Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Gotta love Rutgers beating Hop! So many top recruits going to Hop over the years and this is the outcome?? Keep up the great recruiting strategy. Really working for you?


To be fair, Hop went to the final four last year and came within a butt end save of going to OT in the semis with Maryland. They will make the tourney again this year and have the talent to beat anyone. Rutgers is improved and their goalie stood on his head last night. I get your point about the early recruiting but I dont think that stands up here with Hop. Drexel is a notorious late recruiter and how does that work out for them? Denver is a notorious early recruiter and how is that going for them? I understand the backlash against early recruiting but lets deal in reality.


To be even more fair, last year was Hop's only FF in the last decade and they needed no small miracle late season run to even make the NCAA tournament. Then they got the gift of playing their round one game against UVA, the ER train wreck poster child. If you coach a program like Hop or UVA and can't be competitive to be in or near a FF each year, something is off. Denver is off the charts because their coaching staff recognizes Canadian and Native talent and they have the admissions office latitude to recruit that way. Or am I not dealing with reality?

Don't make sense, there is no place for that here !