I should have clarified myself when I was talking about York's usage of
palyers.  The situations I was talking about occured from 1990 until the
time when he left BG.  My comments weren't based on my own opinions, but
from what I had heard from players as well as others close to the program.
 
Alex
 
On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Dr. Tim Newman wrote:
 
> Alex  Bricker posted:
>
> > I wouldn't put anything like this past York.  I have been following the
> > BGSU Hockey program for 8 years now and have gotten to be friends with a
> > lot of the guys.  I've heard so many stories about Jerry that I lost
> > respect for him.
>
> >                                                         That's the
> > way Jerry was, if you weren't a star hockey player every game, you
> > weren't good enough for him.  I didn't think he would accept special
> > talents like playing in the corners, or making nice passes, etc.  If you
> > weren't scoring 3 goals a game or making a shut out, you weren't good
> > enough.
>
> I have to disagree with Alex at this point.  I can cite many Falcons
> who played regularly despite not being stars in any sense of
> the word.  For example, Rob Urban (forward in the 80s when I was
> able to follow the Falcons closely) logged an awful lot of ice time
> during his 4 years at BG (okay, I think he didn't play much his freshman
> year, but I don't think he missed a SHIFT his junior or senior year)
> despite having one real specialty - he was good in the corners.  Then
> there's Geoff Williams who was far from the most talented guy on the ice
> but who always, always, always hustled and was a real inspiration just
> with his work ethic and spirited play.  Jerry York never benched Geoff
> or disciplined him for not scoring enough goals.
>
> If I had some old media guides handy, I could type in a few more
> guys and their stories, but these were two players who came to mind
> who did get to play very regularly without being disciplined.
>
> I'm not saying that Jerry York hadn't worn thin with some folks in
> BG - there were many who were beginning to be frustrated with
> losing seasons at the end.  However, Jerry was not the type who
> had no use for role players.  He also seemed to have a high level of
> personal integrity.  My sense has always been that Jerry followed
> the "rules" closer than many and sometimes closer than they really
> may have needed to be followed.  I think that a person like that is
> just the type that BC needs now and if Jerry can put together a
> winner there (he seems to be getting awfully good recruits, BTW),
> I think he'll be very successful and popular.
>
> Tim Newman
>
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