Good to see that the philosophy is to "hope" for wins instead of ... I don't know, working for them! On Dec 13, 2011 8:03 PM, "Nonni Daly" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I did see it -- it sounds as if people had to ask permission to show some > kind of distaste for the current coaching leadership. Nothing was said > about how the protest was staged. Tim said that it was a distraction to > the players, their families, the staff and their families and they > essentially needed to ignore it and keep playing and hoping for wins. > > I just checked the WABI website and the clip is not available. It might > be after they use it again on the 11:00 news tonight. I haven't seen > anything about any sort of protest written up in the Bangor paper ... check > www.wabi.tv later and see if they post the clip. > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Jon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I guess WABI asked Tim about the fans wanting him fired tonight on the >> news. I didn't see it, did anyone see it? >> >> Jon >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Matt Dewkett <[log in to unmask]>wrote, in part: >>> >>> I think the telling sign in all of this is Grant Standbrook "retiring". >>>> If you retire to spend time with your family, and then ultimately get back >>>> into coaching and recruiting halfway across the country rather than in your >>>> own back yard, that speaks volumes to the situation in Orono. >>> >>> >>> >>> While I don't disagree with this statement, it's not necessarily >>> true/fair. >>> >>> Coach Standbrook did stay on at Maine longer than he planned and well >>> after his wife had retired. They retired to Florida. He apparently got a >>> call from Jim Montgomery to come up for a few days to help new head coach >>> Jim with goalies. I can imagine Jim pleading that he was in over his head >>> and didn't know what to do with (so-and-so). So Grant went up for a few >>> days ... and that became a week and then a month. I think the case could >>> be made that college hockey wasn't out of Grant's blood, and though his >>> intention was retirement, maybe there should be more coaching. Accounts >>> I've heard has Jim and Grant turning their club around in a big way. >>> >>> That said, I've heard Grant wasn't comfortable with some of the roles >>> Tim needed. >>> >>> AD Abbott has some serious work to do. He found an incredible person to >>> lead women's basketball ... I just hope he can be retained ... but I >>> digress. >>> >>> Comments by Jon and Bob on development are perhaps as serious, as it >>> should be obvious that the Maine state government and UMaine are not going >>> to contribute the funds necessary to sustain success as we have become >>> accustomed. Maybe fund-raising is concentrating on the larger donors and >>> so "we" get the student calls? Maybe fund-raising is concentrating on the >>> relatively large ($14M) Memorial Gym/Field House project? We did get a >>> $4.85M renovation to the Alfond last summer ... not too shabby. ;-) >>> >>> If the extent of the plan is to terminate the current coach, we don't >>> have much of a plan, IMHO. While winning game against the best of college >>> hockey may be what we want, it's the result of what is done, not what we >>> can do directly ... if that makes any sense. >>> >>> If you could buy wins, then the BCs, BUs, Michigans and Minnesotas would >>> win most of the time. Hmmm, they do win most of the time. How to >>> compete? I'm not at all saying we can't ... just that it will take a very, >>> very good plan and very, very good effort and people. >>> >>> Cheers, Wayne >>> >> >> > > > -- > Norinne "Nonni" Hilchey Daly, Ed.D. > Adj. Assistant Professor ~ Animal & Veterinary Science ~ University of > Maine > http://www.umaine.edu/umares/index.asp > http://jfwitter.weebly.com > >