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Ohio State Buckeyes 2022-2023 ... The Drive For Duluth

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DTOM said:
You must have a few Muzzinator posters on your bedroom walls.
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osualum86 knows our coach doesn't drive her players away.
All teams have players that don't get the playing time they desire, it's called a depth chart. Since the Transfer Portal came into being player exodus has become commonplace in college sports and each players reason for moving on is unique to themselves. But I can confidentiality say no player at Ohio State is ever made to feel they can't stay.
 
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Hockeybuckeye said:
osualum86 knows our coach doesn't drive her players away.
All teams have players that don't get the playing time they desire, it's called a depth chart. Since the Transfer Portal came into being player exodus has become commonplace in college sports and each players reason for moving on is unique to themselves. But I can confidentiality say no player at Ohio State is ever made to feel they can't stay.
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And without going into details, I can tell you for a fact Muzz has told players over the years they’ll be getting little to no ice time moving forward based on the projected roster. It’s also factual she wouldn’t be the first coach to do this. It’s still the player’s choice to transfer or not but, come on, stop acting like your coach doesn’t ever help along their choice.
 
Offsides Guy said:
And without going into details, I can tell you for a fact Muzz has told players over the years they’ll be getting little to no ice time moving forward based on the projected roster. It’s also factual she wouldn’t be the first coach to do this. It’s still the player’s choice to transfer or not but, come on, stop acting like your coach doesn’t ever help along their choice.
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Again, name me one program that doesn't have a depth chart? This isn't rec league where everyone gets a chance to play. It's the coaches JOB to put the best players in the lineup that in their professional opinion to give their team the best chance of success. There's no participation trophies at this level.
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
Again, name me one program that doesn't have a depth chart? This isn't rec league where everyone gets a chance to play. It's the coaches JOB to put the best players in the lineup that in their professional opinion to give their team the best chance of success. There's no participation trophies at this level.
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We actually might be saying the same thing in different ways because I agree with you. The subtle difference might be that, to me, when you tell a player they’re not going to be getting any ice time moving forward, you’re essentially encouraging them to transfer which some seem to be suggesting Muzz doesn’t do. (And we both agree she’s not the only coach to likely do this.)

Lastly, some of us on the board think Muzz makes such liberal use of the portal that it shows a lack of commitment to the younger players she’s recruited. Players certainly know going in they have to earn ice time. But it’s one thing to battle for time against others in your class or younger players coming after you while there’s no battling with the likes of Barnes, Bilka, etc.
 
Timothy A said:
Good one? He was the absolute best choice available. Awesome one.

Muzzy is a rebuilder. She's achieved everything she set out for at tosu. Time for a new challenge. If not Hawvawd, then BC. They need a change too.
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Not going to happen with B1G money and a new arena. For better or worse, there are three premier jobs on the women's side moving forward: Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Everything else is a step below. Now, our hockeyphobic AD can still screw that up, but that's probably a few years away, and he's getting old...real old...retirement old.
 
Eddie Schorr said:
Not going to happen with B1G money and a new arena. For better or worse, there are three premier jobs on the women's side moving forward: Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Everything else is a step below. Now, our hockeyphobic AD can still screw that up, but that's probably a few years away, and he's getting old...real old...retirement old.
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In all his time here the only time I saw him at a men's hockey game is when we were playing is Alma Mater - Notre Dame.
 
Eddie Schorr said:
For better or worse, there are three premier jobs on the women's side moving forward: Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Everything else is a step below. Now, our hockeyphobic AD can still screw that up, but that's probably a few years away, and he's getting old...real old...retirement old.
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Maybe, but he's six years removed from being MJ old, so we might see the impact of retirement somewhere other than Columbus first among those three. Even when legendary coaches don't opt for retirement, the player pool starts to get a little skittish that they might.

EDIT: I guess I was looking at the wrong Gene Smith; I was wondering why you were claiming he was that close to retirement!
 
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Hockeybuckeye said:
In all his time here the only time I saw him at a men's hockey game is when we were playing is Alma Mater - Notre Dame.
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Which is why I'm enjoying the men's success but not declaring us "college hockey's new dynasty" just yet, because I know that Gene doesn't plan on lifting a finger or spending a penny to transition our current success to the next level. As most of us believe, the women are only getting that new arena because GS realizes that he can't have a coach walk away after three straight Frozen Fours and a national title. He's 68; just retire already god damnit.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
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Muzzinator Gonna Muzzinate copyright Hockeybuckeye
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Copyright Timothy A....This is from the WCHA thread V

I was shocked to see Ludwig trying his hand at reffing at the UW/St. Cl. series. I would have thought he was going to do the rodents and the yuckeyes. I guess the league felt that the UW series was more important than the other one mentioned. The shocking thing from Friday night was he actually called legit penalties vs not calling any at all. I sure think he's going to be in rodentapolis this weekend.

Tommies at Muzzy U. > Muzzies gonna Muzzinate.
 
Timothy A said:
Copyright Timothy A....This is from the WCHA thread V

I was shocked to see Ludwig trying his hand at reffing at the UW/St. Cl. series. I would have thought he was going to do the rodents and the yuckeyes. I guess the league felt that the UW series was more important than the other one mentioned. The shocking thing from Friday night was he actually called legit penalties vs not calling any at all. I sure think he's going to be in rodentapolis this weekend.

Tommies at Muzzy U. > Muzzies gonna Muzzinate.
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I'll defer to Hockeybuckeye for that judgement.

Question for you however...Where did the term muzzinator originate and are you claiming you came up with it?
 
robertearle said:
The search mechanism on the USCHO forum is pretty good. The earliest use of "muzzinator" on the USCHO women's forum was in 2018 by FiveHoleFrenzy.

https://fanforum.uscho.com/forum/co...-uscho-poster-s-poll-18-19/page15#post3265651

(HockeyBuckeye spells it with one 'z', but only since 2022.)
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Hockeybuckeye posted this question over in the Transfer Portal thread...

"Just as long as I get royalties for saying that originally.
Who first called her the Muzinator, was it TimothyA or someone else?"

Thanks to you he now has his answer although I'll admit, I was looking forward to TimothyA's response to my question.
 
robertearle said:
in the campy 1960s Batman TV series, one of the villains was Mr. Freeze...
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That series was one of my favorite series of all time! A person could have a lot of fun with the Riddler on the website. The Riddler. Ritter arena. One of the MN posters did a riddle about chicken dinners and winners. Holy awesomeness Batman!!!
 
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