A big blow to the badger hockey program today as goaltending coach bill howard resigned.  Coach howard was instrumental in developing one of the best goaltending development programs on a year to year basis.  Hopefully coach Eaves can find an equal replacement.  These will be tough shoes to fill. 

Wow, 15 goals against in 3 games and the blue line is supposed to be the strength of this team.  Could be a long year.  Maybe the firebielema.com crowd will have a fireeaves.com link.

jimmythegreek:

Wow, 15 goals against in 3 games and the blue line is supposed to be the strength of this team.  Could be a long year.  Maybe the firebielema.com crowd will have a fireeaves.com link.

Make that 22 GAA in 4 games.

What a joke. I think Eaves is a horrendous coach. F*** the national championship. They'd have won three by now if they'd have done what they should have and hired Mark Johnson.

Eaves is a clown. This team is an utter disgrace to the school. I hate them now.

I have to agree.  Most underachieving program at the UW right now.  I'm tired of the "so many guys left for the NHL" excuse.  It happens to everyone and we consistently see the BC's, Michigans, UND's at the top even though they lose players every year.  Time to re-evaluate this program.

jimmythegreek:

I have to agree.  Most underachieving program at the UW right now.  I'm tired of the "so many guys left for the NHL" excuse.  It happens to everyone and we consistently see the BC's, Michigans, UND's at the top even though they lose players every year.  Time to re-evaluate this program.

Agreed.

Don't mean to minimze the national title (I was drunk when I wrote that last post), but Eaves has never led the Badgers to a WCHA regular-season or WCHA Tournament title. Now, I'd obviously rather have the national title than those, but the point is, why are Eaves' teams consistently falling into the middle of the conference?

All the talk is always about how talented his recruiting classes are but how they need time to develop over the course of the season, then they never develop. I don't know, it's frustrating.

And, yeah, the guys leaving for the NHL excuse is total bull. Minnesota lost its best player (Okposo) DURING the season last year. It's happening to all the top programs. You just have to change your mindset, become more reliable on freshmen right away and not constantly call everything "a learning process."

Also, it would help if their "great" defensive corps would, you know, PLAY SOME DEFENSE!