Or, in a variation, if you are on this list and posting to the message boards, why not CC the list?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moller Edward N [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:27 AM
> To: Rowe, Thomas; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: USCHO message boards
>
>
> How's this for an idea.  Somebody who posts on the USCHO
> board who is a
> regular subscriber to this list posts a message on the USCHO
> board extolling
> the virtues of Hockey-L.  Invite the masses who want to see
> the light to
> come over here.
>
> Edward N. Moller
> Controller and Assistant Treasurer
> Mount Ida College
> 777 Dedham Street
> Newton Centre, MA  02459-3323
> Tel  617-928-4515
> Fax 617-928-4746
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowe, Thomas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: USCHO message boards
>
>
> Hi Greg
>
> Well, I still listen.  But, being at a Div III school (AND
> stuck with a
> "home team" [UW] in a rebuilding year) I rarely have anything
> to say.  I
> check in as USCHO       only for scores or an occaisional
> article, not for
> the message boards.  If the list dies, I will become
> significantly less well
> informed.
>
> Tom Rowe                            UWSP dept of Psych
> ===================================
> Home of Division III National Champion Pointers
> 89, 90, 91 & 93, National Runners-up 92 & 98,
> and likely never again  :-{
> ===================================
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Ambrose [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:36 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: USCHO message boards
> >
> >
> > Bob, Ed, et al.
> >
> > As a frequent contributor to USCHO, I have learned to take
> > the good with the
> > bad.  No doubt there are some real flamers on there, there
> > are plenty who
> > want to just stir the pot.  But there are also many
> > thoughtful posters like
> > Brian Gentry (BU), Mike Machnik (Merrimack) and even a UNH a
> > senior who goes
> > by the name of the Da Big Bad Cow (real name Dave) who mostly
> > sticks to the
> > issues.  There have been some very good discussions on the
> > board this year,
> > the issue of Mark Morris' dismissal being one that quickly
> > comes to mind.
> >
> > The problem with USCHO is that the reasonable voices, more
> > often than not,
> > are drowned out by the college kids and near college kids who
> > are unable to
> > keep the emotions in check and have little or no historical
> > perspective.
> > But is that much different that the early days of Hockey-L?
>  I vividly
> > recall some of the vitriol that was spewed on this board back
> > not so many
> > years ago.
> >
> > To be honest, I would rather discuss issues and games in this
> > forum than the
> > other one but, folks, there aren't many here who are
> > listening, so I go were
> > the people are.
> >
> > Greg Ambrose
> >
> > > From: Bob Stagat <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Reply-To: Bob Stagat <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:13:33 -0800
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: USCHO message boards
> > >
> > > Edward Moller wrote...
> > >
> > >> This weekend I read the USCHO message board more
> thoroughly than I
> > >> have done in the past...  When Rick McAdoo refers to the
> > posts on the
> > >> board as flaming and anger from idiots, he is barely
> scratching the
> > >> surface.
> > >>
> > >> Now I love USCHO...  But...
> > >>
> > >> ...the level of discourse I read this weekend on the USCHO
> > board defied
> > >> all sensibilities.
> > >
> > > At the risk of starting a USCHO-like flame war right here
> > on Hockey-L
> > > (Nah, that'd never happen -- Wayne won't let it) let me
> comment that
> > > I agree with Rick and Ed about the general tenor of the
> > USCHO message
> > > boards, BUT...
> > >
> > > Being an RPI alumnus I read mostly the ECAC-related
> threads. I have
> > > found that those threads are generally far and away more
> civil than
> > > most of the other threads I occasionally browse. I'll leave it to
> > > others to speculate as to why this might be, but I'll
> note that I'm
> > > not alone in this observation. Another RPI alumnus, who
> goes by the
> > > nom de plume of 'frjoe' (an RPI grad turned priest!?!) has
> > been moved
> > > to include as his signature: "Friends don't let friends
> Hockey East
> > > their threads!"
> > >
> > > Perhaps if HE folks like Rick and Ed were to spend more time
> > > browseing some of the ECAC threads, they might get some enjoyment
> > > from the USCHO message boards. For current amusing reading I might
> > > suggest the "Cornell-RPI: The Red Greeks" thread,
> > > (http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23437)
> > > which analyzes the upcoming RPI@Cornell series in terms
> of Odysseus'
> > > journey from Troy to Ithaca in Homer's "The Odyssey."
> > >
> > > -Bob Stagat-
> > > RPI  '64 & '68
> > > --
> >
>