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Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

I'm glad to see WMU and St, Clooud go to the NCHC. The conferences will be that much closer to balanced against each other, and I really hate St, Clooud and don't want to play against them anyway. Now if they accept Moorhead and UAH the realignment will be complete. ;)
I've always had a soft spot for Western though. I hope they dominate the NCHC for years to come :)
 
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Well hard to figure out what to think about this move by wmu etc. On the one hand you don't want anyone in your conference that doesn't want to be there.
Second, wmu and a new rink,... will never happen. at least not downtown. the voters are a totally against raising taxes.Third, St Cloud is a blow to the WCHA IMHO, and I think it's a mistake on their part, but whatever. Forth, Notre Dame... apparently going independent.. a blow to the nchc for sure in terms of media exposure and cache. Maybe the paycheck will be smaller than they thought.

Will the WCHA pick up huntsville?, I would be surprised though I hope they do. BGSU what are you going to do?
last it looks like GWoz and company really just didn't like coming to Houghton and mankato did they. So we have the old wcha minus three members and with much higher travel expenses, trying to sell itself to the media guys in NYC. And they are trying to say it is an improvement?
 
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manurespreader said:
Well hard to figure out what to think about this move by wmu etc. On the one hand you don't want anyone in your conference that doesn't want to be there.
Second, wmu and a new rink,... will never happen. at least not downtown. the voters are a totally against raising taxes.Third, St Cloud is a blow to the WCHA IMHO, and I think it's a mistake on their part, but whatever. Forth, Notre Dame... apparently going independent.. a blow to the nchc for sure in terms of media exposure and cache. Maybe the paycheck will be smaller than they thought.

Will the WCHA pick up huntsville?, I would be surprised though I hope they do. BGSU what are you going to do?
last it looks like GWoz and company really just didn't like coming to Houghton and mankato did they. So we have the old wcha minus three members and with much higher travel expenses, trying to sell itself to the media guys in NYC. And they are trying to say it is an improvement?
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Its become a huge farce at this point and everyone involved in that horse**** league looks like complete ****ing dumbass. The best news possible is that Notre Dame isn't going there, they won't get their mythical TV deal and they won't get their "National Exposure". It will cost a bunch more for all of the schools, they won't get the extra TV money they expected and they lose out on the Alaska exemption. They are completely ****ed, and it makes me so happy. :D
 
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The WCHA was stronger with SCSU, but unlike what's been suggested in a few of the media reports and thread posts, this doesn't relegate the WCHA to a one-bid league. The WCHA will be strong enough to get enough wins in non-conference play to make a good league record count for something. In every league there are winners and losers, and the way the pairwise is set up that should be enough to get a couple teams in a year. It will be interesting to see how the bottom of the NCHC feels a few years in. As Tech fans know, "yeah but it's a really good conference that we are at the bottom of" only goes so far before frustration sets in. As for Huntsville, I've read some of their thread but I can't get a sense for if they are committed to hockey. I'm trying to count teams, and I think the WCHA sits at 8 now? UAH and BGSU would make 10, but I'd be okay with 8 given the geography. You need enough teams for stability, but not so many that league games don't carry that extra rivalry.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Its become a huge farce at this point and everyone involved in that horse**** league looks like complete ****ing dumbass. The best news possible is that Notre Dame isn't going there, they won't get their mythical TV deal and they won't get their "National Exposure". It will cost a bunch more for all of the schools, they won't get the extra TV money they expected and they lose out on the Alaska exemption. They are completely ****ed, and it makes me so happy. :D
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I can definitely see ND going independent. Unlike football where large mega conferences constrict non-conference scheduling with independents, hockey is going the other direction to smaller conferences. Notre Dame would have no trouble getting a schedule set up. I wonder if 6 months ago, the NCHC was told they would have Western instead of ND if they would have gone for it...
 
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They need doormats. I still think a few teams are screwing themselves hard here and will regret the changes badly
 
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stuckinwi said:
They need doormats. I still think a few teams are screwing themselves hard here and will regret the changes badly
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Hopefully the WCHA tells them to **** off when they want back in after 5 years of being the whipping boys.
 
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While it would benefit the WCHA to have BG in so as to have a D 1 team, it is a long way to go there. I don't really know if they are leaning to the wcha or not, they said they were but that was a month ago.
They had to know that wmu was not going to bring them into the nchc and at this point they might want to go to atlantic hockey, if atlantic will take them. it's a shorter drive for them and most likely cheaper. I wish they had said something earlier and I wonder why they didn't.
Either way if they want in I would be glad to have them.
I agree that there are enough good teams in the WCHA that there could be more than one bid and I also agree that the nchc is a joke. The non conference schedule for the WCHA teams will become really important now though.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
I thought Tech couldn't ruin Homecoming any more than they already have.

