Re: BU 2017 Season Thread II: Terriers rising
I don't think Sullivan would have been a better choice - I think he has always wanted to be an NHL coach and if he took the job at BU, he would leave at the first chance he got.
I don't know what to tell you about the idea of players developing under Parker. Did they really? Did Ryan Whitney get any better? Kenny Roche? Dan Spang? What happened to Kevin Schaeffer? Mark Mullen and Frantisek Skladany? Greg Johnson? Ken Magowan? Most of the guys who did develop under Parker since 2000 did so while Quinn was associate head coach.
I also don't understand the assertion that Quinn hasn't developed anyone since he became head coach. MacLeod and Somerby are much better now than they were when they first came to BU. Say what you want about McAvoy's more recent struggles, he is still a better player now than in October 2015. Krys has shown a good deal of improvement over the past couple months. Keller, Greenway, JFK, Carpenter have all improved significantly. Going back to the past two seasons, O'Regan, Rodrigues, Grizz, Lane, Hohmann, Moran. Look at the improvement we got from Ahti. I think it is silly to suggest he hasn't developed a single player in the past four years.
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I don't know what to tell you about the idea of players developing under Parker. Did they really? Did Ryan Whitney get any better? Kenny Roche? Dan Spang? What happened to Kevin Schaeffer? Mark Mullen and Frantisek Skladany? Greg Johnson? Ken Magowan? Most of the guys who did develop under Parker since 2000 did so while Quinn was associate head coach.
I also don't understand the assertion that Quinn hasn't developed anyone since he became head coach. MacLeod and Somerby are much better now than they were when they first came to BU. Say what you want about McAvoy's more recent struggles, he is still a better player now than in October 2015. Krys has shown a good deal of improvement over the past couple months. Keller, Greenway, JFK, Carpenter have all improved significantly. Going back to the past two seasons, O'Regan, Rodrigues, Grizz, Lane, Hohmann, Moran. Look at the improvement we got from Ahti. I think it is silly to suggest he hasn't developed a single player in the past four years.
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