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Ohio State 2010/2011 - No way but up.

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ya but last year coach markell was blamed for these things happening...why is it all of a suddent the players now and not coach oz
 
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Coach needs to bench the players taking the stupid penalties. The players are not going to change until Coach makes them change by sitting them a period or a game.

Well the players can also change when they leave the program...of course then Oz is a big ol meany that is running kids off...

I will blame Oz when the players that he brings into the program don't perform in the system that he puts in place for them.

Right now there is not a single player on the roster that Oz recruited - and there are people that wonder why things aren't radically different then they were before.

To which I say...

Really?
 
ya but last year coach markell was blamed for these things happening...why is it all of a suddent the players now and not coach oz

It was an entirely different set of circumstances between Oz and Markell and Markell had an established record of mediocrity. Read the other posts if you want clarification, there are a lot of variables the new coach has to change to get his imprint on the program and it won't truly start until his recruits come in and submit themselves to his training. Pretty self explanatory.
 
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Coach needs to bench the players taking the stupid penalties. The players are not going to change until Coach makes them change by sitting them a period or a game.[/QUOTE]

If he benched all of them who are doing it we'd be playing 3 lines instead of 4. Trust me, if you screw up during a game you will pay for it in practice. I suppose that's where the coach's alleged mean streak comes in, by attempting to instill discipline.
 
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Good point. We just need to finish strong these last two home weekend series and get as many points as we can. Then wipe the slate clean and try and make a run in the playoffs. Eh.
 
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Good point. We just need to finish strong these last two home weekend series and get as many points as we can. Then wipe the slate clean and try and make a run in the playoffs. Eh.

You got that right. Couple of weeks ago that first round bye looked promising and very tantalizing with the Schott finally available to us for 2nd round, now regardless I hope we can make it to Detroit, I've missed being there for our games. Go Bucks!
 
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You got that right. Couple of weeks ago that first round bye looked promising and very tantalizing with the Schott finally available to us for 2nd round, now regardless I hope we can make it to Detroit, I've missed being there for our games. Go Bucks!

I was hoping for that bye too and now it looks like its going to take probably 9 pts over the next 2 series to assure them of home ice in the barn. If they do have to travel its going to be a long trip to Northern or Lake State.
 
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Home ice round-one can happen. OSU 4 points benind Alaska, but the Nanooks have only 2 CCHA games left. Buckeyeas have four games to go. If Alaska splits or worse against MSU, the door has been kicked wide opened. MSU@Alaska, huge advantage for home team. MSU has little to play for, they have safe lead over BG and most likely won't catch OSU.
 
Home ice round-one can happen. OSU 4 points benind Alaska, but the Nanooks have only 2 CCHA games left. Buckeyeas have four games to go. If Alaska splits or worse against MSU, the door has been kicked wide opened. MSU@Alaska, huge advantage for home team. MSU has little to play for, they have safe lead over BG and most likely won't catch OSU.
2nd round could happen but only under the most unlikely circumstances. We would have to sweep, Ferris lose 3, and the other 3 above us all have to lose 2. I'd put some money down in Vegas on that if I felt real lucky. They'd probably give some good odds for a big payout if it really happened.
 
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Sweep at Michigan was disheartening...until I had a couple of days to ponder it. These are the type of games that wouldn't have ended up in disappointing one goal losses previously. These are games where the floodgates would have opened, and it would have been an embarrassing trip to Yost...not a disappointing one.

This season was bound to have its two steps forward; one step backwards moments. Last weekend was one of them. The future is still so bright that I gotta wear shades.
 
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Sweep at Michigan was disheartening...until I had a couple of days to ponder it. These are the type of games that wouldn't have ended up in disappointing one goal losses previously. These are games where the floodgates would have opened, and it would have been an embarrassing trip to Yost...not a disappointing one.

This season was bound to have its two steps forward; one step backwards moments. Last weekend was one of them. The future is still so bright that I gotta wear shades.

Couldnt have said it better myself.
 
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This one was a hard one to figure. We were out muscling them and were hitting more than I've seen them do all year but generating few scoring opportunities. Sometimes we were looking to make a hit rather than watching the puck and missed chances to hold it in the offensive zone. Power play was poor again with the usual chasing the puck back down to our end. What I didn't like about our offense tonight was it seem nearly all evening we would shoot within a stride or two after crossing the blue line, too far out to get it past the goalie. We did a lot of rotation and pass along the boards in the offensive end but we weren't setting up guys on the doorstep or centering it for the shot. We easily looked to be the better team tonight but didn't really make things happen. My feeling is if we took the puck in deeper for the shot and got guys in there for the rebounds we would have had the win. Either we were really off on our game tonight or Oz was trying something different, they just didn't look like themselves tonight.
 
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8th place will be almost impossible to get if they dont win tomorrow after only getting 1 point tonight. They are just having a really tough time scoring the puck right now. Ever since that miami series they have only score more than 2 goals twice i believe. I was watching online but did that Lake state player stop moving forward on the goal in the shootout? Lets get a win tomorrow night and inch closer to 8th place.
 
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They are just having a really tough time scoring the puck right now. I was watching online but did that Lake state player stop moving forward on the goal in the shootout?

I hear ya about having a hard time scoring. Were not making it happen with 3 on 2's and 2 on 1's , it just looks like they want to skate the puck in alone and shoot the puck on net.

I also thought that it looked like the Lake State player stopped moving before he push the puck in the net??? I'm not sure of the rules in the shoot-outs. This would of been a good one for the refs to review.

I thought the Bucks looked way off there game plan. Very sloppy game by both teams. I hope Saturday Night's game is going to be more exciting to watch , Win or Lose. GO BUCKS GO.
 
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Need for MSU and OSU to win for any real chance for home ice. Could be worse BG has had home ice just twice in the last 10 seasons.
 
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The Dispatch had a large article on the team today. Albert was quoted that they need to get in close for scoring chances, too many shots last night from the perimeter. Gee ya think? Any reason that realization didn't happen early in the game and adjust to it? Another thing that obviously wasn't working was wrap-arounds. They generally only work when something freezes the goalie momentarily on the opposite side. He was ready for the attempt every time last night.
 
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Saturday Night game. 19th.

Well let's hope the BUCKS learned from Fridays game and move forward and put the puck in the net tonight. I'm sure Coach OZ gave them a spanking and a good lecture about CRASHING the net for more goals. GO BUCKS , you can do it.
 
Saturday Night game. 19th.

Well let's hope the BUCKS learned from Fridays game and move forward and put the puck in the net tonight. I'm sure Coach OZ gave them a spanking and a good lecture about CRASHING the net for more goals. GO BUCKS , you can do it.
For real. Send the center and wings in and fire away!
 
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