** Reply to note from Dave Hendrickson <[log in to unmask]> 03/29/96 11:17am EST
 
 
> > Why is it a sad day? A terrible hockey program died. Much like a New Orleans funeral,
 
> If they have been "a terrible hockey program" to this point, that isn't to
> say that someone couldn't have turned it around.  I'm not familiar with the
> UIC specifics, but it seems that UMass-Lowell was probably in worse shape five
> or six years ago than UIC is now.  With the right guy, perhaps things could
> have been fixed.
 
That's my poiunt. The folks at UMass-Lowell gave a damn. The fatheads running the UIC
program didn't. They had ample opportunity to can Pedrie. He hung arouond for 6 awful years.
If they were truly interested in establishing a top flight program we would be discussing
their demise right now.
 
> Also, these other schools "that would love the chance" have never been held
> back by UIC.  To say that some other program is mutually exclusive with UIC
> doesn't make sense.
 
I didn't mean to imply that they were mutually exclusive, but to a certain degree UIC was in
the way of other teams willing to make a commitment. Consider the threads of the last few
months concerning conferences, travel, etc. Where are new team going to play? How succesful
have independents been the last few years. Look what it took to get the Alaskan schools into
conferences.
 
A bad program died because of neglect. Let's move on and support someone who's willing to
make an honest effort.
 
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