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WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

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I think we'll be officially dead as a program by sundown.

GFM
 
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net presence said:
What's going on Geof? What exactly are you hearing?
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Multiple people have told me that the University will have a press conference this afternoon to blame COVID-19 (presumably funding shortfalls and increased costs) for the inability to field men's ice hockey.

It's time. The program has been dead for a couple of years now. Let it go. The headwinds are just too strong.

GFM
 
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gfmorris said:
Multiple people have told me that the University will have a press conference this afternoon to blame COVID-19 (presumably funding shortfalls and increased costs) for the inability to field men's ice hockey.

It's time. The program has been dead for a couple of years now. Let it go. The headwinds are just too strong.

GFM
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That sucks... I know you've been frustrated with Corbs recently but, both he and his assistants are really good people and I'd hate to see that happen to them and their players. Mike is one of the best liked people in our game.
 
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gfmorris said:
I think we'll be officially dead as a program by sundown.

GFM
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Sorry to hear. one of the best road trip's in the WCHA .

a real hotel not some rundown 2 story walk up

no sno goes running at all hours

no 18 wheelers staging for the night

more than 2 flights a day airport

free pregame bar.
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free ride to games if to drunk to walk the 100 yards

17 beers on tap and mixed drinks to your seat at the arena

arena shamed most ccha low roofs

Thanks for the good times we had in Huntsville.
 
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Alaska Hockey said:
Sorry to hear. one of the best road trip's in the WCHA .

a real hotel not some rundown 2 story walk up

no sno goes running at all hours

no 18 wheelers staging for the night

more than 2 flights a day airport

free pregame bar.
.
free ride to games if to drunk to walk the 100 yards

17 beers on tap and mixed drinks to your seat at the arena

arena shamed most ccha low roofs

Thanks for the good times we had in Huntsville.
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While this is not a humorous topic, this was a good one. Belly laughed at it.
 
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I am so, so sorry to see the news Geof. This is terrible news. I wanted all the WCHA schools to make it though this and another realignment successfully.

This really, really blows.
 
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Really sad to hear this. Best of luck to their coaches and players.
 
Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

This is such depressing news. So sad for the players and the fans. :(
 
Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

gfmorris said:
Multiple people have told me that the University will have a press conference this afternoon to blame COVID-19 (presumably funding shortfalls and increased costs) for the inability to field men's ice hockey.

It's time. The program has been dead for a couple of years now. Let it go. The headwinds are just too strong.

GFM
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My condolences, terrible news for the UAH players, coaches and fans. It seems like the program just couldn't catch a break. I enjoyed my trips to Huntsville in the past and was hoping to make my third trip for the Lowell series. The best of luck to the coaches and players going forward. A sad day for College Hockey.
 
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It was time. I will not be participating in any of the "bring it back" groups. I do not have the time or energy to expend that I did in 2011.

I know that a lot of people — a lot of people — are really upset here. I'm only upset for the young men who agreed to make the trek to Alabama to play hockey and go to school and our coaches.

You can chuck all the spears that you want at the school. I get it. But at the end of the day, we as a fan base did not show enough interest in giving and attendance to the games. I point a finger at myself: I haven't given to the school in five years, and because of extensive weekend work commitments, I haven't been at a game in two full seasons. That may be why I'm not as upset about this as many folks are.

The school may have heard from the nCCHA schools that they weren't going to get in. "But Atlan—" UAH WAS NEVER GETTING INTO ATLANTIC HOCKEY. Ever. Ever. It was nCCHA or bust. Even though we can all chuck spears at LSSU and FSU —*and the other five schools need to think long and hard about expansion on almost any corner, because those two small, public schools could be reamed by pandemic stuff just like UAH was — the money just wasn't there.

Blame EJ Brophy. Blame Bob Altenkirch retiring (he would have canceled the program in this space). Blame Mack Portera. Blame the boosters for running Doug Ross off. Blame the VBC and the Havoc and whoever.

Downtown got better. UAH Hockey got way worse.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

GFM <— signing off for a while, perhaps forever.
 
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