the coach

[Dublin Falcon]

Cool I like optimisim but with a 12th place finish why is that? Recruiting, player relations, game day decisions?

[BGFan]

A few random thoughts..

1. The personal stuff is pathetic.
2. IMO, a 12th place finsh is evidence enough of a poor pefromance and the "burden" should be on those who think Scott and Ron are good and will do well need to provide evidence to support their postions (injures etc). I look at this as a business performance review and nothing more.
3. As far as all the analysis of recruiting, game day decisions and personnel, this talk was very similar to what was discussed when Buddy was the coach. Unfortunately, this "overanalysis" blinded me and others who kept thinking that it will get better and before you know it 8 years passed and the program was in the toilet.
4. A few people think that time has permanantly passed this program by and/or BG will never be a top program again. I would ask Buddy what an administration needs to do to provide the needed support to be a top prigram (better arena is a start). I've posted here a trillion times (too many!) and do not believe for a minute that BG could not be a hockey power again if the powers to be wanted it to be. The vast majority of hockey powers are MUCH smaller schools in enrollment than BG. If this was a priority it would, could and shold be a perennial top 15 program.

I think it's time we start asking many people these questions - as I analyzed in an e-mail over the Summer, a less than 6th place average finish over 17 years really tarnishes the glory days of the program.

Just a thought. And before everybody gets personal at each other, remember theat we all have the same goal/dream - that BG becomes a hockey power, the kids do well and school and mature accordingle=y and it helps BG a school and community.

Dublin Falcon

I see that the number of posts you've made currently stands at 42. Your talent for overstatement is quite impressive.

Nothing is going to happen this year with the coaching staff so this thread is a waste of time. What happens this year on the ice will have a huge impact on the future of Coach Paluch's position here, IMO. He now has all of his own recruits playing for him and his job is in his own hands. It's no secret that last year's senior class had a horrible attitute towards Paluch even before the season started (I know this first hand, btw) and I was not surprised how the season turned out. Leadership starts from the top of the team down (and I'm not talking about the coaches). There was none last year because of the vocalness of certain members of that class. From helicopter parents to players whining because they felt that they deserved a 'C' or at least an 'A' on their jerseys. I hope that those petty and childish distractions, because that is what they were, are behind us and that this team can now concentrate on playing hockey. If they are than this will be a good year, if not....

[bigdog]

That last response just shows how little you actually know about the hockey program. First of all, no one wanted to be a captain becuase then you have to go and talk to the coaches more. The more time away from them the better. The more you talk to them the dumber you become. As for no one being vocal on last year's team is somewhat true. This however is only due to the fact that people would try and get the team motivated by yelling or whatever was needed. This action was followed by the coach yelling at the person trying to motivate the team becuase a swear word may have slipped in. This is hockey right, not ballroom dancing. Also when you stated that the seniors had a big problem with the coach is was very true but the part you are forgetting is that 95% of the rest of the team also did. The whole point of the thread. You will never have a winning team as long as he is the coach because no one wants to win for him. Also the person who states "IN POOCH WE TRUST" if you keep that viewpoint you are going to be let down your whole life!

[freddiethefalconBG]

Once again BIGDOG you are right on point. I wonder if we were teamattes because it sounds like you played for the same idiot that i did. Scott Paluch. Yes no one wants to be the captain of his team. All it does is make you have to talk to him and that is a very unpleasant and annoying thing to have to do. Paluch should coach his sons hockey team. He might do a good job there.

Playing for Paluch is like playing for a child so he might as well coach children. Than maybe he might have a chance to win. I am almost convinced he is a retard. I am being serious. I really feel that every time i had to talk to him it just made me a dumber person.

What makes people think he is so great? It is beyond me. I am baffled by it. Everyone that i know that played for him feels the same way that i do.

"In Pooch We Trust" you need to wake up buddy. If that is who you trust than that really says a lot of bad things about your character.

[BGDrew]

"In Pooch We Trust" you need to wake up buddy. If that is who you trust than that really says a lot of bad things about your character.

Someone who refuses to identify themself isn't showing much character either. You take pot shots and not identify yourself.

[PGY Tiercel]

I'm confused. How many personalities can one dumb hockey player have. Talking to himelf on a message board. I bet he thinks that its a hot blonde having sex with him when he masturbates.

[BGFan]

I'm confused. How many personalities can one dumb hockey player have. Talking to himelf on a message board. I bet he thinks that its a hot blonde having sex with him when he masturbates.

[transfer2BGSU]

I wonder if we were teamattes because it sounds like you played for the same idiot that i did. Scott Paluch. Yes no one wants to be the captain of his team...Playing for Paluch is like playing for a child... I am almost convinced he is a retard. I am being serious. I really feel that every time i had to talk to him it just made me a dumber person....Everyone that i know that played for him feels the same way that i do.

Then why didn't you transfer to another school?

I'm not supporting the Falcon Club just so people can get a free ride. I'm expecting them to play for me and BGSU. If you were a hockey player at BGSU and didn't put out 100% each practice and game, then you had best hope I don't find out who you are. You are a disppointment.

[BGFan]

That last response just shows how little you actually know about the hockey program. First of all, no one wanted to be a captain becuase then you have to go and talk to the coaches more. The more time away from them the better. The more you talk to them the dumber you become.

FYI, parents talk. Some parents talk a lot...

