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Post by bfoley82 on May 11, 2022 12:00:42 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on May 11, 2022 13:45:04 GMT -5
Thanks, Foley. We can always count on you for negative information about HC. The Germans call it “schadenfreude”.
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Post by bfoley82 on May 11, 2022 13:49:27 GMT -5
Thanks, Foley. We can always count on you for negative information about HC. The Germans call it “schadenfreude”. I just share the numbers....
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Post by hchoops on May 11, 2022 13:58:30 GMT -5
Thanks, Foley. We can always count on you for negative information about HC. The Germans call it “schadenfreude”. I just share the numbers.... Sure. All numbers that put HC in a negative light. whom are you trying to convince.?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 11, 2022 14:08:41 GMT -5
The HC administration had some pretty backwards attendance policies compared to our peers, which didn't exactly help attendance numbers.
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Post by newfieguy74 on May 11, 2022 16:01:39 GMT -5
Thanks, Foley. We can always count on you for negative information about HC. The Germans call it “schadenfreude”. There's a rumor that Foley, a/k/a The Nattering Nabob of Negativity (TN3), has been scouring the campus looking for crabgrass so he can start a new thread about how HC is letting the campus go.
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Post by longsuffering on May 11, 2022 16:04:32 GMT -5
Calculate the cost of Sacred Heart's new hockey arena on a per fan basis and the result isn't pretty. I hope it's a catalyst to build a national contender for them, which might be easier to do in hockey than BB or FB.
SHU is a fine Institution. Maybe they can accomplish what Quinnipiac has in hockey. Praiseworthy for a school funding scholarships in FB also, unlike Q.
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Post by longsuffering on May 11, 2022 16:06:30 GMT -5
Thanks, Foley. We can always count on you for negative information about HC. The Germans call it “schadenfreude”. There's a rumor that Foley, a/k/a The Nattering Nabob of Negativity (TN3), has been scouring the campus looking for crabgrass so he can start a new thread about how HC is letting the campus go. My old eyes could detect no brown patches on either Fitton or Freshman fields on the ESPN+ screen. Both fields looked green and lush. Enjoyable watching Crusader baseball and softball this past weekend, which I hadn't gotten into like with FB and BB. Sure it was only a battle for fourth place in six and seven team leagues, but HC went a combined six out of seven on the last weekend of the regular season which bodes well for the future and it had the same excitement as any playoff drive. Softball finished only a game out of the playoffs.
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Post by rf1 on May 11, 2022 16:13:07 GMT -5
Not exactly numbers that will impress Hockey East.
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Post by bfoley82 on May 11, 2022 16:18:54 GMT -5
The HC administration had some pretty backwards attendance policies compared to our peers, which didn't exactly help attendance numbers. Well they have been in the 50's every year back through at least 2017-2018.
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Post by longsuffering on May 11, 2022 16:21:29 GMT -5
Not exactly numbers that will impress Hockey East. True. But we have a more manageable goal: win in the AHA.
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Post by rgs318 on May 11, 2022 16:24:47 GMT -5
Well, if our "minor" sports improve, we will get fewer posts from someone named "foley." That its surely two good things!
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Post by longsuffering on May 11, 2022 16:55:13 GMT -5
Colgate got up to .500 twice (2018, 2022) in recent years. Other than that they have been mired well below .500 playing out of the ECAC.
They play against more prestigious schools, but they aren't having much success. I don't see a logical path to success in HE for HC without first becoming a strong program in the AHA. I think that is a large challenge but potentially doable for Coach Riga and his staff.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 11, 2022 19:37:04 GMT -5
Tiny rink. No fans allowed, including students who were triple-vaxxed, masked and subjected to bi-weekly testing. What do you expect?
The habdful of games I attended at home between 2015 and 2019, finding a seat at Hart was actually a challenge.
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Post by thecrossisback on May 11, 2022 20:55:48 GMT -5
The Hart rink seats what 1,600 very small. Those attendance numbers are all tickets sold not actually who is in the seats. I bet that BU number is not accurate.