I was wrong.

Apparently the university is offering tSBFitW a significant chunk of money NOT to wear hobo clothes for the parade.

I shoulda gone to Ann Arbor.
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Tell em to take the money, and then go out and find the tackiest Pimps and Hoes' outfits they can find. I would think that MTU would find that Hobo would be pretty PC compared to having the girls with their woohaa's all hanging out.
 
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I work my arse off all morning, and this is was the "big news"? :p

Much as I prefer the geography the way it is, I think the WCHA really should reach out to Huntsville now. If that program folds and if someone like BG were to ever follow suit, I fear that the threat of contracting to a 12-team NCAA tourney becomes much more real. In that scenario the new WCHA teams will likely be fighting for a 4-seed autobid every year like the AHA schools currently do.

In my opinion, today's decisions weaken the NCHC a bit (they needed to lighten the load anyway), but the new conference will still have three teams in the tourney most years, assuming college hockey can hang onto the 16-team format.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I work my arse off all morning, and this is was the "big news"? :p

Much as I prefer the geography the way it is, I think the WCHA really should reach out to Huntsville now. If that program folds and if someone like BG were to ever follow suit, I fear that the threat of contracting to a 12-team NCAA tourney becomes much more real. In that scenario the new WCHA teams will likely be fighting for a 4-seed autobid every year like the AHA schools currently do.

In my opinion, today's decisions weaken the NCHC a bit (they needed to lighten the load anyway), but the new conference will still have three teams in the tourney most years, assuming college hockey can hang onto the 16-team format.
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Agreed. It's a bit of a catch 22. WCHA concerned about the viability of the program, but at the same time a conference is what is needed to help the viability. I think the WCHA has very little to lose by bringing them on board. If they fold, there's still 8 teams. It's not like they would be team number 6.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Offseason III: Two Years To Prove It Can Be Done

Sor WMU doesn't join and SCSU bolts. How long until the "WCHA is going down the tubes..." threads start?

In my opinion SCSU bolting is good news for Tech. If those two programs mentioned above are as great as they think they are, it would have just decrease Tech's chances of winning the WCHA. I would have no problem with Tech being in a "no talent" conference if it means we win a lot more games and go to the NCAA tourney every 4 or 5 years. Once you're in the dance anything can happen - just ask BSU about their trip to the FF from a no-talent conference. Nobody cares what conference you are from if you are making it to the Frozen Four because you have to beat someone good to get there.

Also interesting that in the GF Herald, there was this nugget regarding Notre Dame:
"Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick told a radio station over the weekend that his school will make a decision within 10 days"
Tick - tock, tick - tock.

Ryan J
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I work my arse off all morning, and this is was the "big news"? :p

Much as I prefer the geography the way it is, I think the WCHA really should reach out to Huntsville now. If that program folds and if someone like BG were to ever follow suit, I fear that the threat of contracting to a 12-team NCAA tourney becomes much more real. In that scenario the new WCHA teams will likely be fighting for a 4-seed autobid every year like the AHA schools currently do.

In my opinion, today's decisions weaken the NCHC a bit (they needed to lighten the load anyway), but the new conference will still have three teams in the tourney most years, assuming college hockey can hang onto the 16-team format.
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Good. Back it down to 12 teams. Just 4 less of the HE, BIG, and BHHC schools to make the tourney. If it goes to 12, and the WCHA, ECAC and AHA maintain their autobids, that leaves 9 of the evil three conference teams to make the tourney. 3-3-3 or hopefully 4 will make it from Hockey East most years.
 
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Should make for some interesting blue line luncheons the next few years...
 
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Wasn't inviting the opposing coach to speak just a courtesy by Russell? Even if Pearson continues it, perhaps the future NCHC coaches won't get invited or (more likely) will decline, just because of yayhoos like you guys. :p ;)
 
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All this just to thank Gwoz for making Tech more competitive in the WCHA? ;) :p :D
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Wasn't inviting the opposing coach to speak just a courtesy by Russell? Even if Pearson continues it, perhaps the future NCHC coaches won't get invited or (more likely) will decline, just because of yayhoos like you guys. :p ;)
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I'm not worried, we'll be able to give that piece of **** an earful while his midget *** is standing on the bench.
 
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