ryan and bellamy are also consistently out against the
best players on the other team. I do not want to take
anything away from Jeff marshall, as he is really
hustling and doing a great job, but it is a little
easier to cover 4th line players and have a good +/1
than to cover Brock Trotter at DU, Joe Vitale at NU,
and even Rob Ricci at Merrimack.
perhaps I should not have called the problems numbers
one and 2, like they were the 2 biggest problems with
the team. But, honesty, a junior goalie, second round
NHL draft pick with THIS many games under his belt has
got to stop some breakaways, the ONLY ones that did
not score this season were shot over the goal post or
went wide.
and Bob, you don't GET rebounds in front of the
opponents' nets when all 3 forwards are in the corners
all the time. This is in the long list of problems,
but I did not want to just rant and rant. There is
something to be said for putting one more player in
the corner than the other team has, but when you get
the puck, there is nothing you can do with it, except
take it all the way to the net yourself, or pass it
back to the point, and if that guy misses, guess what,
you have a break away, and I know what happens then.
(many of Billy's and Rob's minuses are off of
breakaways and shorhanded goals where the point
misplays the puck, it is not really their fault if
they are in the corner where they are told to be, you
cannot back check 200 feet and catch a guy who got the
puck at the blue line)
has anyone else noticed that Dekasrozza consistently
beats opposing defenders to the puck when maine dumps
it in to the corners? That IS hustle above and beyond
anything that anyone should expect from a player.
TEddy could fly, but I don't remember him beating any
defender to the puck in races into the corner.
this team still has many more plusses than minuses,
but I am not going to blame the players for lack of
effort, Keenan, the online whipping boy, gives it his
all each and every shift, I see it in his face and
eyes. He cannot help it if he has different linemates
every game and he does not what their tendencies are,
it takes time to learn to play with a new linemate,
much more than half a week. And Keenan cannot be
faulted for turning the puck over at the point night
after night, game after game. He does not belong
there and Duffy does. This is a coaching decision,
not a player problem.
Tim does have a way of getting the team to gel at the
end of the year. as bizzarre as it sounds, I think
that he engineers these problems so that the boys know
how to overcome adversity and they know the bitter
sting of defeat and learn not to like it. The players
hustle and work hard, I do not see anyone out there
taking it easy. Most of hockey is reacting to
situations, knowing what your linemates will do in
those situations is more than half of ones decision on
how to react, and a player cannot possibly know what
the linemates' tendencies are if he has not played
with them before and he even has new linemates from
Friday to Saturday.
also, there were ar least 2 times when Maine players
dove to break up plays while backchecking in the
second period on saturday. But diving can meant aht
you were so far out of position you have no business
being on the ice.
I cannot wait for Clarke to be back on the ice either.
happy thanksgiving
--- Bob Fitta <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Okay,
>
> I am resolving to be good this year, really I am.
>
> But how can problems number 1 and 2 be Bishop??????
>
> WE HAVE SCORED 4 GOALS IN 4 GAMES!!!!!!!!!
>
> Come on let's be real folks!
>
> Yes Bishop messed up on the winning MC goal on
> Saturday night.
> However at that point in the game MC had started to
> carry the play
> and was on the power play.
>
> This team MUST work to score goals! They MUST win
> one-on-battles for
> rebounds in front of the opponents net, and
> naturally win same
> battles in front of their own.
>
> MAINE was missing two of their very best hustlers in
> Clark and Laise
> this weekend. Incidentally these two are +7 and +5
> on the season.
> Our two assistant captains Ryan and Bellamy are -7
> and -5. That is
> an eye opener isn't it, when were counting on them
> to do the scoring.
>
> The effort at NU and BC was good, and in reality it
> was better at MC
> on Saturday night. However MC was willing to do
> anything to win,
> Maine was not. MC players were diving to block
> shots and sacrificing
> their bodies late in the game to preserve the lead.
> I can not recall
> all weekend a Maine player diving to block a shot.
>
> I have faith, but the work ethic must be there for
> 60 minutes, it's
> not rocket science, they are also suffering in
> confidence as you
> could see the heads go down a few times, but working
> hard, and
> hopefully scoring first can remedy some of that.
> That and getting
> Clark, Laise and House back on the ice, as we are so
> thin up front
> right now. Great for experience, but not for
> winning.
>
> All just my humble opinion!
>
> Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone, my wife and
> I are still
> looking forward to our first trip to Alfond this
> Sunday, I just hope
> the ride home to NH is better than the short rides
> home after the MC
> losses.
>
> Bob Fitta '83
> On Nov 19, 2007, at 9:47 PM, Acheson wrote:
>
> > There Is a chance that our opinions are read and
> changes can be
> > made based on what we say... I am not someone tim
> asks for advice,
> > but I can tell ya, about 6 of my outlandish ideas
> have been adopted
> > by him after posting to this forum,,, maybe
> because he reads this
> > and maybe because great minds think alike.
> >
> > Problem numbers one and 2 are Ben's complete
> inability to stop a
> > breakaway, and 2, his rebounds.
> > Grant is arguably the best goalie teacher in
> college hockey and
> > maybe the world.... There is room for improvement
> on those 2 fronts.
> >
> > Next, someone has to show some emotion behind the
> bench. These are
> > kids who have for their whole lives responded to
> being yelled at.
> > I know it is not tim's style, but would it hurt to
> do what will
> > motivate the boys? Or will that really not
> motivate them?
> >
> >
> > Last, YOU corpses up at the Alfond could make the
> place a hostile
> > environment once again!
> > This one is out of tim's hands and up to you...
> And don't point a
> > finger at me... I am loud when I am there and I am
> loud at every
> > away game!
> >
> > I still have faith... I believe that MY boy
> Bellamy will be able to
> > keep his teammates "up"
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Nov 19, 2007, at 9:19 PM, Anthony DelMonaco
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > I'll just be thankful the Celtics don't suck, and
> keep my mouth
> > shut on other topics :)
> >
> > If you don't have the best of everything, make the
> best of
> > everything you have
> >
> > -Shawn Walsh
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Nonni Daly <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:12:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: Sigh
> >
> > Maybe what there is to say is for people to
> express WHY they think
> > things appear to be going to hell in a handbasket
> ... ??
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Don't want to think I could go to another life
> where there are no
> > horses!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: William
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:47 PM
> > Subject: Sigh
> >
> > It's awfully quiet here. Although, what is there
> to say at this
> > point ...
> >
> >
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