The Botterill game disqualification on Friday night according to Head
Coach Red Berenson (from Saturday's Ann Arbor News) was a terrible call
because Botterill had not thrown one punch and was forced to get involved
in a fight disproving a point made in a response by Eeyore.
 
However; he is totally right about the team as of late and that is what
happened in the Minnesota game.  Usually, when we get involved in a
physical type game against average or better teams, we always lose and
tonight was just that.  I am not totally blaming Michigan for losing
tonight because their goalie played well but we tend to rough it up a
little too much at times creating low scoring games which is a major
disadvantage to our team.  Botterill is definitely a great player but
sitting out games due to total stupidity (not Friday but in Miami two
weeks ago) will definitely hinder the team as it did tonight in the near
future.  It is one thing for a freshman to retaliate but not a veteran
and Jason and even Warren should definitely know this by now.  I would
also really be on the coaching staff for allowing such conduct.  They
really need to work a strategy to allow the extremely heavy number of
penalties accumulated this year to decrease.  Special teams definitely
will make this year's team or will break them -- hoping for the former.
I hope this will be emphasized more in the practices.
 
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Kenneth M. Baker
University of Michigan '96
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