chicago Cubs how important it is to field a winner when you are making money hand over fist.

And Fishman, there are people at the university who would rather see the hockey team go 0-34 but field a roster full of Rhodes Scholars. Many of those same people would rather just drop the athletics department completely and devote resources strictly to academic endeavors. (Don't bother arguing with me, I'm not one of those people - but they do exist)

 

[rufus]

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The only reason they are still making money is they keep jacking up the prices on everything. Season tickets, $50 lower bowl seats, cost to park, etc. They're pricing themselves right out of having any actual bodies in the seats, and the product on the ice isn't helping to keep those that are left there for much longer.

So you just keep reveling in the money that your buddy TIMMAY's program is generating, until the day you wake up and see it's all gone.

Would you rather see a rink full of 4500 people paying $15 apiece, or 2000 people paying $30?

 

[Priceless]

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The only reason they are still making money is they keep jacking up the prices on everything. Season tickets, $50 lower bowl seats, cost to park, etc. They're pricing themselves right out of having any actual bodies in the seats, and the product on the ice isn't helping to keep those that are left there for much longer.

So you just keep reveling in the money that your buddy TIMMAY's program is generating, until the day you wake up and see it's all gone.

Would you rather see a rink full of 4500 people paying $15 apiece, or 2000 people paying $30?

Does it help you sleep at night thinking that I'm happy about what is happening?

As for your edit, do you think I have anything to do with the pricing policies set by the athletics department? Of course I want more people in the stands. I don't like their decision to charge for parking and I really dislike their decision to make students use cash instead of dining funds (which were real dollars before students gave them to the university). I'm sure things would be run differently in any of us were in charge of the athletics department.

 

[sandiegoblkbr]

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The money comes in whether the team wins or not.

Are you an idiot?

 

[sandiegoblkbr]

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The only reason they are still making money is they keep jacking up the prices on everything. Season tickets, $50 lower bowl seats, cost to park, etc. They're pricing themselves right out of having any actual bodies in the seats, and the product on the ice isn't helping to keep those that are left there for much longer.

So you just keep reveling in the money that your buddy TIMMAY's program is generating, until the day you wake up and see it's all gone.

Would you rather see a rink full of 4500 people paying $15 apiece, or 2000 people paying $30?

You won't see 2000 people paying $30 for a Maine hockey game.........200........maybe.

 

[rufus]

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Does it help you sleep at night thinking that I'm happy about what is happening?

As for your edit, do you think I have anything to do with the pricing policies set by the athletics department? Of course I want more people in the stands. I don't like their decision to charge for parking and I really dislike their decision to make students use cash instead of dining funds (which were real dollars before students gave them to the university). I'm sure things would be run differently in any of us were in charge of the athletics department.

You may not like it, but you're happy as a clam using it as your arguement to stick it to everyone else who doesn't kiss TIMMAY'
s azz like you do. "They're still making money".

By the looks of that rink for the second Vermont game, not for a whole lot longer. Looked like an effin' regional, except the empty sections were reversed.

 

[FiveHole12]

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Many of those same people would rather just drop the athletics department completely and devote resources strictly to academic endeavors. (Don't bother arguing with me, I'm not one of those people - but they do exist)

And how they gonna replace the $1 mil in resources/revenue?
Oh yea... pick it off the tree. Those folks have 2nd jobs in the Whitehouse?

 

[Priceless]

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Are you an idiot?

No, I can do basic math. Can you?

In 2004 the team went to the Frozen Four and made $2.49M in revenue. In 2008 the team suffered it's worst season since the NCAA sanctions and revenue dropped all the way down to $2.47M in revenue. 2010's revenue of $2.51M eclipsed them both. But clearly the team only makes money when it's winning.

And how they gonna replace the $1 mil in resources/revenue?
Oh yea... pick it off the tree.

That's just the hockey team. In the past seven years the entire athletics department has cleared $1.7M in profit. I'm sure they imagine this money can be recouped elsewhere. Like I said, I'm not one of these people.

You may not like it, but you're happy as a clam using it as your arguement to stick it to everyone else who doesn't kiss TIMMAY' s azz like you do. "They're still making money".

By the looks of that rink for the second Vermont game, not for a whole lot longer. Looked like an effin' regional, except the empty sections were reversed.

Any joviality is imagined by you. As far as you all are concerned, Tim should have been fired ages ago. I'm giving you a hypothesis of why it hasn't happened yet. Perhaps you were so busy ridiculing me that you failed to notice the many times I said I had written a letter to Abbott and said you should all do likewise. But once again, better to be an Internet Tough Guy...

 

[walrus]

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. As far as you all are concerned, Tim should have been fired ages ago. ...

Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that you kept posting stats about how great Tim was, almost as good as Jerry if not better?


As far as folks at the U wanting athletics to be gone, that's been like that long before Maine ever had a Hockey program. Many folks would like to see Maine revert to D3, again been like that for ions. I'm sure there are Profs at BC who would like the BC athletic dept. to be gone also

 

[BU2K]

But once again, better to be an Internet Tough Guy...

I don't know. rufus is pretty scary in person too.

Long time no see rufus.

 

[all bear]

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I think we all agree on two things:

1) Whiteheads tenure is done and needs to go either at the end of this season and certainly no later than next, and
2) The "cherry" that UHN fan is referring to is, of course....well you all know