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UNH 2024/2025 Goldberg Edition

Chuck Murray said:
Further to your point ... scoring in hockey has trended down over the last generation, pretty much at all levels, so close games are the rule as opposed to the exception. New offensive OR defensive concepts are few and far between. At the wider margins, you win or lose on talent ... but the closer the margins, the more likely you win or lose on coaching (execution, discipline and preparation). That puts UNH in a tough spot.

As UNH is pretty much locked in for 11th seed, who are we liking for our #6 seed opponent in the MBPBEGAM "playoffs"?

(1) UConn - rooting for this, for obvious personal and entertainment reasons, but it won't happen 😥
(2) Providence - I can't think of a team in this group less likely to lose at home to UNH in MBPBEGAM - pass
(3) UMass Lowell - Horribly overrated - UNH wins at least one vs UML in the RS final weekend, so why not?
(4) Merrimack - Scotty Borek feels the same about UNH as I feel about Luce and UConn - hard pass
(5) UMass Amherst - like Lowell, shouldn't be anywhere near the NCAA's, so my second choice
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In some circles,as long as the Cats are "in" whatever game they play, it counts as a moral victory worthy of a tickertape parade and a shower of Boone's Farm out of a tin cup.
 
Chuck Murray said:
Further to your point ... scoring in hockey has trended down over the last generation, pretty much at all levels, so close games are the rule as opposed to the exception. New offensive OR defensive concepts are few and far between. At the wider margins, you win or lose on talent ... but the closer the margins, the more likely you win or lose on coaching (execution, discipline and preparation). That puts UNH in a tough spot.

As UNH is pretty much locked in for 11th seed, who are we liking for our #6 seed opponent in the MBPBEGAM "playoffs"?

(1) UConn - rooting for this, for obvious personal and entertainment reasons, but it won't happen 😥
(2) Providence - I can't think of a team in this group less likely to lose at home to UNH in MBPBEGAM - pass
(3) UMass Lowell - Horribly overrated - UNH wins at least one vs UML in the RS final weekend, so why not?
(4) Merrimack - Scotty Borek feels the same about UNH as I feel about Luce and UConn - hard pass
(5) UMass Amherst - like Lowell, shouldn't be anywhere near the NCAA's, so my second choice
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Here are the rankings of the teams I'd least like to face in the 'playoffs'

(1) Providence - they have our number. UNH never scores against them.
(2) UMass - I don't see UNH going out there and beating them. They've beaten BU & BC and play a lot of close games. +5 goal differential which is 4th best in HE
(3) UConn - not a team that really scares me, but they're having a decent season. Probably the most overrated coach in NCAA D-1 Hockey. Paid like he's won a National Championship but actually has only made one HE tournament final...and lost. But there's a first time for everything, and he's going to make the NCAAs for the first time in 12 seasons.
(4) UMass Lowell - Seem to have rebounded well after an abysmal 23-24 season. A little skeptical of them. I respect Bazin the most of any coach on this list.
(5) Merrimack - Certainly better than UNH, but not by much. Never really scared of these guys.
 
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HockeyRef said:
I mean..when being 'in games' is all ya got...but..is that enough for the donors? 🤣
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LOL, yeah ... "the donors" might be more appropriate, and even TDL seems to have cooled his interest in the current offerings, now that he's got his name up on the building, apparently for next to nothing, due to a good deal of blind faith from the school.

... and for the record, I am NOT teez, nor have I met teez (knowingly?), but teez has a very good read on my bestest buddy from Storrs! :ROFLMAO:
 
There are people, doubtful any of them on this forum, who are fans regardless of team performance. I’ve heard variations of statements like “The team needs us the most when they aren’t doing well.” and “I don’t mind missing games or having an extra. It’s like donating to the U.” many times over the years. I know people who’ve kept a spouse’s season ticket for years after the spouse died even during and after seasons when the seat was mostly empty. This forum is an echo chamber.
 
2013hockeyfan said:
While your point remains...they did beat UVM on Jan 25

This is what the stretch of play looks like since the 4th, though:

L
L
L
L (OT)
L (OT)
W
L
L
L
T (SL)
L
T (SW)
L
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Way back a couple months ago on this thread I predicted UHN would finish with all L's. At the time I was half kidding, but apparently I was spot on. Hey, someone has to finish in the cellar, why not be our good neighbors? In all fairness and sympathy, I have started a Go Fund Me page for the sole purpose of helping youse guyz oust the coach you all love to hate. Of course should your admin decide to buy him out with their own money, I would no doubt need to pocket the GFM cash. You can thank me later.
 
acs64 said:
Way back a couple months ago on this thread I predicted UHN would finish with all L's. At the time I was half kidding, but apparently I was spot on. Hey, someone has to finish in the cellar, why not be our good neighbors? In all fairness and sympathy, I have started a Go Fund Me page for the sole purpose of helping youse guyz oust the coach you all love to hate. Of course should your admin decide to buy him out with their own money, I would no doubt need to pocket the GFM cash. You can thank me later.
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🤣
 
On February 2 out with friends for breakfast, I set the +/- for wins at two and took the under. The two UNHers at the table scoffed. The most casual fan looked at his phone and said, “Tough schedule”.
 
