Re: RPI Offseason Thread: 7 Months of Drivel
There have been quite a few - Jacques Martin from SLU, Shawn Walsh at U-Maine. It is not as common, but Goalies have a great opportunity to learn if they pay attention.
I have no clue as I never really follow RPI but RPI was pretty close to the promise land a dozen years ago under Fridgen when they had Brad Tapper. They were one of the toughest teams to beat in the league.
As for Dr.D's question, it's a fine line between bringing guys in too early and needing depth. Depth is crucial and I think the biggest damage to RPI's season is the injury to your star goalie at the beginning of the season. I think that had a mental impact on the team. I would say that RPI does tend to have guys that take too many penalties and that is related to coaching.
What I do know for sure is that there is extreme parity in the game today. It is very hard to build a dynasty or a dominant team. You have to do it by finding some diamonds in the rough, some role players that create chemistry and having a few guys turn out better than projected. Even with that, someone leaves early for the pros, or gets injured or in academic trouble and it can fold fast. SLU had a bright future a dozen years ago, then Dietrich and Gustafson left early for the pros and the defending ECAC champs were already down their two best players two months before the season started.
Anyway, whatever you have going on DrDemento, hope it works out and everything is alright.
Final though is you don't want Adam Oates as your coach. He is one weird dude and I don't think he is the guy that could pull in recruits with his charisma. I might take a hard look at someone like PJ Flanagan who was a long time men's assistant, then Women's coach at SLU and now women's coach at Syracuse.
Originally posted by jmhusker
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I have no clue as I never really follow RPI but RPI was pretty close to the promise land a dozen years ago under Fridgen when they had Brad Tapper. They were one of the toughest teams to beat in the league.
As for Dr.D's question, it's a fine line between bringing guys in too early and needing depth. Depth is crucial and I think the biggest damage to RPI's season is the injury to your star goalie at the beginning of the season. I think that had a mental impact on the team. I would say that RPI does tend to have guys that take too many penalties and that is related to coaching.
What I do know for sure is that there is extreme parity in the game today. It is very hard to build a dynasty or a dominant team. You have to do it by finding some diamonds in the rough, some role players that create chemistry and having a few guys turn out better than projected. Even with that, someone leaves early for the pros, or gets injured or in academic trouble and it can fold fast. SLU had a bright future a dozen years ago, then Dietrich and Gustafson left early for the pros and the defending ECAC champs were already down their two best players two months before the season started.
Anyway, whatever you have going on DrDemento, hope it works out and everything is alright.
Final though is you don't want Adam Oates as your coach. He is one weird dude and I don't think he is the guy that could pull in recruits with his charisma. I might take a hard look at someone like PJ Flanagan who was a long time men's assistant, then Women's coach at SLU and now women's coach at Syracuse.
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