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Also, Joe Masonius, who snubbed us for Yukon was a Hitmen, but has not played in the NHL either. Ha, ha!
So, UNH fifth in CHL impact recruits, whereas BC and Flagship did not compete (zero CHL recruits).Good read by Cinnamoroll
2025 NCAA CHL Recruiting Class: Hockey East
Welcome to the third part of my series on the CHL recruiting classes for all the NCAA schools.
I love Cinnamoroll's passion. He's the new Chris Heisenberg? Kinda hope C. Heisenberg keeps his passion and chugs ahead with the recruiting rankings and reports. Both are real assets to college hockey fans.Good read by Cinnamoroll
2025 NCAA CHL Recruiting Class: Hockey East
Welcome to the third part of my series on the CHL recruiting classes for all the NCAA schools.
Interesting small scale case study here.First of all hopefully everyone had a fantastic summer. This isn't hockey related but I was scrolling today and this is interesting, The old saying the coach matters in this case is true. UNH mens soccer is 0-4-3 to start the season. On the other hand North Carolina St is 6-0-1 and ranked second in the country. Guess they f**cked up.
Lots of "Country" (some is really southern rock) on that list
Easy.
Sucks to BU chants rang out!!
He lost me at an 11th place prediction!! Thanks for sharing.Mike McMahon received a question in the mailbag section of his podcast last week about whether "UNH should fire Souza if they finish < .500." Talks about the topic for about 10 mins starting at 27 min mark.
First of all, thanks for sharing 2013. Had some time to listen to the entire podcast, and in summary, to be kind, I am less than impressed.Mike McMahon received a question in the mailbag section of his podcast last week about whether "UNH should fire Souza if they finish < .500." Talks about the topic for about 10 mins starting at 27 min mark.
McMahon was a bit too wordy in his discussion (btw, why not prepare for the podcast instead of winging it?) but he made a few things quite clear. First, UNH is going to have a tough year primarily due to putting 5 first year blue liners in the lineup. Therefore, Souza's coaching needs to be judged based upon the improvement of the inexperienced players in the second half of the season. Seems like a reasonable position. Second, UNH's lack of institutional support of the hockey program makes a Mike Souza job evaluation difficult.Mike McMahon received a question in the mailbag section of his podcast last week about whether "UNH should fire Souza if they finish < .500." Talks about the topic for about 10 mins starting at 27 min mark.
Oh Buford, ad hominem attacks on McMahon are the product of your lazy and bias mindset. You are a bias fan of a program that essentially no longer exists relative to the competition. You still want the present program to be the UNH programs of the late 70s and 1995-2010.
He was discussing NCAA tourney appearances. That's how most programs are judged from a national perspective. UNH hockey did fall off a cliff from this perspective. You simply were not able to understand the context of McMahon's point. I am not the least bit surprised that you would not be able to follow his point. It's called logical reasoning.
Oh, but he didn't. Not at all. He actually presented a very reasonable explanation for why it's so difficult to evaluate coaches in underfunded programs at schools not committed to college hockey excellence. Once again, it required listening, thinking and following a logical, rationale but somewhat nuanced argument. You do not have the intellectual capacity to do that.
NOBODY who has read your nonsense is surprised that you would have a better understanding of a child's reasoning than the father's. Do not be offended or defensive about this. It is completely consistent with your demonstrated intelligence.
The UNH discussion was actually about 10 minutes. It began at minute 27.
My heart wants to be optimistic, BB ... but my head says, nothing is likely to change radically any time soon. Precisely because MS7 hasn't shown he can coach to a level that develops individual players, and likewise cannot improve his teams on a year-to--year basis. Bottom of the league finishes haven't happened by accident.
Have you been smoking rope, or just chasing parked cars, potty?!? You and I agreed his podcast was unprepared and he was just "winging it". But I am "lazy and bias" (??) for calling him out on it?!? If I'm "bias" ... I'm awfully critical of the program I'm rooting for. I believe the correct word is objective. You're welcome ...
Wrong. NCAA-wise, UNH went from being perennial, to deep run perennial (1998-2003), back to perennial, then to frequent, then less frequent, and then to zip. Anyone who has even casually followed the UNH program has always described the downturn as gradual, almost like the lobster who finds the very cool water in the lobster pot being gradually increased to tepid to warm to hot to boiling. Except in reverse. But please, do continue ...
The underfunded program that has built a new jumbotron, embarked on the white whale of "Shrink The Rink", and is on the precipice of sinking even more money into the behind the scenes bells & whistles to support a HC who has still yet to prove himself at the D-1 level? All while ticket sales continue to be at or near the top of the league, ensuring that revenue - while not what it once was - is hardly an excuse for the consistent bottom of the league finishes?!?
I think anyone who listens to MM's underinformed pseudo-analysis of Souza's UNH situation for 10 minutes would be hard pressed not to agree with his kid.
The whole podcast was unimpressive, I thought you were in agreement on that? 213 gave MM a free trial basis for folks to sign onto his pay for play services, I'm guessing neither one of us will be signing on for more, unless you've changed your mind in the last 5 hours ...
