Strong Words From A Strong Man

Parker Rips Team In FreeP Interview


The Daily Free Press talked to Coach Parker earlier this week, and he certainly had some choice words for his Terriers.


Let's review some of the highlights.

On the deep hole The Terriers have dug themselves:

"I don’t know if they’re yet to realize why they’re in the boat they’re in,” Parker said Wednesday. “It remains to be seen –– we’ll see if they come out of it this weekend. We had a team meeting before practice on Tuesday to take an inventory of where we’re at and why we’re at there and see if we can change that. In general, this team is not hungry enough. This team is not determined enough. This team has not got themselves ready to play games.”

On the sub-par performances in net:

“Before the season, I thought we’d have as good of goaltending as there was in college hockey –– we haven’t gotten near that,” Parker said. “Before the season started, I thought we’d have a real good power play –– we haven’t gotten near that. Before the season started, I thought we’d be solid killing penalties because of our overall defensive capabilities and our goaltending –– we haven’t gotten that.”

On who will get a chance to skate against RPI:

“I told them [Tuesday], ‘We’re having tryouts this week for who’s playing on Friday,’” Parker said. “We’ll make our decisions after tomorrow’s practice on who’s going to be our six defenseman dressed and who’s going to be our 12 forwards dressed.”

On a lack of preparation:

“All we’ve gotta do is get guys to work harder,” he said. “In order to work harder, you have to be willing to focus and start getting ready for a game [on Wednesday], not at seven o’clock at night on Friday night. We’ve been inept in that area so far.”

The key point there that is most disturbing is  Parker highlighting their lack of desire.  What the hell are these kids playing for if they don't care?

One thing I know is that Jack isn't just going to let kids skate through BU on their way to the NHL.  If they want to play for him, they're going to have to step it up and actually care about winning a few games here.  I hope Parker ripped into them a lot more in private than he did in public.

At this point, I really wouldn't mind seeing Adam Kraus get a start.  Shake things up, Jackie.