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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
this "opposite girl" trick only works with scarlet!!
this "opposite girl" trick only works with scarlet!!
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Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
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northeastern
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
At this point.. we will have a hard time with UML.. home or away.
its not that we cannot give them a good couple gms.. its just that our team has not been well prepared by the Coaching staff.
If Witt is healthy enough.. he might steal one for us. Other than that.. the above holds true.
That's the long & short of it.
At this point.. we will have a hard time with UML.. home or away.
its not that we cannot give them a good couple gms.. its just that our team has not been well prepared by the Coaching staff.
If Witt is healthy enough.. he might steal one for us. Other than that.. the above holds true.
That's the long & short of it.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
I've never heard you predict a win.
I've never heard you predict a win.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
I could add to the critique of the team right now - and it's justified, given the talent we thought the team had and the winless start - but it's all been covered.
To give you some of your spirit back - read Invictus by Henley.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182194
I could add to the critique of the team right now - and it's justified, given the talent we thought the team had and the winless start - but it's all been covered.
To give you some of your spirit back - read Invictus by Henley.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182194
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
This is the lamest excuse in this whole thread, trends get broken all the time. Bazin did just that at UML taking a school with 3 NCAA tournament appearances in their history to 3 in consecutive years. York did the same at BC taking a program that had been at best 2nd tier for 40 years to the top program in the nation.
Closer to home for you the entire University has undergone a substantial transformation from when it was a piddling commuter school (when my Mom attended) to now a top 50 national university, the administration didn't say oh well that is who we are "it's in the laundry" and not try to improve then. That you say now to not try to improve this part of the school is baffling.
This is the lamest excuse in this whole thread, trends get broken all the time. Bazin did just that at UML taking a school with 3 NCAA tournament appearances in their history to 3 in consecutive years. York did the same at BC taking a program that had been at best 2nd tier for 40 years to the top program in the nation.
Closer to home for you the entire University has undergone a substantial transformation from when it was a piddling commuter school (when my Mom attended) to now a top 50 national university, the administration didn't say oh well that is who we are "it's in the laundry" and not try to improve then. That you say now to not try to improve this part of the school is baffling.
northeastern
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Thank you.. & well put.
He (and bunch of others around NU Athletics) are so embedded in the status quo.. they've never felt the need to challenge it. No fresh perspective. How can you excel when you don't have any standards..
Look at the rest of the U. they get it!
The athletics.. nobody goes there or tinkers around with or asks the hard questions. The hockey is irrelevant to the President's office until enough people get in his ear.
I feel for the team. The AD has to have high standards.. doesn't matter if we don't get to it.. aspire to get to it & make the right hire!!!
Thank you.. & well put.
He (and bunch of others around NU Athletics) are so embedded in the status quo.. they've never felt the need to challenge it. No fresh perspective. How can you excel when you don't have any standards..
Look at the rest of the U. they get it!
The athletics.. nobody goes there or tinkers around with or asks the hard questions. The hockey is irrelevant to the President's office until enough people get in his ear.
I feel for the team. The AD has to have high standards.. doesn't matter if we don't get to it.. aspire to get to it & make the right hire!!!
Split-N
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
The AD does have high standards. It's just that none of them have anything to do with establishing and maintaining a consistent standard of excellence in the hockey program.
The AD does have high standards. It's just that none of them have anything to do with establishing and maintaining a consistent standard of excellence in the hockey program.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Tell us what you think after you see Owens play.
Think Jake Gardiner.
Tell us what you think after you see Owens play.
Think Jake Gardiner.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
One of the many issues with Roby is that the high standards apply mainly off the field. We saw that with how he handled the Cronin situation, a minor recruiting violation led to all the turmoil that occurred. He runs the athletic department like a student services department. He cares more about test scores and GPA than the results on the field/ice/courts. Earlier this year, during Welcome Week, he gave a speech to the freshmen at an event on Centennial (after showing up 40 minutes late), and went on to drone about the total athletic GPA being above a 3.0, the scholar athletes we have, and being on all-academic teams. Not one mention of recent championship/playoff success, the expectations for the upcoming season for any team. Yes, academics are important, but he seems to forget that "Student-Athlete" has the athletics component to it, and that the "Director of Athletics" is responsible for what occurs on the field as much as what happens off of it.
