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The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
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MGoBlueHockey
Wolverine Devotee
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
It's good everyone taking joy in Michigan doing poorly. That means they're a good program.
It's good everyone taking joy in Michigan doing poorly. That means they're a good program.
NCAAfan500
Cumcannon
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
Talk about a team doing less with more.
Talk about a team doing less with more.
Not this year.
So's Maine (snicker)
Biddco
Follow me on Twitter: @Biddco
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
Is Sparty blocking to the tube or are they following right behind?
MGoBlueHockey
Wolverine Devotee
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
This is just like football in 2008. The bowl streak ended and the nightcrawlers came out from under their rocks.
And then Michigan went back to it's usual ways not too long after. I expect hockey to restart their streak next season. This season is an anomaly. No leadership on that team and goaltending problems spells disaster for any team. Even the immortal Michigan program that has been doing what every team wishes they could do every year, for over 2 decades.
This is just like football in 2008. The bowl streak ended and the nightcrawlers came out from under their rocks.
And then Michigan went back to it's usual ways not too long after. I expect hockey to restart their streak next season. This season is an anomaly. No leadership on that team and goaltending problems spells disaster for any team. Even the immortal Michigan program that has been doing what every team wishes they could do every year, for over 2 decades.
Biddco
Follow me on Twitter: @Biddco
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
Crap that means Ohio State is stuck in there behind them!
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I hope you guys get it fixed quickly, the Gophers need some competition next year.
I hope you guys get it fixed quickly, the Gophers need some competition next year.
johnnyredshoes
Die-hard Huskies fan since '91
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Being they are losing games, is their band still playing that god awful song 50+ times a period? Or do they choose to do it after the simpler things, like s.o.g. and successful passes now instead of goals.
Being they are losing games, is their band still playing that god awful song 50+ times a period? Or do they choose to do it after the simpler things, like s.o.g. and successful passes now instead of goals.
UM has been an incredibly successful program. And they should be. Their recruiting resources, from budget, facilities, travel accommodations, tradition and institutional ptestige are second to none in al of college. Unless hit by an avalanche of key injuries, there is no excuse for them to not make the tourney, and no excuse whatsoever for them to get beat by D-II teams like Northern, LSSU, Tech, Ferris and Fairbanks (1-6-2). Add to that the fact that Ann Arbor fans are hardly known for bring polite or humble is a prime reason they should not be surprised when it flows back the other way.
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
I had to sit next to that band at the Bridgeport regional a few years ago, thanks for the tinnitus.
I had to sit next to that band at the Bridgeport regional a few years ago, thanks for the tinnitus.
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
Other great programs have had bad years. It happens. I think you're severely underrating the parity in college hockey these days.
Other great programs have had bad years. It happens. I think you're severely underrating the parity in college hockey these days.
Re: The Ugly Helmets are going down the TUBES
The key difference is that this team has become the subject of Happy's "going down the tubes" thread, which changes everything. Teams don't go back up the tubes.
But at least they will be in a conference of cupcakes. It'll be like the Eisenhower years again.
The key difference is that this team has become the subject of Happy's "going down the tubes" thread, which changes everything. Teams don't go back up the tubes.
But at least they will be in a conference of cupcakes. It'll be like the Eisenhower years again.
But should there be parity? If you have 10x the money and 10x the brand prestige, I can see losing a seaon series to a D-II rival here and there, but not all of them. The bottom line is that UM, MSU and other think they're too big to make even home series trades (they want 2 and 3 for 1) deals with those teams who have proven to be very competitive with them.
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OK, so it seems you just have an axe to grind with bigger programs. That's fine. And to answer your question...in a vacuum, no, Michigan shouldn't have the record they do against the schools you mentioned, but in certain years it happens. That's just the way it is. It happens to all the great programs at some point. Sometimes there are coaching changes, sometimes injuries, top notch recruits don't pan out, bad leadership, no puck luck, pro defections...you name it. So, on paper, yes, Michigan should be great every year...it just doesn't work that way. It's not that easy.
OK, so it seems you just have an axe to grind with bigger programs. That's fine. And to answer your question...in a vacuum, no, Michigan shouldn't have the record they do against the schools you mentioned, but in certain years it happens. That's just the way it is. It happens to all the great programs at some point. Sometimes there are coaching changes, sometimes injuries, top notch recruits don't pan out, bad leadership, no puck luck, pro defections...you name it. So, on paper, yes, Michigan should be great every year...it just doesn't work that way. It's not that easy.
