Most Disappointing Teams

DannyCalifornia · Post by **DannyCalifornia** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:08 pm

Totino Grace is a disappointing team to me.
They play in poss the worst conference in the state every year.
They do beat up on the bad teams in the conference for the most part, but then get bounced in the play-offs. To me it seems with the amount of talent coming in every year and the strength in numbers that they have every year they should be much better then only 4 state appearances and 1 title in 31 years. How much longer can the alum/parents/boosters put up with that? Just my opinon.

Ice Dog · Post by **Ice Dog** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:11 pm

What ever happen to Sartell they have a huge youth program with success but I notice they have struggled at the HS level.

1978 · Post by **1978** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:32 pm

Ice Dog wrote:What ever happen to Sartell they have a huge youth program with success but I notice they have struggled at the HS level.

They are a young program and they are improving. I think the last two years they had over 15 win seasons at the high school level. They have quite a bit of success at the youth level because they are in a weak district 5.

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:46 pm

DannyCalifornia wrote:Totino Grace is a disappointing team to me.
They play in poss the worst conference in the state every year.
They do beat up on the bad teams in the conference for the most part, but then get bounced in the play-offs. To me it seems with the amount of talent coming in every year and the strength in numbers that they have every year they should be much better then only 4 state appearances and 1 title in 31 years. How much longer can the alum/parents/boosters put up with that? Just my opinon.

What do you want the alum/parents/boosters to do?

Tigers33 · Post by **Tigers33** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:00 pm

Recruit better, duh!! Load up on those Blaine, Mounds View, and Centennial kids.

Recruiting works for benilde, hill, sta, duluth east

, breck, etc...why not totino?

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:17 am

Tigers33 wrote:Recruiting works for benilde, hill, sta, duluth east , breck, etc...why not totino?

If you have a real good school you don't have to actively recruit to attract both good athletes and non-athletes...they will just want to go there for their own reasons.

Pioneerprideguy · Post by **Pioneerprideguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:16 am

I think you have to put Forest Lake near the top of that list. They have two very good players in Kohls & Franklin and a decent supporting cast. Yet, they finish 9-9 in a conference that had a down year and end up with a below .500 overall record. Not sure if it's coaching, the players, or the water there, but they just keep producing average teams there.

Liphshaye · Post by **Liphshaye** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:26 am

Liphshaye wrote:
Chuck Norris Fan wrote:Centennial

I usually tend to agree with your very insightful posts, so I am curious to know what your take on centennial is? You kind of left us hanging.

What do you think chuck? Never heard back about your team being such a disappointment. And by the way, cream may rise to the top, but poop floats. Same difference.

LetsPlayHockey22 · Post by **LetsPlayHockey22** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:59 am

Pioneerprideguy wrote:I think you have to put Forest Lake near the top of that list. They have two very good players in Kohls & Franklin and a decent supporting cast. Yet, they finish 9-9 in a conference that had a down year and end up with a below .500 overall record. Not sure if it's coaching, the players, or the water there, but they just keep producing average teams there.

Oddly enough they haven't been able to crack the top #20 the last few years. Between 08-09/09-10 they had a handful of D1 players with Fick (Harvard) Waldoch (Air Force) Gaffy (UMD) and Moberg (Air Force) along with a few other players that were solid.

rbkhockey97 · Post by **rbkhockey97** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:17 pm

Did we forget that Totino Grace has to go thru STA or something?

CB00 · Post by **CB00** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:54 pm

As I posted before, Grand Rapids

I don't think disappointed, just over rated all year long.

Bueller, Bueller, rapidsrapids, Bueller, anyone....

blindref · Post by **blindref** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:54 pm

Pioneerprideguy wrote:I think you have to put Forest Lake near the top of that list. They have two very good players in Kohls & Franklin and a decent supporting cast. Yet, they finish 9-9 in a conference that had a down year and end up with a below .500 overall record. Not sure if it's coaching, the players, or the water there, but they just keep producing average teams there.

Not tonight

EHSHack · Post by **EHSHack** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:06 am

RAPIDS!

