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Date Posted: Monday, March 17, 08:45:33pm
Author: beaverfan2
Subject: Re: Tough way to end the season
In reply to: beaverfan 's message, "Tough way to end the season" on Monday, March 17, 11:37:27am

>I've had some harsh words for this team this year, but
>I am very proud of the way they played on Saturday
>night. There is no doubt there are a lot of issues
>with this team right now, and it seems that the team's
>identity has been lost over the last two years. You
>used to be able to count on defense and goaltending
>throughout the history of BSU and for some reason that
>came to a screeching halt the past two years. There is
>no doubt that this is one of the most talented
>defensive corps that BSU has ever had, but they seem
>to be lacking the defense part of their game. As for
>goaltending, I don't want to say it has been terrible,
>but the only thing consistent has been its
>inconsistency. I'm hoping that Michael Bitzer will
>help solve this as I no longer have faith in Walsh and
>Wilkins has looked good one second, and terrible the
>next. Maybe a rotation of Wilkins and Bitzer is what
>the future holds. As for the forwards, they were a
>very young group this year. They clicked early on and
>everyone was thinking we'd see a team that could put
>up some points. Then December hit and the team hit a
>wall and never recovered. I think it will be key to
>find roles for all of the forwards going into next
>year and sticking to those roles. Ward-Gerbrandt-Harms
>was very good, but other than that, the offense
>struggled in the second half of the year. I won't be
>sad if Danny Mattson leaves this program. I was
>excited when he de-committed from UND to come to BSU,
>but now I see why he left UND. He seems to constantly
>be in the doghouse with Tom and the rest of the staff
>and has never lived up to the potential. Illo is
>another forward that always left me wanting more.
>Sometimes he was great, other times he was a ghost. I
>think Marinaccio and Arentz have a future as scoring
>forwards and maybe O'Conner too. Brewer may be a good
>defensive center going forward too.
>
>The keys to success next year are:
>1. Finding roles/chemistry for the forwards. This will
>hopefully lead to more scoring and more wins. BSU
>never won a game this year in which it gave up 2 or
>more goals. That has to stop immediately.
>
>2. Get back to a defensive system/identity. This
>team's success has long been on the defensive side of
>the puck. That has been absent the last two years, and
>it has been noticeable.
>
>3. Fix the goaltending issue. The goaltending has been
>bad, and this program is not used to that. I'm not
>sure how to fix that as Bitzer is not having a good
>year for Lincoln either. But the only way to get back
>to winning is having a reliable goaltender which we've
>not had since Dan Bakala.
>
>This conference is winnable by almost any team, and I
>have faith that the Beavers can be back on top in 1-2
>years if they commit themselves to team defense and
>hit on a couple of their incoming recruits.

Great post, agree on all points.

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