2013hockeyfan
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Really unfortunate name choice... When searching vRHockey all results pertain to virtual reality related hockey links.
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UNH 2025 Offseason: Where in the World is MS7?
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Just putting this here amongst our discussons of the "have's" and "have nots" when it comes to finances, NIL, etc etc.
Boston University lays off 120 employees amid budget issues
Boston University announced it would be laying off 120 current employees to mitigate financial issues. Here are the reasons the administration listed
www.fosters.com
HockeyRef
Well-known member
After looking back on Instagram seems like there's a vR Hockey Clinic but not many posts to it as of late. Maybe a future venture? for the vR bros once they
finish up their pro careers...so I (again) mis spoke about it. Next.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
... but ... but ... but this can't be true?!?!? Why, just last week, potty told me in this very thread that "BU is a wealthy school and hockey is its flagship sport" ... so how in the world of Jack Parker can this be happening to them??? This only happens to UNH, he said?!?!? Say it ain't so, potty?!?!?!?!?Just putting this here amongst our discussons of the "have's" and "have nots" when it comes to finances, NIL, etc etc.
Boston University lays off 120 employees amid budget issues
Boston University announced it would be laying off 120 current employees to mitigate financial issues. Here are the reasons the administration listedwww.fosters.com
Or maybe ... just maybe, of course ... potty doesn't know Jack Squat, and this is just the latest chapter in his perpetual losing streak as a would-be D-1 visionary??
Yeah, let's just stick with that then. Dum(b)-dum(b)-dum(b)
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
I blame it all on Brendan. He's like the Fredo of the van Riemsdyk clan.
2013hockeyfan
Active member
Wasn't trying to comment on the validity of your post HR, of course. Just noting that they're gonna have trouble using their last initials given the 'buzzword' nature of VR these days.
Buford: Boston University has an endowment of $3.5 billion. To put that in terms you can process, it's like going to the Dollar Store with a $1.00 bill to spend 3.5 billion times.... but ... but ... but this can't be true?!?!? Why, just last week, potty told me in this very thread that "BU is a wealthy school and hockey is its flagship sport" ... so how in the world of Jack Parker can this be happening to them??? This only happens to UNH, he said?!?!? Say it ain't so, potty?!?!?!?!?
Or maybe ... just maybe, of course ... potty doesn't know Jack Squat, and this is just the latest chapter in his perpetual losing streak as a would-be D-1 visionary??
Yeah, let's just stick with that then. Dum(b)-dum(b)-dum(b)
BU is a very wealthy school with tons of wealthy alums. The value of its land holdings exceeds the value of the entire state of NH outside of Portsmouth. You don't go to Boston because your 1986 IROC can't make it over the bridge without it being taken off the road by the police. if you did, you'd realize BU is phenomenally successful and has access to enormous wealth.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
... so what you're telling me/us is, BU is making 120 of their employees walk the plank, but they'll be funneling some of those savings to make sure they can pay the entire Men's Hockey team an average of $100K per season, correct?? "Screw the PR, we have a D-1 powerhouse program's traditions to uphold???" Optics much????
What a maroon/moron (both seem to work equally well here) ...
Successful organizations fire or lay people off all the time. The notion that BU has financial problems is laughable.... so what you're telling me/us is, BU is making 120 of their employees walk the plank, but they'll be funneling some of those savings to make sure they can pay the entire Men's Hockey team an average of $100K per season, correct?? "Screw the PR, we have a D-1 powerhouse program's traditions to uphold???" Optics much????
What a maroon/moron (both seem to work equally well here) ...
Interesting because I do not recall seeing his name in the transfer portal. Best wishes for Jack in Upstate NY.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Unsuccessful or underperforming organizations fire or lay people off even more frequently, potty.
In the big picture, I doubt BU has "financial problems" too, but clearly they've determined they either have a short-to-mid term profitability and/or liquidity issue.
