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Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

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chickod said:
Well that's hyperbole for you. All I said was that the fact he wasn't a "superstar" doesn't mean he can't be a good coach. :) They're mutually exclusive at best, and being a "great" player is NOT a prerequisite for being a good coach.
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He might be, and he might not, nobody knows at this point. Maybe he'll be the next Grant, or maybe he'll be Captain Skype. Won't know until it actually happens. To claim that the goaltending will be better cause he's been named coach is just speculation and wishful thinking at this point.
 
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NU, Providence and Notre Dame all go down in flames......so much for Hockey East
 
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chickod said:
But most good coaches were not "great" players. Herb Brooks was not a "great" player. Neither was Scotty Bowman, Mike Babcock, or Sean Walsh, Jack Parker or Jerry York for that matter. Conversely, Ted Williams was not a good manager. And there are countless other examples. So Alfie's "accomplishments" as a goalie have ZERO to do with how good a coach he will be. Players for whom things came easy due to their enormous talent generally have no patience for those who are less talented. They can't understand why something that was so easy for them is so difficult for others. Players who had to work hard to accomplish everything typically make better coaches, since they are detail-oriented, persistent and tenacious. I have no idea what kind of a coach Alfie will be, but how he was as a player has NOTHING to do with it.
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Ted Williams/Cindy Blodgett
 
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NorthMike said:
Both Michigan and North Dakota looked good. Good passing and puck control
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Its amazing how good some of these teams are after watching Maine for the last couple years
 
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walrus said:
Its amazing how good some of these teams are after watching Maine for the last couple years
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North Dakota wasn't good enough to beat Maine though! To be fair, North Dakota should have had four or five more goals in game but kept missing empty nets.

Has Maine not played Michigan since the '03 regional at Yost? Really sad if it has been that long.
 
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I guess Monty can coach a little after all :rolleyes:
 
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BoSox3066 said:
I guess Monty can coach a little after all :rolleyes:
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I just came over here as my team is getting annihilated to see when the "can we get Monty to replace Red?" talk was going to start. I see it already has.. :D
 
Drew S. said:
North Dakota wasn't good enough to beat Maine though! To be fair, North Dakota should have had four or five more goals in game but kept missing empty nets.

Has Maine not played Michigan since the '03 regional at Yost? Really sad if it has been that long.
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I don't believe so...and the ESPN guys were saying it could be Berenson's final game...his contract is up and they have a new AD
 
chickod said:
I just came over here as my team is getting annihilated to see when the "can we get Monty to replace Red?" talk was going to start. I see it already has.. :D
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Well that ship has sailed, aint happening now; but midseason some around here were suggesting it was good we didnt get him as Denver was struggling. Yeah not so much
 
If only jimmy would have been the maine coach, he would have had maine in ff. Oh wait, maine doesn't have more than a couple of players who could play for du, never mind
 
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Darius said:
Like watching a different division, right?
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The striking diff to me is the lack of incredible, instinctive, acrobatic goaltending, along with our inability to bury pucks like these teams can. Natural goal scoring cant be taught, its innate, either you have it or you don't.
 
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hobeyfaker said:
The striking diff to me is the lack of incredible acrobatic goaltending, along with our inability to bury pucks like these teams can.
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The goal by an anas of quin. No one on maine could do that and that ain't coaching
 
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walrus said:
The goal by an anas of quin. No one on maine could do that and that ain't coaching
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Exactly and I said the same thing to my son. "Maine players just don't score goals like that".
 
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