UND Hockey beat writer Brad Elliott Schlossman, has a new article up on the
Herald's web site and this is what stuck out with me. The November incident has nothing to do with last weekend's games. More bumbling buffoonery from Bruce McLeod, maybe it would be better if he didn't say anything. The
comments for this article is going to be fun to watch as well.
Marvin, a Warroad, Minn., native, was suspended one game in November for that hit — the same punishment leveled at Lamoureux on Thursday.
McLeod said he didn’t want to compare the suspensions.
“I don’t want to comment on that,” he said. “That’s an apples and oranges deal. You have to take the initial suspension to Marvin into context. A lot has changed in hockey since then.”
Even though I don't know anything about running a league, I think I should apply to be commissioner of the WCHA. Since McCloud doesn't know how to run a league either, how bad could I be at it?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if we could get a commissioner that is any worse.
ReplyDeleteMeaning Sioux7 could probably do a better job than this clown.
ReplyDeleteWhat!?
ReplyDeleteMcCloud is a joke of a commissioner. If Marvin dropped his gloves at the same time, why was he not suspended?
ReplyDeletethane.
ReplyDeletemcleod doesn't hand down suspensions based on the guidelines set forth by the wcha and/or ncaa. rather, he hands down suspensions in order to win what he perceives to be a pissing match with a player, coach, or team.
mcleod's track record, both in the wcha and other organizations he's been hired to lead, is riddled with dishonest, petty, egocentric, and even sometimes illegal behavior.
mcleod is a man of low morals who has been allowed to blatantly use his position to get even with anybody who speaks even one word that could be interpreted as a shot at the organization he's tasked with managing or the job he does in managing said organization.
consistency in punishment and observance of the rules and regulations that have been clearly established for wcha member institutions clearly do not even exist in mcleod's mind when dealing with players, coaches, teams, administrators, and issues within the wcha.
mcleod is neither a good leader nor a good person. his ability to maintain his position over the years can only be attributed to a broken, good-ol-boy system that won't have a chance to be fixed until the current leadership of the wcha and many of it's member institutions retire or die off.
every day mcleod is allowed to continue as commissioner of the wcha is an insult to the wcha, it's member universities, ncaa hockey, and college hockey fans everywhere.
anybody who thinks i'm being dramatic or irrational is not familiar with mcleod's personal or professional history.
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ReplyDeleteYou're not complete in McLeod's reasoning.
All of what you say is true, but...
Let's not forget that he has coined the term "institution-enforced parity" and put it in play.
Therefore, he's not averse to "bending" the rules to benefit (subtly) teams that are historically not very good as well as those that "God bless them, they try so hard." Expect some really nice bending of the rules next year when it comes to UNO and BSU.
UND has a reputation of being a physical hockey team. Bruisers if you will. Despite MSUM arguably more physical historically and DU at times being as physical, UND's rep holds above all.
McLeod is infatuated with UMN's style of hockey. No, this isn't a pot shot at Minnesota. Their style of hockey is more of the European style. Flashy stick handling, up and down the ice, moderate to mild physicality.
After all, if you take away the heavy hits, you take away the "cheap play" right?
McLeod doesn't understand the intricacies of many parts of hockey and physical play is just one of them. There's the big hit (see Matt Greene and Mike Commodore) and there's the Cheap Hit (Paukovich and Marvin and Bruess). He doesn't really know the difference.
But instead of what you would expect (a knee jerk reaction to a somewhat extreme stance one way or another) he takes the wishy washy stance of maybe one game maybe not.
He's a joke.