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The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

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Vooter said:
You people are complete wankers who need to get out more. A couple of losing seasons and you're ready to commit suicide over the "collapse" of the program??? LOL...Did I miss the official proclamation from God that Maine hockey ALWAYS has to win? Pathetic. Note to morons: Watching a team start to turn it around after a couple of down years is half the fun in sports. Life will go on--even for people like you who don't have lives... :D
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Priceless (with due respect to the epnymous poster).

You wish you had my life :p
 
Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

Vooter said:
You people are complete wankers who need to get out more. A couple of losing seasons and you're ready to commit suicide over the "collapse" of the program??? LOL...Did I miss the official proclamation from God that Maine hockey ALWAYS has to win? Pathetic. Note to morons: Watching a team start to turn it around after a couple of down years is half the fun in sports. Life will go on--even for people like you who don't have lives... :D
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It wasn't just losing. It was how they were losing, and the way they looked while they were losing.

Losing you can take if you're giving your utmost and just getting outplayed, just getting beat. But losing while only giving halfhearted efforts, while constantly making the same errors over and over again, is unacceptable

But thanks for posting Mrs. TIMMAY.
 
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sandiegoblkbr said:
I think that it also helps that TIMMAY started to feel some pressure and knew that something had to give this season. He seems to be more open to an offensive philosophy instead of sitting on 1-0 leads.........who knew that scoring goals could win games?:confused: :rolleyes:
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Or maybe he actually has players who can play that style! Last years group was a 1st line and a 3rd line and 2 4th lines!

Rufus we'll need to change his close as we surely don't miss the departed 3!
 
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BobF said:
Or maybe he actually has players who can play that style! Last years group was a 1st line and a 3rd line and 2 4th lines!

Rufus we'll need to change his close as we surely don't miss the departed 3!
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Anybody can drive the net instead of floating at the top of the circles. And yet, that's the style of play we had. And how come after the first couple weeks of this season, the PP was no longer just get the puck to the point man and let him shoot? Explain.

And we've still got TIMMAY's annual mid-season swoon to come. A little late this year, but we'll see.
 
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rufus said:
Anybody can drive the net instead of floating at the top of the circles. And yet, that's the style of play we had. And how come after the first couple weeks of this season, the PP was no longer just get the puck to the point man and let him shoot? Explain.

And we've still got TIMMAY's annual mid-season swoon to come. A little late this year, but we'll see.
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It's obvious, he finally started reading all the expert advice on this forum!:cool:
 
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i think he saw the spreadsheets i put together last year and said "oh #$%&!" :D
 
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I think he saw the writing on the wall as far as his long term job prospects unless things changed, and changed quickly.

Didn't hurt that his man-crushes Ryan, Hopson and Tyler were finally gone either. Don't miss those departed three either.
 
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rufus said:
I think he saw the writing on the wall as far as his long term job prospects unless things changed, and changed quickly.

Didn't hurt that his man-crushes Ryan, Hopson and Tyler were finally gone either. Don't miss those departed three either.
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Tyler was a warrior and a great player but I think you're spot on with the other two. It seems that since certain players have left the attitude has improved tremendously.
 
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its nice seeing Maine play with some confidence. They finally seem to be playing at their ability. Maine should be Nationally Ranked and they continue to play like it. Another week with a vote would call for some serious committee questioning
 
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Nice weekend for Da Bears. They are playing well and gaining confidence. The negative for the weekend was the rash of penalties taken, turned into a positive a little with a 12 for 13 weekend on the penalty kill.

I like what I see and hear, they are playing with intensity, doing the little things that we have come to expect from Maine teams and the results are showing.
 
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Extend Timmay's Contract!!!! ;)

P.S. Seriously...the above was in all caps...the board removes that?!?!?
 
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Only time will tell whether this is a turn around year or not. It's nice to see more then one scoring line which why they are doing so well. Scott Darling is the key I think. If he continues to play well and is consistant, then they have great chance to play a lot of hockey in March!

I'm glad Coach Whitehead doesn't read USCHO message boards. But I'm sure he's aware of the morons who post on here and have posted on here, since the first day he started Coaching at Maine. Their will always be a handfull of fans who won't let Shawn Walsh, RIP. You can't bring Shawn back people, and as I've said before he hand picked Tim Whitehead for a reason. I think he knew things weren't going to turn out well for him, but he wanted the program in good hands if he didn't win his fight with cancer. The last two years haven't been very good and Coach Whitehead has said many times it was not exceptable for this program, so he made the necessary changes to make things better. Recruiting appears to be getting better, the hire of Bob Corkum looks to be a brilliant move, and this team appears to be buying into Coach Whitehead's system of defense first. Defense first will always give you a chance to win even against superior opponents.

So let's look at Coach Whitehead's UMaine Coaching resume. Two National Title appearences, Four Frozen 4 appearences and six trips to the NCAA tournament if my count is correct? Not many Coaches get fired with those kinds acheivements on their resumes. UMaine would be the laughing stock of college hockey if they allowed some crazy bandwagon jumping fans, to dictate how to run their very successful college hockey program. Every great program has down years. Minnesota had a down year last year, BC and BU have had them from time to time, and do see some of the mentally challenged fans from BC or BU, getting Coach York or Coach Parker fired when things don't go well? There is still a lot of season left, but if this team stays healthy and continues to play hard they will have a shot to win Hockey East and return to the NCAA tournament.
 
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SamluvstheBears said:
Only time will tell whether this is a turn around year or not. It's nice to see more then one scoring line which why they are doing so well. Scott Darling is the key I think. If he continues to play well and is consistant, then they have great chance to play a lot of hockey in March!