There's nothing in their mission statement that goes directly to profitability being a bad thing, but all in all, academia likes to hold themselves out as focused on other, more lofty goals, to wit "higher education should be accessible to all and that research, scholarship, artistic creation, and professional practice should be conducted in the service of the wider community—local and international. These principles endure in the University’s insistence on the value of diversity, in its tradition and standards of excellence, and in its dynamic engagement with the City of Boston and the world." No mention there of keeping up with the Joneses of HEA/D-1 Hockey.
BU doesn't enjoy membership in revenue-generating conferences such as the ACC, the Big Ten or even the Big East. In that way, it's not all that different from NU, UNH, UMaine, the two UMass schools (especially Lowell) or UVM. And it doesn't appear BU is gonna touch their billion gazillion dollar endowment to bail out 120+ of their own valued employees ... so why would anyone assume they'd be willing to dip into that pool to fund their newly minted, semi-professional athletes, any more than (say) Harvard and Yale, who also swim in similar if not identical low revenue conferences.
A cautionary tale perhaps ... the gentleman whose name is on BU's relatively new, close to state-of-the-art arena was NOT a hockey guy. Harry Agganis was a BU All-American quarterback, who played baseball for BU in the Spring, and eventually chose the then-lowly but local Red Sox over the NFL Champion Browns who had drafted him in the first round of the NFL Draft with an eye towards replacing aging veteran HOF QB Otto Graham, a/k/a the TB12 of post-WW2 pro football.
Had he been born in modern times, "The Golden Greek" couldn't have even played either of his two pro-level sports at BU. Things change, sometimes rapidly.
Once again, you've made some faulty assumptions about the likely "haves" and "have nots" of this brave new NIL world that's been thrust upon HEA.
Nothing that I am aware of. Did find out that the date for season tix renewal was 6/30 not 7/31 like in past years. Thankfully since MS7's program draws no interest my tickets had not been released. I do like shelling out $1700 with no idea of a schedule. Other than a few games on CHN and the parents weekend games, not much else out there for schedule.
Jellsville USA
Registered User
Taking a shot at lines for the upcoming season. This exercise makes the incoming team look pretty good on paper. The other exciting thing is despite being an older group- they will be quite young in eligibility!! (Forever Optimistic)!
Ring-LeClerc-MacPherson
MacDonald-Oliver-Newcombe
Gagnon-Winters-Lavins
Cronin-Turner-Siedem
DeAngelis-Plandowski
Fitzgerald-Player
Carr-Conn
Coombs-Whale
Chauvette
Ring-LeClerc-MacPherson
MacDonald-Oliver-Newcombe
Gagnon-Winters-Lavins
Cronin-Turner-Siedem
DeAngelis-Plandowski
Fitzgerald-Player
Carr-Conn
Coombs-Whale
Chauvette
Will Jack Cronin on left side of your fourth line be able to match Robert Cronin’s team-leasing 17 goals from last season?
Jellsville USA
Registered User
Well, he scored 19 points with a team leading 11 goals (4 on PP) his Jr season on a 9th place team
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Just a wild guess, but I'll chime in with Austin Block
Jellsville USA
Registered User
Stevie Moses??
Wow, those are two names from the past!
But I do not think that Austin Block was playing on the fourth line as a senior, the only year that he scored double digit goals with 16. Ditto for Stevie Moses, who did not crack double digit goals until his junior (14) and senior (22) years and by then was playing as a “top six” forward. What could have been if Mr. High and Wide had been able to put more pucks on net as he created space for more shots than any other UNH player that I can remember. Stevie was still playing overseas in his 14th season in 2024/25! I had forgotten that Austin was playing for the Manchvegas Monarchs when they went belly up.
But I do not think that Austin Block was playing on the fourth line as a senior, the only year that he scored double digit goals with 16. Ditto for Stevie Moses, who did not crack double digit goals until his junior (14) and senior (22) years and by then was playing as a “top six” forward. What could have been if Mr. High and Wide had been able to put more pucks on net as he created space for more shots than any other UNH player that I can remember. Stevie was still playing overseas in his 14th season in 2024/25! I had forgotten that Austin was playing for the Manchvegas Monarchs when they went belly up.