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Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
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SCSU BlackandRed
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
This is hilarious.
This is hilarious.
trixR4kids
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Shoulda kept Lucia, Bob didn’t win a natty at SCSU
Shoulda kept Lucia, Bob didn’t win a natty at SCSU
SCSU BlackandRed
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Sure didn’t. He’s all yours now.
Sure didn’t. He’s all yours now.
SCSU BlackandRed
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Oh, I do 100%
Oh, I do 100%
SCSU BlackandRed
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Good lord, let him bring in a recruiting class or two of his and you’ll be just fine. In the B1G anyway.
Good lord, let him bring in a recruiting class or two of his and you’ll be just fine. In the B1G anyway.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
No, he's worthless, can't get to the F4 this year, fire him!
No, he's worthless, can't get to the F4 this year, fire him!
SCSU BlackandRed
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Oh exactly. Yet his recruits are looking like they could very well get the #1 overall seed two years in a row. What they do from there, completely another discussion. Let him take a balance of those guys and the divas the U usually gets, and you should be able to roll the B1G on a consistent basis. Probably be the 3rd best team in Minnesota but that will be a step up from where they are now.
Oh exactly. Yet his recruits are looking like they could very well get the #1 overall seed two years in a row. What they do from there, completely another discussion. Let him take a balance of those guys and the divas the U usually gets, and you should be able to roll the B1G on a consistent basis. Probably be the 3rd best team in Minnesota but that will be a step up from where they are now.
directmagna
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
ok - well since the mods closed the real U of M Gopher hockey thread I'll continue pontificating in the thread -
We were discussing in the other threat why the players are not responding to Coach Motzko -
Has anyone forwarded the theory that perhaps the players are rebelling because they wanted Guentzel?
it was very enjoyable to watch SCSU after the Gophers game last night -- SCSU - very entertaining, skilled hockey - hopefully this is what the Gophs will resemble again in a few seasons --
One thing I noticed in the SCSU/CC game - not as much checking as I expected -- possibly just because it was on the olympic ice and it was two speed teams -- but then again, maybe tight checking has left the college game --
The one thing the Gophers are good at is losing track of their defensive assignments and an opposing skater floating free near the scrum infront of Robeson -- and giving up easy goals --
I would also like to say that just because your from Finland and you are abnormally large, does not make you a good player --
This Ranta guys is as slow as a moose, can't handle the puck, doesn't do anything for this team -- I don't think he'll be asked back to the team next year -- does that ever happen in college hockey? A player being cut?
ok - well since the mods closed the real U of M Gopher hockey thread I'll continue pontificating in the thread -
We were discussing in the other threat why the players are not responding to Coach Motzko -
Has anyone forwarded the theory that perhaps the players are rebelling because they wanted Guentzel?
it was very enjoyable to watch SCSU after the Gophers game last night -- SCSU - very entertaining, skilled hockey - hopefully this is what the Gophs will resemble again in a few seasons --
One thing I noticed in the SCSU/CC game - not as much checking as I expected -- possibly just because it was on the olympic ice and it was two speed teams -- but then again, maybe tight checking has left the college game --
The one thing the Gophers are good at is losing track of their defensive assignments and an opposing skater floating free near the scrum infront of Robeson -- and giving up easy goals --
I would also like to say that just because your from Finland and you are abnormally large, does not make you a good player --
This Ranta guys is as slow as a moose, can't handle the puck, doesn't do anything for this team -- I don't think he'll be asked back to the team next year -- does that ever happen in college hockey? A player being cut?
I’ve also noticed in my limited experiences watching the Gophers that it’s their defense that blows my mind. Those guys lose puck battles and let guys skate right around them as if their skate blades are riddled with burrs and they’re just trying to not fall flat on their face. Simply going through the motions of showing up to the game and hopping on
the ice, but that’s where their obligations end
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Since I can't reply to your point about Lucia's message going stale in the other thread, I will here. To me, 'coaches message going stale' means players are no longer listening because the coach has been around too long. I am guessing this is what you are implying. First, I assume this is 100% speculation on your part? You've said it multiple times. I understand that speculation is what we often do online, but typically when we hear this in the NHL it is because reporters are actually hearing this from disgruntled players (ie. there is some evidence it is true). I just don't know how likely this is a situation in college hockey, where players are typically only playing 3 years on average. In the NHL players might be under the same coach 6 or more years and play over twice the games in each longer season. I could maybe buy that Lucia lost some of his fire for coaching and wasn't paying attention to details as much in the last few years, but have trouble buying the 'stale message' argument when you are dealing with a league with constant turnover of players. We won't know. Or, the decline might be more about some of the reasons I listed.
