Nathan Eric Hampton wrote:
 
> As for the "wrong goalie" your're looking in the wrong spot. Minnesota's
> defense, as in "included among his saves were eight point-blank shots", is
> what is wrong. North Dakota skated around, over, and through the Gopher
> defense in the semifinal game. It is team defense that Woog does not coach
> (take out Crowley and when has the U had good defense, and was Crowley a team defender?)
 
You mean take out Crowley, or the years Crowley was playing?  A fair chunk of the reason the
Gophers defense was good were a couple of guys named Zwakman and Wasley.  And a bunch of
fine back checking forwards, led by Nick Checco.  Minnesota made two Frozen Four appearances
in the mid-90s riding team defense.
 
> Besides, Woog always claims the reason HE never wins the NCAA title is that
> HIS Minnesota-only policy prevents him from recruiting good goalies. Wake up
> you bespeckled midget, you had the only Hobey Baker winning goalie and still
> couldn't do it. Without his no-goalie excuse, Woog would be stripped naked
> revealing his coaching inadequacies. (Sorry, what an ugly visual that is).
> Personal responsibility for shortcomings is not a Woog strong suit.
 
Uh, oh.  Nathan, that neurotic inferiority complex is showing again.  This paragraph says as
much about its writer as it does its subject.
 
J. Michael Neal
 
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