Re: Question on Recruiting
We too have found that--in the absence of Timmy's--Green Mountain Coffee is a reasonable substitute.
We too have found that--in the absence of Timmy's--Green Mountain Coffee is a reasonable substitute.
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Question on Recruiting
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Re: Question on Recruiting
Perhaps it's my LI upbringing, but I find Dunkin Donuts to be the best. I do recall enjoying Green Mountain on occasion while visiting New England on ski trips, but haven't yet had enough contact with Timmy's to develop a releationship with their coffee just yet.
Perhaps it's my LI upbringing, but I find Dunkin Donuts to be the best. I do recall enjoying Green Mountain on occasion while visiting New England on ski trips, but haven't yet had enough contact with Timmy's to develop a releationship with their coffee just yet.
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At the risk of sounding like an intolerant coffee snob, once you are used to having Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts brew seems pretty much undrinkable.
Apparently there are now 11 Timmy's locations in NYC, which is the centre of the universe, isn't it? Tomorrow Pinky, it's time to take over the world....
Perhaps it's my LI upbringing, but I find Dunkin Donuts to be the best. I do recall enjoying Green Mountain on occasion while visiting New England on ski trips, but haven't yet had enough contact with Timmy's to develop a releationship with their coffee just yet.
At the risk of sounding like an intolerant coffee snob, once you are used to having Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts brew seems pretty much undrinkable.
Apparently there are now 11 Timmy's locations in NYC, which is the centre of the universe, isn't it? Tomorrow Pinky, it's time to take over the world....
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Yes, it is the centre (you're so Canadian!
) of the Universe and after my Yankees win tomorrow evening ...
I just happen to live no where near there right now and have a hard enough time getting a good DD coffee here. It's the water. Don't have any Timmy's or Green Mountain's out here either. Not much of a Starbucks fan ...
Yes, it is the centre (you're so Canadian!
) of the Universe and after my Yankees win tomorrow evening ...I just happen to live no where near there right now and have a hard enough time getting a good DD coffee here. It's the water. Don't have any Timmy's or Green Mountain's out here either. Not much of a Starbucks fan ...
gotice
"I'm alive. Bring it"
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You are so right, with regards to DD coffee. It taste burnt and disgusting.
At the risk of sounding like an intolerant coffee snob, once you are used to having Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts brew seems pretty much undrinkable.
Apparently there are now 11 Timmy's locations in NYC, which is the centre of the universe, isn't it? Tomorrow Pinky, it's time to take over the world....
You are so right, with regards to DD coffee. It taste burnt and disgusting.
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: Question on Recruiting
This is true because the powers that be in athletics have said it is true. There really isn't any logic-based reason for it. In most jobs, where hopefully the workers are paid a good deal more for their time than the average student athlete, it is accepted that employees are going to need to take time off of work. Coaches are quick to use the "you're hurting the team by missing a game message", then they'll turn around and bench a player for violation of some team rule. Isn't that hurting the team? We all give more weight to the sport and its games that it really deserves, routinely missing work to watch the games. But deep down, it is JUST a game, and it really isn't healthy to lose sight of that.
And this brings us to one of the most messed up examples of this commitment -- the 2004 NCAA Frozen Four. Forget some relatively unimportant regular season game during the first half of the season, student athletes from two of the four teams had to miss D-I's ultimate weekend because Hockey Canada needed them at a pre-World Championship camp. So they miss what they've worked toward all season for a couple of practices. Their absences definitely hurt their teams, even though their teams could see them coming. IMO, it creates two different classes of members on a team if the national team types will come and go as their national governing bodies see fit, but the "regular" players had better be there every game no matter what, even if they might not leave the bench, or worse yet, dress for the game. Commitments are a balancing act, and they will be throughout a person's life. I think this question needs more thoughtful reasoning than a dismissive, "go play intramurals".
