Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

[sandiegoblkbr]

Re: Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

These rumors circulating are ridiculous. Whitehead will be back........hopefully, armed with a contract extension. We can't afford to lose recruits because the administration drags its feet (like they did with Cosgrove this past fall/winter). Whitehead deserves the chance to develop the current group of younger players........they look very solid.

[all bear]

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Yes, Whitey also developed Nyquist, Flynn and Abbot. How'd that work out? Which brings up a point. Here you have 2 Hobey finalists and the best any of those teams can do is drag themselves into 1 NCAA quarterfinal where they get their azz handed to them. Pretty solid proof of poor coaching if you ask me. 2 Hobey FINALISTS, and thats all you got ??

Que Sandie here to tell me how crazy I am and how Whitey is our hero.

Just sitting back day dreaming here, but can you imagine the instant buzz there would be around the program and the University if Abbott brought in one of those guys to start out the next season?

[sandiegoblkbr]

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Yes, Whitey also developed Nyquist, Flynn and Abbot. How'd that work out? Which brings up a point. Here you have 2 Hobey finalists and the best any of those teams can do is drag themselves into 1 NCAA quarterfinal where they get their azz handed to them. Pretty solid proof of poor coaching if you ask me. 2 Hobey FINALISTS, and thats all you got ??

Que Sandie here to tell me how crazy I am and how Whitey is our hero.

Just sitting back day dreaming here, but can you imagine the instant buzz there would be around the program and the University if Abbott brought in one of those guys to start out the next season?

IF Abbott decides to go in a different direction (I'd rather see a new coach than to have Whitehead keep coaching without an extension)........the table will be set in goal with Ouellette and Morris. With solid goaltenders, Maine needs to learn how to develop its offense. If there is one place that I can fault Whitehead, it is the difficulty that he has had in developing a quick crisp attack on opposing goaltenders. Here's hoping that improves next season........I'm confident that Coach W will see this as an area to improve upon.

[KnowItAll]

Yes Wally, but you're royalty. She would never deign to speak to one of the commoners

I told her that I was a moderator on uscho and she completely melted !!!

[Nick Papagiorgio]

Re: Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

I told her that I was a moderator on uscho and she completely melted !!!

Well done.

[Priceless]

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I was told he will leave the Leafs..he knows Maine.. more importantly, he knows Maine hockey.

No, he doesn't. He was a sparkling 20-13-2 in his time filling in for Shawn Walsh in 1995-96 and 1996-97. Walsh led the same teams to 14-3-3 and 15-3-0 in the time he wasn't suspended. And that was two decades ago. In six seasons at the helm of Northeastern he was 17 games under .500 with only 2008-09 keeping his record from truly sucking. So why would Maine be eager to welcome him back?

[all bear]

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No, he doesn't. He was a sparkling 20-13-2 in his time filling in for Shawn Walsh in 1995-96 and 1996-97. Walsh led the same teams to 14-3-3 and 15-3-0 in the time he wasn't suspended. And that was two decades ago. In six seasons at the helm of Northeastern he was 17 games under .500 with only 2008-09 keeping his record from truly sucking. So why would Maine be eager to welcome him back?

Because Whitehead is currently umpteen games under 500 ??

[Priceless]

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Because Whitehead is currently umpteen games under 500 ??

Really? His overall record is 325-262-64 (.548), his record at Maine is 249-169-53 (.585) and in the last six years is 95-100-27 (.489). This will be his third season under .500

And you think it's a good idea to replace him with a coach with an even worse record? Interesting.

[revoman]

Re: Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

I know this might be too positive for some of you folks here. No denying the team isn't what it once was, but here's a feature story I did on Maine hockey, Alfond with some tidbits of this year's team.sbn.to/XPp6RD

Dead on...last line was perfect.

[all bear]

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Really? His overall record is 325-262-64 (.548), his record at Maine is 249-169-53 (.585) and in the last six years is 95-100-27 (.489). This will be his third season under .500

And you think it's a good idea to replace him with a coach with an even worse record? Interesting.

Was talking about this season. So you dont think Cro would do a better job than Whitey at UMaine huh? Interesting.

Have you forgotten Timmays stellar 10-17-7 record this year? Maine may have finally reached Chriss!!!!s benchmark this year.

[Nick Papagiorgio]

Re: Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

Really? His overall record is 325-262-64 (.548), his record at Maine is 249-169-53 (.585) and in the last six years is 95-100-27 (.489). This will be his third season under .500

And you think it's a good idea to replace him with a coach with an even worse record? Interesting.

You are really arguing about records knowing that Cronin had things trending up in a ridiculous manner prior to leaving NU? If he was still there his teams would have been pretty freaking good... better than anything Whitehead produced at Maine once the Walsh residuals were gone. I feel comfortable saying that. Cronin also inherited a disaster, which drags down his record tremendously. Whitehead had the opposite effect, inheriting a solid team that bumped his record up.

[all bear]

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You are really arguing about records knowing that Cronin had things trending up in a ridiculous manner prior to leaving NU? If he was still there his teams would have been pretty freaking good... better than anything Whitehead produced at Maine once the Walsh residuals were gone. I feel comfortable saying that. Cronin also inherited a disaster, which drags down his record tremendously. Whitehead had the opposite effect, inheriting a solid team that bumped his record up.

2 things impossible to do on this board. Make any sense from things you or priceless say.

[Priceless]

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2 things impossible to do on this board. Make any sense from things you or priceless say.

I realize facts and numbers have a known bias but I still like to use them rather than purely subjective criteria. That can be difficult for some minds to process so I'll dumb it down for you: Cronin bad. Do not hire.

Was Cronin "trending up" when Northeastern went from 25 to 16 wins or 16 to 14?

[all bear]

Re: Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

I realize facts and numbers have a known bias but I still like to use them rather than purely subjective criteria. That can be difficult for some minds to process so I'll dumb it down for you: Cronin bad. Do not hire.

Was Cronin "trending up" when Northeastern went from 25 to 16 wins or 16 to 14?

Gimp, I doubt I will have any trouble with numbers. So who TF do you think was talking about trending ? Geezus, pay attention.

[northeastern]

Re: Maine 2012-2013 Fade to Black

Cronin bad. Do not hire.

..could not disagree with you more. Although (again), hope he does not take the helm.. as i so want him to come back to NU. Of course that will not happen.. just wishful thinking on my part.