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RPI Off-Season Thread 2012: An Off-Season to Be Optimistic

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redhead18 said:
This is more of what I was thinking about (missing the shoulder logos) with black socks, pants and helmets:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42739492@N03/7029710375/in/photostream
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I like the piping, but I'm skeptical of black socks / pants / helmets. I remember that Brian Sullivan had a column in the past season or so mocking the Golden Knights for finally getting matching hockey pants / jerseys / helmets. And he was right, the jersey looks strange without matching colors for the rest of the uniform.

Also, your jersey looks very similar to the 07-08 Black Friday design.
 
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sk8tronthepond said:
Aspy.....here's the article you were looking for. Sorry it took me so long to find it!!:)

http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Union-s-success-upstages-rival-RPI-3445689.php
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This is a cheap shot at our great coach. I'm not sure if you're local or not but we refer to it as the Times Useless in these parts. Wilkin should stick to picking losers at saratoga like he does on an annual basis. It's springtime and the Appert haters are out but I know you're not one of those...are you?
 
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AspyDad said:
This is a cheap shot at our great coach. I'm not sure if you're local or not but we refer to it as the Times Useless in these parts. Wilkin should stick to picking losers at saratoga like he does on an annual basis. It's springtime and the Appert haters are out but I know you're not one of those...are you?
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Not at all....just having fun with you.......that's all.
 
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AspyDad said:
This is a cheap shot at our great coach. I'm not sure if you're local or not but we refer to it as the Times Useless in these parts. Wilkin should stick to picking losers at saratoga like he does on an annual basis. It's springtime and the Appert haters are out but I know you're not one of those...are you?
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Tim Wilkin is not an RPI hater, though he is a basketball and horse racing guy first. The piece was pro-Union and not anti RPI. The T-U has been trying to keep up with the Gazette and its wall-to-wall daily coverage of the Union final-four runup. So he reched a bit for this one. We as RPI fans, will just have to ride out the storm and hope that Union losses one of the next two games.

At least he didn't mentin the Union mantra about not giving athletic scholarships. I have heard more than once that foreign students at Union get much more financial assistance than U.S. students. If true, with about half the Union roster being Canadian, they may be getting "free rides". It would be interesting to hear from the administration at Union about that. They can't talk about specific students becasue of privacy issues, but they could say if what I have heard has any validity.

Whether or not the hockey players get more money than the general student population, what the Union hockey program has accomplished over the past 5-6 years is astounding. Nate Leaman, Rick Bennett and Ben Barr managed to find good hockey players, that most of the hockey powers didn't want, convince them to go to Union and then proceed to make them better over the years. It will be interesting to see if they can keep it up with 2/3 of that coaching team now in Providence.

I still think that this season was a bump in the road for RPI. I like the way this team looks for the future and believe they will bunce back next year and maybe even "pull a Lowell". Remember, Lowell won just 5 games last year, then made it to the regional finals this season.
 
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redhead18 said:
This is more of what I was thinking about (missing the shoulder logos) with black socks, pants and helmets:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42739492@N03/7029710375/in/photostream
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nice work, that does look alot like our practice jersey. I would love to see us put Autism Speaks patch that BU has on their shoulder. check video out.

http://www.nesn.com/2012/02/boston-...-autism-speaks-to-create-awareness-video.html
 
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Jasma said:
The T-U has been trying to keep up with the Gazette and its wall-to-wall daily coverage of the Union final-four runup.

The Gazette covers local sports better then the TU and The Record!!


At least he didn't mentin the Union mantra about not giving athletic scholarships. I have heard more than once that foreign students at Union get much more financial assistance than U.S. students. If true, with about half the Union roster being Canadian, they may be getting "free rides".

I think anyone who thinks these players are not getting money in some way should their head checked. It costs more per year to attend Union then it does RPI.
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WillOutDrinkYou said:
Jasma said:
The T-U has been trying to keep up with the Gazette and its wall-to-wall daily coverage of the Union final-four runup.

The Gazette covers local sports better then the TU and The Record!!


At least he didn't mentin the Union mantra about not giving athletic scholarships. I have heard more than once that foreign students at Union get much more financial assistance than U.S. students. If true, with about half the Union roster being Canadian, they may be getting "free rides".

I think anyone who thinks these players are not getting money in some way should their head checked. It costs more per year to attend Union then it does RPI.
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Is this guy drunk?
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WillOutDrinkYou said:
You need to be careful with AspyDad he is a sensitive guy..
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I am like a flower. I notice that FDude chose to use some very negative comments about me a couple of pages back but I chose not to take the bait...I am a bigger man than than him (well maybe not my midsection but you know what I mean).
 
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AspyDad said:
I am like a flower. I notice that FDude chose to use some very negative comments about me a couple of pages back but I chose not to take the bait...I am a bigger man than than him (well maybe not my midsection but you know what I mean).
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Is this guy drunk?
 
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AspyDad said:
I am like a flower. I notice that FDude chose to use some very negative comments about me a couple of pages back but I chose not to take the bait...I am a bigger man than than him (well maybe not my midsection but you know what I mean).
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Oh come now, don't pull a hokey-dope and beat around the bush. Call it out, and make sure it's not one of the easier comments like Mark did.
 
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In regards to coaching styles/effectiveness...

rpihockey.net recently did an alumni update, including a bit about Andrew Lord. They found this interview from Jan. 30, in which he was asked about the transition from college to pro and had this to say:

I think the game is definitely a lot different between college and pro...[pro] suits my game a lot more, for my size, and my physicality is much more appreciated, and gives me a lot more room in pro, whereas in college, you can’t really do much of any of that...Our coaches prepared me well for pro. They taught me how I needed to play to be successful as a pro. I don’t think at the time it helped me that much in college but it has helped me a ton with my professional career.
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Maybe this is what we're seeing.
 
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REDaero91 said:
In regards to coaching styles/effectiveness...

rpihockey.net recently did an alumni update, including a bit about Andrew Lord. They found this interview from Jan. 30, in which he was asked about the transition from college to pro and had this to say:



Maybe this is what we're seeing.
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It's certainly refreshing to remember that, as much as college hockey produces some abrasiveness (and from me, "abrasiveness" puts it lightly), college hockey is still a stepping stone to the pros.
 
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