On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Charles Bell wrote:
 
> his teammates.  He then said the infamous lines, "You know, I know a lot
> of the guys were upset about the game yesterday, but we have nothing to
> hang our heads about.  Sometimes the best team doesn't win".  This
> resulted in cheers from the Michigan fans and silence from everyone
> else.
Everyone else? There were 998 Michigan fans and maybe 2 BU fans in
attendence =)
 
> No Kudos to:
>
> Red Berenson - I thought it was classless of him to leave after the game
> on Thursday, especially since he was on the 50th anniversary team.
He left Friday night 9pm charter with the team because some players
desired to leave.
 
As for the Morrison comment: There are two ways you can take this. 1. (the
way I took it) Smack. pure and simple. 2. (matching Mo's attitude more
closely) Just something to get the team and the fans on higher spirits. In
Mo's defense, Red (so i was told) said the "best team" comment during an
interview broadcasted in Ann Arbor before Morrison said his speach.
Assuming it was smack, I found the comment hilarious.
 
As for being the best team: Michigan was undoubtedly the best team. One
game does not make a season. When Michigan won last year, they were hardly
the best team. They would lose to Western Michigan twice last season 7-2.
This year, Michigan allowed at most 4 or 5 goals against in what few
losses they had. In fact, even Red Berenson said that last year's team was
not the BEST Michigan hockey team - that the days of Wiseman, Oliver were.
They did not win an NCAA title however.
 
Congrats to Fighting Sioux. I hope Michigan schedules a game with NoDak
and BU in the regular season, regardless that we lose 8 seniors!
 
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