RossiRules
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Worst 1st round I can remember in the 41 years I've attended. Not competitive hockey. Not even close.
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Northeastern 2024-25: Last Days (Maybe) for the Old Barn
- Thread starter Split-N
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I had to turn it off after the second. There is a clear skill gap issue, but the biggger issue which we have been talking about is overall lack of effort and some extremely questionable decision making that is starting to seem like is the coaching staffs intent.
This team does not skate for neutral pucks even when advantaged, and they only coast to pucks that are theirs. At this point they have to be being coached to concede every puck. Every team in the league has the playbook that all you have to do is pressure them hard because they aren’t racing to the pick and they fold. Meanwhile there’s no fear of taking penalties because this power play is by far the most abysmal any of us have probably ever seen. I think it’s at the point where it’s not just an execution issue, but no one has coached them what to do with the puck
I wasn’t hoping for a win. Just hoping for competitive games and it’s a damn shame they can’t keep it respectable.
This team does not skate for neutral pucks even when advantaged, and they only coast to pucks that are theirs. At this point they have to be being coached to concede every puck. Every team in the league has the playbook that all you have to do is pressure them hard because they aren’t racing to the pick and they fold. Meanwhile there’s no fear of taking penalties because this power play is by far the most abysmal any of us have probably ever seen. I think it’s at the point where it’s not just an execution issue, but no one has coached them what to do with the puck
I wasn’t hoping for a win. Just hoping for competitive games and it’s a damn shame they can’t keep it respectable.
CommAvHusky
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Once BC was up 4-1, I knew it was time to find something else to watch. We gave up goals in the first minute of the first and second periods, always a terrible sign. BC looked like the pros and NU looked like the JV. There is no consolation in knowing it will be NU's first Beanpot Consolation since '17.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Go get mookie a beer
CommAvHusky
Active member
I'm sure there's a White Claw for you somewhere.
Split-N
All Hail
Sadly, I think NU has started down the slope of a downward spiral. No show-stoppers (that I know of) in the once-robust pipeline thanks largely to NIL, which has morphed into unabashed pay-for play, and not just football and hoops. Almost impossible for mid-majors like NU to keep up. Maybe even BU over the long haul.
The things that are happening in college sports is not good for overall competitiveness in any of the major sports. Ohio st. spending 20 ml on NIL money, their franchise is valued at 20 Billion ?? It is good that some of the "scholar athletes" are getting compensated rather than just the schools and the coaches but we have entered into a new era and the pendulum has swung too far in the opposite direction. I am all for the players getting a piece of the pie (it is a small percentage that get anything) but we have gone from total control over the players to what now appears to be the wild west. It is not for the better.