Why did Lindenwood and Merimac create extra teams?

[turbodsmforlife]

Just wondering why Lindenwood would ruin their good name by creating a below par "B" team (Black)... Did they just do it for more funding or what? It seems like its all the players that couldnt make any of their other teams so they just made up another team? Doesnt sound logical. Same goes with Meramec, but they didnt have as good of a name, but still? Whats the deal and im not trying to bash anyone. :D

[cdolan]

Well i dont know what merimac is, but Meramec Gold is just a team of guys that are good friends and wanted to play for fun while Lindenwood built a freshman team. I may be wrong about LU, so correct me if you can.

[ISFN]

As in my previous post you can tell I'm for sure no fan of LU but I dont think they did anything to ruin their name by creating a second "B" team.
By them creating another team all that does is draw more players into both their school and their system which gives them more to draw from later on down the road and brings more money into the school. So in no way are they ruining their name by creating a sub par "B" team.

Now Meramec on the other hand I believe is a different story, they seem to be 3 different teams under one schools name (all their B teams). None of which are very good and if they had done it right could of merged all their teams and created a strong "B" team insted of having 3 average teams. Dont have a problem with it at all and again dont know how it would ruin their name I think thats just stupid to say so. all it does really is bring more money into the league which is never a bad thing, Yay for LU and Meramec I hope to see more "B" teams next year.

[turbodsmforlife]

So I take it the B teams for meramec created themselves and I was talking about LU ruining their names.

[ISFN]

I dont play for the organization nor do I know anything about them (Meramec). I do know that the organization is ran pretty lose and is given none if very little funds from their school so they basically just use the school for its name and thats their only tie to the school.

What makes you think creating an extra "B" team will ruin their name, I'm just cursious not trying to be ignorant.

[cdolan]

Honestly the Meramec gold team has the best players. They were just a bunch of guys who didnt go to tryouts but they just wanted to play together, They're all friends.

[turbodsmforlife]

What makes you think creating an extra "B" team will ruin their name, I'm just cursious not trying to be ignorant.
I think it would ruin LU name just because everyone knows of LU being the best team out there almost never losing a game. If you look at the LU (Black) record its not that good.

[TOURLU85]

Our second B team is not ruining any "name of excellence". It gives the chance to more students to get involved and be a part of a collegiate sport. Our black team gives 12-14 kids a chance to play hockey. when they grow up and have kids, chances are they may have their kids lacing up the skates. its about growing the sport, and getting more people involved. the more that are involved, the more mainstream it becomes, and i think everyone knows what comes after that. I think that most schools should have as many teams as necessary (but within reason) to keep people playing the sport..and not to mention (for all you hapless saps who complain about institution funding), the larger your club, the more $$$$ that come your way. In our case, its not about money, because we'll get what we need and more anyway. Its about involvement and growth of the sport.

BTW... the Black team beat a decent Division 2 team (Hofstra) last weekend. Why that would be embarassing? I have no idea.

[sanford]

nothing wrong with 3 teams. neumann had 4 at one point. 1 ecrha and 3 pcrhl. it helps to show the school that incoming students have an interest also. i think drexel had 5 or 6 at one time also.

[DUHockey9]

Drexel has 4 teams....2 ECRHA and 2 PCRHL.

[turbodsmforlife]

You guys are taking this the wrong way. I think its great to have more teams, but I was just stating that it may have not been the best route for a team that bases its name on winning like LU.

[Leaferguy]

What should they call them, then?

Not trying to be a ****, but I just don't see how the name association is that significant...

[Drexel63]

perhaps "Lindenwood Unbeatable", "Lindenwood Really Good" and "Lindenwood Not Really Great" would be more appropriate?

They represent their school, whether they are having a winning season typical of their best, or not... Every player on that team, regardless of talent, has earned that honor by making the squad they did...

[turbodsmforlife]

Every player on that team, regardless of talent, has earned that honor by making the squad they did...
It seems like the black squad wasnt that hard to make. Not trying to be a jack ass or anything, but it seems like if you didnt make the Gold team, instead of packing your bags, you got put on the black team.

[MBurke]

It seems like the black squad wasnt that hard to make. Not trying to be a jack ass or anything, but it seems like if you didnt make the Gold team, instead of packing your bags, you got put on the black team.

Just like pretty much every other B team in the country? It's a club sport.

[WeakSauce]

It gives the chance to more students to get involved and be a part of a collegiate sport. Our black team gives 12-14 kids a chance to play hockey... its about growing the sport, and getting more people involved. the more that are involved, the more mainstream it becomes, and i think everyone knows what comes after that. I think that most schools should have as many teams as necessary (but within reason) to keep people playing the sport

Bingo.


You guys are taking this the wrong way. I think its great to have more teams, but I was just stating that it may have not been the best route for a team that bases its name on winning like LU.

I'm having a tough time pinning down exactly what you're saying. In addition to completely contradicting yourself, you seem to be bringing up moot points... What else can they call themselves, they're from LU...
I'm pretty sure most people understand what a B team is all about, and what a second B team is all about, and when all is said and done, the only thing that really matters with regards to the D1 team and their name, is the D1 team itself.

[turbodsmforlife]

Just like pretty much every other B team in the country? It's a club sport.
Thats true. I wouldve just expected LU of all schools to have a better secondary "B" team.

[MBurke]

Thats true. I wouldve just expected LU of all schools to have a better secondary "B" team.

It's their THIRD tier team and they were competitive with first-tier teams from other schools. I don't know how much more you expect.

[thebenchman]

IT keeps skates on the floor. I mean its hard to have 15 guys on a squad and keep them playing evenly in Roller. So there is another team that keeps growing the sport. To me it seems like everyone knows LU is the level of which all other teams want to measure up to, yet, some how want to drag the school down. LU is had phenomenal program for inline AND ice. The school goes out of its way to support the games/teams/players.

People across the country are always talking about growing the sport and seeing that is suceeds. Now here is LU and some one seems concerned about "ruining" the LU name. I understand his point, he is talking about "Ruining" the "winning high level of hockey excellence" by having a bad or perceived bad team. As was mentioned earlier, they may not be the lever of the D-1 or even the B Gold team, but trust me, they will beat many of the other "B" teams.

LU is strong on coaching and style of play. From Coach Ron to Coach Berger and Coach JP, there is a way of playing "Winning Lindenwood Hockey" it is taught. You look at this school who made a third team and other schools are in some cases having to beg players to tryout or ever take less than D-1 type players just to fill out a bench. This School even has the support of the rest of the school. Both ice and inline are well respected with in the school. Many of the other schools are apparently unaware there even is an inline team to represent their school.

Congrats to LU for having a 3rd team. Congrats to Meramec in putting a 3rd team together even if it is good friends(which is true BTW). WE always can use more players playing.

Some of you outside of the area also need to know that here in STL we are fortunate to have the best high school and junior high inline programs in the nation. It is litterally is a hot bed of inline.

Enjoy the season! Now to Dave(my son) get off your butt and get playing this second semester!!!

[DUHockey9]

Man I wish there was high school/middle school inline hockey in my area...

[turbodsmforlife]

Man I wish there was high school/middle school inline hockey in my area...
My old middle school didnt have a hockey program, but now they do. I think in the future inline hockey will be brought to an even higher level bc of this.

[HockeyCheerer]

The Lindenwood Gold team is at 18-2 right now, they're really good. Just because they are at a B level, doesn't mean they aren't good!!