I’ve watched 10 shots or so from the right side of the net 15 ft out and none have hit the net.
Yes, and they need to shoot more, they easily could have had 50 shots tonight. Very frustrating to get swept by the BADgers at home. I'm not ready to give up on them, but they are 3-3 now. The BADgers are not world beaters. The Gophers will have to return the favor and sweep them the next time around.
They won't have the pressure of being a top ranked team now. Most likely they will drop out of the top 5 now. They will have to put this behind them and play much better against UMD next weekend.
dumbest response ever. Begley should not be on the ice at all. He is an extra extra player.
He needed to tie up there to prevent the Badger player getting to the puck sitting in his skate.
Begley was down on one knee to block the initial shot, he’s not in a position to tie up anybody. You might need to up your meds jackass.
Nice to see everyone taking their frustrations out on one another.
DEEP BREATH.
This weekend sucked balls. Despite returning a lot of guys, we lost some big time talent, and this is a very different team and clearly Bob is still trying to figure out which lines will click.
Wisco got better, although still great at clogging up the neutral zone, so I guess we resorted to trying to fling the puck over it and hoping someone would catch it.
Hopefully this is the low point of the season, and they can take away some lessons and grow from this.
If the next two weekends are duds, I’ll be a little more worried.
I felt like 81 was invisible. We really need to find someone to feed Snuggy!
Let’s put this one in the rear view mirror.
94E.
Ps if there are any students on here, or you know someone who has some clout in the student section, we have got some things we need to teach you to inject some life into that end of the arena. F the badgers does not constitute a creative cheer. ?
11 and 81 were the highlights of the weekend. They’ll be clicking soon we than later
I think the gophers deserved better tonight but Bucky’s outstanding goaltending and a big mistake by Begley kinda cost them tonight. This loss wouldn’t be the end of the world if the Thursday game wasn’t significantly worse with the same outcome.
It’s so annoying watching these games where you have refs who literally refuse to call anything all series, it sorta just played into the hands of a team coached by Mike Hastings once again. I will say that guy does a very good job of getting his teams to play right on the line of legality especially when the refs don’t feel like calling stick infractions, obstruction, or holding for an entire series. It’s not so much that the penalties were uneven or anything but when you have a stylistic clash between one team that tries to rely on skill vs a team that relies on gutting out defensive victories with good goaltending and grinding down low on offense, you can see why that might not be favorable to a team like the gophers. I do think the gophers adapted better tonight and got a bit unlucky but it’s annoying to once again see this formula not work in our favor.
I thought Close had a good weekend even if McClellan (and the posts) was also good and stole the game tonight. The fourth liners of Clark and Strobel, even Pino were kinda the bright spots. I thought Moore looked solid tonight too. My main issue is that the team just doesn’t seem to know how to sustain more zone time and actually use it efficiently. I look at the Badgers in their D zone being aggressive constantly coming out and pressuring this supposedly more talented gopher team into making offensive zone mistakes meanwhile the gophers just kinda fall into a really shallow defensive shell formation giving them all the space in the world where they pass with purpose and eventually break down our structure for good chances. Meanwhile on the opposite end it seems like they probe the outside and take a lot of bad shots from the point or don’t really threaten the defense. The zone entries are often just prayer dumps straight to their D for an easy breakout. This was especially obvious on power plays and late in the game at the end.
I get that Begley is a defenseman so you like to see him clear that puck, but he had just blocked a shot so he likely flinched and couldn’t recognize where it had gone quickly enough. I think the bigger question is why isn’t Brodzinski engaged with Tassy at all until it is too late?
The defense is showing warts early this year, which was kind of expected. But in my opinion the forwards aren’t doing them many favors.
The team had four goals all series so yeah, there’s plenty blame to go around at every position. To me it just seems like they kinda got out coached unless you think the Badgers are truly the more talented team. Like I said tonight was kinda unlucky but when this game follows a home game where you got your ass kicked by a team that isn’t exactly a favorite to win it all, it’s a bit more concerning.