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:17 am

Luke two goals, C.J. BEAT UP ON Bish.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:20 am

This might be a late call...but Rapids just topped my list

Ranger101 · Post by **Ranger101** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:58 pm

SuperStar wrote:This might be a late call...but Rapids just topped my list

Fire Laroque already my god! He thinks he is god's gift to coaching because he had 2 state runner ups...he better be kissing Pat White's feet right now cause they had no chance without him. Talented squads every year that just seem to under perform. And as a side note..what a terrible power play he is running. Your most creative player posted in front of the net

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:50 pm

I'm sure the Rapid faithful feel they have a lot of talent, but non bias people see average hs talent and this is reflected by their record. Two state runnerups are pretty good. Where did Trent Klatt go?

northwoods oldtimer · Post by **northwoods oldtimer** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:31 am

He needs to be fired. Been there long enough with very little results to show for it. The "average" talent is only "average" because that head coach has no clue on how to develop. Teams get worse as the year progress. Those kids all had good pee wee bantam teams and under performed at high school level that should tell you something. Hibbing's Mark Decenzo gets better results with far less coming out of his feeder program because the guy knows how to coach. Not hard to figure out.

TheHockeyDJ · Post by **TheHockeyDJ** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:22 am

mulefarm wrote:I'm sure the Rapid faithful feel they have a lot of talent, but non bias people see average hs talent and this is reflected by their record. Two state runnerups are pretty good. Where did Trent Klatt go?

This group was in the state title game as pee wees and bantams. I think Rapids fans had every right to believe that would continue. The best team doesn't always win on a given night, and the comments above are accurate about the strategy. The games I watched online I was puzzled at how much room was given to the opponent as they entered the zone. I'm not saying "fire LaRoque", as I'm not into knee-jerk reactions. I tip my hat to Forest Lake, that was the kind of Rangers team most of us expected going into the year with that talent on their top line of Franklin and Kohls, but where were they during the regular season, Forest Lake's regular season result was horrible. 7AA will be loaded next year. Cloquet I would think will be a top 10 team, not sure about Forest Lake, East will still be good(not great), Elk River will be a top 5 team. Provided everyone returns and they stay healthy, GR should be in the top 15 mix again next year. I believe next season truly is the entire group that has gone to state title games through the youth programs.

BodyShots · Post by **BodyShots** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:57 pm

TheHockeyDJ wrote:
mulefarm wrote:I'm sure the Rapid faithful feel they have a lot of talent, but non bias people see average hs talent and this is reflected by their record. Two state runnerups are pretty good. Where did Trent Klatt go?
This group was in the state title game as pee wees and bantams. I think Rapids fans had every right to believe that would continue. The best team doesn't always win on a given night, and the comments above are accurate about the strategy. The games I watched online I was puzzled at how much room was given to the opponent as they entered the zone. I'm not saying "fire LaRoque", as I'm not into knee-jerk reactions. I tip my hat to Forest Lake, that was the kind of Rangers team most of us expected going into the year with that talent on their top line of Franklin and Kohls, but where were they during the regular season, Forest Lake's regular season result was horrible. 7AA will be loaded next year. Cloquet I would think will be a top 10 team, not sure about Forest Lake, East will still be good(not great), Elk River will be a top 5 team. Provided everyone returns and they stay healthy, GR should be in the top 15 mix again next year. I believe next season truly is the entire group that has gone to state title games through the youth programs.

Now there is something that I haven't heard before...

northwoods oldtimer · Post by **northwoods oldtimer** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:38 pm

I'm not saying "fire LaRoque", as I'm not into knee-jerk reactions.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Plenty of years of very poor performance as a coach means TIME FOR A CHANGE!

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:01 pm

Ep just took over the #1 spot!

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:03 pm

mulefarm wrote:Ep just took over the #1 spot!

Little too soon, mulefarm?

I was actually tempted to post the same.

easton18 · Post by **easton18** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:08 pm

PuckU126 wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Ep just took over the #1 spot!
Little too soon, mulefarm?

I was actually tempted to post the same.

I had to resist the urge to post that as well. But now that someone else has...I don't think there's any arguing this one

headsup · Post by **headsup** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:51 pm

I think Eden Prairie de-thrones Grand Rapids for "the most disappointing team".

EP - 1
Armstrong - 2