Umm, doesn't Whitehead have a better winning percentage than Walsh?  How is
that lowering the bar for your team?  (I multiplied games by 2, giving 2
points per win, 1 point per tie - Whitehead is a bit over 68% while Walsh
was a bit under 64% - not a huge difference, but 68 > 64).

-Melissa

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From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Deron Treadwell
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 10:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Is Maine too distracted?

I think the reason the comparison with Shawn Walsh comes up every year is 
because he was a tremendous coach and that will be the standard that Tim 
Whitehead and every other coach (for the forseeable future) will be held to 
(and should be held to) in Orono.

Whether that is fair or not is a different debate, but until Tim wins two 
national titles and garners the kind of respect and admiration from his 
players (past and present) that Walsh did, he will not be in the same class.

Do you think the next coach of Duke will not be constantly compared and 
contrasted with Coach K?  C'mon.. it will become sport in N.C.

We seem to be constantly lowering our expectations for this team and this 
program.  Shawn Walsh set the bar high and we should continue to strive to 
reach those same lofty goals.  When Maine doesn't play with passion and 
can't seem to "get up" to play that deserves to be commented on and must be 
corrected.

-Deron