Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
Just seemed to me that the vitriol has increased slightly since the "announcement"
Just seemed to me that the vitriol has increased slightly since the "announcement"
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UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
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Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
Well, I was going to say "I understand" but you would immediately reply with "NO YOU DON'T!" Like my parents used to do, so I'll refrain. Anyway, fair enough.
Well, I was going to say "I understand" but you would immediately reply with "NO YOU DON'T!" Like my parents used to do, so I'll refrain. Anyway, fair enough.
Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
OK. Well maybe you have better recall and/or more "inside knowledge" than I do, but it seemed to me "we" were calling for him to resign about five years before he actually did. In fact, when he won in '09 there was a mini panic with comments like, "Oh, great...glad they won but now he'll want to stay another ten years!"
OK. Well maybe you have better recall and/or more "inside knowledge" than I do, but it seemed to me "we" were calling for him to resign about five years before he actually did. In fact, when he won in '09 there was a mini panic with comments like, "Oh, great...glad they won but now he'll want to stay another ten years!"
Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
Meanwhile Mike McShane is going for his fourth or fifth(lost count) NC at Norwich tomorrow night. Same age as Umile or even a year older. Exception to the theory that coaching is a young man's game I guess!
PS. I hate autocorrect!
Meanwhile Mike McShane is going for his fourth or fifth(lost count) NC at Norwich tomorrow night. Same age as Umile or even a year older. Exception to the theory that coaching is a young man's game I guess!
PS. I hate autocorrect!
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You're right...no you don't haha. No biggie you get used to it ho hum. I was just starting to follow UNH when BU had their down year back in 13-14...and then came the Eichel year so there's that. (UNH did beat BU at home that year tho). Will be rooting for BU in the night cap so good luck!'
Nick Papagiorgio
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Yeah Nick...there are quite a few who do still travel and support the team. Hard to believe I know.
Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
You missed the point as usual.
You missed the point as usual.
Chuck Murray
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Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
Isn't McShane the guy who gave Umile his first D-1 job as an assistant at Providence in the '80's?
I don't want to speak for others ... but I know I wanted to wait and see what happened first before pushing the "vitriol" button. I made the case for there never being a more opportune (and less expensive) time to buy him out of the final year of his contract. It turned out Coach obviously wasn't going to walk away of his own volition - or at least positioned himself that way, so as not to forfeit what was owed him on Year 3 of the Incredible Shrinking Lifetime Contract - which left the ball in our uber-experienced AD's court. But just like his paisan HC, he choked when his spotlight moment arrived.
True story ... my wife barely follows UNH Hockey, and what she gets is probably from myself and the kids talking about it when we're together (they're both UNH grads and adults now - one is married even). She "broke" the news to me on Wednesday, and asked what I thought was a very perceptive question (quoted almost verbatim) ...
"Does Mike Souza really need 3 years of practice to take over the job?"
Isn't McShane the guy who gave Umile his first D-1 job as an assistant at Providence in the '80's?
Just seemed to me that the vitriol has increased slightly since the "announcement"
I don't want to speak for others ... but I know I wanted to wait and see what happened first before pushing the "vitriol" button. I made the case for there never being a more opportune (and less expensive) time to buy him out of the final year of his contract. It turned out Coach obviously wasn't going to walk away of his own volition - or at least positioned himself that way, so as not to forfeit what was owed him on Year 3 of the Incredible Shrinking Lifetime Contract - which left the ball in our uber-experienced AD's court. But just like his paisan HC, he choked when his spotlight moment arrived.
True story ... my wife barely follows UNH Hockey, and what she gets is probably from myself and the kids talking about it when we're together (they're both UNH grads and adults now - one is married even). She "broke" the news to me on Wednesday, and asked what I thought was a very perceptive question (quoted almost verbatim) ...
"Does Mike Souza really need 3 years of practice to take over the job?"
Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
How on earth is David Quinn "inexperienced" in coaching? He was Parker's Associate head Coach. He was also an assistant coach at Northeastern, University of Nebraska-Omaha and was head coach of the U17 team. I think that's a solid resume. How experienced is Mike Souza?
How on earth is David Quinn "inexperienced" in coaching? He was Parker's Associate head Coach. He was also an assistant coach at Northeastern, University of Nebraska-Omaha and was head coach of the U17 team. I think that's a solid resume. How experienced is Mike Souza?
I agree. Quinn has a lot of experience and Souza has little. That's why I said exactly that...
Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
Wow, after your response to my post in the BU vs NU QF thread and this quoted gem, I've learned you are really bad with reading comprehension.
Wow, after your response to my post in the BU vs NU QF thread and this quoted gem, I've learned you are really bad with reading comprehension.
Darius
Go 'cats!
Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
Waiting on Nick to tell 'ref how she missed the point as usual.
Compelling reading here on the UNH thread name is passe forum.
Go UML.
Practice = experience. What's the problem?"Does Mike Souza really need 3 years of practice to take over the job?"
Waiting on Nick to tell 'ref how she missed the point as usual.
Compelling reading here on the UNH thread name is passe forum.
Go UML.
Re: UNH Wildcats 2017 Off-season: The Clash Question
I read too fast, admittedly so, but in your case, not one of your posts on these boards indicated to me that the post I commented on was anything less than serious and a dig at the team and Quinn. Apologies for not noting the sarcasm and humor. It's so rare from you! You should do it more often.
Apologies to you as well Dan. I tend to skim more often then not and given the posts responding to chickod that initiated the conversation, I hope you can see why I thought you were calling out Quinn as inexperienced.
Any. Way. Topic? Do you guys think Umile's ego had something to do with this in that he's looking to be recognized throughout the season with a "good bye tour?" Regardless if there are increased win totals next year, he'll be the senior, long time coach, calling it a career instead of stepping down after that loss to UML. This way he pretty much controls the narrative.
I read too fast, admittedly so, but in your case, not one of your posts on these boards indicated to me that the post I commented on was anything less than serious and a dig at the team and Quinn. Apologies for not noting the sarcasm and humor. It's so rare from you! You should do it more often.
Apologies to you as well Dan. I tend to skim more often then not and given the posts responding to chickod that initiated the conversation, I hope you can see why I thought you were calling out Quinn as inexperienced.
Any. Way. Topic? Do you guys think Umile's ego had something to do with this in that he's looking to be recognized throughout the season with a "good bye tour?" Regardless if there are increased win totals next year, he'll be the senior, long time coach, calling it a career instead of stepping down after that loss to UML. This way he pretty much controls the narrative.
HockeyRef
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Practice = experience. What's the problem?
Waiting on Nick to tell 'ref how she missed the point as usual.
Compelling reading here on the UNH thread name is passe forum.
Go UML.
Am here waiting for the games to begin. Go UML. Said with minimal enthusiasm but given the circumstances...Did Nick say something? I must've been doing my nails or something
This! Exactly!! I think that you and E.J. are the only ones here who get it. I never liked DU's on-ice coaching, from his irritating and usually poorly timed whistles for line changes, to his inability to make adjustments between periods when getting out-coached by those with inferior talented players, to allowing his players to sit back on leads back in the day. This poor coaching during regular season after regular season anways caught up with him in the post-season, such as his holding one of his three forwards back the entire NC game in Buffalo, to letting the RIT Tigers take over the regionals game in Albany that should have been an automatic trip to the FF after his team dispatched Cornell. I could go on and on and on, but typing on iPhone is too big a pain.
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