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Maine Black Bears 2019: Offseason Approaching

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Fishman'81 said:
This.

"Conferences" are BS constructs. When an objective metric exists (say, the KRACH or the PW), just employ it across the board. That rewards merit.

And, to your other argument, do the hockey tournaments even make a dime these days?
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Without conferences, tournaments and autobids 1/3 of the teams in existence fold. When those teams fold we go back to a 12 (or 8) team tournament. Or we just follow the European football method and don't have any playoffs and just award a winner at the end of the season. St Cloud are the champions. No need to play any further games.
 
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ticapnews said:
Without conferences, tournaments and autobids 1/3 of the teams in existence fold. When those teams fold we go back to a 12 (or 8) team tournament. Or we just follow the European football method and don't have any playoffs and just award a winner at the end of the season. St Cloud are the champions. No need to play any further games.
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Missed my point.

Keep the conferences intact for now, even play the conference-tournaments if you like, but only for the sake of a little more comparative data to throw into the pot. (And if this system winnows-out the Bentleys and Huntsvilles of the world, who really cares?)

I'm all for a National tournament, though, but select that field on the basis of objective data, irrespective of conference affiliation.

Makes perfect sense. And it'll never happen.
 
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ticapnews said:
Without conferences, tournaments and autobids 1/3 of the teams in existence fold. When those teams fold we go back to a 12 (or 8) team tournament. Or we just follow the European football method and don't have any playoffs and just award a winner at the end of the season. St Cloud are the champions. No need to play any further games.
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Whoa there, tiger. I didn't say "all or nothing." And if they "fold," well then doesn't that prove my point? Why do you think they "fold?" They can't allocate or generate the money for the program. Sorry, I hate that "sky is falling" approach. Baseball has, what? 31 of 32 teams in the "playoffs" now? A ONE-GAME elimination after a 162 game schedule? And if you followed the argument, MY team is the one that stands to benefit (and they aren't even at .500 yet), just like last year when they won the HE tournament to get to the NCAAs. So there's no bias. Of course I'm going to cheer for my team, because the system is the system and they're there. But he's right...it's embarrassing for a sixth place team to make it. Of course, you would say "That's GREAT for the sport...all the excitement and pageantry" (just like Chris Schenkel). Fine. Whatever. Besides, it's not as applicable in hockey. My REAL point was I just don't feel that the 85th place team in an 86 team league deserves to go to the tournament over a team who finished second in their conference because they lost one game by one point in OT. You play against your competition. Period. If you LOSE a lot of games, I'm not buying the "but we were in the toughest league" argument. So what? That also means you probably had more TV exposure and could recruit better players. It's all relative. We're never going to agree on this one...
 
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chickod said:
Whoa there, tiger. I didn't say "all or nothing." And if they "fold," well then doesn't that prove my point? Why do you think they "fold?" They can't allocate or generate the money for the program. Sorry, I hate that "sky is falling" approach. Baseball has, what? 31 of 32 teams in the "playoffs" now? A ONE-GAME elimination after a 162 game schedule? And if you followed the argument, MY team is the one that stands to benefit (and they aren't even at .500 yet), just like last year when they won the HE tournament to get to the NCAAs. So there's no bias. Of course I'm going to cheer for my team, because the system is the system and they're there. But he's right...it's embarrassing for a sixth place team to make it. Of course, you would say "That's GREAT for the sport...all the excitement and pageantry" (just like Chris Schenkel). Fine. Whatever. Besides, it's not as applicable in hockey. My REAL point was I just don't feel that the 85th place team in an 86 team league deserves to go to the tournament over a team who finished second in their conference because they lost one game by one point in OT. You play against your competition. Period. If you LOSE a lot of games, I'm not buying the "but we were in the toughest league" argument. So what? That also means you probably had more TV exposure and could recruit better players. It's all relative. We're never going to agree on this one...
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I don't think it is embarrassing at all for teams that make it. They've had time to tinker on it. So be it. Let's get to racing and rubbing is rubbing.

My problem is our crew chief isn't putting in the work required on the off season to where we are competitive at all. Seems like it takes a half season for him to get his car to run right. Might win a race our two. But is nowhere near getting into the cup race.

;)
 
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BlackI said:
My problem is our crew chief isn't putting in the work required on the off season to where we are competitive at all. Seems like it takes a half season for him to get his car to run right. Might win a race our two. But is nowhere near getting into the cup race.
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October 12-21-7 0.388
November 16-26-2 0.386
December 12-9-5 0.558
January 22-18-7 0.543
Feb/March 20-41-4 0.338
 
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amkirby10 said:
So the routine of "slow start to the season, good middle/end and implode in the playoffs" has been a trend for Red? Not great for him if he's trying to tout the season as progress
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Go click on that link and tell me with a straight face Michel couldn't have blocked that shot.
 
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Red is in charge of our defense. Defense has let us down.

Look there is a reason Sirota looks like our best D. He hasn't been given time for Red to screw his marbles.

Need a defensive minded head coach to match horse power in net and on the lines.

Period.

Done with the f up giveaways that are buried. Done with suck in too hard and let them in on goalie alone. Done with no net front protection.
 
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amkirby10 said:
He probably could have gotten in front of that shot, but one bad defensive play dosent disprove my point.
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Now once you understand one little play difference, understand other teams have been trained this much. Or do you think it was an accident Pearson was goaded by a no name on a match?
 
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BlackI said:
Red is in charge of our defense. Defense has let us down.

Look there is a reason Sirota looks like our best D. He hasn't been given time for Red to screw his marbles.

Need a defensive minded head coach to match horse power in net and on the lines.

Period.

Done with the f up giveaways that are buried. Done with suck in too hard and let them in on goalie alone. Done with no net front protection.
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Well the D hasn't been great, but Maine scored 2 goals over the weekend, while allowing only 4... Sure seems that the utter lack of offensive talent was the issue there.
 
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If you put Maine's offense in front of NU defense... there would be a complete walk off for a national championship team.
 
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That Davies gets so low like another forward. Then backchecks and beats his own team back. He would be the smallest d man on our squad, but he fights harder than our biggest d man. Looks to me like their version of Metcalf. Win at all costs.
 
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