> "But I think that any time we get beat it's an upset." This Parker comment (from my USCHO article) has generated some attention but for all the wrong reasons. To my mind, this comment explains why BU can go into games they have no business winning and still win them. Anyone who doesn't respect the job that this year's Terrier team performed either isn't paying attention or has such ardent loyalties elsewhere that they can look at the situation objectively. This year's team overcame numerous obstacles and beat teams with more pure talent. They did so by doing all the gritty, little things that all overachieving teams must do to be successful. Although the last few BU teams prior to this year have been so talented that Parker's coaching skills have been overshadowed, Parker was masterful in his coaching this year. Fans can point to an individual game or two during the regular season that their team beat, and perhaps whipped BU, but the fact remains that only North Dakota beat BU when it really counted. Has Parker earned the right to have this we-expect-to-win attitude? Without question. BU has been to the Frozen Four seven out of the last eight years. They've been to the title game three of the last four years. When Parker makes his "any time we get beat it's an upset" he's got the track record to prove it. ------------------------------------------------- Dave Hendrickson [log in to unmask] Hockey East writer for U.S. College Hockey Online http://www.uscollegehockey.com HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.