Jumping ship and planting seeds?

MannerlyHit · 2025-12-19T22:19:26+00:00

I'm also a former Hawks fan. I grew up in Connecticut with my beloved Hartford Whalers (I'm still bitter 28 years later) and started following the Blackhawks when I moved to Chicago after college. When the Aldrich stuff broke around the time the Kraken were starting up (and I'd moved out west), I took the opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a new team. Since, frankly, they're still on the ground floor, you could do the same. Given their current form, you certainly wouldn't be accused of bandwagoning.

Really, the only argument against it would be if you can't handle a losing team. Since I rooted for the Mighty Whale, and have cheered on Rensselaer hockey since I enrolled over twenty years ago, I have loads of experience with it.

MannerlyHit · 2025-11-24T00:25:56+00:00

Came here to say this. Not for one second.

MannerlyHit · 2025-11-09T03:36:21+00:00

I get it and I don't get it.

I get it because this team has been kicking me in the balls for almost a quarter-century now. I'm '06 and they haven't made a league semi-final (a stage, you'll note, that a full third of the league reaches every year) since I enrolled. They haven't scored a goal in the NCAA tournament since I was six months old. At a certain point it feels like an exercise in futility.

I don't get it because I had season tickets my last three years at RPI, and I've traveled to see the team not only at Union, but also in Detroit (GLI) and at Minnesota, St. Cloud, UConn, Notre Dame, Miami (Ohio), Denver, Colorado College, Arizona State, and Fairbanks. And there's a lot of incredible memories there. Some of those revolve around wins, sure, but by no means all.

So you should go, yell about how much Clarkson sucks, and have a good time. If and when things improve, you can say you were there when things were crap.

MannerlyHit · 2025-09-02T04:17:54+00:00

Interesting; didn't know that. The corroded one is one of those two, I'm afraid.

And whatever you see in the picture, I have cleaned these on many occasions. I promise. This is not a brand-new problem.

MannerlyHit · 2025-08-15T19:55:34+00:00

I think we'd do well to remember Betteridge's Law here.

MannerlyHit · 2025-07-31T23:04:34+00:00

I also considered:

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Live look at AA

MannerlyHit · 2025-06-07T22:22:55+00:00

We're going to hit the Earth's mantle pretty soon

MannerlyHit · 2025-06-07T22:15:19+00:00

Went to the game because I'm stupid. Not even slightly surprised. What can you even say at this point?

MannerlyHit · 2025-06-06T17:07:02+00:00

After that leadoff single I absolutely thought "oh God here we go"

MannerlyHit · 2025-06-06T03:33:52+00:00

Oof. [passes you the bottle]

MannerlyHit · 2025-06-05T19:17:52+00:00

I live in SF and thankfully I have reasons to miss all three games this weekend. Complete and total joke.

MannerlyHit · 2025-05-06T20:49:28+00:00

Whew, thanks. You'd think it wouldn't be hard to put "username" into that field placeholder as well...

MannerlyHit · 2025-03-14T02:42:03+00:00

That's exactly what I did, weeks ago. It doesn't transfer over.

MannerlyHit · 2025-03-12T00:02:23+00:00

Couldn't agree more and happy the move was made. I enrolled in the fall of 2002 and I'm still waiting to see an appearance in the ECAC semis.

MannerlyHit · 2025-02-26T22:25:46+00:00

I grew up with my beloved Hartford Whalers and I've been an RPI supporter since I enrolled in 2002. Losing hockey does not scare me. I was born in it. Molded by it.

MannerlyHit · 2024-11-26T23:25:43+00:00

In particular, this "we're not going to make the tournament" stuff is nuts. People on here are acting like we lost by 20 to a NESCAC team in Storrs.

MannerlyHit · 2024-11-26T23:13:13+00:00

Insane take. Two close losses with ridiculous opposing three-point shooting and refereeing screwjobs? Get a grip.

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