The team had four goals all series so yeah, there’s plenty blame to go around at every position. To me it just seems like they kinda got out coached unless you think the Badgers are truly the more talented team. Like I said tonight was kinda unlucky but when this game follows a home game where you got your ass kicked by a team that isn’t exactly a favorite to win it all, it’s a bit more concerning.
I put this weekend on the players. A team with this much talent shouldn’t be getting swept at home to arguably their biggest rival in Wisconsin. Yes it’s early, but they seem leaderless on the ice.
I don't think the coaches asked the players to sit around and watch their opponent skate past them for 6 periods.
I think it is time to readjust how good we think the Gophers are. They’ve played two good games so far in 6 tries. And have looked quite bad for long stretches.The team had four goals all series so yeah, there’s plenty blame to go around at every position. To me it just seems like they kinda got out coached unless you think the Badgers are truly the more talented team. Like I said tonight was kinda unlucky but when this game follows a home game where you got your ass kicked by a team that isn’t exactly a favorite to win it all, it’s a bit more concerning.
We should also adjust how bad we think the Badgers are. They looked much improved, even the Granato players. Hastings has given new life to this team. Shows how bad Granato was as a coach.
The last time we were swept in a series was UMD home and home October 2021. The last time we were swept at home was Penn State 2019.
For the “we are terrible, sky is falling camp” - the run Bob has put together is very impressive. 3 tourney appearances and 2 Frozen Fours. I had to really dig into the internet to find a series in which we were swept. We lost 5 good players, 4 are contributing each night in the NHL today. UMD series is critical. Get a sweep or split and we are fine as the BIG is a meat grinder.
For the “it’s still early camp” - please be patient with folks like me who are still an emotional wreck after April. I try not to bring it up here, but being at that game could haunt me until they win a title.
I think the gophers deserved better tonight but Bucky’s outstanding goaltending and a big mistake by Begley kinda cost them tonight. This loss wouldn’t be the end of the world if the Thursday game wasn’t significantly worse with the same outcome.
It’s so annoying watching these games where you have refs who literally refuse to call anything all series, it sorta just played into the hands of a team coached by Mike Hastings once again. I will say that guy does a very good job of getting his teams to play right on the line of legality especially when the refs don’t feel like calling stick infractions, obstruction, or holding for an entire series. It’s not so much that the penalties were uneven or anything but when you have a stylistic clash between one team that tries to rely on skill vs a team that relies on gutting out defensive victories with good goaltending and grinding down low on offense, you can see why that might not be favorable to a team like the gophers. I do think the gophers adapted better tonight and got a bit unlucky but it’s annoying to once again see this formula not work in our favor.
I thought Close had a good weekend even if McClellan (and the posts) was also good and stole the game tonight. The fourth liners of Clark and Strobel, even Pino were kinda the bright spots. I thought Moore looked solid tonight too. My main issue is that the team just doesn’t seem to know how to sustain more zone time and actually use it efficiently. I look at the Badgers in their D zone being aggressive constantly coming out and pressuring this supposedly more talented gopher team into making offensive zone mistakes meanwhile the gophers just kinda fall into a really shallow defensive shell formation giving them all the space in the world where they pass with purpose and eventually break down our structure for good chances. Meanwhile on the opposite end it seems like they probe the outside and take a lot of bad shots from the point or don’t really threaten the defense. The zone entries are often just prayer dumps straight to their D for an easy breakout. This was especially obvious on power plays and late in the game at the end.
Agreed. the clutch and grab crap is the most annoying part. There should have been at least 40 additional minutes of penalties.
these two Marco hunt assclowns are by far the worst refs in the big ten.
The last time we were swept in a series was UMD home and home October 2021. The last time we were swept at home was Penn State 2019.
For the “we are terrible, sky is falling camp” - the run Bob has put together is very impressive. 3 tourney appearances and 2 Frozen Fours. I had to really dig into the internet to find a series in which we were swept. We lost 5 good players, 4 are contributing each night in the NHL today. UMD series is critical. Get a sweep or split and we are fine as the BIG is a meat grinder.
