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UNH Offseason Contract Edition.

I saw an alarming post today from a former director in the UNH MBA business program. It is implying shady things are going on where certain program’s budgets are not getting funding and the money is unaccounted for. I’m guessing that a director, who was an employee for 10 years, is qualified and should be believed that there is a problem. This isn’t meant to be a flame for hockey fans on here. I thought you might want to be aware there are relatively high ranking former employees implying some of the tax payer’s, donor’s, student’s and parent’s money unaccounted for. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andr...1-hO8L?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
 
Sparkee said:
I saw an alarming post today from a former director in the UNH MBA business program. It is implying shady things are going on where certain program’s budgets are not getting funding and the money is unaccounted for. I’m guessing that a director, who was an employee for 10 years, is qualified and should be believed that there is a problem. This isn’t meant to be a flame for hockey fans on here. I thought you might want to be aware there are relatively high ranking former employees implying some of the tax payer’s, donor’s, student’s and parent’s money unaccounted for. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andr...1-hO8L?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
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I saw that on LinkedIn too and confirms some whispers that I've been hearing myself.
 
Sparkee said:
I saw an alarming post today from a former director in the UNH MBA business program. It is implying shady things are going on where certain program’s budgets are not getting funding and the money is unaccounted for. I’m guessing that a director, who was an employee for 10 years, is qualified and should be believed that there is a problem. This isn’t meant to be a flame for hockey fans on here. I thought you might want to be aware there are relatively high ranking former employees implying some of the tax payer’s, donor’s, student’s and parent’s money unaccounted for. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andre...ium=member_ios
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Interesting timing ... but Athletics shouldn't have an issue, what with our "still new car smell" AD f/k/a SB being a top NCAA expert on the issue of all things compliance. No reason not to order an exhaustive audit ASAP, however. Wouldn't it be interesting though, if some of the funds were being wired to offshore accounts for "Cazenovia Growth Fund", or even "Hoggs Pond/Bow Lake Ventures", eh? Gosh, I'd hate to have to explain misdirection of funds to powerful and influential donors such as Messrs. TDL and Joe Tuscany. That could all end rather poorly ...
 
In unrelated hockey news the original "Mr.Clutch" the one and only 'Zeke from Cabin Creek' #44 Jerry West died today..he was 86.

I was a rabid Laker fan during the mid 70's and it wasn't easy living in Boston Celtics territory. I fiercely defended him and once had a public apology from Boston Herald sports writers when they omitted his name in a list of 25k points leaders when Hondo Havlicek joined that elite group.

Ha! Those were the days when you could write a letter to a major newspaper and they actually responded to it (in the sports section I might add!!)

He wasnt too happy about how he was portrayed in HBO's short lived series "Winning Time"...He battled severe depression but managed to put together an incredible career despite of it.

Rest easy Jerry...you were one of the great ones!

Ps For the record I stopped being a big NBA fan but of course am watching these current Celtics. To me the game is not the same during those heady days of guys like Walt Frazier Oscar Robertson...and ok...a few notable Celtics!
 
HockeyRef said:
In unrelated hockey news the original "Mr.Clutch" the one and only 'Zeke from Cabin Creek' #44 Jerry West died today..he was 86.

I was a rabid Laker fan during the mid 70's and it wasn't easy living in Boston Celtics territory. I fiercely defended him and once had a public apology from Boston Herald sports writers when they omitted his name in a list of 25k points leaders when Hondo Havlicek joined that elite group.

Ha! Those were the days when you could write a letter to a major newspaper and they actually responded to it (in the sports section I might add!!)

He wasnt too happy about how he was portrayed in HBO's short lived series "Winning Time"...He battled severe depression but managed to put together an incredible career despite of it.

Rest easy Jerry...you were one of the great ones!

Ps For the record I stopped being a big NBA fan but of course am watching these current Celtics. To me the game is not the same during those heady days of guys like Walt Frazier Oscar Robertson...and ok...a few notable Celtics!
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I miss those days too, 'Ref. Still my favorite Celtics' teams ... I was just a little too young to experience Bill Russell, but Dave Cowens was my hoops idol growing up, and John Havlicek was not too far behind. My first autograph of a pro athlete was from Don Nelson at a long-gone retail store on the Lynnway, where there was literally no line for his signature. The day before that, I think Johnny "Chief" Bucyk (B's captain) had a line running out of the building, so Mom talked me into coming back the next day instead LOL. The B's were absolute royalty in those days, and the C's were an afterthought, despite the 11-out-of-13 titles dynasty of the Russell era. The Knicks-Celtics rivalry never burned brighter than in those days. Walt "Clyde" Frazier is a criminally-overlooked all-time great whose name is rarely mentioned these days, so good on you, 'Ref! :)
 
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Mark you calendars for RIT at the Whitt for two on Thanksgiving weekend, 29-30 November.

Also, Bentley at the Whitt on Friday, October 11th.

Also, home and away with UMass-Flagship on 21-22 February 2025.
 
Figured I'd share this one, taken from my long-ago days as a fan of Bobby Orr and the Big Bad B's ... the '71 Bruins had laid waste to the rest of the NHL in the '70/'71 regular season with a huge stack of scoring records, and came up against the 4th seeded Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. All seemed well until late in the 2nd period of Game 2, when Henri Richard picked Orr's pocket for what seemed to be a relatively meaningless goal to trim the B's lead to 5-2 after two periods. 20 minutes (and 5 more unanswered goals) later, the B's had squandered what should have been a commanding 2-0 lead in the series, and things were never the same after that. In a postseason that turned out to be the last stand for the immortal Jean Beliveau, and the first shining moments for the great Ken Dryden, the latter would emerge with a huge Game 7 win that put a dent in what in retrospect could (should?) have been a Bruins dynasty, given the B's bounce-back win in '72, and close call in the '74 Cup Finals to Philadelphia.

