Ben Barr

I, I was about to bring up Quinnipiac as well.

Um, again, I know Maine has kind of had a little resurgence under Ben Barr these last few years, but I'm still not a believer.

So, uh, that might help them in, in this, you know, in my mind, or not, depending on how that weekend goes.

Alaska at Union is also pretty, uh, intriguing as well.

But I mean, the music coming out of the dressing room early on, at least feels really, really positive.

I mean, Barr, who's, you know, sometimes kind of a negative Nancy about things said, you know, he's sleeping super well at night, just, you know, where the team culture is at, says they're a joy to work with, call them a bunch of the really good dudes, I believe his words were.

Yeah.

And I mean, it just seems like the effort and attitude that he's always looking for is there every single day in practice.

I was kind of worried for a second on how that was going to shake out, but I think we all should be able to watch it with ease if we're not there.

And yeah, I mean...

The interview you had with Coach Barr was awesome, and I think it feels a lot different this year from a culture perspective.

His comments on the team feel different than the beginning of the season.

And then main, I kind of main lurking way out of the picture again.

Uh, I think Maine, if you go look at the pickups they had in the offseason, I think Ben Barr was not pleased with the amount of sandpaper they had on that team.

He went and added some guys that are going to bring some physicality, some two-way play.

And I think he, you know, there's a lot of turnover, but I think they clearly were unhappy with last year and wanted some new pieces in the puzzle there.

Hello and welcome into a very special episode of Till the Rafters Ring.

As always, Dimitri Chambers, delighted to be joined by a very special guest today, head coach of our very own Maine Black Bears, Mr. Ben Barr, who will be entering his sixth season at the helm of the ship.

First of all, coach, thanks so much for joining me today.

Six seasons, that's pretty crazy.

But it starts with doing a really good job as a staff of bringing in people that are going to mesh well with the current guys in the locker room and our staff as well.

Yeah, that's super interesting.

All right, I'll keep a Ben Barr smile counter in the season.

No, it's super interesting to hear you talk about culture last year.