For the “it’s still early camp” - please be patient with folks like me who are still an emotional wreck after April. I try not to bring it up here, but being at that game could haunt me until they win a title.
you might want to check those stats again. Particularly February 21
Thinking of a former SCSU commit and former Hill Murray Pioneer.
Thinking of a former SCSU commit and former Hill Murray Pioneer.
Correct. Leo Gruba for those wondering. If Bob wants to bring in a D at Xmas break.
This weekend was a wake up call for the players (and the fans of the team). Anyone thinking this year was going to continue seamlessly like the past two seasons was being naive. Faber was a ROCK on the blue line & because he didn’t try to rush puck very often, if anything was undervalued as a college player. Lacombe was excellent offensively & Johnson was steady as they come. You can’t simply replace 3 D of that caliber seamlessly. Cooley & Knies were two of the best forwards the Gophers have rostered the past decade, they aren’t replaceable the very next season. But the good news is now the challenge is on for Huglen, Pitlick, Nelson & Brodzinski to really pick up their games. Same goes for Luke M., Chesley & the other D, riding the coattails of those 5 alpha’s is over & others need to step up both on and off the ice. And Close (to me) finally looks like a veteran goalie you can count on in big spots, no longer a novelty 3rd goalie who unexpectedly defended the posts quite well for one & a half seasons. Sometime ya gotta get you butt kicked to really buy into the coaches messages. I expect they’ll split against the Dogs and really need a Friday night home win to get their mojo going. But the sky isn’t falling, they simply need to play better team hockey & some of the upperclassmen need to start producing offensively & lead.The team had four goals all series so yeah, there’s plenty blame to go around at every position. To me it just seems like they kinda got out coached unless you think the Badgers are truly the more talented team. Like I said tonight was kinda unlucky but when this game follows a home game where you got your ass kicked by a team that isn’t exactly a favorite to win it all, it’s a bit more concerning.
I put this weekend on the players. A team with this much talent shouldn’t be getting swept at home to arguably their biggest rival in Wisconsin. Yes it’s early, but they seem leaderless on the ice.
It’s so annoying watching these games where you have refs who literally refuse to call anything all series, it sorta just played into the hands of a team coached by Mike Hastings once again. I will say that guy does a very good job of getting his teams to play right on the line of legality especially when the refs don’t feel like calling stick infractions, obstruction, or holding for an entire series. It’s not so much that the penalties were uneven or anything but when you have a stylistic clash between one team that tries to rely on skill vs a team that relies on gutting out defensive victories with good goaltending and grinding down low on offense, you can see why that might not be favorable to a team like the gophers. I do think the gophers adapted better tonight and got a bit unlucky but it’s annoying to once again see this formula not work in our favor.
Unfortunately, unlike the NHL, college hockey refs do not call obstruction away from the puck. There were always horizontal sticks on the Gophers' skaters from the neutral zone on back. Hastings' teams play that way, as does UMD.. and they get away with this neutralizing tactic because the refs aren't calling the rulebook.
The Gophers' season ended last year in a similar way. The refs called none of the obstruction away from the puck. Cooley was simply not allowed to skate. When he finally had enough, the penalty call went against him, not his opponent.
The Gophers still sucked this weekend, but the reffing style played into the hands of the Mav-....I mean, Badgers.
I don’t think the team got outplayed yesterday, they outshot the badgers and hit at least 3 pipes maybe more and the Badger goalie had at least one ridiculous save sequence in front on a split save and rebound after that was insane to watch. Close was really good too, both teams traded chances in the first. I do think the PP needs to be better and maybe reconfigured a bit. I also think guys like Snuggerud need to figure out how to add a part B to their games especially on an NHL rink where space is at a premium and you need to be better in the corners etc. (was really impressed by Moore in that regard) to sustain offense and not have the puck going back the other way. But I think the gophers were mainly the better team in the second and third it’s just that the game turned into a slogfest where the Badgers were content to tie the puck up on the boards for five minutes and they were allowed to literally tackle guys some plays because the refs wanted to “let them play” ?