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Post by HC92 on May 12, 2022 6:39:02 GMT -5
Looking at attendance numbers during a Covid year is completely meaningless given how restrictive some schools were and how much less restrictive other schools were. But, I guess if you’re trolling for something negative each day, you’re not always going to be able to come up with a good one.
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Post by rgs318 on May 12, 2022 7:14:40 GMT -5
One "meaning" of such a look at Covid numbers may be that it gives one man the chance to criticize Holy Cross. It seems for him that is an opportunity not to be missed...hence the new thread all its own.
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Post by bfoley82 on May 12, 2022 8:59:54 GMT -5
Looking at attendance numbers during a Covid year is completely meaningless given how restrictive some schools were and how much less restrictive other schools were. But, I guess if you’re trolling for something negative each day, you’re not always going to be able to come up with a good one. Well every other year they were in the 50's so pretty sure COVID wasn't the problem in the other years.
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Post by HC92 on May 12, 2022 9:14:17 GMT -5
Looking at attendance numbers during a Covid year is completely meaningless given how restrictive some schools were and how much less restrictive other schools were. But, I guess if you’re trolling for something negative each day, you’re not always going to be able to come up with a good one. Well every other year they were in the 50's so pretty sure COVID wasn't the problem in the other years. What you continue to fail to understand is that almost everyone here is firmly grounded in where we are athletically. So, you’re either too stupid to figure that out or you just want to be an ass. Not sure which it is but neither is good for you.
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Post by rgs318 on May 12, 2022 9:25:36 GMT -5
I am not sure that is an either/or. Each may have an element of truth.
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Post by nhteamer on May 12, 2022 9:55:44 GMT -5
great job 'Hoops et al: blame Foley for reporting a fact.
But keep making excuses for 50 years of documented HC incompetence.
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Post by rgs318 on May 12, 2022 11:28:04 GMT -5
great job 'Hoops et al: blame Foley for reporting a fact. But keep making excuses for 50 years of documented HC incompetence. Responding as part of " et al" 1. No one "blamed" Foley for "reporting a fact." I, for one, am tired of the "fact" that he seems to go out of his way to find anything he can use against HC on a site dedicated to HC sports. (Did ice hockey attendance really deserve a thread of its own?) 2. As to "50 years of documented incompetence" well that is in the eye of the beholder. No need for what you call excuses. (BTW there is a difference between an excuse and an explanation, but I imagine you know that already.)
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 12, 2022 11:33:57 GMT -5
Well every other year they were in the 50's so pretty sure COVID wasn't the problem in the other years. What you continue to fail to understand is that almost everyone here is firmly grounded in where we are athletically. So, you’re either too stupid to figure that out or you just want to be an ass. Not sure which it is but neither is good for you. Bingo. 1) We know we are not very good right now 2) We know we play in the worst conference in the country that historically does not draw well (outside of RIT and maybe Air Force) 3) We know we have one of the smallest D1 rinks in the country as it relates to capacity 4) We know that Holy Cross had some of the strictest, most ridiculous, and backwards attendance policies related to corona No one is surprised that we drew what we did. What's the point in starting a thread on the low attendance figures? I assume it's just to try and score some message board points for yourself? You're a weird guy, Foley.
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Post by longsuffering on May 12, 2022 11:53:58 GMT -5
I thought AIC should have decent attendance, but then I checked a few box scores from this past season. Dreadful for a team on a two or three year championship run. Once past Covid and if challenging for a title, HC should fill the Hart again.
UMass draws well in Amherst. Their fans didn't drive a few exits on I-91 to attend the Minutemen vs Yellow Jackets game in Springfield.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 12, 2022 19:51:50 GMT -5
I thought AIC should have decent attendance, but then I checked a few box scores from this past season. Dreadful for a team on a two or three year championship run. Once past Covid and if challenging for a title, HC should fill the Hart again. UMass draws well in Amherst. Their fans didn't drive a few exits on I-91 to attend the Minutemen vs Yellow Jackets game in Springfield. I went to a game up there at MassMutual Center in February of 2020 -- my daughters first HC sporting event at 4 months old at the time. Great venue, solid concessions -- with a winning team and it being the school's only DI sport you'd expect a little bit more in terms of fans showing up to the games.
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