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RPI 2017-18 Preseason Thread: To Dream the Impossible Dream

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FlagDUDE08 said:
What a shocker... SAJ looks to take over the Union in a hostile manner again, and then tries to get the director of the board to tell us otherwise in a letter to alums. What a lying piece of scum.
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The letter published by the Poly seems quite clear. It says, in effect, the long-standing tradition of student control over the Union is null and void. We're hiring, firing and giving the orders now. So much for the value that students and alumni have placed on having an independent Union that provided a needed buffer against a school that prided itself on the rigors of its education (we got the old "look left, look right, one of you won't be here to graduate" speech).

I'm sure the generic "the president has supervisory powers over the institute" language has existed in the by-laws for many decades or more. You would think there'd be some sort of common law precedent established by the fact that the Union charter and by-laws have given students an enhanced level of control over that one function of the Institute for a similar period of time. in either case, this just seems like a stupid power grab that is unnecessary and indicative of a board that is both a puppet of the president and out of touch with the atmosphere on campus.
 
Re: RPI 2017-18 Preseason Thread: To Dream the Impossible Dream

Apologies - I thought I was going to do better at joining the conversation here during the offseason, but it was another difficult summer for the Markham family. Everyone's healthy now, though, and I am READY for a new season and a new era for RPI hockey!

I too was at the season-ticket pickup event last week. I talked to all the boys I know (not as many as usual!) and they seemed very upbeat and optimistic for the season. That's to be expected, I guess, but it seemed to be on a different level than anything I've heard in recent years. Brady Wiffen spoke for all, I think, when he said they can't wait to start the season. He said they're tired of just practicing and want to get it going!

I talked to all the seniors - all three of them! - and was left wondering how they were going to choose one, or even two, to be captains. There's no question that they are all the leaders of this team and it looks like that was recognized with the decision to make them all co-captains. I like it!

I do have one small concern with Coach Smith's speech. He talked a lot, both at the season ticket party and in the quotes in the TU from him on Media Day, about how the process of becoming a better team is more important than winning. We all heard a lot of very similar remarks over the past few years - I just hope the process actually leads to something this time.

Anyway, I'm excited to get out there and cheer for this team and this new era in RPI hockey. Here's hoping they give us lots to cheer about!
 
Re: RPI 2017-18 Preseason Thread: To Dream the Impossible Dream

In honor of Mat Harris and Kendra Farole, today is 28 September 2017. There are 2 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 30 September 2017 for the start of next season.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">9/27 Evening sports <a href="https://t.co/K7FcEYBmQm">https://t.co/K7FcEYBmQm</a></p>— Coach Dave Smith (@RPI_HockeyCoach) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HockeyCoach/status/913222573047123969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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cmmarkham said:
I don't think this has been posted here - hope I'm not repeating something you've all seen. Do you recognize the Good Samaritan who's the subject of this article?

http://uplift.theepochtimes.com/uplift-stories/gas-station-bill.html

Another example of what quality young men come out of the RPI hockey program. And he's still wearing his team duds!
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No surprise. Under Seth we always seemed dependent on the players to be self-motivating. When we had particularly strong senior captain like JFK or CJ Lee we had great years. Of course, strong goaltending helped in those seasons as well.
 
Jared Wilson, Victor Liljegren, and Mike Prapavessis were named captains.

On the ice, Wilson will be wearing the “C” and Viktor and Praps will have the “A”’s according to today’s article in the TU.
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
Jared Wilson, Victor Liljegren, and Mike Prapavessis were named captains.

On the ice, Wilson will be wearing the “C” and Viktor and Praps will have the “A”’s according to today’s article in the TU.
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OK, phew. I was a little worried there'd be 3 straight captains, and with Harvard having 3 captains, was worried the C was starting to become a participation trophy. :eek:
 
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http://www.troyrecord.com/sports/20170927/college-hockey-rpi-goalie-competition-open-as-season-nears

I have expressed IMHO here that Shirley has no intentions of upgrading HFH. She does not have the $$$ to do so. You have had significant upgrades on that campus (ie Empac, Football field) and really minor upgrades at HFH. I feel bad for Dave because he has to go out and explain it. I'm happy that Viktor is a Captain. He's a great individual and a terrific rep for school.
 
