Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

I would not be surprised if Tech offered Whitten a bit of a raise to help him confirm his decision to withdraw.

[JohnsonsJerseys]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

personally, I think anybody would be crazy to step into that mess in Anchorage.

I think any current assistant would be glad for the opportunity. If you win you're a hero. If you lose everyone assumes that no none can win there. Low expectations to say the least.
Ryan J

[huskyfan]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

glad very very glad to have Whitten on board for another year! honestly, he is so much better than to get involved in the ever increasing trainwreck that used to be called Seawolves hockey.

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

Tech fans, please go here and vote for the WCHA:
http://overtheboards.net/college-hoc...weekly-series/

Let's see if we can get a 2nd WCHA team featured...hopefully the Huskies

CONFIRMED via twitter, if WCHA finishes top 2, MTU will be featured by OTB, let's make it happen!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

Just looked at the count. The WCHA has more than doubled its vote total in the past 4-5 hours.

Which one of you is stuffing the ballot box?

[mtu_huskies]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

THe NAHL draft is going on, Tech recruits I've seen so far:


Mitch Reinke - 7th by Aberdeen Wings

Chris Leibinger - 17th to Texas Tornado

Travis Brown - 53 Coulee Region

Trevor Cope - 94 Rio Grande Valley

For those that know more than me, why would Texas draft Leibinger, when he was in the press release as attending Tech this fall?

[UpNorthHockey]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

In my book, Whitten had the best pedigree of any of the candidates UAA had. Interesting that the top end of their applicant list bailed after they reconstituted the search committee. I think the UAA job would have been a professional death sentence. The program has taken some big steps backward in recent years and will take a long time to rebuild....if it ever does. MTU on the other hand, is definitely on the upswing and is a stable, well respected program. As a point of comparison, I don't think Tech would hire any of the UAA's current head coach prospects as an assistant to replace Whitten.
Any word if Shields will be replaced before the start of the season?

[Wi.Huskies Fan]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

I had to go to the Mac for some supplies today. The frame of the new scoreboard looks huge. The old one is down on ice level now and is small when compared to the new one. It almost looks like it could fit inside it. Can't wait to see it in operation.

[herbst20]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

THe NAHL draft is going on, Tech recruits I've seen so far:


Mitch Reinke - 7th by Aberdeen Wings

Chris Leibinger - 17th to Texas Tornado

Travis Brown - 53 Coulee Region

Trevor Cope - 94 Rio Grande Valley

For those that know more than me, why would Texas draft Leibinger, when he was in the press release as attending Tech this fall?

Mitch Reinke was drafted by a team whose coach is a former assistant of Cedar Rapids....the team Mitch is property of in the USHL. Think Carlson was passing info to Winters about Mitch being available???

Also I talked to MTU recruit Michael Neville today. He was laughing as Leibinger is going to be his roommate next year!

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

Mitch Reinke was drafted by a team whose coach is a former assistant of Cedar Rapids....the team Mitch is property of in the USHL. Think Carlson was passing info to Winters about Mitch being available???

Also I talked to MTU recruit Michael Neville today. He was laughing as Leibinger is going to be his roommate next year!

Reinke might be available persay but what are the odds he chooses NAHL over Stillwater? I guess with the coaching change there is a chance but I dont know.
Brown to Coulee Region seems plausible if he doesn't go USHL. I have a feeling is high school hockey days are over.

[manurespreader]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

I love the new scoreboard.
I totally agree on Coach Whitten and I also hope they give him a raise.

last, have you all seen this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=A6XUVjK9W4o

[gfmorris]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

But with the Huntsville job, at least you know that your biggest threat is mostly administrative.

I want to hear the basis for your assertions. [And I hate interrupting what's supposed to be an MTU topic, although I know that it's summertime, who cares, etc.]

GFM

[giwan]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

I love the new scoreboard. I totally agree on Coach Whitten and I also hope they give him a raise. last, have you all seen this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=A6XUVjK9W4o

Again props for the scoreboard install cam. Now if they just leave the cam there we can watch the games

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Michigan Tech Offseason I - New teams, new scoreboard, new goals... bring it on!

I want to hear the basis for your assertions. [And I hate interrupting what's supposed to be an MTU topic, although I know that it's summertime, who cares, etc.]

GFM

Well, I'm just basing it on the fact that you did nearly lose your program. I'm not sure what strings were pulled and which donors stepped up to save UAH hockey, though I'm glad it happened, so I guess I'm saying that no one knows when the next chief of the U-Alabama system might once again look at your hockey program as a money pit (unless the financial backing that saved the program in the first place is strong enough to withstand any such possibly scrutiny).

[Pink Pony]

Damon Whitten has removed his name from consideration from the UAA job. Cannot blame him.

He could always apply at UAH.