You can have your TOM POTI I've seen him play numerous times, must get
caught up ice at least ten times a game, and is not physicall at all.
I over heard the Might Ducks scout say he is the most overated player
he's seen in some time, he went on to say he's not physical enough, and
is a wing playing defense!
 
 
On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Sean Pickett wrote:
 
> Troy Taylor wrote:
>
> > Is the BU-CM monopoly beginnig to fall? UNH snuck in this year and
> > took the best player on possibly the only D1 kid of this years CM
> > team.  From what I hear Jack Parker was not at all pleased with it.
> > Steve O'Brien maybe the one to start the demise of the "BU farm
> > team".  Just a little fuel for the fire.
>
> The Boston University-Cathloic Memorial monopoly is, and always has
> been, a myth.  The one example I can give of the top of my head is CM
> star goalie Jim Carey, who went to Wisconsin and not BU.  I am sure
> that there are several other top CM players who did not go to BU.
>
> As for Jack Parker being "not at all pleased" about Steve O'Brien
> deciding to attend UNH, so what?  I expect that every head coach is
> "not at all pleased" when a top prospect decides to attend another
> school.  I doubt Jack is worried about losing the mythical CM
> monopoly, since their is not one, or that he was "not at all pleased"
> because a CM player chose a school other than BU.
>
> Jack and BU recruit the best available players regardless of where
> they happen to play there high school hockey.  A case in point is
> Tom Poti of Cushing Academy, who has verbally committed to attend BU
> next year.  Some people say he is currenly the best high school
> player in the US.
>
> Now, as for the BU-CM myth, I only have the past 11 years worth of BU
> information, but only twice in that time has more than one CM player
> come to BU in a single year(*).  Starting with 1985-86, the breakdown is
> as follows:
>
> Year - # of Fr. from CM - # of players from CM on team - Freshmen
>
> 1985-86 - 0 - 1 - Bob Deraney (sophmore - walk on)
> 1986-87 - 0 - 1
> 1987-88 - 1 - 1 - Tony Campanale (walk on - did not make team)
> 1988-89 - 0 - 0
> 1989-90 - 4 - 4 - Mike and Mark Bavis
>                   Stephen Foster, Kevin O'Sullivan
> 1990-91 - 0 - 3 - (Foster redshirted)
> 1991-92 - 0 - 4
> 1992-93 - 1 - 5 - Mike Prendergast (*)
> 1993-94 - 1 - 3 - Chris O' Sullivan (*)
> 1994-95 - 3 - 5 - Jeff Kealty, Tom Noble, Mike Sylvia
> 1995-96 - 1 - 5 - Brendan Walsh
>
> That's exactly twelve CM players in twelve years.  The myth got going
> when the 4 CM players came to BU in 1989-90 and there has been at
> least 3 CM players on every team since, although in 1993-94 only two
> CM players were regulars on the team as Stephen Foster finished his
> disappointing career as a Terrier playing in only 10 early season
> games.
>
> *note: Chris O'Sullivan joined the 1992-93 at the start of the second
> semester and played in 5 games before he was redshirted for the
> season with a neck injury.
>
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