Lets not blame gaudet for all of this, in that the I think the players are getting frustrated with their lack of success,and he has been much tamer as of late...this team starts slow,has a strong 2nd, and fades some in the 3rd...i hope gaudet knows the answer,cause I'm baffled... -- [ From: Adam Wodon * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- > > > But the penalties began to pile up, Mulhern leading the > > way. All in all though, the team seemed focused and mildly > > bent on drawing the "flag". this season is out of control. > > The embarrassment of pre-warm up fights, GM in 3 of the > > last 5 games. It seems as though Gaudet may have fed his > > anxiety unto his players, and the crop is ready for > > harvesting. The Bears are no longer the disciplined team > > they once were, and it appears it is by design. > > I think this is a pretty good assessment, and I'm glad to see someone > from the Brown camp admitting that Gaudet's tactics have gotten out of > hand. It does seem to me to have gotten progressively worse ... teams > are a reflection of their coach, especially at the amateur level -- and > as I've said before, I think Gaudet spends way to much time and energy > goading referees - which in turn give his players the impression they > should be concerned about it too. > > However, this isn't an instant change -- Brown is involved with most > penalty minute records in ECAC history, and those have taken place at > various times in Gaudet's reign, beginning and end. > > About Princeton's Jon Kelley ... the fact he does not have mono is the > first good news Princeton has had this year. I'm not sure even the > biggest pessimist would have thought Princeton would have only 1 win so > far this year again a major Division-I team (the others coming against > Ottawa and Army). That win was Brown. > Princeton started the season losing close games to good teams > (Lowell, Harvard, Colgate - all on the road) -- now they are just > getting smoked -- and by teams that should no way be beating them. > Yale, which I didn't think would win a game this year, started this > thing by winning an OT game at Baker rink with 2 seconds left -- a win, > which Princeton should've done, would've made them 2-3, which would've > been the Tigers best start in the league in a while -- instead, it > dropped them to 1-4 again, and it's snowballed ever since. > > AW > > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to > [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.