bomberhockey
Registered User
Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition
Are you saying that UNH should not go after these extremely talented players and go for the next tier. Successfully getting any kid to say "yes" to UNH over BU, BC, MICH. Wisc., UND even Northeastern (the HUB- Beanpot) isn't that all a recruiter can do, if the kid decides to go pro or can't get in, is that recruiting?
If a kid gets accepted to BU, theoretically isn't he eligible for UNH acceptance? I suspect BU may have a criteria for Joe Average, and a slightly different (less) for Joe Hockey. President Huddleston could lean on admissions a little in certain cases so that the right ingredients could help make the only athletic Entree at UNH (Parcellisms)!! Joe Average may become the next Jack Welch but probably not while at UNH. Joe Hockey helps produce badly needed revenues, to an athletic department that has no where else to turn, while at UNH. I don't condone making UNH a hockey slum academically just lower it slightly for a few that will continue to make UNH a HE contender, and dare I say it NC!!
And 8 years ago you wouldn't have been worried about Lowell, UMass, Merrimack, but all the other boats have risen with the tide. BU and BC get the elite talent year in and year out, yet look at results y-t-y, would you be happy being a BU fan this year after going wire to wire last year. Or BC last year after their 07-08 year? Look at the PWR for HE wins-losses, even this year(down year with possibility of 1 team going to NCAA), they rank big!!
To use another Parcellism, UNH "is what it is" a second tier school fabulously achieving beyond what it should be. Year after year, in the hunt, a top 4 in HE, arguably the toughest conference in D1 hockey with a woefully low budget and fighting itself (Admissions) to even remain where it is, never mind get to the top of the hill.
Are you saying that UNH should not go after these extremely talented players and go for the next tier. Successfully getting any kid to say "yes" to UNH over BU, BC, MICH. Wisc., UND even Northeastern (the HUB- Beanpot) isn't that all a recruiter can do, if the kid decides to go pro or can't get in, is that recruiting?
If a kid gets accepted to BU, theoretically isn't he eligible for UNH acceptance? I suspect BU may have a criteria for Joe Average, and a slightly different (less) for Joe Hockey. President Huddleston could lean on admissions a little in certain cases so that the right ingredients could help make the only athletic Entree at UNH (Parcellisms)!! Joe Average may become the next Jack Welch but probably not while at UNH. Joe Hockey helps produce badly needed revenues, to an athletic department that has no where else to turn, while at UNH. I don't condone making UNH a hockey slum academically just lower it slightly for a few that will continue to make UNH a HE contender, and dare I say it NC!!
And 8 years ago you wouldn't have been worried about Lowell, UMass, Merrimack, but all the other boats have risen with the tide. BU and BC get the elite talent year in and year out, yet look at results y-t-y, would you be happy being a BU fan this year after going wire to wire last year. Or BC last year after their 07-08 year? Look at the PWR for HE wins-losses, even this year(down year with possibility of 1 team going to NCAA), they rank big!!
To use another Parcellism, UNH "is what it is" a second tier school fabulously achieving beyond what it should be. Year after year, in the hunt, a top 4 in HE, arguably the toughest conference in D1 hockey with a woefully low budget and fighting itself (Admissions) to even remain where it is, never mind get to the top of the hill.