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UMaine 25-26: Marques My Word: Back to the Big Time

umhockey91 said:
Barr seems like a coach that would do well at one of the blue blood programs with a lot of NIL/player pay. He also looks the part but I’m not sure he has the mentality to “coach up” players or bring the “it” factor like Shawn Walsh had. I guess we will find out soon what he is made of….another season of regression and I think that he really faces a rising tide of people questioning if he is the right guy to lead Maine.
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Queue the FB group name change to "fire Barr"
 
I'm not terribly shocked on this one given the many comments that seemed to reference him directly (colgate turnover & benching) as well as general underperformance vs. the draft level & WHL performance. Not saying I wouldn't have liked to have him back, but not if the buy in being there was the issue. That same think applies to just about everyone in my view.
 
I think Poirier and Peterson are the 2 freshmen you work really hard to keep in the fold. Langlois is another that I hope they retain......everyone else?....meh.

They also need Scholle & Russell to have bounce back seasons if they return.

I don't see more than a dozen players from the current roster returning next season.
 
umhockey91 said:
Barr seems like a coach that would do well at one of the blue blood programs with a lot of NIL/player pay. He also looks the part but I’m not sure he has the mentality to “coach up” players or bring the “it” factor like Shawn Walsh had. I guess we will find out soon what he is made of….another season of regression and I think that he really faces a rising tide of people questioning if he is the right guy to lead Maine.
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Barr was pretty direct talking about the issues with team culture throughout the season. If a team is mostly made up of guys looking at Maine as a stepping stone and not buying into the coach/system it seems pretty natural to assume that he likely would do better having a bunch of 2-4 year guys to develop instead. Maybe it caught him by surprise having so many new players and he's better suited to handle that moving forward? Time will tell I guess.

But to compete as a serious contender in the modern college hockey landscape you're likely going to need at least a few of those 1 year mercenary-type guys so him finding that balance is really going to determine whether Maine can rise up as a yearly contender or just another team in the mix.
 
tylerzx2002 said:
But to compete as a serious contender in the modern college hockey landscape you're likely going to need at least a few of those 1 year mercenary-type guys so him finding that balance is really going to determine whether Maine can rise up as a yearly contender or just another team in the mix.
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I've got $45 in my wallet for Landon Dupont. Do you think that will land him?
 
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