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  • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

    Originally posted by j24vt View Post
    I would rather see an assistant coach from one of the successful D1 programs rather a current head coach outside of Hockey East. Preferably someone with some recruiting experience.
    Benny Barr would have to be a short list candidate at UVM. He's been an integral recruiter and AC currently at UMass with past stops at Providence, WMU, and Union. By all accounts he was the runner up for the RPI job, which to the dismay of the fan base, went to a career .500 coach from a lesser league . Point being, Barr has been mentored by a few great coaches, he knows the HE recruiting landscape extremely well and he's ready to make the jump to HC.
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    • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

      Originally posted by Wicked Slappaahs View Post
      Benny Barr would have to be a short list candidate at UVM. He's been an integral recruiter and AC currently at UMass with past stops at Providence, WMU, and Union. By all accounts he was the runner up for the RPI job, which to the dismay of the fan base, went to a career .500 coach from a lesser league . Point being, Barr has been mentored by a few great coaches, he knows the HE recruiting landscape extremely well and he's ready to make the jump to HC.
      I agree that Barr would be a great head coach for UVM

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      • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

        All right, here's my running list of candidates, in rough order based on my personal guess as the the likelihood they end up being the coach:

        1- Ben Barr
        2- Eric Lang
        3- Rico Blasi
        4- Kris Mayotte
        5- Jim Montgomery
        6- Martin St. Louis

        Please add to it with other known/hoped for candidates.

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        • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

          Mike Babcock

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          • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

            Originally posted by j24vt View Post
            Mike Babcock
            Ha. Talk about a bad fit on several different levels....NHL players can't even deal with him.

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            • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

              This is Schulman’s big hire. Hopefully with his 30 years in college hockey, he has enough inside info and judgement to make the right hire. I don’t have the depth of knowledge on who’s out there, but we need some new blood, so I’d opt for a hungry D1 assistant.

              Still a bit disconcerting in his over the top praise of Sneddon and the team after Sneddon “retired”. Some of it is to be expected, but to me it sounds like he truly believes what he is saying. It’s almost like Sneddon would be back if we had some puck luck and were fighting for that coveted 8th position in HE.
              Last edited by jfromvt; 02-20-2020, 09:31 PM.

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              • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                Hey UVM..what ever happened to Thomas Aldsworth?? He has high end talent and was an explosive skater for Quinnipiac for a couple of years. He transferred to UVM and sat out last year and is eligible this year. Not sure why he transferred out but he obviously was in Q staff's doghouse at the end. He was a healthy scratch often his final year and they needed his scoring ability. He would have been on your 1st line this year no doubt. He has a tremendous amount of raw ability and great 1V1 going to the net with speed. He's not on your roster?
                Last edited by ICECAT1811; 02-12-2020, 10:44 AM.

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                • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                  I was poking around that Elite Prospects website looking at some old Frozen Four and national title teams trying to find their coaching staffs after the person here said someone from a past Frozen Four and I came across someone I think would be an interesting person to look at. Dan Muse who is currently an assistant with the Nashville Predators. He was on Yale's staff with Red Gendron for their national title team and it looks like he has plenty of connections to Vermont too. He went to Vermont Academy before playing hockey at Stonehill and his sister worked there. Also his brother in law is a former Yale player from Norwich Vt or Hanover nearly the same thing, whose sister is Olympic gold medalist Hannah Kearney.

                  He's 37 had stops at Williams, Sacred Heart, Yale and was head coach of Chicago Steel in USHL where he won the title in that league before joining Nashville as an assistant https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/2063/dan-muse

                  If not him his old boss Peter Laviolette is also available!

                  I would really like it to not be a Rico Blasi (who I think is one of Sneddon's friends so you have to wonder if he'd take the job from his friend) or Seth Appert type and would much prefer the likes of Lang or Potulny if we're talking current head coaches in the college ranks. I am just really hoping Schulman is doing his homework and casting a large net to get this right.

