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Maine Offseason 2020: We Stay Home But Swayman Leaves

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Drew S. said:
Making the NCAA tournament is now considered mediocre? I know you hate him for whatever reason but Red has done a good job. I think he's built something that should be sustainable in the years to come too. Hopefully the pandemic doesn't derail his efforts.
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Lets face it, without Swayman the team wasn't very good. Certainly the goalie is part of the team and Red got Sway here so he should get the credit for a decent team last year. But us spoiled long time Maine fans want to be better than middle of the pack in HE. Probably not reality anymore. BTW I doubt anyone on here "hates" Red. He is a pretty funny guy to talk to. I think what people hate is Maine not being dominant anymore.

Isn't Reds contract up after next season? I doubt College hockey gets played this season without a vaccine . Do players go to school? or do they try to go pro? That part should be interesting to watch.

Too bad the new version of this board sucks, USCHO was already dying, this will just kill it quicker.
 
This new uscho format s*cks is right. Especially on a phone.
I cant cant figure out how to respond to posts prior to the most recent but in response to Drew:

I have a feeling this covid is going to greatly reshape college sports, things will change. Schools won't be able to keep the status quo after most of this next year sports are likely cancelled or greatly curtailed. Some of this is playing out at some schools. There just wont the funding. We havent hit bottom yet!
​​​Maine will very likely be in that boat. Hopefully hockey will come out in good shape and be better positioned for the future. Just dreaming on that thought. I 'm afraid in the short term it could be ugly and Reds "progress" will be hindered.

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Jeez Louise... Red hasn't made any progress whatsoever. And if not for Sway, Maine wouldn't have even had the sniff that it had for the *possibility* of a berth last season. (No, Drew, they weren't in the mix when the season was cancelled.)

No doubt Maine would have been worse in 20-21 without Jeremy's superb goaltending being there to bail-out a fairly lousy team.

It's the same old story under Red every year. I am truly amazed that anyone in his/her right mind would say otherwise.

But football (probably) being cancelled is a blow. This team looked good.
 
NorthMike said:
This new uscho format s*cks is right. Especially on a phone.
I cant cant figure out how to respond to posts prior to the most recent
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No kidding. Why USCHO went to this ridiculous format is confounding, as though the interest here wasn't dwindling enough already.

For the one and only time in 20 years, I emailed the administration here with my complaints. Not surprised that I heard nothing back.
 
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Red confirmed this morning that Grant has been helping the program out a lot since he took over. Intimated they are getting help from some other folks as well. Not a huge surprise but good to actually hear it.
 
Drew S. said:
Red confirmed this morning that Grant has been helping the program out a lot since he took over. Intimated they are getting help from some other folks as well. Not a huge surprise but good to actually hear it.
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Interesting, good to hear. What was the forum that Red said that at?
 
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Drew S. said:
Red confirmed this morning that Grant has been helping the program out a lot since he took over. Intimated they are getting help from some other folks as well. Not a huge surprise but good to actually hear it.
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Hasn't helped much, if it was true in the first place.

Which program have you been watching for the past several years, again?
 
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Tort, Goose and the 'Jackets get a big comeback win tonight. Game 4 tomorrow at 8. One win away from advancing.

Hockey in August is weird, but I'm getting back into it.
 
Michigan not playing hockey until at least jan 1.
If some play this year and someone on team tests + then what happens. Whole team quaranteens for two weeks?
Schedules will have to be flexible wont they.
 
NorthMike said:
Michigan not playing hockey until at least jan 1.
If some play this year and someone on team tests + then what happens. Whole team quaranteens for two weeks?
Schedules will have to be flexible wont they.
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Really hard for me to see hockey or any other college sports happening this year. Would like to be wrong but just doesn’t seem likely.
 
Devin Shore played 4th line for the Jackets tonight, replacing Gerbe. Hard to imagine, but that was his first playoff game ever. And Columbus evened the series. This is fun stuff for Maine fans. I can't imagine Red recruiting an NHL caliber player, but we still have a few good ones from Tim's tenure. Go figger.
 
Drew S. said:
Looks like we're out of luck for the first half of the season and the odds of the second half happening don't look great either. It's sad where Maine was finally starting to get it's act together. It will be very interesting if there isn't a season at all what happens with all the players.
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Good God, Maine hasn't had its act together for years and years now. And they certainly weren't on their way to doing that this Fall.

Only Swayman saved the program from another complete embarrassment last season... And he's gone.

Be happy that they won't have to endure a single-digit W season in 20/21, because that was a mortal lock had they played it.
 
Drew S. said:
Really hard for me to see hockey or any other college sports happening this year. Would like to be wrong but just doesn’t seem likely.
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Nah, this covid crap is going to go on for years, life as we knew it is over and its a new game from now on. Society will adapt but it will take time.
 
walrus said:
Nah, this covid crap is going to go on for years, life as we knew it is over and its a new game from now on. Society will adapt but it will take time.
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Agreed. Would hope we only go one year without fans but I anticipate for years people will probably be required to wear masks to attend sporting events.
 
Fishman'81 said:
No kidding. Why USCHO went to this ridiculous format is confounding, as though the interest here wasn't dwindling enough already.

For the one and only time in 20 years, I emailed the administration here with my complaints. Not surprised that I heard nothing back.
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I never received an email, but I have nothing pertinent to add on the format.

Fishman'81 said:
Jeez Louise... Red hasn't made any progress whatsoever. And if not for Sway, Maine wouldn't have even had the sniff that it had for the *possibility* of a berth last season. (No, Drew, they weren't in the mix when the season was cancelled.)
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Maine was 15th in the Pairwise when the season was cancelled, projected to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
 
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