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Wisconsin Hockey 2019-20 Part II: Civil War

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druzy192 said:
Hate to say it but we should go after Rohlik. Doing more with much less. We take away his recruits (Dhoogies and Caufields) and he keeps doing better than us. Says alot right there.
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Holy ****, I’d forgotten about the fact that we poached the Dhooghes and the Caufields from Rohlik.


Timothy A said:
I just can't bring myself to believe Oz has lost it. He was way more experience with college/USHL aged players than TG does, he should be able to get through to the players.
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I just don’t know what to think of Oz anymore. He’s a <great> recruiter*, but he’s also the coach for our defensemen. And I don’t need to remind you guys that our defensive corps is where we have the greatest disparity between “NHL drafted talent” and “actual results”.

* Worth remembering that, as iron clad as our respect for Mark Johnson is, he wasn’t the best recruiter when that was his role under Sauer. Maybe having a guy like Oz around is the right balance (just let MJ focus on coaching), but what I’m saying is… don’t take for granted that Mark would be just as magical behind the men’s bench as he’s been behind the women’s bench (or against Commies).
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Holy ****, I’d forgotten about the fact that we poached the Dhooghes and the Caufields from Rohlik.

I just don’t know what to think of Oz anymore. He’s a <great> recruiter*, but he’s also the coach for our defensemen. And I don’t need to remind you guys that our defensive corps is where we have the greatest disparity between “NHL drafted talent” and “actual results”.

* Worth remembering that, as iron clad as our respect for Mark Johnson is, he wasn’t the best recruiter when that was his role under Sauer. Maybe having a guy like Oz around is the right balance (just let MJ focus on coaching), but what I’m saying is… don’t take for granted that Mark would be just as magical behind the men’s bench as he’s been behind the women’s bench (or against Commies).
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Oz....maybe he has taken a backseat to TG's philosophies on how the D should play and he's trying to get them to play TG's way and not the Oz way. How else to you explain what we are seeing and what we know Oz to be? Are all these D physically gifted but have the Hockey IQ of a Peewee C player?

MJ knows his X's and O's and his players play hard all the time and they play within the systems like machines, but he has created a situation where recruiting is "easy" compared to the men's game that I don't think is translatable to the men's game.
 
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Jesus, the turnovers and bad coverage on D and cherry picking forwards foregoing D continues. Winter break 7, Wisconsin 0. 🤣🤣
 
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Poached this from the Goofer thread. Sound familiar?

"Like many hockey coaches, Motzko told the Strib in November he subscribes to the theory that the first team to score three goals in a game usually wins. Then Motzko and his staff must take responsibility for the fact that the Gophers are 2-8-3 since Oct. with a GPG of 2.3. To add insult to injury the Gophers are now #4 among 60 teams in the NCAA in GA (3.47). That's poor defending (Raboin's dept.) and inconsistent goaltending.


The "this is a young team and we'll have to learn from this" excuse is getting old. We're 17 games in the season, are we going to hear this until March? Out of the 4 lines tonight, less than half are FR. That's manageable and that's teachable. "We're disappointed, we played hard tonight" said Motzko...ok but you lost! Is this what Pride on Ice has descended too...moral victory mantras?

In the meantime, chicken little is knocking at the door and this season is just about toast."
 
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solovsfett said:
On another note at least Roger Penske has brought great news to indycar. So my other sports passion will be climbing mountains soon.
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Since we're filling in the dead time....RP did openwheel a solid when he bought the Speedway and the series. That man is "Gold, Jerry, GOLD!" It's exciting to ponder the future of the sport with a stable and mega successful person with stable and mega successful minions running it for him. I should probably get back into the open wheel thread, but I have limited time and the women's site is fun with about 14 of us keeping the threads rolling and having fun poking fun of eachother.
 
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WiscTJK said:
Poached this from the Goofer thread. Sound familiar?

"Like many hockey coaches, Motzko told the Strib in November he subscribes to the theory that the first team to score three goals in a game usually wins. Then Motzko and his staff must take responsibility for the fact that the Gophers are 2-8-3 since Oct. with a GPG of 2.3. To add insult to injury the Gophers are now #4 among 60 teams in the NCAA in GA (3.47). That's poor defending (Raboin's dept.) and inconsistent goaltending.


The "this is a young team and we'll have to learn from this" excuse is getting old. We're 17 games in the season, are we going to hear this until March? Out of the 4 lines tonight, less than half are FR. That's manageable and that's teachable. "We're disappointed, we played hard tonight" said Motzko...ok but you lost! Is this what Pride on Ice has descended too...moral victory mantras?

In the meantime, chicken little is knocking at the door and this season is just about toast."
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That's comical because a few weeks ago some of the boys across the room were laughing at us trashing Granato.
 
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Dylan Holloway doesn't make Canada's World Junior Team. I have a hard time understanding that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Badgers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Badgers</a> forward Dylan Holloway won't be in the World Juniors this season.<a href="https://t.co/2SLwRLcsOJ">https://t.co/2SLwRLcsOJ</a></p>— Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/status/1205331190930190341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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WiscTJK said:
Dylan Holloway doesn't make Canada's World Junior Team. I have a hard time understanding that.
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Maybe they are just that stacked (probably not) or it is a political thing and they are punishing him for playing college hockey in the US.
 
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Timothy A said:
Maybe they are just that stacked (probably not) or it is a political thing and they are punishing him for playing college hockey in the US.
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I got the impression from twitter that some other great players from college were released as well. Seems to me they are punishing kids for going to college.
 
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solovsfett said:
Real smart. I hope Canada gets knocked on their asses each game.
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from CHN: Canada cut 3 of the 4 NCAA players it had on its World Junior camp roster ... Wis F Dylan Holloway, BC F Alex Newhook and Quinnipiac D Peter Diliberatore ... That leaves North Dakota D Jacob Bernard-Docker as the only one left.
 
WiscTJK said:
from CHN: Canada cut 3 of the 4 NCAA players it had on its World Junior camp roster ... Wis F Dylan Holloway, BC F Alex Newhook and Quinnipiac D Peter Diliberatore ... That leaves North Dakota D Jacob Bernard-Docker as the only one left.
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They’re too proud. NCAA has been the growing trend since Brian Rafalski overcame the “he’s too small, he’s NCAA” garbage in the late 90’s. I hope Canadian players don’t use this as an excuse to avoid the NCAA.
 
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Canadian Badgers at the WJC:

2009- Cody Goloubef (won Gold)
2008- Kyle Turris (won Gold)
2001- Dany Heatley (won Bronze)
2000- Dany Heatley (won Bronze)
1986- Scott Mellanby (won Silver)
1983- Pat Flatley (won Bronze)

Jan-Ake Danielson and Ulvis Katlaps also played for other countries. (Sweden and USSR, respectively), and also each time won medals.
 
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The Canadians haven't received a Gold for 10 years. Maybe they should swallow their pride and take the best. (Or not)
 
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