HOCKEY RENOVATIONS OFFICALLY ON HOLD

BG84 · Post by **BG84** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:39 pm

Somebody call Mr. Goggin! Maybe he has several million $ to spare.

sbkbghockey · Post by **sbkbghockey** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:11 am

BG84 wrote:Somebody call Mr. Goggin! Maybe he has several million $ to spare.

how 'bout Rob Blake or Scott Hamilton too! "The Rob Blake Ice Arena" that'd be pimpin! lol

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:15 am

I've heard there is some division between the players as to if it is best to renovate or build new. Not sure how that may play into things.

These guys have done very well in their careers, but even so, I'm not sure how many have the raw cash to lay down the fat green like Kirm Stroh did. Most are still young, certainly not normal retirement age, and more than a few were not the giga-buck earners or earned in a lower paying time.

You would have to unite them all to get a big 8 million dollar donation collectively. Thus, the odds are they are better used for hitting the practical stuff within the project.

rood · Post by **rood** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:29 am

How fast would the old players sign on if they announced the "The Terry Flanagan Memorial Arena"?

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:33 am

rood wrote:How fast would the old players sign on if they announced the "The Terry Flanagan Memorial Arena"?

I think that is a very worthy idea on many levels. It takes ego and politics out of the process and centers the effort on honoring a person whose life and death hugely impacted BGSU hockey. I'm not sure any players of any generation don't know who he is, and the focus on him as the namesake of the project would give some momentum that otherwise is much harder to generate with the low state of the program.

Puckhead · Post by **Puckhead** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:48 pm

Rood - great suggestion Tery Flanagan would be a great name.

How about the "Orel Hershiser Baseball Offices" in the renovated
Hockey / Baseball / Softball sports facility?

murphdogg · Post by **murphdogg** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:43 pm

Has a much nicer ring to it too, compared with "BGSU Ice Arena". I am totally in favor of that idea, and if I had the fat stacks like the Strohs, I would donate to that in a second

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:43 pm

Puckhead wrote:Rood - great suggestion Tery Flanagan would be a great name.

How about the "Orel Hershiser Baseball Offices" in the renovated
Hockey / Baseball / Softball sports facility?

Only if Hershiser donated the bucks....it's my understanding that to date, he hasn't donate a dime to BGSU....Not sure if that is still true, but I'm pretty sure it was a few years ago.

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:09 pm

Isn't it fun to spend OPM?

rood · Post by **rood** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:43 pm

If I had it I would spend my own.

McConvey · Post by **McConvey** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:20 am

Christ, I leave you people alone for a week and the hockey forum goes to hell in a handbasket.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:12 am

McConvey wrote:Christ, I leave you people alone for a week and the hockey forum goes to hell in a handbasket.

You must have been gone longer than that....the forum's been in the crapper for a long time.....

MooneyRich86 · Post by **MooneyRich86** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:15 am

Because of and along with the hockey program!!

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:04 am

C'mon now..... for how many weeks did you check the hockey forum and nothing was happening. Now everybody's pissed at the University and taking it out on each other. How cool is that?

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:32 am

bgbill wrote:C'mon now..... for how many weeks did you check the hockey forum and nothing was happening. Now everybody's pissed at the University and taking it out on each other. How cool is that?

So we hit harder than the team does on the ice? Man, way to support the team Bill!!!