Quote from: remsleep on January 21, 2011, 11:22:56 PM
On another point, why is Bowdoin not getting any of the good recruits from Maine?.....recruiting performance in-state for past two classes is poor. Colby, especially, much better....this will spell trouble for the Polar Bears despite their current good record....
Why does it matter where they're (talented players) from? These aren't community colleges and the teams ought to reflect their campuses. Recruiting prowess matters and it needs to be less about geography and more about talent if a NESCAC team is going to take a national champsionship any decade soon. Pemper and Gear-McBride were both strong recruiters. Colby's recruits under Gear-McBride were strong and geographically incidental. "Local" mattered to her only because it improved the likelihood they'd attend if accepted. Gromacki doesn't care where talented propsects are from and he works his arse off to scout and evaluate them. (Really impressive level-of-effort throughout the entire process). I suspect Berube is also a strong recruiter (she "trained" with Geno, after all).
Great game re-cap, btw Rem!