On Tuesday, November 5th, Paul wrote:
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:19:50 -0500
From: Paul Gentile <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Latest polls are preposterous!
In other words, they're absurd! (Of course, they're only polls)
The top three are reasonable (if not perfect), but what happens soon
after that is ridiculous.
What the heck are Minnesota and Colorada still doing in the top 8.
They've each lost 3 of 6 games ... to the likes of Wisconsin and
Minn.-Duluth ... and badly! CC can't sweep St. Cloud? They didn't start the
season much higher than they are now! What will it take to get them out
of the top ten ... a 3-6 record???
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I'm afraid I'm going to have to take issue with the "likes of
Wisconsin.." statement. Although Wisconsin had a bad year last year, this
years team is a very good squad, certainly better than the 8th place
prediction in the coaches poll. Wisconsin has beaten teams that were
"supposed" to be superior. An 8th place team won't go out to Denver and slap
them 8-3 in their own rink. Wisconsin's one bad year shouldn't relegate
them to the dregs of college hockey.
What you said about the polls, however, is right on. By the pollsters
theory, Wisconsin should be in the top 10. At 3 and 3, they are just as good
as Minnesota. Although, I will wait a few more weeks before I decide whether
I think Wisconsin is a top 10 team, when I cast my vote in the only poll that
counts, the Hockey-L poll!
Thanks and take care,
Terry E. Tuschen Jr.
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