Originally posted by chickod
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O'Connell meanwhile had the HC job thrust upon him in one offseason and had to work with an HC who didn't check out of recruiting a decade ago. One could easily make the case these aren't all his guys. They are all Souza's guys - case closed. Two of BUs are also narrow losses on the rod at a top-10 program that has been VERY good recently. As an outsider the angst in the BU thread the last few years seems to be frustration with merely being very good and in the mix instead of dominating the competition. The situations are not remotely comparable in my opinion...
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No Snively, he has done nothing to seize anything yet. The team doesn't look significantly changed in any real way - while the Cora team, with the same roster sans one player, has been notably better, more confident and more exciting since spring training day one. His culture was implemented immediately and the same players played much better. The difference between the two immediate impacts is palpable...
Two weekends are not a referendum on Souza's future - but negative Dan predicted the team would be 2-1-1 at this point. So, 0-3-1 is not a good result. They need to beat UVM, as I predicted they would, or that might be a real hint were in for a long season, because the next run of opponents - including UMass - is really strong. After UVM, Miami is probably the worst they'll see (whoopee for me!) until the Dartmouth series and even they're improved...
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