And yeah agreed Streaky idk why certain refs can’t just call the rulebook. When we got called for the two stick infractions I was just flabbergasted, they missed so many all weekend and randomly just call those and keep them “even”. I think the PPs were 3-2 in our favor yesterday but on two of them we saw our guy get tackled and Nelson get blatantly tripped for no call, I understand not wanting to give a 5x3 but you also can’t reward the other team for going to the box lol. Idk, that to me was probably the most annoying part of this weekend more so than the result. Hockey in general from a fan standpoint just suffers when that happens.
This weekend was a wake up call for the players (and the fans of the team). Anyone thinking this year was going to continue seamlessly like the past two seasons was being naive. Faber was a ROCK on the blue line & because he didn’t try to rush puck very often, if anything was undervalued as a college player. Lacombe was excellent offensively & Johnson was steady as they come. You can’t simply replace 3 D of that caliber seamlessly. Cooley & Knies were two of the best forwards the Gophers have rostered the past decade, they aren’t replaceable the very next season. But the good news is now the challenge is on for Huglen, Pitlick, Nelson & Brodzinski to really pick up their games. Same goes for Luke M., Chesley & the other D, riding the coattails of those 5 alpha’s is over & others need to step up both on and off the ice. And Close (to me) finally looks like a veteran goalie you can count on in big spots, no longer a novelty 3rd goalie who unexpectedly defended the posts quite well for one & a half seasons. Sometime ya gotta get you butt kicked to really buy into the coaches messages. I expect they’ll split against the Dogs and really need a Friday night home win to get their mojo going. But the sky isn’t falling, they simply need to play better team hockey & some of the upperclassmen need to start producing offensively & lead.The team had four goals all series so yeah, there’s plenty blame to go around at every position. To me it just seems like they kinda got out coached unless you think the Badgers are truly the more talented team. Like I said tonight was kinda unlucky but when this game follows a home game where you got your ass kicked by a team that isn’t exactly a favorite to win it all, it’s a bit more concerning.
I put this weekend on the players. A team with this much talent shouldn’t be getting swept at home to arguably their biggest rival in Wisconsin. Yes it’s early, but they seem leaderless on the ice.
yeah, but bob has a recruiting problem.
What I learned this weekend is how truly awful a coach tony granato must be.
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I think any team--even the most gifted and skilled--plays better when they focus on defense first. That's never been Minnesota's M.O., but when they do play that way, they are a tough team to beat. Keep the score at 2 goals against and pounce on your offensive chances when they come.
The coaches had to be really upset about Thursday's lackadaisical backcheck, and while Friday was better, there were enough lapses to cost them the game. These are mental mistakes.
People complain about Minnesota scoring 4 goals in two games, but that's the way Hastings wants it. Minnesota's lack of its own defensive accountability played right into their hands. My hunch is that the Badgers will play a lot of games this year decided by a goal or two.
@trixr4kids major part of why we struggle in a one and done format. All it takes is one game they don’t call that and we can’t adapt our style to play that way. Probably is a big reason why these young “super teams” across the country keep not pulling it off in the post season and winning a title as they run into teams coached like this who push to boundary of making it obvious (Hastings also has his guys finish every check, some quite late; but hey I don’t blame him if they aren’t going to call it, it clearly wears down the other team).
I think the biggest question I have after the weekend is are we going to continue to try play this style. It relies on having the puck moving D who can make plays inside the defensive zone and I don’t know if we’ve got them this year. Maybe when Koster returns everyone calms down a bit, but this teams forwards in the defensive zone kill me. So much watching with poor puck support just is not going to cut it. You can get away from that when you have 4 NHLers giving you a bonus year on the backend; with 2 guys who are 7th-8th dmen, a freshman cutting his teeth and getting used to the game speed, and the rest not being used to being “the guy”, they need help from the forwards and clearly aren’t getting it. They played a more team based game vs und night one and then in game 2 with STU. They haven’t the rest of the games.
the forward chemistry and scoring will come. Too much talent on that end
The last time we were swept in a series was UMD home and home October 2021. The last time we were swept at home was Penn State 2019.