I'm glad Coach Whitehead doesn't read USCHO message boards. But I'm sure he's aware of the morons who post on here and have posted on here, since the first day he started Coaching at Maine. Their will always be a handfull of fans who won't let Shawn Walsh, RIP. You can't bring Shawn back people, and as I've said before he hand picked Tim Whitehead for a reason. I think he knew things weren't going to turn out well for him, but he wanted the program in good hands if he didn't win his fight with cancer. The last two years haven't been very good and Coach Whitehead has said many times it was not exceptable for this program, so he made the necessary changes to make things better. Recruiting appears to be getting better, the hire of Bob Corkum looks to be a brilliant move, and this team appears to be buying into Coach Whitehead's system of defense first. Defense first will always give you a chance to win even against superior opponents.

So let's look at Coach Whitehead's UMaine Coaching resume. Two National Title appearences, Four Frozen 4 appearences and six trips to the NCAA tournament if my count is correct? Not many Coaches get fired with those kinds acheivements on their resumes. UMaine would be the laughing stock of college hockey if they allowed some crazy bandwagon jumping fans, to dictate how to run their very successful college hockey program. Every great program has down years. Minnesota had a down year last year, BC and BU have had them from time to time, and do see some of the mentally challenged fans from BC or BU, getting Coach York or Coach Parker fired when things don't go well? There is still a lot of season left, but if this team stays healthy and continues to play hard they will have a shot to win Hockey East and return to the NCAA tournament.
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Wow!! Pounding down the kool-aid. Ease up or your bladder will burst.
 
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BobF said:
Or maybe he actually has players who can play that style! Last years group was a 1st line and a 3rd line and 2 4th lines!

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It does not take ANY certain kind of player to get to the net, hang out there and wait for a pass from a teammate, screen, or wait for a rebound.
Shemansky has not put many shots on goal while skating, never mind scored any goals while streaking down ice, but he has deflected 5 shot in and shot one himself from behind the goal line. Shemansky, while a good player and full of energy, is not Paul Kariya. Even Liedermark could get to the net and wait there, but for YEARS, Tim has not ALLOWED anyone to go to the net when there was a loose puck in the offensive zone. They were instructed to get on the loose pucks and to outnumber the defense on all loose pucks and ensure puck possession for Maine.

We "nutcases" have been pointing that out for a long time. It is useless to get a loose puck in the corner if there is nobody to pass the puck to, in order to get a quick scoring opportunity. Greg Moore and Gustav Nyquist are the only 2 bears in the last 6 years who could skate, from a corner, through 2 or 3 defenders with the puck and get a scoring chance.

In Albany a bunch of years ago, John Hopson went to the net and scored 3 goals on rebounds and redirects and was named MVP of the regional. This was when he sailed at least another 2 pucks over the crossbar on easy scoring opportunities. WE nutcases BEGGED for Whitehead to keep someone posted out front on offense.

Now Dekastrozza, Shemansky, Flynn, Nyquist and everyone else, INCLUDING defensemen wait WITHOUT THE PUCK on the weak side for a pass and the bigger ones screen the goalie. And magically Maine is scoring on deflections and screens and rebounds (none of which were possible when Greg Moore was called on to do it all by himself).


--He is calling timeouts
--he is changing game plans mid game
--he has players crashing the net and running goalies consistently
--he is not having the same player shoot from the same spot while on the PP anymore
--he is not benching players willy-nilly for taking a single penalty (thus allowing them to make mistakes and not play in fear of doing any little thing wrong)
--players are getting injured in practices (this tells me that practices are at game speed for the first time) (this is good and bad, you have seen the good)

Kudos to Tim for changing and for implementing some things that are just fundamentally sound.
 
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KnowItAll said:
It does not take ANY certain kind of player to get to the net, hang out there and wait for a pass from a teammate, screen, or wait for a rebound.
Shemansky has not put many shots on goal while skating, never mind scored any goals while streaking down ice, but he has deflected 5 shot in and shot one himself from behind the goal line. Shemansky, while a good player and full of energy, is not Paul Kariya. Even Liedermark could get to the net and wait there, but for YEARS, Tim has not ALLOWED anyone to go to the net when there was a loose puck in the offensive zone. They were instructed to get on the loose pucks and to outnumber the defense on all loose pucks and ensure puck possession for Maine.

We "nutcases" have been pointing that out for a long time. It is useless to get a loose puck in the corner if there is nobody to pass the puck to, in order to get a quick scoring opportunity. Greg Moore and Gustav Nyquist are the only 2 bears in the last 6 years who could skate, from a corner, through 2 or 3 defenders with the puck and get a scoring chance.

In Albany a bunch of years ago, John Hopson went to the net and scored 3 goals on rebounds and redirects and was named MVP of the regional. This was when he sailed at least another 2 pucks over the crossbar on easy scoring opportunities. WE nutcases BEGGED for Whitehead to keep someone posted out front on offense.

Now Dekastrozza, Shemansky, Flynn, Nyquist and everyone else, INCLUDING defensemen wait WITHOUT THE PUCK on the weak side for a pass and the bigger ones screen the goalie. And magically Maine is scoring on deflections and screens and rebounds (none of which were possible when Greg Moore was called on to do it all by himself).


--He is calling timeouts
--he is changing game plans mid game
--he has players crashing the net and running goalies consistently
--he is not having the same player shoot from the same spot while on the PP anymore
--he is not benching players willy-nilly for taking a single penalty (thus allowing them to make mistakes and not play in fear of doing any little thing wrong)
--players are getting injured in practices (this tells me that practices are at game speed for the first time) (this is good and bad, you have seen the good)

Kudos to Tim for changing and for implementing some things that are just fundamentally sound.
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I think you are spot on KIA. The change is very noticeable. All I can say is it's ABOUT PHUCKIN TIME!!!!!! :D
 
Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

Maine picks up 8 points in today's poll. A step in the right direction.:)
 
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