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Michigan Tech 2018-19: Who Cares What They Name It, We Want It

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I'd like to think Sports and Politics are 2 separate entities and keep them apart. My mother had some old saying about never discussing religion, politics and money in polite company. That seems so old school now. Even in my early working years, I rarely knew what side of the political fence co-workers and family and friends were on. It was something you kept between yourself and the ballot box. how times have changed.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I disregard comments from people with axes to grind, like Packy has. There's an agenda there, and without knowing more, who knows the level of truth in his words.
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yep, Exactly this.. an agenda.

huskyfan said:
I'd like to think Sports and Politics are 2 separate entities and keep them apart. My mother had some old saying about never discussing religion, politics and money in polite company. That seems so old school now. Even in my early working years, I rarely knew what side of the political fence co-workers and family and friends were on. It was something you kept between yourself and the ballot box. how times have changed.
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It was a good rule to live by. unfortunately, as you say times have changed.
 
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huskyfan said:
I'd like to think Sports and Politics are 2 separate entities and keep them apart. My mother had some old saying about never discussing religion, politics and money in polite company. That seems so old school now. Even in my early working years, I rarely knew what side of the political fence co-workers and family and friends were on. It was something you kept between yourself and the ballot box. how times have changed.
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Hockey is my religion. And I will proselytize every opportunity I can get.

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The Troll mtu86 said:
Dilks is a little late to the party then as well. I don't pay attention to Dilks . Another so called hockey expert that if you put him on the ice wouldn't know his arse from the puck...

Packy has had a couple of tweets he's removed now. His immaturity is showing. He should try moving on.

While I don't agree with Coach politically, and think like several others around here that he should stay away from mixing hockey and politics, the last time I checked we still live in a free country.. I don't expect a coach to share my politics, or religion for that matter. What I do expect is that they win or at least get better every game...
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Are they getting better with every game? Seems MTU has really tailed off recently.
 
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Dirty Dream No. 2 said:
Are they getting better with every game? Seems MTU has really tailed off recently.
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IMO, they slowly are getting better. They have played a much tougher schedule since Christmas. They didn't give up a goal they whole weekend at UAA. They lost a lot of offense last year. They have a lot of Freshman who are playing significant minutes. The Freshmen have hit and are starting to break through the mid year wall. A lot of our goals given up are redirects, and with a few exceptions, not soft goals. Compared to other games I have watched recently, Tech doesn't seem to give up as many break-away/odd man rushes as other teams.

As Joe has stated, he is trying to get a culture/mentality/playing style change from the team. To do that, sometimes one needs to take a few steps back to move ahead.
 
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Lost_Husky said:
IMO, they slowly are getting better. They have played a much tougher schedule since Christmas. They didn't give up a goal they whole weekend at UAA. They lost a lot of offense last year. They have a lot of Freshman who are playing significant minutes. The Freshmen have hit and are starting to break through the mid year wall. A lot of our goals given up are redirects, and with a few exceptions, not soft goals. Compared to other games I have watched recently, Tech doesn't seem to give up as many break-away/odd man rushes as other teams.

As Joe has stated, he is trying to get a culture/mentality/playing style change from the team. To do that, sometimes one needs to take a few steps back to move ahead.
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It is a very young team is it not?
 
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giwan said:
It is a very young team is it not?
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Yes, there are some young guys that are being asked to contribute, which is fine, but leadership has to come from the upperclassmen. My takeaway is that Joe is worried the young guys will become "soft" if the older guys don't lead them in the right direction.

This freshman class is one of the most talented to come through. If they learn what it takes, and why its necessary, to do the heavy lifting they will be a very strong nucleus for three more years. But for this season, they need the older guys to steer them on the right path. IMHO that has to come from the dressing room, not from the coaches office.

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MTUHuskies said:
Yes, there are some young guys that are being asked to contribute, which is fine, but leadership has to come from the upperclassmen. My takeaway is that Joe is worried the young guys will become "soft" if the older guys don't lead them in the right direction.

This freshman class is one of the most talented to come through. If they learn what it takes, and why its necessary, to do the heavy lifting they will be a very strong nucleus for three more years. But for this season, they need the older guys to steer them on the right path. IMHO that has to come from the dressing room, not from the coaches office.

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I completely agree. Coaches can only tell guys so much and then the players tune the coaches out. To really have it followed, the on ice/locker room leaders need to hold everyone accountable.
 
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Lost_Husky said:
I completely agree. Coaches can only tell guys so much and then the players tune the coaches out. To really have it followed, the on ice/locker room leaders need to hold everyone accountable.
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That depends on whether the same approach is used. It has to be altered, looked at, and acted on differently.

I think this is more about a team being so young in the system.
 
Lost_Husky said:
I completely agree. Coaches can only tell guys so much and then the players tune the coaches out. To really have it followed, the on ice/locker room leaders need to hold everyone accountable.
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The leader(s), Baltus in particular, brought the team out of the mid season funk last season. Sounds like that leader doesn't exist or has not emerged this year. I thought Steman or Luchini would be that guy. If someone doesn't pick up the torch soon I predict an early exit from the playoffs this year.
 
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Well for me, looking at just how they play and not comparing, they do a couple of things I'd like to see them do a lot better. They leave other teams' forwards alone in front. Standing next to them doesn't equal covering them imho. Second they still turn it over a lot in our own end. Is it better? A little bit, but it's still too high for my liking. Third, the pp is not all that hot.
 
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Watching them in person for the first time this weekend, one thing I noticed was that Seamus seemed to turn over a lot of pucks. Both In our end and at the offensive blue line, causing break aways and odd man rushes even when we were on the PP....he is a great young player no doubt, but those kind of turnovers can hurt. Not trying to bring the boys down,just an area with room for improvement....

I like this team, I like this coach...
 
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