One of the many issues with Roby is that the high standards apply mainly off the field. We saw that with how he handled the Cronin situation, a minor recruiting violation led to all the turmoil that occurred. He runs the athletic department like a student services department. He cares more about test scores and GPA than the results on the field/ice/courts. Earlier this year, during Welcome Week, he gave a speech to the freshmen at an event on Centennial (after showing up 40 minutes late), and went on to drone about the total athletic GPA being above a 3.0, the scholar athletes we have, and being on all-academic teams. Not one mention of recent championship/playoff success, the expectations for the upcoming season for any team. Yes, academics are important, but he seems to forget that "Student-Athlete" has the athletics component to it, and that the "Director of Athletics" is responsible for what occurs on the field as much as what happens off of it.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
The NU AD prevented the new coaches, for three years from recruiting in British Columbia. He also greatly limited the contact the coaches could have with potential recruits. These were his rules not NCAA.
Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Does NU really have any of this to mention?
Does NU really have any of this to mention?
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
I expected that from someone. NU hockey was coming off its most successful season in 5 years. Both soccer programs have had sustained success over the last 4. NU baseball, Women's ice hockey, field hockey, and volleyball all have had periods of recent success. They may not be sports that draw massive crowds of spectators, but I would still expect the director of all athletics to mention them and their successes when discussing the topic of athletics to new students.
I expected that from someone. NU hockey was coming off its most successful season in 5 years. Both soccer programs have had sustained success over the last 4. NU baseball, Women's ice hockey, field hockey, and volleyball all have had periods of recent success. They may not be sports that draw massive crowds of spectators, but I would still expect the director of all athletics to mention them and their successes when discussing the topic of athletics to new students.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Meant to reply to this when I first saw it, sorry HHound. Lines are sent out via Twitter, I don't think you need an account to view other accounts, so here is the NU Men's Hockey account, if you'd wanna bookmark it: https://twitter.com/GoNUmhockey
Meant to reply to this when I first saw it, sorry HHound. Lines are sent out via Twitter, I don't think you need an account to view other accounts, so here is the NU Men's Hockey account, if you'd wanna bookmark it: https://twitter.com/GoNUmhockey
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Really? Then why was he still available for us to bring in last winter? Everybody else over look his talent?
Really? Then why was he still available for us to bring in last winter? Everybody else over look his talent?
Split-N
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Personally, I have no qualms with most, if not all, of Peter Roby's high ideals and generally gave him the benefit of the doubt until I read the NCAA Enforcement Committee report that resulted in NU being placed on probation for another few years. While we all knew about the Level II texting violations and the public humiliation (and all-but-forced exodus) of the coaching staff that went along with it, I personally had no knowledge of the Level I and several Level II violations involving the track and field program, where significant expenditures were made on impermissible benefits given to unauthorized persons. But in contrast to the way the relatively minor (and later legalized) texting violations were handled, the Athletic Dept. and 716 Columbus (to my knowledge) not only never went public with the much more grievous track scandal but also allowed the Head Coach to stay on and retire honorably, with Mr. Roby actually extolling said coach's virtues in the retirement announcement. If that doesn't constitute a double standard, someone needs to explain to me what does.
As for the student-athlete issue: Mr. Roby, IMO, bears a perverse resemblance to a SEC AD in that none of them seems to understand (or accept) that the term "student athlete" includes two separate but related elements. On one hand, the typical SEC AD (with the possible exception of Vandy) are all about the Athlete side while ignoring the Student side. Mr. Roby is just the opposite.
Anyway, I've washed my hands of this man.
Personally, I have no qualms with most, if not all, of Peter Roby's high ideals and generally gave him the benefit of the doubt until I read the NCAA Enforcement Committee report that resulted in NU being placed on probation for another few years. While we all knew about the Level II texting violations and the public humiliation (and all-but-forced exodus) of the coaching staff that went along with it, I personally had no knowledge of the Level I and several Level II violations involving the track and field program, where significant expenditures were made on impermissible benefits given to unauthorized persons. But in contrast to the way the relatively minor (and later legalized) texting violations were handled, the Athletic Dept. and 716 Columbus (to my knowledge) not only never went public with the much more grievous track scandal but also allowed the Head Coach to stay on and retire honorably, with Mr. Roby actually extolling said coach's virtues in the retirement announcement. If that doesn't constitute a double standard, someone needs to explain to me what does.
As for the student-athlete issue: Mr. Roby, IMO, bears a perverse resemblance to a SEC AD in that none of them seems to understand (or accept) that the term "student athlete" includes two separate but related elements. On one hand, the typical SEC AD (with the possible exception of Vandy) are all about the Athlete side while ignoring the Student side. Mr. Roby is just the opposite.
Anyway, I've washed my hands of this man.
