Robert Balin
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I wish there was 1000 Hockey Ref's on this thread.
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UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026
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TheGrouchyCat
Litter Box of Bad Ideas
I wish there was 1000 Hockey Ref's on this thread.
HR is the best
Robert Balin
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She sure is Grouchy.
2013hockeyfan
Active member
I find her to have a pleasant disposition
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
I raised the question after last season if Davis was a DEI hire. He's gone further to answering that question as a "yes" after this past season. Two more years like this one, and he'll be down with Jackson and Rowe. As far as the "Amish country" quip, you forgot to acknowledge what I pointed out, which was Davis followed on the success of Dave Paulsen at Bucknell, who won more games, lost less, and made the postseason tourneys more than Davis did ... and the only years Davis made it at Bucknell was with the kids Paulsen recruited. Likewise, Davis' only good season at UNH was with Herrion's players.
Those are facts, those are patterns, and you can baselessly accuse me of whatever you choose, but you only make yourself look like you're projecting, dude.
You always know who's losing the argument/debate when the loser surges to the bottom of the barrel accusations. Congrats, loser.
2013hockeyfan
Active member
You've previously admitted it was "careless" (very generous) to suggest Davis was a "DEI hire," very unfortunate to see you're doubling down a few months later.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
HockeyRef
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Oh my lol thanks there are times tho...I find her to have a pleasant disposition
HockeyRef
Well-known member
Aw thanks!!! Right back atchaI wish there was 1000 Hockey Ref's on this thread.
HockeyRef
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Thanks Grouchy! Looking forward to future adventures with the GC fam!
Gotta feel for the Huskies. Lundgren comes up with a career game in the HE Final, and then they get Trey Augustine? Yikes!
That’s the thing about racists, they just can’t help it. Racists can’t help but hate.
The good news? Chuck Murray’s all alone in the woods with his tooth just wishing it was the 50s and he lived in Mississippi. He has no reach. All alone.
JB
Desk Chair Coach
From the stands didn't feel like 42-22 in shots. Both goalies made some outstanding saves, but this game was more even then comparing number of shots.
Not sure how the MSU player scored that first goal, in tight on his forehand and looked like he went under the bar. Not much leverage to do that. I haven't seen a good replay and if it did go up over the goalies shoulder that is a hell of a shot.
Not sure how the MSU player scored that first goal, in tight on his forehand and looked like he went under the bar. Not much leverage to do that. I haven't seen a good replay and if it did go up over the goalies shoulder that is a hell of a shot.
2013hockeyfan
Active member
Looks like it’s also gonna be the end of the road for Leamen and co. At the hands of Quinnipiac. The ECAC certainly has had a much better year than last.
I guess lightning doesnt strike twice for PU after losing at home in the HE quarterfinals.
Our hopes may be left to MC to prevent an 0-fer in the NCAAs for Hockey East.
And damn do the BIG10 schools look good. They have also looked good in the basketball tourney as well. Makes you wonder how deep the BIG10 schools pockets are when it comes to portal/NIL. A lot of basketball fans are lamenting on the “loss of the mid-major Cinderella” with only one double digit seed making it to the Sweet 16 this year (and it was Texas… not a mid major at all).
Curious if the long term impact on hockey will be similar.
I guess lightning doesnt strike twice for PU after losing at home in the HE quarterfinals.
Our hopes may be left to MC to prevent an 0-fer in the NCAAs for Hockey East.
And damn do the BIG10 schools look good. They have also looked good in the basketball tourney as well. Makes you wonder how deep the BIG10 schools pockets are when it comes to portal/NIL. A lot of basketball fans are lamenting on the “loss of the mid-major Cinderella” with only one double digit seed making it to the Sweet 16 this year (and it was Texas… not a mid major at all).
Curious if the long term impact on hockey will be similar.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
You do know that they're Providence College, right Flag? To me, "PU" means Princeton University, home of our current AD ...
Ah yes! Got my names mixed up. Thank you for the correction!
Also looks like Dartmouth got absolutely destroyed by Wisconsin in the 3rd. I saw it was 1-1 at the stat of the 3rd.
Seems like shades of UNH vs. PC earlier this year. Not sure if anyone here was watching? Was there a bad penalty/call and Dartmouth lost all composure?
I had a family member used to refer to these types of losses in big games/playoffs as “umiliations”. Umile certainly won a lot of big games, but he also lost a fair number of bugs ones by wide margins…
EDIT: Just saw looks like 2 ENGs that make it look worse…
Seems like shades of UNH vs. PC earlier this year. Not sure if anyone here was watching? Was there a bad penalty/call and Dartmouth lost all composure?
I had a family member used to refer to these types of losses in big games/playoffs as “umiliations”. Umile certainly won a lot of big games, but he also lost a fair number of bugs ones by wide margins…
EDIT: Just saw looks like 2 ENGs that make it look worse…
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
The guy hasn't exactly lit the D-1 world on fire, has he? He did a very good job at his alma mater, Randolph-Macon. But Randolph-Macon is a D-3 school.
Based on tenures at Bucknell and UNH, it very much appears he can win with someone else's players, but once it's his own guys, the program craters.
Nathan Davis Coaching Record | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Nathan Davis Coaching Record
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Dave Paulsen Coaching Record | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Dave Paulsen Coaching Record
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Bill Herrion Coaching Record | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Bill Herrion Coaching Record
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Based on all the available evidence, it appears Davis (like Souza and Weinrebe, both white guys the last time I checked) simply isn't ready for D-1 prime time, unless he's coaching someone else's players (and in Weinrebe's case, he even failed at that). Not surprisingly, there were more of those players at Bucknell (and for longer) than there were at UNH post-Herrion. And when someone drives any program into a ditch as quickly as Davis has at UNH, it invites a lot of questions. Some may even be uncomfortable. This time last season, and even this year before conference play, I kept an open mind on a turnaround. It's not happening (yet) ...
But Davis' job performance has been at the bottom of it all, and he has no one else to blame but himself if he can't turn things around. And based on his career to date, a turnaround does not appear to be imminent. He does have two more years left on his contract though. So at least at this point, there are indeed three (3) catastrophic hires on AD Rich's CV, all of whom have dragged their respective programs further back from past successes. You can put them in any order you'd like. Personally, I'd rank them from worst to "best" as follows (and I'm open to anyone challenging these rankings):
(1) Weinrebe - inherited perennial D-1 powerhouse under Hubbard, morphed into a losing record and out of NCAA tourney in 2 seasons. Bravo?!?
(2) Souza - inherited a program coming off a long period of national contention and a short down period, and spent a decade drilling further down;
(3) Davis - Inherited a historically mediocre program at its crest of mediocrity (4 straight non-losing seasons), rediscovered abysmal in 3 short seasons
If you think Davis' performance this past season has done anything to dispel his doubters, and you want to have an open discussion where we can act like adults, I'm game for that. That's why I'm responding to you, and not the idiot who throws around pejoratives like they are penny candy at a holiday parade ...
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