Ever thought of going into politics Wayne?

:-)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne T. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: UNH/BC Result


> Nonnie gives me credit (THINKing), where there's not much due:
> >> I think Howard in goal (in most of the big games this season), with
> >> Doyle playing against QC Tuesday
> >
> >Could you share your thinking on this one, wts?  Thanks.
>
> Sure.  I've thought Frank Doyle to be the card we needed since his
> terrific Blue/White game a *year* ago!  Then Jimmy Howard comes in and
> plays like a senior ready for the NHL, not a true freshman.
>
> Any logical, unbiased knowledgeable hockey person would have seen the
> rotation starting with the CC game: JH, FD, JH, FD, JH, FD, JH, FD, JH.
> But remember, I'm THINKing, Nonnie ... that rotation would be too easy.
>
> So I examine the schedule.  Toss out the first couple of games where FD
> wasn't eligible and "let" FD play AA.  Nothing to be learned from WMU
> and MH dual games, except JH played the first night and FD the 2nd.
> I THINK this means JH in the 1st night this week!
>
> Now comes a week with only one game.  Who gets to play? JH.
> I THINK this means JH is the man!
>
> Now comes the Boston weekend, with 2-5-2 NU and 5-2-2 BU.  The weekend
> doesn't start with JH, as it did with WMU and MH, but pitted FD against
> the weaker club on the 1st night. I THINK this means JH gets UNH!
>
> Now, to prove I'm really THINKing up a storm, consider this:
>
> JH has faced tougher competition so far.  Using the latest (unpublished)
> HEAL rankings, the 4 FD competitors average 41st place, whereas the 6 JH
> competitors average 28th place. I THINK JH plays in the big games!
>
> Of course nobody doing much THINKing puts any stock in computed rankings
> this early in a season.  Maybe that's why I haven't published HEAL,
> USCHO hasn't published PWR, etc.
>
> So I really THINK FD will rest his leg a few days more and have an
> early Thanksgiving feast with QC, while JH will get the nod Friday.
>
> But maybe Coach Whitehead wants me to THINK that ...  and so will pull
> the big switcheroo just to confuse me.  I THINK that's a possibility?!
>
> But Nonnie questioned my JH selection for Friday. Nonnie's never wrong,
> so I *must* THINK that FD is going first.
>
> But wait.  Nonnie knows some UNH people read this list, and she'd never
> give the opposition such an advantage. I THINK Nonnie is fooling us.
>
> But Nonnie *never* tells anything but the truth, so I THINK FD just
> might go Friday.
>
> No, no. Nonnie didn't write an opinion, she just (foolishly) asked
> for my THINKing.  Spock could do that in good conscience.  So I THINK
> I was on to something and she just wanted to confuse the opposition.
> I THINK that clears everything up.
>
> I THINK my THINKer is getting sore. :-)