IceIsNice
Huh? Whoopie Pies? WHERE???
gotice
"I'm alive. Bring it"
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True, but I think to keep beating this hypothetical situation to death is getting old. Every situation is different, as is every coaching staff. What one coach may allow, another may not.
The original post went from an approved absence to attend a family wedding, to discussion of abandoning a team to attend a shot gun wedding or granny's funeral, or maybe it was granny's shotgun wedding
Yeah, but, that would kill all the fun!
True, but I think to keep beating this hypothetical situation to death is getting old. Every situation is different, as is every coaching staff. What one coach may allow, another may not.
The original post went from an approved absence to attend a family wedding, to discussion of abandoning a team to attend a shot gun wedding or granny's funeral, or maybe it was granny's shotgun wedding
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
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Personally, I'm on a bye week so I'm looking for topics, and over the years, the following have been worn out: to check or not to check; eastern/western bias; how can you announce where a player is going if they haven't signed an NLI yet; Katie Stone skates 2 lines; fire Coach {insert name of somebody who isn't giving my daughter enough ice time here}; down with the refs; Shannon Miller -- greatest coach in the history of sport; all things NAHA. But to honor your request, I promise to post no more on this topic (which is admittedly, off topic.
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You forgot Whoopie Pie stories and whether players should be able to transfer/without sitting.
Your right...most topics are actually pretty old and are regularly recycled, so a little controversy on something new to spice things up and generate actual discussion really can't be a bad thing, can it?
How about gun control? 
Personally, I'm on a bye week so I'm looking for topics, and over the years, the following have been worn out: to check or not to check; eastern/western bias; how can you announce where a player is going if they haven't signed an NLI yet; Katie Stone skates 2 lines; fire Coach {insert name of somebody who isn't giving my daughter enough ice time here}; down with the refs; Shannon Miller -- greatest coach in the history of sport; all things NAHA. But to honor your request, I promise to post no more on this topic (which is admittedly, off topic.
You forgot Whoopie Pie stories and whether players should be able to transfer/without sitting.
Your right...most topics are actually pretty old and are regularly recycled, so a little controversy on something new to spice things up and generate actual discussion really can't be a bad thing, can it?
How about gun control?
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
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Don't know about guns, but some of these kids are real snipers, others have cannons, and many are hard to control.How about gun control?
Hux
Alfond to Ridder & rinks in between
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FYP!
You forgot Whoopie Pie stories...about which actual discussion really can't be a bad thing, can it?
FYP!
IceIsNice
Huh? Whoopie Pies? WHERE???
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Okay, so, I had an idea..... (which admittedly is technically off topic, although a review of the last few posts might prove that I am more in synch than I know!)
Maybe this is the year that we introduce the "Whoopie Awards". At the end of the season, immediately after the Frozen Four, we can look back and nominate USCHO members for the most memorable posts in a variety of categories.
Somehow we can figure out a short list of voters who will subsequently announce "And the Whoopie for ................... goes to......................!"
ARM, my sympathies....bye weeks are horrible things! (perhaps even moreso after suffering a 2 game sweep? )
Okay, so, I had an idea..... (which admittedly is technically off topic, although a review of the last few posts might prove that I am more in synch than I know!)
Maybe this is the year that we introduce the "Whoopie Awards". At the end of the season, immediately after the Frozen Four, we can look back and nominate USCHO members for the most memorable posts in a variety of categories.
Somehow we can figure out a short list of voters who will subsequently announce "And the Whoopie for ................... goes to......................!"
ARM, my sympathies....bye weeks are horrible things! (perhaps even moreso after suffering a 2 game sweep? )
posttopost2
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Re: Question on Recruiting
This thread has become quite amusing.
This thread has become quite amusing.
gotice
"I'm alive. Bring it"
ARM
Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
Re: Question on Recruiting
I appreciate the timing of 4 Nations and the scheduling of a coinciding off week for MN because it overlaps my state's deer season. As for it coming after being swept, from what I saw, they could use a bit of a break.