Re: Wisconsin Hockey Vol. XXXIII: A Fanbase Gets Smarter When All The Idiots Jump Shi
I agree for the most part. Minus launching Eaves, my only hope is that maybe this is a Guentzel deal where Lucia had his struggles for 3 seasons without him, and things return to normal when he returned. Mind you, I think Eaves issues run deeper then that, but one can hope since that is about all we have at this point to hang our hats on.
As far as recruiting....that has to be a major consideration with one if not both hires. A significant part of the issues here are rooted in (poor) recruiting. Since Oz left, we have brought in fewer blue chip stud D (Doughrety is really the only that fits that description, and only reason he ended up here is OSU let Oz go). Our forward recruiting for the entire Eaves regime has consistently been one if not two guys short that can actually create offense and are high skill guys. Sure we've had guys like Turris, Stepan, Kerdelies roll through town, but rarely with a comparable running mate at the same time. No, you don't take a guy that can't coach just for the sake of recruiting. But make no mistake, college sports are as much about the Jimmy's and Joe's as it is the X's and O's. Land Jost and Fabbro this Summer for the following fall, and Eaves will be a genius coach. Eaves has had success the two times he has had loaded rosters....problem is that has only been twice.
Originally posted by Hammy
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As far as recruiting....that has to be a major consideration with one if not both hires. A significant part of the issues here are rooted in (poor) recruiting. Since Oz left, we have brought in fewer blue chip stud D (Doughrety is really the only that fits that description, and only reason he ended up here is OSU let Oz go). Our forward recruiting for the entire Eaves regime has consistently been one if not two guys short that can actually create offense and are high skill guys. Sure we've had guys like Turris, Stepan, Kerdelies roll through town, but rarely with a comparable running mate at the same time. No, you don't take a guy that can't coach just for the sake of recruiting. But make no mistake, college sports are as much about the Jimmy's and Joe's as it is the X's and O's. Land Jost and Fabbro this Summer for the following fall, and Eaves will be a genius coach. Eaves has had success the two times he has had loaded rosters....problem is that has only been twice.
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