Borque Leaves BU

[scoop85]

Over on USCHO.  I guess he wasn't much into the academics and is going to play in the Quebec Junior league.

While I'm no fan of BU, not exactly the best news for Eastern hockey right now.

[Josh '99]

BU wasn't going anywhere even with Bourque.  Cornell, BC and UNH are still the top 3 teams in the East for next year.

[calgARI '07]

I agree with Jmh30 but I would add Maine and Dartmouth to the list for great Eastern teams next year.

[marty]

Don't forget RPI and Clarkson!






Oh, wait that was yesterday  ;-)  !

[Rich S]

they'll be baaaaaaack!  :-D

[Josh '99]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
I agree with Jmh30 but I would add Maine and Dartmouth to the list for great Eastern teams next year.[/q]Those were the other two I considered, but goaltending is a question mark for Dartmouth and everything other than goaltending is a question mark for Maine.

[Trotsky]

Clarkson will be back.  RPI... not so sure.  They've been steadily sinking; that's not a good sign.

[Dpperk29]

is disco going to come back too rich?

maybe elvis will make a comeback tour next year?

[Trotsky]

[Q]Dpperk29 Wrote:
is disco going to come back too rich?[/q]

"Hip hop is disco with no sense of humor."  :-D

[Rich S]

You sound skeptical about Clarkson returning to form.   That's fine but I am confident.

And no, I hope disco stays buried!

[Dpperk29]

Holy Hell, RichS and i agree about something... down with disco.

Yes Rich I am rather skeptical of Clarkson's return. Clarkson is a good team, but they are terribly inconsistant. They Played cornell 4 times this season, 2 were blowouts, one was a very hard faught game which could have gone either way, and the other one (The first game) was a decent game, but deffinatly more Cornell's than Clarksons. I do think George Roll has the team pointed down the right course, I just don't see them being a viable contender for the ECAC playoff title until they get some consistancy. I could see clarkson contending in maybe 3 years, 4 at most. I just don;'t think it will be next, or the year after.

hmmm... think I sorta contradicted what I said alitte, but you get the message

[marty]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 Clarkson will be back.  RPI... not so sure.  They've been steadily sinking; that's not a good sign.[/q]

At RPI in addition to finding a coach they have to climb a mountain to regain any semblance of a decent recruiting scheme. They are in really big trouble for at least the next three years.

If Oates or some similar alum does a Red Berenson for them they could return to form. Another possible ace in the hole could be a rich engineer who just happens to like hockey and drops a few bills for a decent rink.

All this is speculation that would have made a good story on 4/1. Today it's just melancholy foolishness. They need to do a lot more than polish trophies in Troy.

If a program like RIP's doesn't make you appreciate our coach, then you're the fool.






::stupid::

[Trotsky]

Clarkson's problems are very recent and quite reversible.  They've only been sub-.500 in conference for 3 seasons (i.e., as long as Cornell was in 93-95).  Compare Harvard, who failed to finish over .500 in conference in 7 of the 8 seasons from 1995-2002.

Prior to their short downturn, Clarkson was a credible league contender nearly every year for 25 straight seasons, 1976-2001.

Their advantages are systemic (location, institutional commitment, fairly easy admissions, well-developed networks) and won't erode unless they're badly neglected.

[DeltaOne81]

Uh oh, Greg. Gotta be careful. A statement of fact could be confused with obnoxious, Ivy league snobbery - cause that's all there ever is around here anyway.

[Trotsky]

I'm not deeply concerned. ;-)