Fire Seth Appert

[hrbrendan]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Give it a rest For 5 seconds, would you?

The nice thing about its pretty result driven. At the end of the year you basically get a report card. I challenge anyone to come up with a reason why Appert isn't the worst coach RPI has had in the last 30 years.

[vicious]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

The nice thing about its pretty result driven. At the end of the year you basically get a report card. I challenge anyone to come up with a reason why Appert isn't the worst coach RPI has had in the last 30 years.

Appert is a good recruiter. He represents the school well. Players and administrators like him. I think those are the strongest arguments in his favor.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Appert is a good recruiter. He represents the school well. Players and administrators like him. I think those are the strongest arguments in his favor.

And what happens to that talent when they get here? With the exception of a goaltender, pretty much nada.

[hrbrendan]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Previous coaches did that. The next coach will do that too.

Recruiting guys who are good on paper and do not perform is not good recruiting. It is the definition of being out-recruited by your opponents. On top of that, getting them to perform once they arrive is the more important task. Union, a school with worse facilities in an even worse town that Troy (fancy that) right down the road, does an infinitely better job at both aspects, and does so while giving out zero athletic scholarships. None.

[rjohntute]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Are we ever gonna win another home playoffs series?

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Are we ever gonna win another home playoffs series?

Maybe with someone else behind the bench.

[vicious]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Previous coaches did that. The next coach will do that too.

Recruiting guys who are good on paper and do not perform is not good recruiting. It is the definition of being out-recruited by your opponents. On top of that, getting them to perform once they arrive is the more important task. Union, a school with worse facilities in an even worse town that Troy (fancy that) right down the road, does an infinitely better job at both aspects, and does so while giving out zero athletic scholarships. None.

Read a little more carefully. Note that I left "winning big games" off the list.

[hrbrendan]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

My point was that good recruiting is only good if you get good performances out of said recruits. Otherwise its bad recruiting, or bad coaching. Either way, the solution remains the same.

[RPI_2003]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Appert is a good recruiter. He represents the school well. Players and administrators like him. I think those are the strongest arguments in his favor.

I completely agree; he represents the school very well indeed. The problem is, we aren't winning enough games. I'll leave the analysis of why to others. Here are some stats:

Coach	Years	Average Win Percentage
Appert	2006-2014	0.438
Fridgen	1994-2006	0.521
Powers	1989-1994	0.590
Addessa	1979-1989	0.584
Salfi	1972-1979	0.521
Abbott	1969-1972	0.561
Kearns	1964-1969	0.417
Bjorkman	1963-1964	0.692
Harkness	1949-1963	0.631
Callan	1925-1938	0.214
Clark	1917-1925	0.221
--Overall--	1901-2014	0.528

source: http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/r...key/2013-2014/

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Actually, when I was at RPI, we won a grand total of ZERO playoff games.

[ibanezist00]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

The nice thing about its pretty result driven. At the end of the year you basically get a report card. I challenge anyone to come up with a reason why Appert isn't the worst coach RPI has had in the last 30 years.

My point is that we haven't been done with the season for more than maybe two hours and we're already getting the pot stirred. I personally like things to sink in a bit for me before I try to analyze everything and become an armchair coach.

[hrbrendan]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Forget this year then. Pretend it wasn't horrible. You still can't find a worse coach in the last 30 years. He'll you'd probably have a hard time finding a worse one since WW2.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

After being shut out AND swept by an Atlantic team, it's time to bring this thread back. When are we going to get someone that can actually coach offense?

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is a coach that can actually win games. I've been a good little boy this year, and my alma mater deserves so much more. That is my wish.

Love,
FlagDUDE08

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Fire Seth Appert

Anyone start a Patreon campaign to buy out Appert's remaining 4.5 years yet?