eastcoastgopher
Active member
No idea what he'll be making or even how interested the Orange are in women's hockey, but all things being equal, Maine can't pay like Cuse, I don't think.
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2026 Coaching Changes
- Thread starter Ghost3223
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If the league didn't control the hiring of all coaches he would have probably had a choice. Firing an expansion team coach after one season seems a little extreme when the coaching pool is small in my opinion. Did they hire a replacement? Curious why in your opinion the Maine job is better.
robertearle
Well-known member
I got into a back-and-forth on Twitter with some guy who was trashing Idalski as a coach, based only on his year in the PWHL. That prompted me to have a look at the Syracuse roster, who is back this coming year, what they gained and lost in the portal etc (as best I could tell, anyway). Goalie with decent numbers is back, a good percent of goal-scoring back. Penn State won't be as good as last year. I think Syracuse and Idalski could do pretty well in AH. Not that they're gonna win it or anything. But better than .500. Maybe third, maybe threaten second? I'll be interested to see.
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Bill-R-
Registered User
I wonder if Syracuse will ever take hockey seriously. I've been to their "barn" a few times... I've seen better high school rinks.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
As someone who sees a bunch of RIT games every year, basically, the AHA has become Penn State and everyone else (with Delaware lagging in the background in their first year). The order of everyone else varies from year to year (though Mercyhurst has kind of been in between Penn State and everyone else). And that variation isn't much in talent differences -- it usually comes down to some lucky wins or losses and any hot/cold streaks. No one impresses over anyone in that "everyone else" group.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
You're being kind...
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
That is my biggest question. Maybe they pay a lot, being Syracuse, despite not taking hockey seriously. But they aren't going to pull an Ohio State (do well despite a dump of a rink) for lots of reasons.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Better league, an easier path to the NCAA's. You can get an at large bid out of Hockey East. Maine is way more of a hockey school.
Maine job is base pay of 130-150k. Syracuse was 150-164K.
I think your view is tainted by the men's program at Maine and lack of men's program at Syracuse. The women are only getting 500 a game attendance. Doesn't scream hockey school to me. Only 3 teams in Hockey East had above 500 records last year. Current version both leagues don't seem very good outside of Penn State.