stoneySIOUX

Follow you? That was a wee bit creepy.

Agreed. BC and BU on line one, please.

This has all been discussed ad nauseam.

Lol that part is pretty irrelevant when it's been 17 years since you've played one.

The point about the short window seems glaring to me. I don't have an answer when it comes to how long we should wait, I just know I like what I see within the recruiting pipeline and I have no interest in messing with that. With the heralded group coming in, I fully expect us to score more and this class seems to be more heralded than the past two in terms of age and potential draft status. If we don't score next year, I think it's fair to suggest it's coaching, but even then, it's hard to expect them to light the world on fire at a young age in this league. With that said, if we don't see another step in the Soph forwards (Guchi, Mash and Adams, specifically) and the freshmen underperform, I think it'll be fair to question the coaching.

Agreed and perfect gif for that lol

Agreed. I really hope he stays four years as he's got all the pieces to have a really good two years, IMO.

I know someone who has very much been in Colton's ear about not leaving early.

Yeah, I don't agree with the discussion as a collective, but I get it, I guess. I don't think the discussion is happening if we took care of Canisus. That's why I'm having a tough time with it.

Hahaha my bar buddy ... You're right and that's a fair point. I think the group of forwards he's bringing in next year is the most heralded. We'll see what he can do with them. With the pieces we do have, a great d-corps and excellent goaltending, I guess I'm present in this year, but keeping eyes forward.

I wouldn't care very much about being on the road for the playoffs if we're sitting at No. 8 in the PWR and that's the god's honest truth.

Could be it, man. Sandy woulda been fired well before his chance to ferment, however, methinks.

Fair points. I'm sticking to my guns with my belief that this incoming forward group is the start that gets us to where we need to be. Subsequent classes only increase it. I'm just having trouble, in my mind, pegging two wins (or losses, in this case) against a bad team as to why we are talking about Bubbs' job. That's all.

I hope so, too. I hope most don't think that's the road we're headed on, because that's a gross road.

That's fair. They have had this MO this year. I totally buy that. Not sure I feel that's on Bubbs though, because then he deserves all the credit when we beat St. Cloud, UMD, WMU, Denver and Mankato.

They WOULD be doing very well outside of those two games, sitting at No. 8 in the PWR. That's why it's tough, for me. It's two frickin' games and that's so frustrating.

Culture may be lacking? Tell me what you mean by this. I honestly think the only thing we're really lacking is forward scoring. That was in full affect in Buffalo and that's why we are talking about where we are this year. Had we swept, I'm having a tough time equating two wins against a poor team as having fans no longer question your job security.

Again, I get that. But, it's one weekend. I'm just having trouble equating two wins against a terrible team to us not talking about firing him.

I get it. I just feel like one weekend should not define a coach. Feels like that puts a lot in to perspective, for me.

Had they swept Canisius, would the "fire Bubbs" argument be around?

Sure would. I really feel like we've earned a break. We'll find out.

This team absolutely has the defense and goaltending to win in the tournament. Just gotta get there.

I just messed around with the PWR predictor and with a sweep, we get to 16 if all favorites win. If BGSU and Harvard get swept and we sweep, up to 14. Did one where WMU lost two, Hahvahd split and BGSU split and we're up to 13. So, in short, we have plenty of chances. Get two wins and we got a shot.

Agreed 100%. I was absolutely not saying nor implying that bad bounces are the reason our season has been a struggle.

Goodness. Can't it be both? I didn't insinuate in any shape or manner that this was a sole reasoning for a bad season.