Last refers to chronological order. October 2021 being after February 2021. That would have been the last time Wisconsin swept them but it was on the road, so not relevant to the 2nd part of my statement
Thanks for the help though 😉
For the “we are terrible, sky is falling camp” - the run Bob has put together is very impressive. 3 tourney appearances and 2 Frozen Fours. I had to really dig into the internet to find a series in which we were swept. We lost 5 good players, 4 are contributing each night in the NHL today. UMD series is critical. Get a sweep or split and we are fine as the BIG is a meat grinder.
For the “it’s still early camp” - please be patient with folks like me who are still an emotional wreck after April. I try not to bring it up here, but being at that game could haunt me until they win a title.
you might want to check those stats again. Particularly February 21
The last time we were swept in a series was UMD home and home October 2021. The last time we were swept at home was Penn State 2019.
Last refers to chronological order. October 2021 being after February 2021. That would have been the last time Wisconsin swept them but it was on the road, so not relevant to the 2nd part of my statement
Thanks for the help though 😉
For the “we are terrible, sky is falling camp” - the run Bob has put together is very impressive. 3 tourney appearances and 2 Frozen Fours. I had to really dig into the internet to find a series in which we were swept. We lost 5 good players, 4 are contributing each night in the NHL today. UMD series is critical. Get a sweep or split and we are fine as the BIG is a meat grinder.
For the “it’s still early camp” - please be patient with folks like me who are still an emotional wreck after April. I try not to bring it up here, but being at that game could haunt me until they win a title.
you might want to check those stats again. Particularly February 21
So your snark ass response still proves you put more time into trying to dunk than actually looking at the games I mentioned. Congrats on boinking it off the rim.
Stupid question - why does it feel like it's so difficult for the Gophers to adjust when playing this type of system? I mean Mankato never won a NC under Hastings so someone else figured it out.
Idk I feel like Dryden McRoids just sorta got outplayed by Denver’s goalie in the one NC. Denver had a lead instead of the other way around and Mankato had to open things up a little more. In other years they just ran into a different team of 26 year olds with slightly more skill who also know how to clutch and grab with impunity.
yeah, but bob has a recruiting problem.
Bob and Brad should never have recruiting problems. That's for Fleck and Johnson.
Hitting the pipe comes from the same problem as missing the net.I’ve watched 10 shots or so from the right side of the net 15 ft out and none have hit the net.
Stupid question - why does it feel like it's so difficult for the Gophers to adjust when playing this type of system? I mean Mankato never won a NC under Hastings so someone else figured it out.
it’s hard for every team when you’re used to being called more tightly. The big ten generally is a more free style. Think many teams will struggle with the badgers this year. We’ll see how he can recruit and such long term as it’s a little more baked in that he had a lot of highly ranked, poorly coached talent from Granato and got to pull his best Mankato guys with him for this year. There’s a reason you saw a reasonable number of Mankato starter jackets in the Badger fan section the last 2 nights and they’re many of the guys that make them go this year
Stupid question - why does it feel like it's so difficult for the Gophers to adjust when playing this type of system? I mean Mankato never won a NC under Hastings so someone else figured it out.
My takes, this and $5 will get you a latte at Starbuck's. Maybe.
- uw was like a well synched red blob in the neutral zone and MN, for some reason, always thinks they can beat it with long passes, which never works.
- Dumping the puck isn't getting to the their blue line or getting in trouble then throwing it in with (maybe) one guy going in with speed. Dumping the puck is throwing it in so 2-3 guys are hitting the zone hard and putting pressure on their D. MN actually started to do this better last night and ironically when if this is done effectively it soon opens up chances to skate it in.
