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Originally posted by MGoBlueHockey View PostI hate Jim Delany. This is the same out of touch ****** that invited Rutgers to the conference thinking it would work outBGSU Class of 2017
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Here's a blog post that puts a great perspective on this whole thing:
http://www.withoutapeer.com/2015/11/a-rigged-game.html
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For thirteen years, Tom Anastos watched college hockey flourish under his leadership of the CCHA. But now that he is currently 32-39-11 (.457) as a head coach, it's apparently all the small schools fault in recruiting "overaged canadians" that his team sucks and can't win games.
No problem with schools recruiting the would-be 25 year old seniors when he controlled 12 teams. Now that he controls one, it's a problem.“Demolish the bridges behind you… then there is no choice but to build again.”
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Originally posted by Red Cows View PostHere's a blog post that puts a great perspective on this whole thing:
http://www.withoutapeer.com/2015/11/a-rigged-game.html
And to paraphrase an earlier post, the best thing that could possibly happen to college sports (not just hockey) would be for the Power-5 to breakaway, do its own thing with its own kind, and let college sports go back to being college sports."Through the years, we ever will acclaim........"
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Originally posted by Red Cows View PostHere's a blog post that puts a great perspective on this whole thing:
http://www.withoutapeer.com/2015/11/a-rigged-game.html
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Originally posted by Split-N View PostThis is a tremendous read. So do yourselves a favor and read it, if you haven't already.Monty
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Yet another view...
Current Minnesota Wild defenseman Christian Folin is certain this policy would have prevented him from playing in the NHL.
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Originally posted by Stratus View PostWould the proposed change increase or decrease the graduation rate of the athletes in question?
Call me idealistic, but this is *college* and that ought to be one of the first concerns.
1. From at least some comments online (from professors that CHN retweeted), older students are more able to handle both the workload and playing hockey.
2. Most players coming in at that age aren't playing in the NHL, so they are going to go through 4 years of college to graduate, as opposed to an 18-yo draft prospect who is more likely to jump to juniors (if even just by the virtue that they can) or sign a professional deal.Former Harvard Hockey broadcaster on 95.3 FM and WHRB.org.
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Originally posted by The Exiled One View Post
Originally posted by alslammerz View PostProbably decrease, for two reasons.
1. From at least some comments online (from professors that CHN retweeted), older students are more able to handle both the workload and playing hockey.
2. Most players coming in at that age aren't playing in the NHL, so they are going to go through 4 years of college to graduate, as opposed to an 18-yo draft prospect who is more likely to jump to juniors (if even just by the virtue that they can) or sign a professional deal.
2. This makes no sense to me. There isn't suddenly going to be a higher ratio of 18 year old draft picks going to the NHL coming in vs. older players just because they lower the age one year. For the most part, the very same guys would be coming into NCAA hockey. They would just be brought in a year earlier at 20, rather than be in juniors an extra year.Originally posted by WiscTJKI'm with Wisko and Tim.Originally posted by Timothy AOther than Wisko McBadgerton and Badger Bob, who is universally loved by all?
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Originally posted by Ralph Baer View PostNorth Michigan head coach Walt Kyle not holding back, and I agree with a lot of what he says here. pic.twitter.com/LchebItC2R
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Originally posted by UMLFan View PostYes, it really was. Thanks to Red Cows for the original find.
College hockey continues to change. Beyond the Big Ten, it started changing again last year when Arizona State decided to go varsity, a move which could well encourage more big money schools to do the same in parts of the country previously untouched by college hockey.
The Big 10 could go a long way to to restoring competitive balance for them if they just fielded a truly viable league. 6 teams isn't a viable league, IMHO. Ask the CHA how that one is going for them. This would solve scheduling problems, add rivalries, make the league "more telegenic", and most importantly, add credibility. Presumably, in such a league, more players would be attracted to playing in such a league as well. Add Nebraska, who is less than 3 weeks from having the last piece of the puzzle in place for them to add both men's and women's hockey (It is indeed ironic that the one school in the nation that is the most ideally situated to add a program on short notice is, in fact, actually in the Big 10) Add another school and have the Big 10 subsidize it's start-up, somehow. I can think of a lot of ways that could be done to benefit everyone in the league, whether they have hockey or not. It would be in the league's competitive and financial interest for it to do so. It would also provide an image boost.
If I am a player, I don't see the Big 10 as an attractive option for me at just 6 teams, total. Blue blood hockey programs or not. I think this is one of the reasons for the fall from grace. This is also a bad time for the league for Red to be a bazillion years old, too. My son isn't signing at a program with a coach that is just about to turn 76.Last edited by Red Cows; 11-25-2015, 10:30 AM.
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Originally posted by Wisko McBadgerton View PostI read that yesterday and my response was that his view is probably not true. He has the talent, and opportunities are quite often presented to talent. And he did leave Lowell after 2 years. But more importantly, it's completely irrelevant. I don't care if Folin's story, as great as it is, doesn't happen. NCAA policy shouldn't be driven by whether or not one, or an extra handful of guys, make it to the NHL.
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Originally posted by UMICH View PostSeriously, how many 18 year-olds have ever played in the NHL? Gretsky, Cindy Crosby, and Connor McDavid types don't come along too often. So basically that same 18 year-old could NOT go to the NHL.
I thought Michigan was a research university?
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