Re: RPI Hockey 2019 - 2020 Part II: Moving on with 2020 Vision!
I'm pretty sure that RPI didn't fire Powers. In his final season as the Engineers' head coach, he took the team to the NCAA tournament.
Powers had previously been an assistant under Jerry York at Bowling Green. When York left Bowling Green to take the job at Boston College, BGSU offered the job to Powers.
Powers knew that he would be inheriting a good team from York, but he also knew that he had some good players coming back if he stayed at RPI (and in fact, the team did return to the NCAA tournament the following season under Dan Fridgen). It must have been a tough choice for him.
I have a hazy recollection that the deciding factor was that Powers' wife decided she liked it better in Bowling Green than in Troy, and she prevailed upon him to make the switch.
Anyone else remember it that way?
Originally posted by sezenack
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Powers had previously been an assistant under Jerry York at Bowling Green. When York left Bowling Green to take the job at Boston College, BGSU offered the job to Powers.
Powers knew that he would be inheriting a good team from York, but he also knew that he had some good players coming back if he stayed at RPI (and in fact, the team did return to the NCAA tournament the following season under Dan Fridgen). It must have been a tough choice for him.
I have a hazy recollection that the deciding factor was that Powers' wife decided she liked it better in Bowling Green than in Troy, and she prevailed upon him to make the switch.
Anyone else remember it that way?
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