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Maine offseason part II...Countdown to slightly above the Mendoza line.

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What I found interesting in that article is that Diamond is meeting with Blake James and not Whitehead to discuss his future with the program.
 
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I had been putting some faith in incoming freshman Joey Diamond's making an offensive impact on Maine's hockey team, but I was talking about the Joey Diamond that played last season for Hamilton in the OPJHL and the season before for Omaha in the USHL, NOT some Joey Diamond that has been at South Kent School the past two years.

I stand corrected and withdraw my faith in the Joey Diamond that will, might?, matriculate at the University of Maine.

You know, though, that he is Maine Black Bear material, so that's good.

Seriously, though, interesting point about how Whitehead has no control of his program or influence on his players. It seems meaningful in that regard.
 
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ChiefWahoo said:
What I found interesting in that article is that Diamond is meeting with Blake James and not Whitehead to discuss his future with the program.
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I am not 100% certain, but until he actually starts the school year and the scholarship is in effect, he is still a recruit and contact between a recruit and coach is limited.
 
Re: Maine offseason part II...Countdown to slightly above the Mendoza line.

Interesting points, KIA, especially about what didn't get reported under Walsh and what gets reported under Whitehead. Times were different - non-reports of Mickey Mantle, JFK, media used to be willing to not report, today they love to report, people were different - UMaine Hockey good times, no great need to **** off Walsh.

So today they report.

Very separate from your wanting to call the reporter the bad guy, the alleged truth is that Diamond acted in a way that you lose credibility defending or diminishing. Is it worse than anything done by the old UMaine hockey guys? No, but at least they played good hockey. As Canadians like to call it, 'guilty hockey,' be stupid the night before a game but play a good game!

Stupid is stupid. Diamond is on his way to becoming a legend, if he plays/stays in Orono. I hope his antics earn him his teammates' respect and admiration and the upperclassmen now consider him a veteran.

But when everything, everything, goes terribly wrong under Whitehead, maybe, as it has been inferred by the occasional UMaine fan, maybe the coach is a big part of the problem and does have to go.

Larry ain't the problem.
 
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Anyone wanna bet the rest of the guys in the vehicle were hockey players?
 
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Heard a rumor that there have been other Black Bear arrests ( not in Orono ) this summer that have not surfaced. Time will tell.
 
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rufus said:
Anyone wanna bet the rest of the guys in the vehicle were hockey players?
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Who cares if they were? The only issue I see is OUI, Payson should get spanked and spanked hard, other than that I could care if they were all drunk out of their minds.
 
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When you combine young men, alcohol and having an automobile available; nothing good ever comes from that mix.
 
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Runsub5 said:
When you combine young men, alcohol and having an automobile available; nothing good ever comes from that mix.
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Sure it does. As grantfan said... an incoming frosh is off to a fast start at becoming a legend. :D

All kidding aside... I'm not kidding. :cool:
 
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GoBlackBears said:
What is every player on the team a drunk?
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Well, most of them have been of legal age for at least 3 or 4 years......:rolleyes:

Diamond will be gone by the end of the season.........TIMMAY's swan song WILL be a FUGLY one!
 
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walrus said:
Isn't every college kid?:D
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Yes, it's manditory. I could care less what these guy's do, as long as it stays out of the papers and they play good hockey. We ALL did dumb stuff in college, we all drank too much and we all caused a little trouble. The difference lies between getting caught or not. So anyone who takes the Hollier than Thou attitude must have amnesia. :cool:
 
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