[FindlayFalcon]

I'm not supporting the Falcon Club just so people can get a free ride. I'm expecting them to play for me and BGSU. If you were a hockey player at BGSU and didn't put out 100% each practice and game, then you had best hope I don't find out who you are. You are a disppointment.[/color]

Transfer--thank you for saying what I have been thinking all along. I haven't posted at all on any of these "Bash the Coach" threads--until now. It is pretty evident that the bashers were all players--if indeed there are more than one. They came here on scholarships, took the money, got an education, and don't have a good word to say about who got them here or kept them here. If they were only here to play hockey, then why stay here? Transfer somewhere else--or wouldn't somewhere else have them????? They complained that the coaches took the fun out of hockey. If they wanted to play hockey for fun, then join the Club team or join a rec team.

I have been a BG hockey fan since the York days. I remember hearing that some players didn't like him a whole lot either. But, like him or not, they worked their butts off for the man and won a national championship. And before you ask, yes, I knew a lot of players who played for York. And yes, they did complain about York, but it sure didn't stop them from giving 110% every practice and every game. The leaders stepped up and the rest followed. They didn't sit back and complain that the coach was giving them a raw deal, or that the captain shouldn't be captain or that they didn't have an A on their own chest.

A coach is there to coach not be be a friend or a parent. They are not there to hold each player's hand and tell him it will be ok. And if a player applies to a college, gets accepted, and gets a scholarship to play a sport, then it is his responsibilty to give his all and do his best, no matter what. In essence he is getting paid to play for that college. That is his job for 4 years. And he had better give it his all for those 4 years or his job will--or at least should--be terminated.

Ok, enough of my soapbox. I've just had it with the crybabies who have apparently moved on from this university and this team but don't seem to have moved on with their lives yet. Grudges will get you nowhere in life. Suck it up, live with it and move on!!!

[BGFan]

I'm not supporting the Falcon Club just so people can get a free ride. I'm expecting them to play for me and BGSU. If you were a hockey player at BGSU and didn't put out 100% each practice and game, then you had best hope I don't find out who you are. You are a disppointment.[/color]

Transfer--thank you for saying what I have been thinking all along. I haven't posted at all on any of these "Bash the Coach" threads--until now. It is pretty evident that the bashers were all players--if indeed there are more than one. They came here on scholarships, took the money, got an education, and don't have a good word to say about who got them here or kept them here. If they were only here to play hockey, then why stay here? Transfer somewhere else--or wouldn't somewhere else have them????? They complained that the coaches took the fun out of hockey. If they wanted to play hockey for fun, then join the Club team or join a rec team.

I have been a BG hockey fan since the York days. I remember hearing that some players didn't like him a whole lot either. But, like him or not, they worked their butts off for the man and won a national championship. And before you ask, yes, I knew a lot of players who played for York. And yes, they did complain about York, but it sure didn't stop them from giving 110% every practice and every game. The leaders stepped up and the rest followed. They didn't sit back and complain that the coach was giving them a raw deal, or that the captain shouldn't be captain or that they didn't have an A on their own chest.

A coach is there to coach not be be a friend or a parent. They are not there to hold each player's hand and tell him it will be ok. And if a player applies to a college, gets accepted, and gets a scholarship to play a sport, then it is his responsibilty to give his all and do his best, no matter what. In essence he is getting paid to play for that college. That is his job for 4 years. And he had better give it his all for those 4 years or his job will--or at least should--be terminated.

Ok, enough of my soapbox. I've just had it with the crybabies who have apparently moved on from this university and this team but don't seem to have moved on with their lives yet. Grudges will get you nowhere in life. Suck it up, live with it and move on!!!

Great post FF!

If life gives you lemons....

[Rightupinthere]

I continue to hear about how the fans are "experts at the game of hockey."

That is a correct statement. I wager that many of these folks are VERY well versed at the game of life.

When you compare games, hockey is a pussy sport.

[bigdog]

Its funny, the whole point of this thread is not to bash the coach becuase bad memories of BG. When people are saying that a becuase players could not stand the coach that they didn't work their absolute hardest. Wrong, becuase you still want to play and the only way to do that is to perform in games and work hard in practice. FOR SOME REASON IT IS HARD FOR THE FANS OF BOWLING GREEN HOCKEY TO HEAR THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. The attitude is always that the team will be better the next year. I played for pooch and I am trying to explain to the public what they have no way of knowing. I am trying to explain that this feeling about the coach is not only one that is held by me. It goes all the way from the freshmen to the seniors. Those of you who have said that you have talked to players and everything is fine. Well ya obviously. Do you really think they are going to risk telling you something with that chance that it will get back to the coach, they don't play if it does. I am getting people bashing me on this site becuase I am trying to inform people on what they could not possibly know. Its not your fault becuase there is no way of knowing what I am trying to tell you. I understand that he is going to coach this year and I really do hope they do well. I will make all of you a deal if they do any better than a 7th place then I will admit I am wrong But please remember what I am saying if they do worse than that.

[Rightupinthere]

I didn't really intend disrespect in my posts. I apologize and retract anything which may have rubbed against the grain.

I'm going to appeal to logic here.

Since the fans are not stockholders in the company, what - pray tell - do you expect US to do about it?

We have two camps. Since all this started towards the end of last season there has been ZERO common ground on this topic.

Should the horse really get flogged any longer?


LET'S JUST DROP THE PUCK ALREADY!

[bigdog]

My point to you fans of BG hockey is to maybe hang around the rink a little more gain the players trust and then they will feel more open to what is really going on around the rink. This is the year for pooch to resign his contract, and if the public understands how unhappy the players are then they can raise this point at the time of resigning. I would just feel terrible for more kids to have to be treated so poorly.