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Originally posted by DeepRed72 View PostI would really try to understand how you can be optimistic. Exactly what is your basis? Granted, last season was so horrid there couldn't help but be some improvement this year. However after what we saw last night, if Kazzy bolts does it look like we have an able replacement in the net? An 'uptick' from mediocrity after 10 years of disappointments isn't a reason for optimism. Sorry, but I'm not taking the same meds as you apparently."Rick not want to be know as tough guy, Rick want to be known as team guy" Rick "Mongo" Bennett
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Just a look at the returning players for next year.
Forwards:
Melanson-Nanne-Bourbonnais
Liljegren-Ohrvall-Wood
Gillespie-Rodriquez-Cleary
Tironese-Wiffen-DeVito
Defensemen:
Prapavessis-Grant
Reno-Moore
Bell-Wilson
Goalie:
Hackett
I believe that this a very good core, coming back with great experience. There are not a lot of holes in this group and if we can keep them healthy, we can easily build on this season. JMOThose who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
Gary Player
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Re: RPI 2016 Off Season thread: A Drivel-free Summer
yesterday's highlights and lowlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AmIK3B3LIU
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Originally posted by hawthr View PostI feel for this team...they were a pleasure to watch this season.
I hope coach and next year's team can keep this approach to the game going strong next year.
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Originally posted by fr. joe View PostAbsolutely! This team always put out, played for one another. Truly a pleasure to watch.
I hope coach and next year's team can keep this approach to the game going strong next year.
I also think there is no question that next year will be better - and that there will be more offense. Even without any new guys, I expect us to score more - just based on maturation of 28, 39, 19 and 13. Plus, I like the look of 14 and 27 leading the team as seniors. And I expect more good things from 23 and 25.
To me there are two possible off season questions to worry about. Whether or not we lose 33 is the big one, but hey.. he's done his 4 years, and I do think we'll be OK with Hackett. An unforeseen early departure, especially if it is 13 or 19, is the other. Those two boys are key for this team IMO.
So... reasonably good season boys. Looking forward to a better next season. I'll pick us 3rd but don't feel that a run at 1st is a totally crazy idea.
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Originally posted by DeepRed72 View PostFor the sake of the team and for Kazzy's career, I do hope that Buffalo does not call him up and he gets to play another year for us. Frankly he has not returned to the form he had as a freshman. He did make many spectacular saves this season but he also had a tendency lately to let in a softie or two at an importune time (like OT). And his decision making could sometimes be brought into question. He made one god-awful decision in the third period of the second Brown game to go behind the net and almost cost us the game right there. From what I witnessed last night Hackett is not the answer.
I also expect the offense to improve next year. I'm a little concerned about the D. Hopefully, we'll see another late surprise defensive recruit (preferably right-handed) come in to help solidify the back line.
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Originally posted by hawthr View PostLast night was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen in a game"Rick not want to be know as tough guy, Rick want to be known as team guy" Rick "Mongo" Bennett
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Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View PostAnd heaven forbid you show any dissent...
It is never about the content of what you say. We know you are lying to yourself when you pretend that it is.
You walk into a party where people are enjoying themselves, and deliberately pass gas, because you find it amusing when people complain about the smell. That is not "dissent" that is just rude."Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."
"Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats
"People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom
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Originally posted by FreshFish View PostJust to make it crystal clear, no one complains about your "dissent," and we all know that you are deceiving yourself when you employ that kind of rationalization. ServinisScores and DrD offer as much or more "dissent" as you do, yet no one complains because of the manner in which they express themselves.
It is never about the content of what you say. We know you are lying to yourself when you pretend that it is.
You walk into a party where people are enjoying themselves, and deliberately pass gas, because you find it amusing when people complain about the smell. That is not "dissent" that is just rude.Keep an open mind. Just don't be so open-minded that your brain falls out.
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Originally posted by FreshFish View PostJust to make it crystal clear, no one complains about your "dissent," and we all know that you are deceiving yourself when you employ that kind of rationalization. ServinisScores and DrD offer as much or more "dissent" as you do, yet no one complains because of the manner in which they express themselves.
It is never about the content of what you say. We know you are lying to yourself when you pretend that it is.
You walk into a party where people are enjoying themselves, and deliberately pass gas, because you find it amusing when people complain about the smell. That is not "dissent" that is just rude.
We all have problems with the way this team has been run since 1995. And most of us have given our thoughts on the subject.
What we don't do, and what Dude does is project negativity into the future. Even within games. He will complain about our power play before they even drop the puck. Now we all know that our PP is awful, but we still have hope with each coming pp that this will be the one that we score on. But he needs to interject his negativism with ridiculous comments. It just gets old.Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
Gary Player
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