MCWarrior1011
THEY CAN NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!
Re: Merrimack College 2017-2018
That is also a big IF because I keep hearing from a lot of alumni (who donate a lot of money) that Gallant had nothing to do with Dennehy getting fired. They said he's a pain in the *** but he did not get anyone fired and no one around there takes gallant all that seriously. The big alumni donors who I talk to all say that the college uses gallant and not the other way around.
I am sorry, Coach Dennehy was a great guy and everything but why should Merrimack aspire to be a team that finishes below .500 and bounces out in the QF? I dont have illusions of competing for national championship every year but I think once in a while getting to the Garden (more than once every 13 years) is not a overblown expectations. Yeah Coach Dennehy got us to some great heights but the team was back to winning 8 games 3 years later. Since then we have been below .500 with some long losing streaks EVERY **** YEAR and the same problems. We cant score goals. Every night for 3 years we hear how hard they worked, which is awesome, but they do not score goals and do not win enough games.
I just find it funny that so many people on this thread who are fans of other teams, who watch merrimack twice per year, will tell Merrimack fans that we have to just be happy being in Hockey East. Just be happy rubbing elbows with BC and stuff. Or all you "experts" who know "no one can do it better than Dennehy." Well why don't we see? Let's see if someone else can do something better. Teams with far less resources have won. Merrimack invests money. They dont have money for a $100 million rink. But everything else is right up there with the rest of HE like Yuppie Scum pointed out.
You people get so hung up on arenas. Is Harvard's arena great? It's fine but it's not BU, Tsongas, BC, or anything like that. Facilities are a lot more than the arena. It seems like no one here gets that. Union competes and their arena is a joke. It could be different because it is Atlantic Hockey but Mercyhurst is the best team in Atlantic in a public rink. Matthews is a cooler arena but Merrimack's behind the scenes facilities are as good as Northeastern's. Look at the pictures. Merrimack's training, locker room and everything is on par with the rest of the league.
Saying that Dennehy did not win because of the arena is making an EXCUSE. He is a nice guy and it sucks to see a nice guy lose his job, but he wasn't winning games. Coaches are judged on wins and losses and it is plain and simple.
That is also a big IF because I keep hearing from a lot of alumni (who donate a lot of money) that Gallant had nothing to do with Dennehy getting fired. They said he's a pain in the *** but he did not get anyone fired and no one around there takes gallant all that seriously. The big alumni donors who I talk to all say that the college uses gallant and not the other way around.
I am sorry, Coach Dennehy was a great guy and everything but why should Merrimack aspire to be a team that finishes below .500 and bounces out in the QF? I dont have illusions of competing for national championship every year but I think once in a while getting to the Garden (more than once every 13 years) is not a overblown expectations. Yeah Coach Dennehy got us to some great heights but the team was back to winning 8 games 3 years later. Since then we have been below .500 with some long losing streaks EVERY **** YEAR and the same problems. We cant score goals. Every night for 3 years we hear how hard they worked, which is awesome, but they do not score goals and do not win enough games.
I just find it funny that so many people on this thread who are fans of other teams, who watch merrimack twice per year, will tell Merrimack fans that we have to just be happy being in Hockey East. Just be happy rubbing elbows with BC and stuff. Or all you "experts" who know "no one can do it better than Dennehy." Well why don't we see? Let's see if someone else can do something better. Teams with far less resources have won. Merrimack invests money. They dont have money for a $100 million rink. But everything else is right up there with the rest of HE like Yuppie Scum pointed out.
You people get so hung up on arenas. Is Harvard's arena great? It's fine but it's not BU, Tsongas, BC, or anything like that. Facilities are a lot more than the arena. It seems like no one here gets that. Union competes and their arena is a joke. It could be different because it is Atlantic Hockey but Mercyhurst is the best team in Atlantic in a public rink. Matthews is a cooler arena but Merrimack's behind the scenes facilities are as good as Northeastern's. Look at the pictures. Merrimack's training, locker room and everything is on par with the rest of the league.
Saying that Dennehy did not win because of the arena is making an EXCUSE. He is a nice guy and it sucks to see a nice guy lose his job, but he wasn't winning games. Coaches are judged on wins and losses and it is plain and simple.
