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2024-25: D3whky

VTpucksouteast said:
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Strand steps down as Head Women's Hockey Coach - University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Head Women's Hockey Coach Erik Strand announced Thursday he will be stepping down from his position to accept
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Huge news, as Strand was one of the better coaches out west. It'll be interesting to see how UWEC rebounds, as they were pitiful pre-Strand
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Biz Bauer needs to get herself a raise out of this, whether its UWEC paying her to jump back to her alma mater or the threat of it getting her a bump out of Augsburg
 
Scott_TG said:
Biz Bauer needs to get herself a raise out of this, whether its UWEC paying her to jump back to her alma mater or the threat of it getting her a bump out of Augsburg
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Strand did a nice job with that program. I had the same thought here...assuming the Eau Claire administration wants to maintain a competitive program, Biz has to be the first call. Puts her in a nice position and could put Auggie in a tough spot. Should be really interesting to see how this plays out.
 
Dit Clapper said:
Strand did a nice job with that program. I had the same thought here...assuming the Eau Claire administration wants to maintain a competitive program, Biz has to be the first call. Puts her in a nice position and could put Auggie in a tough spot. Should be really interesting to see how this plays out.
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So I've been asking around since my post about Biz Bauer and it turns out that idea doesn't really apply here as I'm told that Eau Claire is not very competitive when it comes to coaching salary. What I found out is that Strand was able to make the gig work for him and stay long term to build the program because he also has had a full-time non-hockey career to make things work.

If Eau Claire wants to stay relevant, it would require them either

1) upping what they pay to bring in established full time coaches

2) identify young and inexperienced but high potential coaches to gamble on and if they are successful they will likely move to a better paying gig and they have to rinse and repeat.

3) find another Erik Strand type who has not only the coaching acumen to keep the program competitive but also the passion and energy to have careers both inside and outside the rink.
 
Scott_TG said:
So I've been asking around since my post about Biz Bauer and it turns out that idea doesn't really apply here as I'm told that Eau Claire is not very competitive when it comes to coaching salary. What I found out is that Strand was able to make the gig work for him and stay long term to build the program because he also has had a full-time non-hockey career to make things work.

If Eau Claire wants to stay relevant, it would require them either

1) upping what they pay to bring in established full time coaches

2) identify young and inexperienced but high potential coaches to gamble on and if they are successful they will likely move to a better paying gig and they have to rinse and repeat.

3) find another Erik Strand type who has not only the coaching acumen to keep the program competitive but also the passion and energy to have careers both inside and outside the rink
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Interesting. I've never given much thought to what the WIAC schools (or maybe in this case, just Eau Claire) are willing to pay, but it would be a shame to see a competitive program potentially fall on hard times based on the ability to hire a new coach. Time will tell...
 
Dit Clapper said:
Interesting. I've never given much thought to what the WIAC schools (or maybe in this case, just Eau Claire) are willing to pay, but it would be a shame to see a competitive program potentially fall on hard times based on the ability to hire a new coach. Time will tell...
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For context, using the public employees salary public info data for both Wisconsin and New York, I've found that if one took both Cranston's and Strand's combined 2024 UW system salaries, they fall considerably short of Kevin Houle's 2024 SUNY income by itself.

Granted Coach Houle has been employed by SUNY in the ballpark of 36 years when one adds his men's hockey coaching tenure so its not apples to apples.

A better comparison might be Buffalo State HC Rachel Grampp who after 4 seasons outearns Joe Cranston who has 26 seasons at UWRF.
 
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Scott_TG said:
For context, using the public employees salary public info data for both Wisconsin and New York, I've found that if one took both Cranston's and Strand's combined 2024 UW system salaries, they fall considerably short of Kevin Houle's 2024 SUNY income by itself.

Granted Coach Houle has been employed by SUNY in the ballpark of 36 years when one adds his men's hockey coaching tenure so its not apples to apples.

A better comparison might be Buffalo State HC Rachel Grampp who after 4 seasons outearns Joe Cranston who has 26 seasons at UWRF.
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That’s wild…COL certainly a little different, but still.
 
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