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Happy Husky
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Gee,Henley ever the optimist
.I will hold onto the potential of this team,and like yourself love this team through this painful time
to give you some hope:
http://manofdepravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jeremiah-29-11.jpg
Go Huskies
PS congrats to our HE brothers UConn #beatBC
Gee,Henley ever the optimist
.I will hold onto the potential of this team,and like yourself love this team through this painful timeto give you some hope:
http://manofdepravity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jeremiah-29-11.jpg
Go Huskies
PS congrats to our HE brothers UConn #beatBC
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Happy Husky Victory!
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
So far anyone willing to approach Roby this weekend if he even shows up to the game??
So far anyone willing to approach Roby this weekend if he even shows up to the game??
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
The only question I would ask him would be how comes he continues to serve on the NCAA Basketball selection committee after his school was placed on probation under his watch? Should he not be spending more time here making sure things are being run on the up and up.
Though I would find it funny if he showed up at a hockey game this year after spending years basically calling the hockey team cheaters when there was way worse going on under his watch. He has to be smart enough to know those questions are coming after the NCAA report came out.
But again... The hockey team is not bad because of the AD, it is because of the Coach.
The only question I would ask him would be how comes he continues to serve on the NCAA Basketball selection committee after his school was placed on probation under his watch? Should he not be spending more time here making sure things are being run on the up and up.
Though I would find it funny if he showed up at a hockey game this year after spending years basically calling the hockey team cheaters when there was way worse going on under his watch. He has to be smart enough to know those questions are coming after the NCAA report came out.
But again... The hockey team is not bad because of the AD, it is because of the Coach.
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
Even though makes some valid points about our beloved AD, Our focus and hopes lie on a turn around by this team. It will be tough to stomach if we go 0-8 and 0-3 to start HE. This team is talented and with out shadow of a doubt playing beneath there capabilities. It's a shame that these guys are falling short. We can blame the coaches and we can say well we just are not very good. I just don't believe that . Missing Witt, and Saucerman and the slow start has us believing that we suck but looking at it we don't at all. Many teams have started slow but I have not seen Roy and SZmatula play that hard and I believe tomorrow we will see these guys and ZAR withaybe Stevens start to bit there stride but the goalie has to make the big save if its Roy well he needs to steal us one. I just see us getting out of our slump. JM has the horses,!he needs to use them correctly and he needs to have everyone to start to play the way that they can. JM must get this team to get these guys to get the message failure is not an option
Even though makes some valid points about our beloved AD, Our focus and hopes lie on a turn around by this team. It will be tough to stomach if we go 0-8 and 0-3 to start HE. This team is talented and with out shadow of a doubt playing beneath there capabilities. It's a shame that these guys are falling short. We can blame the coaches and we can say well we just are not very good. I just don't believe that . Missing Witt, and Saucerman and the slow start has us believing that we suck but looking at it we don't at all. Many teams have started slow but I have not seen Roy and SZmatula play that hard and I believe tomorrow we will see these guys and ZAR withaybe Stevens start to bit there stride but the goalie has to make the big save if its Roy well he needs to steal us one. I just see us getting out of our slump. JM has the horses,!he needs to use them correctly and he needs to have everyone to start to play the way that they can. JM must get this team to get these guys to get the message failure is not an option
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Happy Husky Victory!
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!
With all due respect, this is exactly what the problem is. People are content to ****** and moan about Roby on here and when it comes down to brass tacks, they don't have the stones to actually confront him. Huskies01, please ask Roby exactly what your question was that you mentioned on here and see what he says. Our coaching is a problem, yes....but the greater problem is our AD who is crippling this program. The President's Office should know how people feel, Philly Mantella (if she cares) should know, when NU calls and asks you to donate, tell them NO and exactly why. If enough people confront and expose this man and the higher ups start getting wind of this then they won't just think it's one disgruntled fan/donor/alum and maybe its a lot of folks.
With all due respect, this is exactly what the problem is. People are content to ****** and moan about Roby on here and when it comes down to brass tacks, they don't have the stones to actually confront him. Huskies01, please ask Roby exactly what your question was that you mentioned on here and see what he says. Our coaching is a problem, yes....but the greater problem is our AD who is crippling this program. The President's Office should know how people feel, Philly Mantella (if she cares) should know, when NU calls and asks you to donate, tell them NO and exactly why. If enough people confront and expose this man and the higher ups start getting wind of this then they won't just think it's one disgruntled fan/donor/alum and maybe its a lot of folks.
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