RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

[Ralph Baer]

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and then conger follows appert to MSU. That would be one heck of a turn of events!Seth will be at the $50 minimum bet window for life!

Sadly, that all makes sense.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

Today is 6 April 2017. There are 178 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 1 October 2017 for the start of next season.

[turk181]

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More than that, funding changed, alums were welcomed back as connections were rekindled, in some case arena upgrades, and admin gave FULL support.

Sure there was more than the 3 coaches but as far as your list, 2 were met @ RPI; alums were welcomed back & there were arena upgrades. Maybe not to the extent of the other schools you mentioned, I have no idea on that. The other 2 probably were not. I think the main thing that has come out of the change is there is a need, a HUGE need, for full support from the administration.

[giwan]

Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

Leaman, Bazin, Pearson.

More than that, funding changed, alums were welcomed back as connections were rekindled, in some case arena upgrades, and admin gave FULL support.

[jmhusker]

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Been reading and thought about commenting but figured I'd hold off until dust settled a bit. Just to throw my opinion in on a few things:

- HFH is not a drag on the program... that's absurd. It's on par with or better than 1/2 the facilities out there. And the old barn has charm... ask anyone from Northeastern about old barns. It's not just the barn though.... it's the atmosphere and that changes with winning more than renovation.

- Someone claimed Harvard has a lousy rink. That's ridiculous. One of my favorite places to watch a college game.

- If Barr were the leader in the clubhouse... maybe the interview didn't go well? Or maybe he asked Fridge for inputs and based on local dope wanted assurances the admin wouldn't give

- I would gladly have found them as good or better a coach for $45K. Next time I'll get my bid in and then just hire Jooris

- Smith got the job, I don't know why, but I wish him well.

- All I want is a coach that can run a bench, make in game adjustments and instill discipline to a heady hockey team. A microcosm for the Appert era for me was watching Milos Bubela play selfish, lazy hockey and not suffer any consequences. My 12 year old, at the time, noticed it. A D1 coach can't let that happen - I don't care if you need to play club team players instead.

- No one is asking RPI to be a perennial powerhouse.. we just want a team that is entertaining and competes - with the occasional trip to Lake Placid... every third year or so would be fine.

- Stop whining about how hard it is to get into RPI. That's not the problem. Hockey is an elitist sport filled with Canadians and prep school kids. There are enough smart ones among them to get recruits. Plenty of those kids are interested in management and business.

- As for recruiting Yes... getting first round draft picks on a one and done might not be on the docket... but the overage player playing 4 years has a big strength advantage on the 18 year old wunderkid. Case in point... world juniors... Greenway was a beast against 18 and 19 year olds... was not so noticeable in HE games. Overage players who play 4 years is how Merrimack and UMass Lowell compete in HE.

Nice picture of Mr. Smith above. Does his wife look like Angeline Jolie?

[jstadts]

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Word is that George Gwozdecky is a finalist at Michigan State. Have to wonder, if he gets the job, does Appert come as assoc. HC?

— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) April 5, 2017

Gwozdecky is 64 in July. Appert could come on board and succeed in 5-7 years if things go well.

— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) April 5, 2017

and then conger follows appert to MSU. That would be one heck of a turn of events!Seth will be at the $50 minimum bet window for life!

[turk181]

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Real key question is what happened to make that change in those three schools?

Leaman, Bazin, Pearson.

[giwan]

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I don't believe that at all. We are not the easiest school to coach for (hell, I could recruit for BC, BU or Minnesota), but we are far from the worst. There were times when Union, UM-L and MTU were considered dead-end jobs. They were all in this years' tournament.

Real key question is what happened to make that change in those three schools?

[turk181]

Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

Word is that George Gwozdecky is a finalist at Michigan State. Have to wonder, if he gets the job, does Appert come as assoc. HC?

— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) April 5, 2017

Gwozdecky is 64 in July. Appert could come on board and succeed in 5-7 years if things go well.

— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) April 5, 2017

[FlagDUDE08]

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Would this be similar to what RPI will be paying Smith?

New UNO coach Mike Gabinet gets 5-year contract/$250,000 a year. Also CC membership/car. Reg-season title=$20K bonus, Final 4=$50K, NC $75K

— Eric Olson (@ericolson64) April 5, 2017

That'd be something if we paid bonuses like that.

[joecct]

Would this be similar to what RPI will be paying Smith?

New UNO coach Mike Gabinet gets 5-year contract/$250,000 a year. Also CC membership/car. Reg-season title=$20K bonus, Final 4=$50K, NC $75K

— Eric Olson (@ericolson64) April 5, 2017

Can't find SA on RPI's tax return, but Coach Bennett made $196,817 + an additional $54,004 for the FY ending 6/30/15.

Casey Jones made $243,426 + $45,319 for the same period.

[rpi82]

Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

My fear is that Smith is the only one who would take the job.

I don't believe that at all. We are not the easiest school to coach for (hell, I could recruit for BC, BU or Minnesota), but we are far from the worst. There were times when Union, UM-L and MTU were considered dead-end jobs. They were all in this years' tournament.

[turk181]

Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

Would this be similar to what RPI will be paying Smith?

New UNO coach Mike Gabinet gets 5-year contract/$250,000 a year. Also CC membership/car. Reg-season title=$20K bonus, Final 4=$50K, NC $75K

— Eric Olson (@ericolson64) April 5, 2017

[rpi82]

Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season: We March 4th into the Future

They should have paid RPI as we gave them a chance to claim hockey placement experience too..............

[RedWrister]

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If Smith was the choice because he came cheapest, that calls into serious question the move to axe Appert, unless someone can illuminate me on what Smith brings to the table other than "not Appert."

And for you haters out there, I didn't have a problem with the move on its face, but the four years left on the contract were part of a gamble that didn't pay off. Is this doubling down on bad gambles?

My fear is that Smith is the only one who would take the job.