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    Just checked out the Chris Heisenberg's 2011 committment list and they have players listed as Penn State recruits....maybe this has been posted already and if so my apologies, but how is that happening? Who is recruiting? Or are these players committing to their club program in hopes of catching on as walk ons?

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    Penn State has a hockey operations guy in place. I don't know his name off the top of my head, but I heard he has had a prominent role in their club program. He has been travelling around to visit with current D1 programs to learn the in's and out's of running a D1 team.
    The kids that are on Heisenberg as commits will be 20 and 21 years old this fall, so they will be playing for the club team and then staying on as the program makes its transition into D1.
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      It makes sense to me to bring in a few D-1 caliber recruits early so they won't have a recruiting class of 25 in the first year. This can lead to having to rebuild with big freshmen classes every 4 years, a problem Union had early on in their development and one that RMU still has a bit of.
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        .......but how do you get D-1 caliber recruits to play club hockey for a year or more? Can't believe many are willing to make that sort of sacrifice for an upstart program that will inevitably take their lumps at the beginning. I would think any such prospects who commit early would be marginal D-1 prospects at best. I think it's just going to take some time, pure speculation on my part.
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          Originally posted by MoFan View Post
          .......but how do you get D-1 caliber recruits to play club hockey for a year or more? Can't believe many are willing to make that sort of sacrifice for an upstart program that will inevitably take their lumps at the beginning. I would think any such prospects who commit early would be marginal D-1 prospects at best. I think it's just going to take some time, pure speculation on my part.
          Yes, and not knowing who the coach is going to be. Anyone know if a search has started yet?

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            Originally posted by Runsub5 View Post
            Yes, and not knowing who the coach is going to be. Anyone know if a search has started yet?
            Gwoz has already given a verbal.
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              Originally posted by MoFan View Post
              .......but how do you get D-1 caliber recruits to play club hockey for a year or more?
              I dunno, "free college education at a top-tier academic university" sounds like a pretty good lure to me.

              Especially to the type of player who would make a good junior or senior leader for the first year or two of Penn State's varsity program.

              No, they're not going to be attracting potential future NHL draft picks at this point in the process, but they're probably not going to be attracting future NHL draft picks for the first few years of the varsity program either.
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                Originally posted by kingdobbs View Post
                I dunno, "free college education at a top-tier academic university" sounds like a pretty good lure to me.

                Especially to the type of player who would make a good junior or senior leader for the first year or two of Penn State's varsity program.

                No, they're not going to be attracting potential future NHL draft picks at this point in the process, but they're probably not going to be attracting future NHL draft picks for the first few years of the varsity program either.
                I doubt anyone "committing" to PSU at this point is being offer anything more than a good opportunity to tryout for the varsity program when it happens

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                  Originally posted by pinch View Post
                  I doubt anyone "committing" to PSU at this point is being offer anything more than a good opportunity to tryout for the varsity program when it happens
                  That looks like the type of players that are listed on Heisenberg's list for PSU.
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                    Originally posted by Runsub5 View Post
                    Yes, and not knowing who the coach is going to be. Anyone know if a search has started yet?
                    The official word is that they will start it immediately after the season, but they are already compiling a list of candidates. They don't want to disrupt anyone's season. I figure they will have their man shortly after the Frozen Four at the latest, and earlier than that if their top candidates don't make it that far.
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                      Originally posted by Runsub5 View Post
                      Yes, and not knowing who the coach is going to be. Anyone know if a search has started yet?
                      I believe John Hill has a double secret probation handshake deal already in place.

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                        Originally posted by SanTropez View Post
                        I believe John Hill has a double secret probation handshake deal already in place.
                        Easy. Don't get Gopher fans excited.

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                          Originally posted by Runsub5 View Post
                          Yes, and not knowing who the coach is going to be. Anyone know if a search has started yet?
                          Story from the WSJ (Madison) today:

                          http://host.madison.com/sports/colle...cc4c03286.html

                          Penn state will interview Mark Johnson for head coaching job

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                            Originally posted by MadTownSioux View Post
                            Story from the WSJ (Madison) today:

                            http://host.madison.com/sports/colle...cc4c03286.html

                            Penn state will interview Mark Johnson for head coaching job

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                            Good work.

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                              Originally posted by MadTownSioux View Post
                              Story from the WSJ (Madison) today:

                              http://host.madison.com/sports/colle...cc4c03286.html

                              Penn state will interview Mark Johnson for head coaching job

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                              Great move by PSU as Mark definitely deserves a shot as head coach of a D-1 men's team. That would put Mark, Eaves and Gwoz from the 1977 NCAA championhsip team as coaches of major men's D-1 programs.
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