Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

[rufus]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

It's borderline mind-boggling to see all 44 shots stay out. But that's what we have here.

Couldn't score in a hoo-ah house with a fistful of hundreds.

What, at least two empty nets last night, and Brown clangs one off the crossbar and Robbins doesn't even come that close. At this level, how is that possible?

 

[BassAle]

I don't see Red leaving the program. He's here for at least one more year to complete his contract. After that who knows.

They either have to renew him in the off season or buy him out. Who would want to go play for someone on his last year with no renewal?

 

[FiveHole12]

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Just to add my two cents, I don't give a chit how old the coach is if they produce; I don't think they should necessarily target young (or cheap), if a guy of that age comes to an interview and knocks your socks off, awesome, but it's sure not a prereq.

Whazzamadda4u? If a coach like York became available, you'd hire him?
Way too old. Can't communicate with players. Players don't respect him.
True story. Age matters. I read it on the internets.

 

[Pucknut]

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If there wasn't a scoreboard Maine was great tonight. Only one stupid penalty, they skated hard, passed well, played good D. I thought Robbins was one of the better players on the ice but you can't miss a wide open net from 6 or 7 feet away. this has to be the worst team Maine has had on the ice since Semler days. 12th in HE, anything higher than that is a gift from heaven. Team absolutely has no offense, no snipers, no shot from the point, no one who can get to a rebound, can't win a faceoff. Its very frustrating to watch and Im sure its frustrating to play.

Robbins and Letunov of CT. were the two best players of last night's game. Robbins had the best shift of his short career with checks, blocked shots and a coupled of nifty passes but made the rookie mistake of staying out too long, nearly 90-seconds.

 

[rufus]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

Robbins does look to be the best of the freshmen class, now if he could only discover a way to put the puck in the net. He's like Todd Jenkins, scooting all over the ice, but couldn't bury a puck to save his life.

 

[Runsub5]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

Robbins does look to be the best of the freshmen class, now if he could only discover a way to put the puck in the net. He's like Todd Jenkins, scooting all over the ice, but couldn't bury a puck to save his life.

Todd who Do you mean Todd Jackson? Maybe I'm mistaken, I don't remember a Todd Jenkins.

 

[Drew S.]

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On Whitehead: His recruiting went in spurts. He'd have an incredible class and then a couple of blah ones, for whatever reason, it seemed to go this way in the post-Grant years. After Bish, you had some blah classes, then the class with Nyquist and House, and then the home run that was Abbott, Flynn and friends, then some blah ones, then Shore-Hutton. So we're definitely in the blah cycle here.

I'd hoped Red and Guite would bring more consistency but if my choices are have a .210 batting average forever or hit .190 sometimes and then .380 other times, give me the second one.

Just to add my two cents, I don't give a chit how old the coach is if they produce; I don't think they should necessarily target young (or cheap), if a guy of that age comes to an interview and knocks your socks off, awesome, but it's sure not a prereq.

I actually think Tim's worst class was his last one, which he was kind enough to leave to his successor. Renouf is the only one who is a good college player. Two of the guys(glenky and henky) weren't even D1 players, Campbell is okay at best, Schurhamer is undersized for a dman, and morgan, brown, and byron are too small to make much of a difference. People can blame Red and his recruiting but not having much in the junior and senior classes is the biggest thing holding back this year's team. I think some of Red's guys will come good in time too.

 

[walrus]

Todd who Do you mean Todd Jackson? Maybe I'm mistaken, I don't remember a Todd Jenkins.

Go way back, 1980s

 

[NorthMike]

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Lots can be said about coaches, but when a player has control of the puck 10 ft from a wide open net and misses!! Where is the coaching problem.

But - unfortunately I thought robbin's was one of the better players out there and had great hustle going after the puck. Don't understand.

One thing that has baffled me for years and it started in the TW era and continues, is bad shots on net. How many shots are wide and/or high every game. Why are they trying to pick the corner when they can't. Shoot and look for rebounds, get bodies in there.

Last night they took a lot of shots on net looking for a tip in, but no one can get their stick on the puck to tip it. Rethink th strategy.

And practice shot accuracy.

A few decent power plays by Maine though, good set up and patience, but no goals.

 

[NorthMike]

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Anyone know where to find the postgame coach/player interviews?

 

[walrus]

Anyone know where to find the postgame coach/player interviews?

No link but wmeb, campus radio station?

 

[Drew S.]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

Maine won't get two easier weekends than UConn and Colgate at home and they manage to go 1-2-1. They played a lot better than last weekend but very disappointing to only get one point.

 

[walrus]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

Maine won't get two easier weekends than UConn and Colgate at home and they manage to go 1-2-1. They played a lot better than last weekend but very disappointing to only get one point.

They only took 5 or 6 stupid penalties in the last 2 periods. Not bad for them No discipline

 

[Runsub5]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

Go way back, 1980s

Oh yes, 1986 - 1989.

