Venting thread

Year after year for 20 years. Basketball sucked, but gosh, the hockey program legitimately could have won at least 5 national championships since '98, and this keeps happening. I'm thinking Josh Langfeld killed a guy or something.

That felt like karma for the Poole shot. Tough loss, but I'd say we still got the better of it.

I’m not picky. Either one would have sufficed. Alas...here we are.

Our best years are to come.

Aside, I have a bridge to unload. Ferk.

Two Final Fours. I'm not even close as invested in hockey as I am football and basketball, but shit, guys. From what I gather, this hockey team wasn't expected to do much this season. Go Blue. Let's finish 2018 with a playoff bound football team. The way things are going this year, who knows.

that if someone offered you two NCAA tournament appearances in November, most of us would have said yes.  And we got those two runs.  Very enjoyable.  Always sucks to not get the big hardware, but enjoyable none-the-less.

The future appears to be very well lit for these two teams.

The Michigan Almosts.

Mel did a hell of a job with the team. Bodes well for the future. We’ll be back to the Frozen Four.

This loss hurts.  Yeah, I know they weren't even supposed to make the field, but jeezus effin' christ.  Losing like that, to a team we've largely outplayed in 3 of 4 games, within sniffing distance of Saturday night.

The bball loss sucked, but everything after the Elite 8 was icing on the cake.  I thought we could beat Nova with a perfect game, which we didn't get - so it sucked, but hey, great season.

This should feel that way, but it doesn't.  This game felt like it should have been a win against a team we've played well against.  And a last second goal?  This hurts.

Repeat after me basics of goaltending keep your stick on the ice! First thing they teach you when your 5 years old!

Both teams made it to the Four that nobody thought was going to happen, but damn it feels likes these teams tease us with getting in the Four with nothing to show for it. Again, great runs and very happy but I want a championship. And can we start beating OSU and MSU in football, stop teasing us.

 

Also what a weak way to lose. Only place the puck could go.

We can’t lose the spring football game, can we?

the future lookss bright in ann arbor

For those who are wondering, since the onset of the Berenson era this doesn't even approach the top five of gut-punch losses in the tournament. It's only the third-worst loss to Jeff Jackson after 94 and 08. I'd explain more but I'm on vacation with an aggressively hostile autocorrect on a mobile device and the material is too depressing anyway.

Fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck

duck it's hard being a Michigan fan. Go blue! duck everyone else

Meh. The good thing about college sports is that nobody talks or cares about the champs a week later. Happy drinking and smoking

I know both of these teams outperformed expectations but why can we never get all the wah there and just win something. Always feels like we get to within reach of fhe promised land only to fail again. My fandom balls are numb to the universes kicks

Not 59:54.8. 60. Fucking. Minutes.

If you lose in OT, you lose in OT. Seen that before. But to lose on the last rush of the game when ND had been handing you OT ever since the tying goal is just ridiculous.

I don’t care if this team wasn’t expected to do much...they had a chance to do something incredible, something that the teams that had TJ and Jed and Andy Cogs and JMFJ and Kevin Porter and Chad Kolarik and Tiny Jesus and Carl Hagelin and any number of the “one-and-done” studs who were good enough to play in the NHL before they could buy a drink who left Red out to dry by leaving for the big check before they could glue a championship caliber team together in Ann Arbor were able to do.

But no, it’s about looking to the future and talking about how Mel’s first year squad gelled mid season and made a run to the Frozen Four only to get gutted by the goddamned Irish (again).

60. Fucking. Minutes.

Shit, I’m out.

I wouldn't describe the first one as a heartbreaker, disappointing for sure, but it doesn't compare to the heartbreaker we saw tonight.

This one sucks way more than basketball, no doubt.  Always knew Nova was a machine, ND we are at least as good as.  Nova is a cool, clean program that's fun to watch, ND is a major multi-sport rival.  And then to blow a 2 goal lead AND give up a softie at the death like that...

As long as ND doesn't win the title, the frustration of this will fade, and the joy of seeing another Frozen Four banner will take hold again, as will the realization that Mel massively overachieved in getting us here.  But man, right now, this one sucks.  And if UMD blows it, it will suck a lot more.

This is the worst. Can't believe that garbage end. Any chance Quinn comes back?

The story of Michigan basketball and hockey this year is this: 

We found money. 

Lots of money.  And we kept finding it over and over.

Then we used some of it to buy two $10 Million Powerball lottery tickets.

It sucks that those lottery tickets did not win.

But guys, we still found a lot of money.

 

We’ve just been been punished to the maximum of our heartbreaking loses the past few years and our own game winners luck has come against inferior teams.
PAIN: ‘15 and ‘17 msu football. ‘16 and ‘17 osu football. December ‘17 osu basketball. ‘18 nd hockey. 1-6 in basketball national title games

But the miracles for the good guys have been underwhelming: ‘15 Minnesota and Indiana football. ‘16 Indiana football. ‘18 Houston basketball. 7-1 in men’s basketball national semifinals

Michigan hoops and hockey combined to go 23-2-1 since February 10th and I walk away disappointed. For those blaming the goalie on the game winner, it was Cecconi's fault. He was beaten and Lavigne had to commit and close off the angle to the driving puck carrier. I don't wanna single out 33, because he's been great, but Lavigne is getting unfairly blasted. A simple 2-on-2 broke down because Cecconi got beat wide. It made Hughes have to tie up with his back to the puck and killed the goalie's ability to stay square which made it a much more difficult push across. Good season. Time to catch up on sleep and work. Go Blue.

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