Darius said:
There are people, doubtful any of them on this forum, who are fans regardless of team performance. I’ve heard variations of statements like “The team needs us the most when they aren’t doing well.” and “I don’t mind missing games or having an extra. It’s like donating to the U.” many times over the years. I know people who’ve kept a spouse’s season ticket for years after the spouse died even during and after seasons when the seat was mostly empty. This forum is an echo chamber.
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If UNH is content with hanging on to that regressing number year after year, then by all means stay the course. If the vision of the people in charge (as it's written in their contracts) is to grow and improve the goodwill and vision of specifically the hockey program and UNH as a whole then they are failing... Miserably...

Offering a lesser product every year, offering no accountability, and expecting everyone to praise them for just showing up to the office everyday... No effing thanks. This forum certainly skews further negative but numbers that a college with a business school could look at would tell you that group who accept whatever the athletic department serves up is shrinking. I wager that is mostly a product of those fans being older and either unable to attend (health) or no longer inhibiting the planet. My point here, if the athletic department is hanging their hat on someone maintaining a ticket for their deceased spouse as anything of a success, they are more delusional than they seem. As a fan there is honor in sticking it out when the going gets tough (either the team or in your personal life), All we hear out of the athletic department are empty tropes about facilities, how tough it is, and how UNH will be back at the top one day. Notice there is never a plan beyond the next shiny toy that the boogeymen Boston schools have that we don't.

I gave up my season tickets 2 years ago, I had hope that the new AD would see beyond the one year Souza had with a bonfire under his rear (Witt as well). She didn't, she took the easy way out and here we are, cellar dwelling again.
 
Lots of fans and I consider myself one...are supporting the team more than anything else
Just because we voice dissenting views on the coach does not take away from that...plus there are other reasons to have a seasons pass than to drink the blue colored Kool aid.

And some of us even travel to away games can you imagine that?! Didnt know there was a fan requirement. If you ask me UNH should consider themselves fortunate that many of us have hung in there regardless of performance..

In the recent email about the meet the team thing it started with 'as a cherished UNH season ticket holder'. I'm glad they see it that way because many have bolted.

Most likely we will renew tho not at the moment as other things beg our financial attention. There's more to being a fan than the won/ loss record but it sure does help.

Cherished indeed....they are fortunate many of us keep.coming back.
Darius said:
There are people, doubtful any of them on this forum, who are fans regardless of team performance. I’ve heard variations of statements like “The team needs us the most when they aren’t doing well.” and “I don’t mind missing games or having an extra. It’s like donating to the U.” many times over the years. I know people who’ve kept a spouse’s season ticket for years after the spouse died even during and after seasons when the seat was mostly empty. This forum is an echo chamber.
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UNHHockey16 said:
This! Souza is absolutely to blame but he’s not on the ice. Even if he’s lost the team it’s their job to make the plays, to finish checks, to pass the puck and SHOOT the puck and they don’t. The commentators last night even made a comment during the power play that UNH spent way too much time passing the puck. I’m all for supporting the players but they also don’t seem to care or want to put the effort in.
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This might be an all time dumb take. If it’s all on the players why do we have a coach?

Just play pick up and save the money. The reason this is his fault is he puts systems in that don’t work. Players even if they don’t agree go with it to not be benched.
 
Chuck Murray said:
Classy take on Coach Umile's wife, Fishy. Not that I expected any better from you. Say what you will about my Walshy cave drawings late last century, but they never involved his wives nor his children.

The TDS runs strong and deep in you. At least you have the good sense not to defend the indefensible last four years. I don't expect any of this to make any sense to you, considering the bizarro-world "norms" your Dem colleagues believe in. Speaking of which, to the mothers in our audience, Governor Evers (D-WI) comes in an agonizingly close second place to Governor Mills for this beauty ...


Go ahead, harp on, Fishy. I don't agree with everything DJT does/says, but like most of the country now, we realize just how much smarter and sane he is, as compared to the contrarian "geniuses" who are down with all the lefty fringie causes. Knock yerself out ...
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OK, bowl-head, let's review...

I have already stated that I'm not a Dem, and never have been.

But, I'm not a moron, either.. Hope that clears things up.

Keep on winning, President Musk! Chuckie LOVES the idiotcracy.
 
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In 1998-1999 this Northeastern Huskey lead her team with 51 points while wearing #7










That would be UNH ls own Hillary Witt off a new contract and a blowout at the TRatWCAatKAGV in the first round of the women’s hockey east tournament.

Guessing #7 is cursed here.
 
norbert said:
This might be an all time dumb take. If it’s all on the players why do we have a coach?

Just play pick up and save the money. The reason this is his fault is he puts systems in that don’t work. Players even if they don’t agree go with it to not be benched.
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I didn’t say it was all on the players. Literally the first sentence says Souza is absolutely to blame. But it’s not all on him. We have a team that is almost exactly the same as last year and are much worse. The amount of breakaways that don’t come to anything because of missed pucks, the lack of shooting on power plays, the lack of checking, that’s on the players.
 
Also on a side note, UNH women’s hockey bounced in the first round just like the men are about to. At least they got a home game, though the arena was almost completely empty.
 
UNHHockey16 said:
I didn’t say it was all on the players. Literally the first sentence says Souza is absolutely to blame. But it’s not all on him. We have a team that is almost exactly the same as last year and are much worse. The amount of breakaways that don’t come to anything because of missed pucks, the lack of shooting on power plays, the lack of checking, that’s on the players.
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So from March of last year when the season ended in Maine in an embarrassment to this year, the players lost talent? This is 100% on MS7. Inability to adapt which is the gene he inherited from Umile, the new flick the puck of the glass style of hockey, never ending lineup changes, no high-end talent.
 
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