Things that jump out at me 50+ years later ... how dominant Bobby Orr was as THE attacking force behind SO much of what the B's did ... how relatively absent Phil Esposito was in the series, after shattering the NHL single-season scoring records with 76 goals and 152 points ... how Orr was at the heart of what went so badly wrong late in Game 2 ... the amazing Orr goal no one remembers in Game 4 that turned the series back around for a little bit ... how the B's announcers seemed certain the B's were back on track after a Game 5 pummeling of Montreal ... and how overall average Dryden actually looked for long stretches of the series before Game 7. As a young sports fan, this was my first taste of watching a favorite team tank in a postseason when heavily favored - an experience that would come in handy when the Red Wings sputtered way too often in the early-to-mid '90's, before they broke through. Anyway ... "enjoy" if you can (this still hurts BTW, even after leaving my B's fandom/Orr worship when went to Chicago) ...

Boston Bruins 1970-71 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com
 
Chuck Murray said:
Figured I'd share this one, taken from my long-ago days as a fan of Bobby Orr and the Big Bad B's ... the '71 Bruins had laid waste to the rest of the NHL in the '70/'71 regular season with a huge stack of scoring records, and came up against the 4th seeded Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. All seemed well until late in the 2nd period of Game 2, when Henri Richard picked Orr's pocket for what seemed to be a relatively meaningless goal to trim the B's lead to 5-2 after two periods. 20 minutes (and 5 more unanswered goals) later, the B's had squandered what should have been a commanding 2-0 lead in the series, and things were never the same after that. In a postseason that turned out to be the last stand for the immortal Jean Beliveau, and the first shining moments for the great Ken Dryden, the latter would emerge with a huge Game 7 win that put a dent in what in retrospect could (should?) have been a Bruins dynasty, given the B's bounce-back win in '72, and close call in the '74 Cup Finals to Philadelphia.

Things that jump out at me 50+ years later ... how dominant Bobby Orr was as THE attacking force behind SO much of what the B's did ... how relatively absent Phil Esposito was in the series, after shattering the NHL single-season scoring records with 76 goals and 152 points ... how Orr was at the heart of what went so badly wrong late in Game 2 ... the amazing Orr goal no one remembers in Game 4 that turned the series back around for a little bit ... how the B's announcers seemed certain the B's were back on track after a Game 5 pummeling of Montreal ... and how overall average Dryden actually looked for long stretches of the series before Game 7. As a young sports fan, this was my first taste of watching a favorite team tank in a postseason when heavily favored - an experience that would come in handy when the Red Wings sputtered way too often in the early-to-mid '90's, before they broke through. Anyway ... "enjoy" if you can (this still hurts BTW, even after leaving my B's fandom/Orr worship when went to Chicago) ...

Boston Bruins 1970-71 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com
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Arrgghh! The 1970/71 Bruins postseason implosion still seems like yesterday and pains me to this day. A short Bruins dynasty was woulda, coulda, shoulda, for sure. You mentioned the Bruins comeback in 1971/72 and the great effort in 1973/74, but you did not mention their SC in 1969/70, which should have given them three in a row (dynasty definition?), even without 1973/74. But, alas, les Habs were the dynasty in the 1970s.

I think that the great Jerry West from HR’s post ran into a similar buzz saw with the Celtics that limited West to only one banner.
 
Nice article on the late UNH Women's Hockey head coach Russ McCurdy in this weekend's U-L, pages C1 & C4, courtesy of Alex Hall. Sounds like he was a wonderful mentor, and right person/right place kinda thing.

Has the U done anything yet to mark the passing of one of their all-time greats, freak?
 
Chuck Murray said:
Nice article on the late UNH Women's Hockey head coach Russ McCurdy in this weekend's U-L, pages C1 & C4, courtesy of Alex Hall. Sounds like he was a wonderful mentor, and right person/right place kinda thing.

Has the U done anything yet to mark the passing of one of their all-time greats, freak?
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Ok, now I understand freak’s original post, as when I looked up Coach McCurdy, I only could find a former Harvard track coach who passed in late March. I do not remember Russ McCurdy as I did not follow UNH women’s ice hockey until later. But, yeah, “one would think” that McCurdy will be recognized at the UNH women’s ice hockey home opener this fall.
 
Chuck Murray said:
Nice article on the late UNH Women's Hockey head coach Russ McCurdy in this weekend's U-L, pages C1 & C4, courtesy of Alex Hall. Sounds like he was a wonderful mentor, and right person/right place kinda thing.

Has the U done anything yet to mark the passing of one of their all-time greats, freak?
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Finally posted an article on Friday. Afaik, that's it.
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In between, they found time to post about the new ticketing, marketing and fundraising platform, as well as Rich being appointed to the NCAA Division I council.
 
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freak said:
Finally posted an article on Friday. Afaik, that's it.
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In between, they found time to post about the new ticketing, marketing and fundraising platform, as well as Rich being appointed to the NCAA Division I council.
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If I can ask ... what are the two (coaching?) records listed in your signature, freak?
 
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