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Wisconsin Hockey 22-23 Empty Dreams & Empty Seats

Timothy A said:
I think his biggest fault is he's a bad college coach. He can recruit, but coach he can't.
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The posts earlier about other coaches taking years to build a winning program made me think a minute...but then I remember the consistent lack of intensity/heart and d-zone issues with alot of his teams... the basic stuff you gotta get right. If you can't teach kids to play hard and be in the right spot most of the time in the d-zone then 1) you are not teaching it or 2) the kids are not listening to you. Neither is good.

Plus it's not like Granato is a first time coach he's been doing it a while.

Anyway. Same old same old.
 
I was at the volleyball game with my wife at the Kohl last night and it was wild. Awesome. My first volleyball game ever and it was exciting. I was surprised how entertaining it was in person. Great action. High energy, student section getting crazy. Even though they lost I would 100% go back.

Reminded me of when the hockey badgers used to pack the kohl and be good. My wife isn't a hockey fan and doesn't know much badger hockey history. I kept telling her this was like how hockey games used to be (but more crazy) and that if the hockey team ever gets good again we're buying season tickets. I was freaking super pumped up. In the back of my head I was thinking "not gonna be anytime soon".


On that note I recommend going to a v-ball game. Those girls are great athletes.
 
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druzy192 said:
The posts earlier about other coaches taking years to build a winning program made me think a minute...but then I remember the consistent lack of intensity/heart and d-zone issues with alot of his teams... the basic stuff you gotta get right. If you can't teach kids to play hard and be in the right spot most of the time in the d-zone then 1) you are not teaching it or 2) the kids are not listening to you. Neither is good.

Plus it's not like Granato is a first time coach he's been doing it a while.

Anyway. Same old same old.
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Well thanks for bringing this from page 3 to the first. I was wondering how long until someone posted. Interest in the program has to be at all time lows.

Anyway, you are correct in your assessment, I believe. The basics appear to be missing half the time and energy seems to be low a lot of times.
 
The biggest question of the season.....will I be able to follow thru of my vow to not buy any men's game tickets while TG is still the coach? I look at this situation through some of the words of a great song by the Offspring:

"I wrote her off for the tenth time today
And practiced all the things I would say
But she came over I lost my nerve
I took her back and made her dessert"

Or this verse

"Late at night, she knocks on my door
Drunk again and looking to score
Now I know I should say no but
It's kind of hard when she's ready to go"

So it looks like I will fail.
 
Timothy A said:
The biggest question of the season.....will I be able to follow thru of my vow to not buy any men's game tickets while TG is still the coach? I look at this situation through some of the words of a great song by the Offspring:

"I wrote her off for the tenth time today
And practiced all the things I would say
But she came over I lost my nerve
I took her back and made her dessert"

Or this verse

"Late at night, she knocks on my door
Drunk again and looking to score
Now I know I should say no but
It's kind of hard when she's ready to go"

So it looks like I will fail.
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I usually try to go to the Minnesota series. It’s late in the year so I will have a good feel on if they stand a chance or not.
 
WiscTJK said:
Picked by coaches to be 4th with OSU, PSU and MSU below the Badgers. I will be shocked if that happens.

https://madison.com/sports/college/...tent=7f9900377101d248c4b36fa436a8d8c325175fcc
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I’d be surprised if they get to 14 wins this year total. Probably 6-7th place in the league.

also… I’m really sick of B10 hockey. It’s been how many years and I just don't care about Notre Dame, MSU, tOSU and Ped State.

I still DO care about Northern Michigan, Minnesota, St, Cloud, Denver, CC, MTU, UMD and Nodak.
 
I realize it’s “hip” and “cool” to be a downer on here, but I refuse. I wouldn’t be shocked if they got higher than 4th. They have the right mix of players and a new associate head coach who has experience with a winning coach. We at least get to figure out if Strobel wasn’t a good fit. Remember, G2O was 20-15-1 in their first year.
 
digitalbooya said:
I realize it’s “hip” and “cool” to be a downer on here, but I refuse. I wouldn’t be shocked if they got higher than 4th. They have the right mix of players and a new associate head coach who has experience with a winning coach. We at least get to figure out if Strobel wasn’t a good fit. Remember, G2O was 20-15-1 in their first year.
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hip and cool? Hardly. Realistic - I try to be.
 
digitalbooya said:
I realize it’s “hip” and “cool” to be a downer on here, but I refuse. I wouldn’t be shocked if they got higher than 4th. They have the right mix of players and a new associate head coach who has experience with a winning coach. We at least get to figure out if Strobel wasn’t a good fit. Remember, G2O was 20-15-1 in their first year.
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I'd love nothing more than for them to make the ncaa this year, but last year's debacle sucked the last drop of positivity right out of me. When I see it, I will believe it.
 
Well…let’s see McIntosh respond to this shit show.

The football team’s decline into a 7-5 or 6-6 type team will provide cover for Granato and Oseicki not winning in men’s hockey.
 
WiscTJK said:
Goofers are preseason #1 at CHN, 2nd at USCHO. I hope they don't get their 6th title this year. Motzko has them moving in the right direction for sure. They added Steve Miller as an assistant coach.

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2022/09/27_2022-23-CHN-Preseason-Top.php
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TG needed an assistant, but yet they can't connect with Miller. I think he was a rodent before MS was gone, but I doubt TG would have been smart enough to try and hire Miller if he was available.

Hey, there's a game this weekend. I am debating on going simply due to the cheapness of the tickets. It kinds blows up the whole day Sunday being at 1 though.
 
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