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

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FreshFish said:
A great coach knows the sport so well that he continuously adapts his "system" to the skills of the players he has right now.

Over time, he might prefer to recruit a collection of certain "types" but you always have to adjust even then.

Three examples that come to mind are Belichick, Popovich, and Auriemma (and way before them, Wooden). All of them win playing all sorts of different styles no matter what their personnel because they know how to mesh together whatever talent they have on hand to produce a true team effort. They all emphasize the best talents and find ways to cover up deficiencies through astute team play.
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That is exactly what I am looking for. And it seemed to be seriously lacking in SA's tenure as coach. I would hope that Smith could be mentioned with those other great coaches in time, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
That is certainly correct. :) What I was trying to say was that the reason that CMM didn't see it might have been because it might have originally been posted in the Alumni thread. Anything which CMM posts is fine with me too.
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I checked the alumni thread too and didn't see it there either but, again, I probably just missed it wherever it was. (And by the way, is RPI's really the only active thread in the alumni category??)

Am I right that RPI TV isn't covering tonight's game? Huh. I'll see if I can get up some pictures soon, although I have kind of a lot going on this weekend.
 
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cmmarkham said:
I checked the alumni thread too and didn't see it there either but, again, I probably just missed it wherever it was. (And by the way, is RPI's really the only active thread in the alumni category??)

Am I right that RPI TV isn't covering tonight's game? Huh. I'll see if I can get up some pictures soon, although I have kind of a lot going on this weekend.
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Most fan bases don't separate things.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good luck <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HockeyCoach?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_HockeyCoach</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NGrahamer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NGrahamer</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachDJewell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachDJewell</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/nsegall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nsegall</a> as you start your season! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/engineers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#engineers</a></p>— Bryan Vines (@VinesBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/VinesBryan/status/914150546428321792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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cmmarkham said:
I checked the alumni thread too and didn't see it there either but, again, I probably just missed it wherever it was. (And by the way, is RPI's really the only active thread in the alumni category??)

Am I right that RPI TV isn't covering tonight's game? Huh. I'll see if I can get up some pictures soon, although I have kind of a lot going on this weekend.
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Wai- what?!
 
cmmarkham said:
I checked the alumni thread too and didn't see it there either but, again, I probably just missed it wherever it was. (And by the way, is RPI's really the only active thread in the alumni category??)

Am I right that RPI TV isn't covering tonight's game? Huh. I'll see if I can get up some pictures soon, although I have kind of a lot going on this weekend.
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The schedule page says that it will be on RPI TV, but I don't see anything on the RPI TV site about it even though they are promoting the football telecast in two weeks. I'm guessing it will be on, but I'm not sure and considering whether I want to make the 2+ hour drive for the debut of our new staff and team.
 
rpi82 said:
The schedule page says that it will be on RPI TV, but I don't see anything on the RPI TV site about it even though they are promoting the football telecast in two weeks. I'm guessing it will be on, but I'm not sure and considering whether I want to make the 2+ hour drive for the debut of our new staff and team.
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They probably just haven't added it to their schedule yet. Probably added football last time they did football.

I can't absolutely confirm 100%, but I'd be shocked if they didn't have it. What's the last home hockey game they haven't covered, if that's even ever happened?
 
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<img src="//i.imgur.com/tsE6W2O.jpg" width="300"></img>

Solving the mystery from before, there are two of these boards in the main entry of the Field House, one for the women, one for the men. The left column is teams, the right is for record and point total.
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
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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Praps at least will have an A.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a> room is ready. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/awesome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#awesome</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/letsplayhockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#letsplayhockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HFH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_HFH</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rpi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rpi</a> <a href="https://t.co/34edlkdt0x">pic.twitter.com/34edlkdt0x</a></p>— Coach Dave Smith (@RPI_HockeyCoach) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HockeyCoach/status/914183027680563200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Praps at least will have an A.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a> room is ready. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/awesome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#awesome</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/letsplayhockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#letsplayhockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HFH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_HFH</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rpi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rpi</a> <a href="https://t.co/34edlkdt0x">pic.twitter.com/34edlkdt0x</a></p>— Coach Dave Smith (@RPI_HockeyCoach) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HockeyCoach/status/914183027680563200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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So, those are the new home unis?
 
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lugnut92 said:
<img src="//i.imgur.com/tsE6W2O.jpg" width="300"></img>

Solving the mystery from before, there are two of these boards in the main entry of the Field House, one for the women, one for the men. The left column is teams, the right is for record and point total.
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Wow! I don’t know how I missed them last week :o
 
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turk181 said:
Wow! I don’t know how I missed them last week :o
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They're on either side of the doors to the actual rink/seating area, with the men on the right and the women on the far left.
 
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lugnut92 said:
Well theoretically they're roads right? I imagine we're just wearing red because it's an exhibition and we can do whatever we want.
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It was slipped out during the Golf Outing they would be wearing new home unis.
 
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lugnut92 said:
Well theoretically they're roads right? I imagine we're just wearing red because it's an exhibition and we can do whatever we want.
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Rule book states they're road uniforms, unless there was an agreement (doubt there would be for an exhibition match). Rule 9.1.
 
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I noticed more players going with the full plastic face shields this year. Funny, because I just watched a clip of BU’s ENG & Melanson (#23) is now wearing that also.... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Harper with the empty net! We're up 3-1 with 1 minute left to go! <a href="https://t.co/DHBy9MBsof">pic.twitter.com/DHBy9MBsof</a></p>— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/TerrierHockey/status/914307214759706624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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