RPI fan 4 life said:
Jared Wilson, Victor Liljegren, and Mike Prapavessis were named captains.

On the ice, Wilson will be wearing the “C” and Viktor and Praps will have the “A”’s according to today’s article in the TU.
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Actually the article says Wilson will wear the "C" and the others will serve as Assistants, but Doesn't state whether they will wear "A" s
 
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cmmarkham said:
I don't think this has been posted here - hope I'm not repeating something you've all seen. Do you recognize the Good Samaritan who's the subject of this article?

http://uplift.theepochtimes.com/uplift-stories/gas-station-bill.html

Another example of what quality young men come out of the RPI hockey program. And he's still wearing his team duds!
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That actually was Posted back when but for such an awesome story it deserves a re-post.
 
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turk181 said:
That actually was Posted back when but for such an awesome story it deserves a re-post.
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I knew that it looked familiar, but I didn't recall if it had been posted here or cmmarkham had posted it on the RPI-sports list. I was too lazy to search for it.
 
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In honor of Linden Marshall, today is 29 September 2017. There is 1 day until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 30 September 2017 for the start of next season.
 
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Re: RPI 2017-18 Preseason Thread: To Dream the Impossible Dream

cmmarkham said:
I do have one small concern with Coach Smith's speech. He talked a lot, both at the season ticket party and in the quotes in the TU from him on Media Day, about how the process of becoming a better team is more important than winning. We all heard a lot of very similar remarks over the past few years - I just hope the process actually leads to something this time.
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I have the opposite reaction. The previous guy promised the moon when he took over. It sounds like this coach is trying to set expectations according to the old business adage under promise and over perform. Works for me.
 
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Supposedly a prediction of a top-four finish in the league, according to a quote of one of our players in the TU. I'm happy there's high hopes, but you have to be able to win more than 4 games each month to be able to do that. Have a favorable showing on at least the first 8 games, and then reconsideration will come as we head into the last 14 in 2018. No more of this "pick a month for a meltdown" stuff we had under the last dude.
 
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jmhusker said:
I have the opposite reaction. The previous guy promised the moon when he took over. It sounds like this coach is trying to set expectations according to the old business adage under promise and over perform. Works for me.
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I just hope that this coach can react to the talent on the team, and not be stuck on his idea of a process. We have had great players who went on to careers in the AHL and some (not enough) in the NHL, that were not allowed to show what they could do at RPI because of the coaches system.
We need structure, but we need to be able to show our talent within that structure. JMO
 
engineerhockeyfan said:
I just hope that this coach can react to the talent on the team, and not be stuck on his idea of a process. We have had great players who went on to careers in the AHL and some (not enough) in the NHL, that were not allowed to show what they could do at RPI because of the coaches system.
We need structure, but we need to be able to show our talent within that structure. JMO
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Just a reminder that Smith is not a new coach and had a good degree of success - with limited resources - at Canisius. Point being, it's not his first rodeo --he understands how to teach/coach the game.
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
I just hope that this coach can react to the talent on the team, and not be stuck on his idea of a process. We have had great players who went on to careers in the AHL and some (not enough) in the NHL, that were not allowed to show what they could do at RPI because of the coaches system.
We need structure, but we need to be able to show our talent within that structure. JMO
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There's always going to be some form of a basic strategy, or "process", as most boards will hire a head coach based on that inspiration. Are the fans going to want to see up-tempo, possession-based, left-wing-lock, something else, or any combination thereof? You are correct in that the process, though, needs to be an inflatable balloon, not a gelatin mold.
 
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