Well said Clair!

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Clair <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Wayne wrote about boo-birds, so I'm assuming that there was booing.  I
> wasn't there.  But just let me say that if there was booing,  the players
> heard it and they felt it.  And there is no doubt they felt that it was
> directed at them.  So if there are any boo-birds on this list please keep
> this in mind.  Ditto jeering.  It's all bad and not helpful.  The quiet is
> bad enough and the players hear that too.  How would you feel if you had a
> friend or a child on the ice and the person sitting next to you was booing
> or jeering?  When athletes are struggling, booing is harmful not helpful.
> And it's embarrassing.  Maybe I'm different but I consider the University
> like a family.  I went there and all three of my children went there.  I'm
> proud of the University.  Booing embarrasses me and it embarrasses the
> team.  And it embarrasses the vast majority of the fans who know better.
>
> Clair '71
>
> GO BLUE!!!
>
> On 11/13/2011 9:20 AM, Jon wrote:
>
> If this was Div 3 hockey I might agree buts its not. Their is nothing I can
> do to help the team, I watch, they play, Tim coaches(supposedly). Since
> Campbell Blair left, the D has gone downhill, Since Grant left the
> goaltending has gone downhill, coincidence, I think not. Not sure what Tims
> salary is, I hear 190,000 dollars,  thats alot of money, with that comes
> pressure and expectations to win. This used to be big time athletics, the
> pressure is their to win. if you don't want that type of athletics, go to
> D3, charge a couple of bucks to get in and enjoy the play. Thats not what I
> paid 6 or 7 hundred bucks to the ticket office for. I doubt anyone was
> booing the players, I know I wasn't nor was anyone in my area. There may
> have been a few jeers at the bench though and deservedly so. Maybe you
> noticed how gassed Flynn, Diamond and Spence were in the 3rd, I wonder why?
> Maybe they played half the game while the other lines sat.
>  I realize Maine fans are spoiled, we enjoyed winning for many years. We
> still expect that. Shouldn't that be an expectation? or again, go D3
>
> Jon
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Clair <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Loyal fans support their team during the times of struggle as well as the
>> times of great success.  And Maine has had a lot of success.  More than
>> most.   Hockey is HARD WORK.  I know, I've played and I've coached.  Those
>> kids on the ice deserve our support regardless of the results.  Booing is
>> such a terrible thing to do and to be heard by those players that are trying
>> and working so hard.  If you really want the team to excel then booing is
>> exactly the wrong message.  I am embarrassed for the fans, the players, the
>> coaches, and the University.  Remember these are not professional athletes,
>> they are really just kids and are playing with their hearts and for their
>> fans and for the University.  If you sit near someone that is booing tell
>> them to stop.  Tell them that they are not helping.
>>    And stop with this juvenile drumming and think about what you can do to
>> actually help the team.
>>
>> GO BLUE!!!
>>
>>
>> On 11/13/2011 12:41 AM, Wayne Smith wrote:
>>
>> That was one dismal, ugly 3rd period.
>>
>> Joey Diamond had a three goal weekend.  The team had two posts and a
>> crossbar, just missing the net.  Fancy no-look, between the legs and behind
>> the back passes resulted in ... let's see ... no goals.
>>
>> Boo-birds were heard in the third period before Maine achieved the tying
>> 3rd goal.  The breakaway 4th goal by Lowell  (3 previous goals were on power
>> plays and also in the third period) left the fans  ... speechless.   Not
>> exactly a team-building weekend for Maine :-(
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