 

[Ma#1ne Hky]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

I actually think Tim's worst class was his last one, which he was kind enough to leave to his successor. Renouf is the only one who is a good college player. Two of the guys(glenky and henky) weren't even D1 players, Campbell is okay at best, Schurhamer is undersized for a dman, and morgan, brown, and byron are too small to make much of a difference. People can blame Red and his recruiting but not having much in the junior and senior classes is the biggest thing holding back this year's team. I think some of Red's guys will come good in time too.

So what your saying is that Gendron can't Coach Whiteheads recruited players...why.? Seems to me that he should be able to get something out of each and every player on the roster,Whiteheads recruits or his own Staffs recruits...he's suppose to be a hockey coach...isn't that what he signed on for.? You can say the team is not stocked too well but he should be able to progress each and every year he's behind the bench.

 

[Drew S.]

So what your saying is that Gendron can't Coach Whiteheads recruited players...why.? Seems to me that he should be able to get something out of each and every player on the roster,Whiteheads recruits or his own Staffs recruits...he's suppose to be a hockey coach...isn't that what he signed on for.? You can say the team is not stocked too well but he should be able to progress each and every year he's behind the bench.

No, I wasn't saying that at all. I was saying there is very little talent in the class and it is hurting this year's teams. A lot of the guys just aren't big enough/don't have the physical tools necessary and no coaching is going to change that.

 

[coachah1]

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Tim was no Shawn, and there will never will be another. You knew Shawn was coming into the room 5 minutes before he got there, because his ego had arrived. We Maine fans loved his bigger than life character. The problem was we all wanted another Shawn and there was none and won't ever be.
Tim had no chance. In 12 seasons Tim had 9 winning seasons and made the NCAA's 7 times. Not bad, but not good enough for the spoiled fans. Different style, different approach but better than average college coach.
So we Maine fans chased him out with little support, and now we have a coach who has no chance to save the program. Why did anyone think he was qualified to coach college hockey? It is too late.
So everybody should look in the mirror, fans, administration and so called fans.
The next coach must be special and the turn around will take patience, time and money which no one seems to have much of.
There was talk to try and hire Nate Leaman. Won't happen now.
College hockey is different game today. Many, many good teams......

 

[Runsub5]

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Tim was no Shawn, and there will never will be another. You knew Shawn was coming into the room 5 minutes before he got there, because his ego had arrived. We Maine fans loved his bigger than life character. The problem was we all wanted another Shawn and there was none and won't ever be.
Tim had no chance. In 12 seasons Tim had 9 winning seasons and made the NCAA's 7 times. Not bad, but not good enough for the spoiled fans. Different style, different approach but better than average college coach.
So we Maine fans chased him out with little support, and now we have a coach who has no chance to save the program. Why did anyone think he was qualified to coach college hockey? It is too late.
So everybody should look in the mirror, fans, administration and so called fans.
The next coach must be special and the turn around will take patience, time and money which no one seems to have much of.
There was talk to try and hire Nate Leaman. Won't happen now.
College hockey is different game today. Many, many good teams......

Welcome to the forum. Your first post summed it up perfectly in my opinion. The people who ridiculed Tim won't agree with you. Tim had a different personality, not nearly as flamboyant as Walsh. A lot of fans didn't like him because of that. Tim didn't try and push player's buttons but knew just as much about hockey as Walsh (in my opinion).

 

[Hockeyman99]

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Tim was an excellent game coach, great at xs and os, and getting the most from his talent. Putting the players where they could help the team the most. I thought that was also his weakness.....it seems the games weren't played with passion, they were too analytical.

 

[umhockey91]

Re: Maine Hockey: Summer 2015 on the Stillwater

Tim was no Shawn, and there will never will be another. You knew Shawn was coming into the room 5 minutes before he got there, because his ego had arrived. We Maine fans loved his bigger than life character. The problem was we all wanted another Shawn and there was none and won't ever be.
Tim had no chance. In 12 seasons Tim had 9 winning seasons and made the NCAA's 7 times. Not bad, but not good enough for the spoiled fans. Different style, different approach but better than average college coach.
So we Maine fans chased him out with little support, and now we have a coach who has no chance to save the program. Why did anyone think he was qualified to coach college hockey? It is too late.
So everybody should look in the mirror, fans, administration and so called fans.
The next coach must be special and the turn around will take patience, time and money which no one seems to have much of.
There was talk to try and hire Nate Leaman. Won't happen now.
College hockey is different game today. Many, many good teams......

"There will never be another Shawn".....blah blah blah. That phrase is getting as tired as many of the other catch phrases associated with this dusty program. Whitehead could not adjust to anything......he was a control freak with some hit and miss recruiting classes. He could NOT win a big game......way too conservative with the game on the line. Gendron just seems out of touch......and hasn't shown much coaching ability in terms of team motivation and individual player self-improvement. He refers to Alfond as the "Old Girl" in a manner that is meant to instill excitement in players and fans......and predictably just the opposite has happened.

Time to hire a young coach for $150K and save the program $60K per year that they can put into the assistant coaches and the recruiting budget.