Folks,

The opinion heard here in the NY metro area are that the Islanders owners
are decent but very inexperience, their GM, Mike Milbury, is incompetent,
they don't have any money, and their arena sucks.  That should cover it.

On the other hand, the Islanders beat the Rangers last night, with
Vanbiesbrouck in the nets.

I hope DiPietro doesn't go the way of Jim Craig, another BU goalie who was
also asked to save a franchise.

Go BU
Ken Kretsch

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacobs, Robert E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:08 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: DiPietro
>
>
> Well, as you've probably heard, Butch Goring was fired as coach of the
> Islanders over the weekend; assistant coach Lorne Henning will take
> over on an interim basis. Early in the year, the Isles had some modest
> success, and it looked as though the Isles were on track to some real
> progress; even now, most of their losses are close, and the games are
> competitive. Sooner or later, ownership will come to grips
> with the fact
> that the lone constant in the Islanders (further) demise the
> last few years
> is Mike Milbury, and will make future changes with this fact in mind.
> The Isles are at best a mediocre team with a lot of heart, that simply
> doesn't know how to win; DiPietro may simply be a lame-duck goalie
> until the proper infusion of quality personnel (player and/or
> management) is met. As an Isles fan, I for one feel for him,
> and wish him
> the best.
>
> Robert
>
> > I saw that DiPietro (spelling?) was shellshocked in a 6-0
> Isles loss the
> > other nite, he was removed after allowing 4 goals early. I
> hope the Isles
> > know what they are doing. In the NFL, it used to be that even a very
> > talented rookie QB with a weak team (especially offensive
> line) could get
> > wrecked both physically and emotionally by the constant pounding and
> > depressing lack of results. I hope the Islanders know what
> they are doing,
> > and dont ruin what should become a stellar pro career.
> Anyone closer to the
> > situation know what is going on?
> >
> > Tony Buffa
> > RPI '64                 Go Engineers!!
>