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Re: Colgate 2018-19
Many of us are, indeed, disappointed with the direction of the program...but as I have said ad nauseam, there are both short-term and a long-term issues here. My overriding concern is the long-term (almost 13 years) where our overall winning percentage (and frankly level of competitiveness) has dropped dramatically from a successful run from 1992-93 through 2005-06...I have confidence in both our President and (relatively new) AD to address this problem. Appert, I know, was a hot property way back when and Fridgen was let go with a record tangibly over .500. I think we have to look for a younger staff (for a number of reasons) and it does look like it will take some time...I think all of us are willing to be patient, but turning a hockey program around at the college level is not necessarily a 5-year proposition...it's tougher now as both Yale and Princeton have upgraded their programs since 2005-06 and Q-Pac will be good as long as Pecknold is around. What does bother me is that as the years go by the histories of RPI, SLU and Colgate (the contributions to the school, their success at being a path to pro hockey, and their success on the managerial side of pro hockey) will diminish. And finally a little more $$$ to the coaches - especially assistant coaches - might help...
Many of us are, indeed, disappointed with the direction of the program...but as I have said ad nauseam, there are both short-term and a long-term issues here. My overriding concern is the long-term (almost 13 years) where our overall winning percentage (and frankly level of competitiveness) has dropped dramatically from a successful run from 1992-93 through 2005-06...I have confidence in both our President and (relatively new) AD to address this problem. Appert, I know, was a hot property way back when and Fridgen was let go with a record tangibly over .500. I think we have to look for a younger staff (for a number of reasons) and it does look like it will take some time...I think all of us are willing to be patient, but turning a hockey program around at the college level is not necessarily a 5-year proposition...it's tougher now as both Yale and Princeton have upgraded their programs since 2005-06 and Q-Pac will be good as long as Pecknold is around. What does bother me is that as the years go by the histories of RPI, SLU and Colgate (the contributions to the school, their success at being a path to pro hockey, and their success on the managerial side of pro hockey) will diminish. And finally a little more $$$ to the coaches - especially assistant coaches - might help...
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