In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
>1. No team is perfect
 
What's your point?
 
>2. Often I see the other team skating faster than RPI. When we have the puck,
>often the blade of the stick of the opposing player is hooked from behind
>around the midriff or stomach of the Engineer. Isn't this blatant hooking.
>I rarely see retaliation.
 
Huh?  If you're talking about what I think you're talking about the answer is
no.  Despite the fact that most of us who are hockey fans dislike the way
sticks are used, like hooking around the midriff while scrambling for a puck
against the boards, it's a part of the game.  Look at RPI, they do the exact
same thing, especially the defensemen.  It's part of how they do their job.
 
>3. I see checking by the other team via elbows and holding much more often than
>RPI does. In most circumstances, this would lead to roughing. However, RPI
>usually gets up and goes after the puck, without retaliation.
 
Not true.  Back up this observation with a bit of proof, but otherwise I would
recommend that you refrain from making such general and unsubstantiated
comments.
 
>4. I often see the opposing team using variations of 2 or 3 on an RPI player
>not in control of the puck, when the refs are off following puck action. Of
>the categories I have listed, RPI has committed by far the least amount of
>offenses here.
 
Again, how do you measure this?  By how much less?  The least amount compared
to who?
 
>5. Bruce Coles, class of 1991 was the leading penalty getter in team history.
>After he graduated, and after the Addesa years, games were less penalty ridden.
>However, this inconsistency I talk about is still a problem.
 
I'm totally lost in your reasoning now.  From what I've heard and what I saw
last year, Addesa taught a very chippy, physical style of play, something
Buddy has changed.  So therefore why wouldn't you expect someone who was part
of the Addesa program to have the most penalties in team history?
 
>My above observations prove that I have tried to view with fairness to all
>and those observations support my conclusions. So what do you think?
 
WHAT????  First of all, you've provided no PROOF.  All you've done is state
your opinion, something you did quite candidly in your earlier post.  The only
thing you've proved is that you're a die hard RPI supporter and fan.
 
Daniel Orchard-Hays
RPI  '95