NorthernLakesGopher
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Down 2-0 going into the 3rd period. Against Ohio State At home! No life in the team. No grit. No hustle. Time to re-boot the program.
Down 2-0 going into the 3rd period. Against Ohio State At home! No life in the team. No grit. No hustle. Time to re-boot the program.
If they do that every game, then it's not always a problem. But give your honest assessment on the first two periods and I'll listen.Love it when a team manages to come from 2 down in the third to win in OT with no life, grit, or hustle.
If they do that every game, then it's not always a problem. But give your honest assessment on the first two periods and I'll listen.
Love it when a team manages to come from 2 down in the third to win in OT with no life, grit, or hustle.
Amen! Extremely young team, let's just support them instead of acting like Fusker football fans.
Down 2-0 going into the 3rd period. Against Ohio State At home! No life in the team. No grit. No hustle. Time to re-boot the program.
I'm a casual Gopher hockey fan, so can someone break down why the Gophers are no longer getting the elite recruits please? Would kids rather play at Mankato or SCSU or did the Gophers lose the ability to evaluate talent?
Lucia is content to coast at this point and is allowing the program to do the same. Until there's a change in leadership, it will continue imo.
So do you think the talent is there, and they are not being coached up? Or they just are not hungry enough in the recruiting?
Thank you for sharing more insight. It is a shame that something that has been so consistently good at least during the regular season has fallen so far.
I bet Lucia will consider stepping down at the end of the year if it continues to go this way.
I wouldn't bet on him stepping down. The team was terrible for three or four straight years not that long ago and he still kept his job. Of course, that was under Maturi.
There's also not much chance of him being fired, especially with no AD or vision of where athletic department is heading. Even then, the new AD will probably have to deal with the mediocrity of football and basketball before even touching hockey. In other words, Lucia is here for the duration imo.
And then went to two Frozen Fours after that.
And a nice bounce back win tonight. Very good goaltending.
And then went to two Frozen Fours after that.
Certainly, the staff hasn't recruited as many pure blue-chippers in recent years and Lucia himself stated that was because he didn't like losing players to the pros so early. So they started recruiting more three and four-year type players believing that it would give them a better chance to build consistency and chemistry. Unfortunately, it hasn't translated into any sustained momentum.
There's no question there are some promising players already in the program and that are slated to arrive in the next few years. But this is Gopher hockey; recruiting good talent is never a problem. I honestly don't think Lucia coaches them up very well. Their efforts and performances have been haphazard at best in recent years.
There's also been whispers of significant locker-room turmoil (players with other players; players with coaches and vice versa). Don't know how much of that is true since I'm not a true insider and most of it is based on gossip and rumor, but it certainly wouldn't be surprising given the obvious lack of spark the team consistently shows. The move to the Big 10 didn't help either; in fact, it probably depleted the fan base as much as anything. The bottom line is that there is something wrong and I'm doubtful Lucia has either the energy or willpower to right the ship.
One thing that I have noticed is how many hockey alums refuse to accept the new B1G Conference and it detracts from their support of the team.Interesting insight, thanks for posting. Something is wrong there no doubt, hope it gets corrected.
Who do you hire then?
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Love it when a team manages to come from 2 down in the third to win in OT with no life, grit, or hustle.
Right now we have backslide as a program so that B1G Hockey is another sport where Michigan and Ohio State can point out that they are better than Minnesota and that sucks.
Who do you hire then?
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What? Ohio State is awful.
Yet we continue to have difficulties beating them.What? Ohio State is awful.