- As someone else mentioned, Hastings' teams really get a way with hindering players away from the puck though MN's PP certainly wasn't threatening this week
- The red team took away MN's d-men in the offensive zone, really good high coverage and until MN decided to put some effort into the game and forecheck uw waltzed (polka'd?) out of the zone
- Hustle leads to luck and MN didn't.
- MN played with the lead for less than a minute this weekend. This makes such a difference playing against a team coached by Hastings.
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The long passes did work a few times, Clark’s goal being one and there was the one where Mittlestadt almost caught them on a bad change. I can think of a few others too, but you’re right that it didn’t work as well as the week before where the team got multiple breakaways vs North Dakota, the badgers clearly made a concerted effort to shut down rush chances which was smart.
I agree that if they do dump it they need more of a forecheck. Ideally they just do that less in general and in theory should almost never be doing it on PP entries which were a disaster yesterday. I get that sometimes it’s the only option at even strength. It just seemed like the Badgers were better at pulling off zone entries and exits all weekend, the gophers need to stop doing that breakout where the forward receives the pass on the boards and senses pressure from a pinching D, so they just opt to chip/tip it out of the zone to the other team more often than not. This is especially annoying when it’s a fifth year senior the size of Nelson who is hard to take the puck from.
And to your point about MN having their D taken away, it’s so annoying to watch our team defensively do the opposite and let their D operate devoid of pressure in a passive shell, probably one of my biggest gripes about Motzko’s defensive scheming.
With how often we saw attempted chips out of our zone die just inside the blue line for someone in red to grab in stride I started to wonder if the new boards aren’t as lively as they’re used to.
The long passes did work a few times, Clark’s goal being one and there was the one where Mittlestadt almost caught them on a bad change. I can think of a few others too, but you’re right that it didn’t work as well as the week before where the team got multiple breakaways vs North Dakota, the badgers clearly made a concerted effort to shut down rush chances which was smart.
For sure a couple home run passes worked and you have to do that to break down the red blob. The cross ice attempts, trying to go boards to boards, over and over were more my point and to make it worse MN seemed to be standing still when making passes. And, for the love of God, maybe skate toward whomever has the puck to make the pass easier.
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Idk I feel like Dryden McRoids just sorta got outplayed by Denver’s goalie in the one NC. Denver had a lead instead of the other way around and Mankato had to open things up a little more. In other years they just ran into a different team of 26 year olds with slightly more skill who also know how to clutch and grab with impunity.
People forget that in that game the Cows had a late 1-0 lead they let slip away. As soon as they got down 1-2, it was no longer Mankato hockey. That's when Denver opened things up.
Unlike Minnesota, Denver had a little sandpaper to their game and waited patiently for their opportunity, and they had the shooters who could finish. Mankato probably tried to salt that one away a little too early--a lesson Bob could have used last April.
Mankato might just as well have beaten Denver that night but things didn't fall their way. The same thing happened to Minnesota in their game against Mankato and then again in the NC game last spring. That's the whole point. Teams that play defense to keep it close can, and often do, beat better opponents. If the refs don't call penalties, the odds go up even more.
Strangest thing happened. I went to bed last night. I woke up this AM, my wife and daughter were still there. The sun still came up. I was still employed. It’s as if nothing was different. Apparently last night was not the end of the world. ?
You can sugarcoat it if U want, but the fact is (with 4 minutes to go and protecting a one goal lead) Cooley took a marginal but irregardless undisciplined penalty that gave Q the opening to tie the game & force OT. That’s on him, pure & simple & the main reason he contemplated returning (until very late) likely involved atoning for that play.
It’s so annoying watching these games where you have refs who literally refuse to call anything all series, it sorta just played into the hands of a team coached by Mike Hastings once again. I will say that guy does a very good job of getting his teams to play right on the line of legality especially when the refs don’t feel like calling stick infractions, obstruction, or holding for an entire series. It’s not so much that the penalties were uneven or anything but when you have a stylistic clash between one team that tries to rely on skill vs a team that relies on gutting out defensive victories with good goaltending and grinding down low on offense, you can see why that might not be favorable to a team like the gophers. I do think the gophers adapted better tonight and got a bit unlucky but it’s annoying to once again see this formula not work in our favor.
