Re: The new Super League is going down the tubes.
2 posts and both of them are just ignorant. This one is so far off base is laughable. I have actively been telling people since 2007 not to fear the BTHC because having the hegemonic massive big10 schools leave would be a good thing. And when DG and Swami started the BHHC talk here; I derided and laughed at the concept.
It is no less stupid and pointless to do what they've done today than it was a year ago. It is wholly and simply an "aspirational" decision meant to elevate those school's standing in the broader college hockey class structure. It changes NOTHING with regard to their abilities to compete the with the BIG10 recruiting machine; they got the lion's share of elite recruits before the BHHC ... they'll get the lion's share of elite recruits with the BHHC in existence. It hasn't shown any real potential to fill program coffers with money. In fact, every justification that anyone from one of the BHHC schools has used for this move has been shot down here in any number of threads.
Rather than any kind of upset about this. I'm taking great delight in it all. CC or UMD are likely BHHC bottom-dwellers and that's going to be funny. Both schools made a rash decision that I'm thinking one day they'll regret. Perhaps that won't happen. Perhaps UMD and CC will be at the top of that league every year?
You love that word ignorant, don't you? The first time you used it was correct. I was unaware of how the subsidies for AK trips worked, got the info, and thanked the posters who gave the information out. Then you came along and decided to be a ******. Now you use the term again after I reminded you of your "great hockey mind" about UAA's prospects last season (which you failed to talk about) then berate the NCHC because your infinite wisdom tells you its a bad move. Let's break down your latest gem, shall we?
It is aspirational, but in a good way. The 6 teams in the NCHC want to create higher competition for their schools and leave conferences that are now ruled by smaller schools with low athletic budgets. When the Big 10 teams left, it created a majority power imbalance and the NCHC teams didn't like what they saw. So yes, the move is aspirational, but in an ambitious and proactive way to ensure that their teams can compete at a high level for years to come.
Here is where you lose most of the people with half a hockey mind: You claim the Big 10 is a recruiting machine that steals all the elite recruits and the new NCHC won't be able to compete with this. You're telling me that Denver, North Dakota, UMD, CC, Miami, and UNO were having a hard time recruiting blue chip prospects against the Big 10 before the NCHC. That's why all six made the NCAA tournament last year, right? That's why four of them moved on to the second round, and two of them went on to the Frozen Four, with a certain team winning it all. All this without the "lion's share" of elite recruits! Must have been puck luck I guess.
You go on to claim that by creating the NCHC these teams will continue to lose out to the recruiting machine of the Big 10 and won't be able to compete. As opposed to what? Staying in their respective old conferences to beat up on smaller schools like UAA? How is that more likely to bring in recruits than a new conference full of powerhouses willing to put their necks on the line to create a competitive conference with lots of hockey tradition and a devotion to compete at a high level? How does creating a conference with a high strength of schedule yet small enough to incorporate a good number of non-conference games to create higher winning percentages a bad idea? Your logic is absolutely flawed. But please, respond with more arrogance and whine about how these schools are so wrong to leave and create balance in the college hockey landscape all the while creating room for smaller schools to win autobids and maybe even add new teams. Tell me how this is a bad idea for hockey in general. You're a tool.
