I think Ed put his two cents in on this, but now seeing the original, I echo
Ed's concern with Merrimack.
But -- what if you flip Merrimack with UMass-Ahmerst? Does that work?
Travel is still a bit of a bear - the travel partners do not quite line up
in a neat geographic pattern, but....
However, I still believe Adam Wodon had the best idea. Have the 12 schools
punt the ECAC. In fact, have ALL the ECAC schools (d1 - d3) tell the ECAC
bye-bye. The academics first philosophy of the current D1 league can be
kept, but let's look like a league that knows what it is doing.
While we're talking ECAC, does a record exist of conference RPI and
individual PWR going back a few years?? That would be a good indication of
how a league (and it's teams) is doing. I can remember when Clarkson was #2
in the PWR (95??) - now the best we are is 12 or so. Something is rotten
somewhere.
Joe LaCour
Clarkson '77/78
I was marooned in Potsdam with Jerry York -- 1973 - 1978.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clay Satow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 5:53 PM
Subject: Whither the ECAC
> Blowing up the existing eastern conferences, stealing
> the northeastern pieces of the CHA, and reassembling
> according to geography and school demographics and
> philosophies, I come up with
>
> Union Clarkson Holy Cross BC
> Colgate SLU Bentley BU
> Harvard Rensellaer Iona Maine
> Cornell Vermont Q UMA
> Dartmouth Canisius UConn UML
> Princeton Mercyhrst Scrd Hrt NU
> Yale Merrimack Army Prov
> Brown Niagara Fairfield UNH
> AIC
>
> Makes a lot of sense to me. They semiIvy conference
> could develop an athletic/hockey/academic philosophy
> that makes sense for all of them, and which wouldn't
> be a particular advantage or disadvantage for any one
> of
> them, because they all perceive themselves as
> academically strong "name value" schools.
>
> The second conference could have a bit more aggressive
> athletic policy, but wouldn't have to compete against
> much bigger schools that have more resources and/or
> stronger brand names. Merrimack would still be
> competing against some traditional hockey powers, but
> they would be more like those traditional powers
> resource-wise, so they'd be more consititently
> competitive.
>
> What's left of the MAAC would be more compact
> geographically, and Hockey East would remain the power
> conference, and would probably be even more
> competitive than it is now.
>
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