Unfortunately, unlike the NHL, college hockey refs do not call obstruction away from the puck. There were always horizontal sticks on the Gophers' skaters from the neutral zone on back. Hastings' teams play that way, as does UMD.. and they get away with this neutralizing tactic because the refs aren't calling the rulebook.
The Gophers' season ended last year in a similar way. The refs called none of the obstruction away from the puck. Cooley was simply not allowed to skate. When he finally had enough, the penalty call went against him, not his opponent.
The Gophers still sucked this weekend, but the reffing style played into the hands of the Mav-....I mean, Badgers.
That was one thing that happened in a game where the gophers decided they wanted to throw the puck around and go into a defensive shell halfway through. Me and my buddy literally recognized that in real time and exchanged concerned looks and I said something along the lines of, “they need to get to the locker room and figure out how to get back to their possession game”.
Cooley shouldn’t have done that but the refs could’ve called thirty other things that game and realized that the PP number wasn’t even so they decided to call that late. If the gophers ice the PP, play their game for the entire game, or don’t come out asleep for OT we probably are talking about that game in a different light.
I don’t take sports nearly as seriously as I used to and agree but I don’t think anyone here has expressed suicidal thoughts or anything like your post implies ?Strangest thing happened. I went to bed last night. I woke up this AM, my wife and daughter were still there. The sun still came up. I was still employed. It’s as if nothing was different. Apparently last night was not the end of the world. ?
That’s the point thou…Cooley let his emotions rather than his brain control his actions on that play, which gave the refs the opportunity to make an (even it up) penalty call, something a team up by one goal in the fading minutes cannot afford to do, particularly in the offense zone.
@trixr4kids well I kinda felt like kicking a Badger this morning if that counts.
I get that but I’ll never understand why people are overly focused on that one play rather than the 30 minutes of dogshit play that preceded it and 2 mins or so that followed it. It’s like people can’t understand sports without finding one single decision and turning it into some morality play where it was the sole determiner of the outcome ?. It’s probably why Skip and hot take enthusiasts have weekly (daily?) shows that people are dumb enough to watch and talk about.
For the record that’s not necessarily directed at BP, I’ve just seen enough people make that argument either on Facebook or here previously.
Teams like Mankato and Wis make it really hard to enter the offensive zone. I don't think the Gophers have ever been good at dump and chase. Seems like they dump it in and their opponent effortlessly comes out with it. Just not in their repertoire.
I agree that a lot more things occurred that resulted in the lousy ending than that one play. Up 2-0 they had opportunities to stretch the lead. And when Q finally got on the board, Gophers became less aggressive offensively that gave Q momentum. Q didn’t actually score on the PP with the extra attacker either, but it happened quickly enough that Cooley couldn’t get back into the play in time. But that loss is so haunting because that team had so much talent & veteran experience. The good news is less talented teams (than the 2023 squad) often times win National titles, so there’s definite hope for future squads.I get that but I’ll never understand why people are overly focused on that one play rather than the 30 minutes of dogshit play that preceded it and 2 mins or so that followed it. It’s like people can’t understand sports without finding one single decision and turning it into some morality play where it was the sole determiner of the outcome ?. It’s probably why Skip and hot take enthusiasts have weekly (daily?) shows that people are dumb enough to watch and talk about.
For the record that’s not necessarily directed at BP, I’ve just seen enough people make that argument either on Facebook or here previously.
The cure to our angst will be how they perform against the team with shiny helmets next weekend.
Wrong thread.
Blaming players for incompetent officiating is unbelievably dumb.That’s the point thou…Cooley let his emotions rather than his brain control his actions on that play, which gave the refs the opportunity to make an (even it up) penalty call, something a team up by one goal in the fading minutes cannot afford to do, particularly in the offense zone.