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                  • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                    Originally posted by Charlie Catamount View Post
                    I am just really hoping Schulman is doing his homework and casting a large net to get this right.
                    Schulman could still be considering Joey Gasparini. My thinking:
                    --It's how they were able to bag Joey's nephew Mario Gasparini.
                    --He's a UVM guy, having played and coached at UVM.
                    --He's got assistant coaching experience at multiple Hockey East schools.
                    --He's apparently been selling insurance, so even at a reduced Sneddon salary, he'll happily take the job.
                    --He can easily bundle Schulman's auto and homeowners insurance, thus providing a significant savings on premiums.

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                    • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                      Potulny is from ND, played at Minny and coaching at NMU. Midwest guy. Couldn't see him jumping to UVM when he has a good thing going at Northern. Might be in line for the Minnesota job down the line as well.

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                      • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                        Originally posted by J.D. View Post
                        Potulny is from ND, played at Minny and coaching at NMU. Midwest guy. Couldn't see him jumping to UVM when he has a good thing going at Northern. Might be in line for the Minnesota job down the line as well.
                        Yeah, and I wouldn't want someone who might be in line for the Minnesota job. UVM's a good job, but Minny's better, especially for an alum and a mid-westerner. We need someone who rightfully sees UVM as a top tier job and won't jump ship. I can see Eric Lang or Ben Barr fitting that profile.

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                        • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                          Let's not get crazy here. UVM is a solid job, but no matter who we hire if they do well and get offered a Minnesota level job they are G-O-N-E gone.......

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                          • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                            Originally posted by UVM Cat in Texas View Post
                            Yeah, and I wouldn't want someone who might be in line for the Minnesota job. UVM's a good job, but Minny's better, especially for an alum and a mid-westerner. We need someone who rightfully sees UVM as a top tier job and won't jump ship. I can see Eric Lang or Ben Barr fitting that profile.
                            Fair points, and I was speaking to the point that Potulny is doing what he's doing at NMU with likely less resources than what UVM has. His and Lang's profile are desirable I think. Last I saw his salary is near 3 times lower than Sneddon's. But only looking for candidates who will see UVM as a lifetime job is bad business I think. It's nice if they can and personally I would love to see someone who wins here for a long long time but I understand that's not always the case. Being an alum didn't stop Carvel from leaving St. Lawrence for UMass a program you could argue had less prestige and stuff going for it that St. Lawrence did at the time. St. Lawrence's fault they messed up the hire afterwards.

                            To me I look at it like basketball and how they handled after Tom Brennan. They brought in someone who was using it to get to a better job and stayed around for like 7 years I think and kept the winning going that it went so well when he left UVM had a ready assistant in Becker who has now kept the results going and maybe even a hire level than Lonergan did. If Becker leaves they have Cieplicki to promote from within. Similar to what Union did to keep its momentum going with Leaman to Bennett. I would say that probably has a lot to do with keeping a winning culture alive from the entire coaches to the players. If they bring in someone who even after 4-5 years gets the hockey team back to respectability and then leaves for a better job to me that is fine with me because it's better when they found it. That's why I wouldn't be against taking someone who might covet another job of Minnesota's caliber because I'd know in order to get it they have to do really well here.
                            Last edited by Charlie Catamount; 02-12-2020, 02:45 PM.

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                            • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

                              The options seem pretty obvious. Hopefully we start to hear about interviews happening soon. Barr, Mayotte, Ellsworth, Lang would all make a ton of sense and I bet they would be interested. UVM is a great first job. I wouldn't mind if they reach out to Ducharme or Ron Rolston, but there is no way they'd be interested. Marty St. Louis is my favorite hockey player ever, but I don't want him anywhere near this job. Great player does not equal great coach. In fact, often great players make the worst coaches. He has no coaching experience and he hasn't been around college hockey since he played here. Torrey Mitchell as an Asst. Coach would be great, but they need someone with more experience for the head coaching job.

                              Really hoping the team can get a win before the season is over. I feel for the players, Lekkas most of all.

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                              • Re: UVM Catamounts 2019/20

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