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RPI Hockey 2019 - 2020 Part II: Moving on with 2020 Vision!

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realet said:
And while the team is certainly improving, at least part of the finish this year is being driven by large chunks of the league getting much worse - pushing an improving team up the table. That's not terrible, of course, but it's worth noting that on a macro level, we're still nowhere near the top of the league or nationally competitive. So while I'm very satisfied with the progress that's being made so far, next year is going to be a lot more pressure on the program to continue to move forward.
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This an important point to remember. Yes, it's amazing that we're comfortably in home-ice position and threatening for a bye for the first time in years, but we're still 38th in KRACH and 39th in PWR. If you just pick us up and plop us into Hockey East, we're a bottom-tier team that probably doesn't even make the playoffs. All the team can do is beat the teams that have been put in front of them, and we've certainly achieved that lately, but when thinking on the larger scale of year-over-year progress for the team we have to keep it in mind.
 
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lugnut92 said:
This an important point to remember. Yes, it's amazing that we're comfortably in home-ice position and threatening for a bye for the first time in years, but we're still 38th in KRACH and 39th in PWR. If you just pick us up and plop us into Hockey East, we're a bottom-tier team that probably doesn't even make the playoffs. All the team can do is beat the teams that have been put in front of them, and we've certainly achieved that lately, but when thinking on the larger scale of year-over-year progress for the team we have to keep it in mind.
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Baby steps... I don't think anyone here expects an overnight turnaround given the hole that's been dug.
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
Baby steps... I don't think anyone here expects an overnight turnaround given the hole that's been dug.
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I suspect that only those of us who have been around for a very long time truly appreciate how deep that hole has been.
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
Baby steps... I don't think anyone here expects an overnight turnaround given the hole that's been dug.
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Sure, and I'm not saying that I'm not pleased about where we are and the progress that has been made. I'm just saying that we should keep the context of the ECAC's relative lack of strength this year in mind.
 
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DrDemento said:
I suspect that only those of us who have been around for a very long time truly appreciate how deep that hole has been.
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OTOH, the women were in a deep hole, and they are digging it even deeper. :(

I would have been happy with a first round home series this year. We've gotten that and can still get a bye, or a first-round series win, or more.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
OTOH, the women were in a deep hole, and they are digging it even deeper. :(

I would have been happy with a first round home series this year. We've gotten that and can still get a bye, or a first-round series win, or more.
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Early in the season I also would have just been hoping for a first round home ice series. But after New Years, when I began to see the young defense jelling and the play of Savory, I began to dream a bit again. Something I have not done about our team in several years. Still felt the best we could do was perhaps a bit higher seed but still just for home ice in the first round. But the wins against Colgate, Dartmouth and Quinnipiac have me looking for a bit more. Still rather remote chance of a bye but a solid 5th seed is quite a bit more than I thought possible for most of the season.
 
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DrDemento said:
Early in the season I also would have just been hoping for a first round home ice series. But after New Years, when I began to see the young defense jelling and the play of Savory, I began to dream a bit again. Something I have not done about our team in several years. Still felt the best we could do was perhaps a bit higher seed but still just for home ice in the first round. But the wins against Colgate, Dartmouth and Quinnipiac have me looking for a bit more. Still rather remote chance of a bye but a solid 5th seed is quite a bit more than I thought possible for most of the season.
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Agree. I was optimistically thinking of a home ice series win to play the number 1 seed.
Savory with improved defense has thoughts of playing a 4 or 3 seed. Preparation by players
and coaches have been rewarded.
 
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RPI67 said:
Agree. I was optimistically thinking of a home ice series win to play the number 1 seed.
Savory with improved defense has thoughts of playing a 4 or 3 seed. Preparation by players
and coaches have been rewarded.
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I haven't seen this much excitement here in 20 years. Even the Pirri/DiAmigo year didn't create this much enthusiasm.
And while I join in the excitement, I keep telling myself, "one game at a time".
I just don't want to get ahead of myself.
On to Harvard.
LGR
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
I haven't seen this much excitement here in 20 years. Even the Pirri/DiAmigo year didn't create this much enthusiasm.
And while I join in the excitement, I keep telling myself, "one game at a time".
I just don't want to get ahead of myself.
On to Harvard.
LGR
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Read that again, Ralph. It does say "excitement", not "excXement". :D
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
I haven't seen this much excitement here in 20 years. Even the Pirri/DiAmigo year didn't create this much enthusiasm.
And while I join in the excitement, I keep telling myself, "one game at a time".
I just don't want to get ahead of myself.
On to Harvard.
LGR
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It's the GelStiX.
 
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