Nobody ever said there was never a let down.  Where the hell did that come from?!?!?!?!  I think Shawn was a tougher coach than Tim, thats all.
>
> From: Bob Fitta <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/03/01 Mon AM 08:53:54 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Rant on Shields Quote
>
> HERE WE GO AGAIN!  You will not find a bigger defender of Coach Walsh
> than I am!  However, please give me a break that during Shawn's years
> at Maine the team NEVER had a let down!!!!!!!!
>
> What happened in 1999??????  Did they not lose to UNH not once, but
> twice, in convincing fashion!  Obviously they went on to win the
> national championship, so are you telling me they were operating on all
> cylinders when they lost something like 6-3 and 6-2 in Durham, when
> they could have won the regular season.
>
> One thing everyone should have learned by now, the regular season is a
> stepping stone to the tournament.  Any team, regardless the coach is
> going to have let downs from time-to-time.  The key is that they don't
> happen at the wrong time.  Did they come out flat Friday night, they
> sure did, but the way they responded on Saturday night was as good as I
> have seen this team play this year!
>
> Folks, I'd advise you to pick-up the Maine year book and look at any
> season, save 92-93, and you'll find that even under Coach Walsh Maine
> lost games to inferior opponents, it happens.  The most important thing
> is they learn from it.  Better they lose to Lowell, than have a let
> down in the Quarterfinals.
>
> I don't know what lies ahead for this years Black Bears, but they have
> exceeded almost all of our expectations.  I have a feeling they have
> not exceeded their own however, and I look forward to seeing how far
> they can take us along for the ride!!!
>
> Bob Fitta '83
>
> On Feb 29, 2004, at 2:59 PM, Doug Libbey wrote:
>
> > That kinda thing just never happened under Coach
> > Walsh.  Not to cut into old wounds here, but it's
> > true.  And if a Walsh team ever did seem to be getting
> > that "L" word, you know he lit a fire under them come
> > intermission, if not right then and there on the ice
> > in the middle of the game.  He didn't just let it
> > happen.
> >
> > Whitehead seems to be a coach that will allow his men
> > to play the game how they want to so they can suffer
> > the consequences later.  That's not really a bad thing
> > to me either, really.  Cuz you saw how they came out
> > and played in Game #2.  Maybe he saw this as a chance
> > to let his team lose a game they needed to win so we
> > don't have a repeat of what happened last season vs.
> > UMA in the opening round of the HE Tourney.  Not quite
> > the way I would want to see him go about it really,
> > but it's possible that was his mindset.
> >
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