No, he's worthless, can't get to the F4 this year, fire him!
Since I can't reply to your point about Lucia's message going stale in the other thread, I will here. To me, 'coaches message going stale' means players are no longer listening because the coach has been around too long. I am guessing this is what you are implying. First, I assume this is 100% speculation on your part? You've said it multiple times. I understand that speculation is what we often do online, but typically when we hear this in the NHL it is because reporters are actually hearing this from disgruntled players (ie. there is some evidence it is true). I just don't know how likely this is a situation in college hockey, where players are typically only playing 3 years on average. In the NHL players might be under the same coach 6 or more years and play over twice the games in each longer season. I could maybe buy that Lucia lost some of his fire for coaching and wasn't paying attention to details as much in the last few years, but have trouble buying the 'stale message' argument when you are dealing with a league with constant turnover of players. We won't know. Or, the decline might be more about some of the reasons I listed.
ThePowerConference
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This is funny.
Maybe it’s just possible that the other teams from the state of hockey have passed them.
Maybe it’s just possible that the other teams from the state of hockey have passed them.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
When recruiting, you pull out all the bells and whistles, etc. So, in college, expectations might be different than reality. Add to it, some players just don't live up to expectations, and the team suffers for it, so that adds to it as well. If a coach can't/won't adapt to what he has...
And magna: threads automatically close after 1000 posts.
When recruiting, you pull out all the bells and whistles, etc. So, in college, expectations might be different than reality. Add to it, some players just don't live up to expectations, and the team suffers for it, so that adds to it as well. If a coach can't/won't adapt to what he has...
And magna: threads automatically close after 1000 posts.
Hockeybuckeye
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Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
You guys with the blueblood programs are all crying in your beers this season and can't accept that your university has made a move that will ultimately pay dividends.
When a winning program crashes all the fans take it hard (no firearms or razor blades should be in your homes at this time) and won't show patience for the rebuilding process to take root and grow.
My team's program waited over 50 years to get things right so you have no room to complain about a couple of bad seasons IMHO.
You guys with the blueblood programs are all crying in your beers this season and can't accept that your university has made a move that will ultimately pay dividends.
When a winning program crashes all the fans take it hard (no firearms or razor blades should be in your homes at this time) and won't show patience for the rebuilding process to take root and grow.
My team's program waited over 50 years to get things right so you have no room to complain about a couple of bad seasons IMHO.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
I have faith that we will triumph in the future. I cannot speak for the others. I named this thread as a joke to poke fun at the Chicken Littles.
I have faith that we will triumph in the future. I cannot speak for the others. I named this thread as a joke to poke fun at the Chicken Littles.
First Time Long Time
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I have faith that we will triumph in the future. I cannot speak for the others. I named this thread as a joke to poke fun at the Chicken Littles.
And it's been a joke among a large group of Husky fans this year about just how fast Gopher fans would turn if Motzko didn't succeed right away. We weren't disappointed.
Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Season 2018-2019: Fire Motzko
Yeah, this ain't gonna be a one (or probably two) season turnaround. Changing a culture is rather difficult. Many MN fans seem to share the name Veruca Salt.
And it's been a joke among a large group of Husky fans this year about just how fast Gopher fans would turn if Motzko didn't succeed right away. We weren't disappointed.
Yeah, this ain't gonna be a one (or probably two) season turnaround. Changing a culture is rather difficult. Many MN fans seem to share the name Veruca Salt.
trixR4kids
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To be fair in this thread it’s mostly the people who think Lucia should’ve stayed until we had a 2-38 Mike Eaves season that are down on Bob. Most sane people on here and GPL realize it’s gonna take a couple years.And it's been a joke among a large group of Husky fans this year about just how fast Gopher fans would turn if Motzko didn't succeed right away. We weren't disappointed.
I think it’s fair to question whether Bob was the right guy vs other candidates but at the very least the U decided to go a different direction as it was badly needed.
It used to be, it certainly wasn’t last year other than when Mittlestadt was on the ice. The team clearly got slower the last few years of his tenure and the D weren’t capable of making the types of stretch passes Reilly, Skjei, and other better dmen of gopher yesteryear used to make.SteveO said:
Motzko no longer has CM and his best player is playing a position he didn’t play during his first two years, not exactly shocking that the team took a step back this year, they’re simply not as talented as a year ago.
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