Apparently, all illusions are gone. College hockey is just a minor league for
the NHL. Yes, this the Snow below is Garth Snow. Kyle Okposo has left the
Gophers mid-season to join the Islanders.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/12692637.html
Here are my two favorite quotes from the article. I just love the "entrusted"
part.
"Quite frankly, we weren't happy with the program there," Snow said in a
telephone interview. "They have a responsibility to coach, to make Kyle a
better player, and they were not doing that."
Asked for specifics, Snow said, "[Okposo] just wasn't getting better -- bottom
line. And to me, that's the frustrating part. We entrusted the coach there to
turn him into a better hockey player, and it wasn't happening. We feel more
comfortable in him developing right under our watch."
Doug Peterson