Borque Leaves BU

[Josh '99]

[Q]marty Wrote:
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.[/q]I have to be honest, though...  Fridge has recruited a lot of good players, and continues to bring in guys like Croxton and Lord who can be difference-makers.  And he won the league championship in his first year with players who weren't his, so he must have SOME idea of how to coach a team.  So, I think RPI will make their way back up towards the top of the standings sooner or later.  Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my guess, anyway.

[billhoward]

[Q]Rich S Wrote: they'll be [edit] way [end edit] baaaaaaack! [/q]

[Drew]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 [Q2]Rich S Wrote: they'll be  way  baaaaaaack! [/Q]
[/q]

Good to be king, huh bill?.....yeah, we are going thru some difficult times......not different for you last decade......... we had a nice recruiting class last year, and a very good one this year......... the ship is being righted. One of the great things about being on top is talking smack...and I realize shit rolls  down hill....but we will be back.

[marty]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:


I have to be honest, though...  Fridge has recruited a lot of good players, and continues to bring in guys like Croxton and Lord who can be difference-makers.  And he won the league championship in his first year with players who weren't his, so he must have SOME idea of how to coach a team.  So, I think RPI will make their way back up towards the top of the standings sooner or later.  Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my guess, anyway.[/q]


But I don't think it will be with Dan Fridgen when they do.  Their teams perform worse as each season progresses.  This was true in at least 3 of the last 5 years.  This year was the most dramatic.  They lost to Princeton on the last Friday of regular season play.  The Princeton team was having fun setting up plays and skating around RPI.  They needed a penalty in OT to beat Yale on that Saturday.  The team cemented themselves into 11th that weekend.  It was an ugly year.

Croxton and Lord are bright spots, but the rank and file players typically learn zilch while spending four years in Troy.  At least they go home with a nice parting gift (their degrees).

[Mark]

Six months before next season starts and BU is being dismissed already. Now that's respect. ::worry::

Bourque will be missed, but to me, he just wasn't the same player once he injured his knee in the WJC in December.

Come on Ewing Theory. ;-)

While neither will fall off the cliff, BC and UNH will both have to deal with some significant graduation losses, and *neither* will be running away from the pack in HE. I think BU has the horses to earn another NCAA bid, but we shall see.

I assume Cornell will again be either regular-season champion of the ECAC or at least runner-up. And certainly in the running for a spot in either Worcester or Manchester after another run through Albany.

[marty]

[Q]Mark Wrote:

 
I assume Cornell will again be either regular-season champion of the ECAC or at least runner-up. And certainly in the running for a spot in either Worcester or Manchester after another run through Albany.

.[/q]

Do you mean Albany rather than Manchester after the ECAC tourney?  I wouldn't bet against Green Bay or Grand Forks.

• East Regional: Pepsi Arena, Albany, N.Y. (March 25-26)
• Northeast Regional: Centrum Centre, Worcester, Mass. (March 24-25)
• Midwest Regional: Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis. (March 25-26)
• West Regional: Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D. (March 24-25)
• Frozen Four: Bradley Center, Milwaukee (April 6 and

[calgARI '07]

Well, Wisconsin is going to have a really good team next year, and that will be aided by them not leaving the state during the entire NCAA Tournament.

[billhoward]

So you know what regional Cornell will be posted in.

[Mark]

Right you are, Marty. It's Albany and not Manchester. I got 2006 and 2007 mixed up.

[dargason]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 So you know what regional Cornell will be posted in. [/q]

Following this year's theme, looks like we should be in Grand Forks on NoDak's home ice.  ::nut::

The arena is supposed to be amazing...although I guess no matter how nice the place is, once you exit it, you're still in North Dakota.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]dargason Wrote:
The arena is supposed to be amazing...although I guess no matter how nice the place is, once you exit it, you're still in North Dakota.[/q]
ROFL  ::laugh::

On the bright side, it's 200x85

[calgARI '07]

Here's a link to TSN's story of Bourque leaving BU: http://www.tsn.ca/Nhl/news_story.asp?ID=120417&hubName=nhl.

He sure comes off as stupid and arrogant.

[Robb]

In other words, fair and accurate reporting...:-P

[KeithK]

Borque: "I didn't think it was going to be as hard or as serious as it was."

I think fair and accurate sums it up.  This kid should not be playing college hockey.

[Josh '99]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
He sure comes off as stupid and arrogant.[/q]He failed out of BU.  What does that say regarding his stupidity?