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THE University of MICHIGAN 2021-22

MichVandal said:
Mel's? Other than taking him back from Houghton, what bad did the UM AD do? They flat out told him that he needed to be a HC to replace Red (as I interpret it)- for that, I find significant fault, but other than that- they let him go, coach for a while, then Red retired and Mel was hired.

That happens all the time, so I'm curious what was so frustrating. Other than having the potential of Mel being there for a long time being taken from you.

If you ask me (or more correctly, my dad), Tech real fault was not to hire him a long time ago from Red. Back before Mel could have established any long term connections with this area- which (theoretically) made the decision easier.

In terms of games, it would be nice if we had more consistent games with Tech. And Northern. And Lake St. Those are really fun games.
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I'm not upset that he left Tech. He was Red's prot?g? and it was a terribly kept secret that he would go back to AA when Red retired and was offered the HC job. There were a lot of little things on his way out the door, how things were left, and once he got to AA that, innocent/normal as they may be, soured some Tech fans to him. All that is that is in the past.

The thing that gets me the most about the AD/HC is they need 2 games in AA to even considering playing 1 game in Houghton. We finally had them scheduled in Houghton in 2020, Covid happened, and now Tech can't get U of MI to Houghton. Getting them out of Yost is like pulling teeth without anesthesia.
 
Lost_Husky said:
I'm not upset that he left Tech. He was Red's prot?g? and it was a terribly kept secret that he would go back to AA when Red retired and was offered the HC job. There were a lot of little things on his way out the door, how things were left, and once he got to AA that, innocent/normal as they may be, soured some Tech fans to him. All that is that is in the past.

The thing that gets me the most about the AD/HC is they need 2 games in AA to even considering playing 1 game in Houghton. We finally had them scheduled in Houghton in 2020, Covid happened, and now Tech can't get U of MI to Houghton. Getting them out of Yost is like pulling teeth without anesthesia.
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That's fair. If anything, that should be overlooked for every single school inside Michigan. Even if Wayne St restarted their program.
 
I know the tech AD said that U-M, Tech and state are working on keeping the GLI together but I just don't buy that it's gonna last.

To me it no longer makes sense to play in this thing with the talent we are bringing in on a yearly basis since a huge number of players are busy at WJCs.
 
MGoBlueHockey said:
I know the tech AD said that U-M, Tech and state are working on keeping the GLI together but I just don't buy that it's gonna last.

To me it no longer makes sense to play in this thing with the talent we are bringing in on a yearly basis since a huge number of players are busy at WJCs.
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The height of arrogance...
 
MGoBlueHockey said:
I know the tech AD said that U-M, Tech and state are working on keeping the GLI together but I just don't buy that it's gonna last.

To me it no longer makes sense to play in this thing with the talent we are bringing in on a yearly basis since a huge number of players are busy at WJCs.
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So why did you play Niagara?
 
moose97 said:
Bigger and better for who? Michigan or themselves?
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We’ve had guys for years leave during break and play at the WJC for their country. It was usually 2-3 guys and we’d still win the GLI.

We are an NHL factory now and have so many guys that are going to go play against the best young players in the world that it no longer makes sense to play during break without.

We’ll find out in April how this team will finish.
 
MGoBlueHockey said:
We’ve had guys for years leave during break and play at the WJC for their country. It was usually 2-3 guys and we’d still win the GLI.

We are an NHL factory now and have so many guys that are going to go play against the best young players in the world that it no longer makes sense to play during break without.
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In other words, "we might lose, so we shouldn't play."
 
MGoBlueHockey said:
We’ve had guys for years leave during break and play at the WJC for their country. It was usually 2-3 guys and we’d still win the GLI.

We are an NHL factory now and have so many guys that are going to go play against the best young players in the world that it no longer makes sense to play during break without.

We’ll find out in April how this team will finish.
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It's been damn near 25 years since you won a NC. Seems like it's "bigger and better" for the kids more than anything
 
Well at least Michigan hasn't used the Minnesota excuse for World Juniors...(our players had to walk back from the tournament so they are super tired) Maybe that's coming next.
 
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