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I've cross-posted this to HOCKEY as well if we want to move this thread over there. (If you thought Hockey-L was slow... :) I believe there are four clear reasons why Hockey-L is slowing down: 1) USA Today's Web Site 2) US College Hockey's Web Site 3) Mercury News 4) Mike Machnik I was amazed at the start of this season with the lack of posts to the lists. I honestly checked over a dozen times to see if our server or net connection was down -- it's just not the same Hockey-L. After reading Deron's post, I gave it some thought and came up with the four reasons above. For as long as I can remember most of us have been clamoring for more national and mainstream coverage. Now we have it. USA Today and US College Hockey online are fantastic sources of information -- sources like we haven't had in the past. Hockey-L used to be "it", but Mike and I recently discussed that College Hockey is now showing up in sports tickers and the morning news. If the information is out there and on the web, people don't need Hockey-L like they did in the past. Mercury News is filling the gap for those people who don't want to launch a web browser or sift through the discussion and/or boxes. They send succint and customizable info via e-mail -- something else that you could only get on Hockey-L. And not to diminish the job that Deron or Bill are doing, but I personally miss Mike and what he brought to the list. Often times Hockey-L was the "Mike Machnik Show" and I think people miss his voluminous posts on the Warriors and Heather. (Mike types what, 1000 words per minute? :) This isn't to say that either Deron or Bill are "failing", but Mike often sparked the conversations on the list. I also don't want Mike to feel guilty or responsible in the decline of Hockey-L because he shouldn't. Hockey-L still serves a very useful and necessary purpose. We remain THE on- line college hockey community and have a list here like no other I've seen on the net. We're a tight-knit, rarely impolite and knowledgable group. The fact that we are civil to each other still amazes me (even though I'm one of those guys that picks on Deron off line ;). I think the numbers will decline because of the new information sources, but Hockey-L will survive. After all the game isn't the final score, it's the people and the discussions that really make our game special. You're not going to get that off a web page. H Howard Quimby - [log in to unmask] |\ ( ) Natural Intelligence, Inc. _________|_\_________________________ Tel 617.876.7680 x1208 ----- -_-_ Fax 617.492.7425 -- - - HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.