Boston University season thread - strike 3! last man there turn out the lights.

[UNH09]

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Quinn. Blasi. Hynes. Sullivan?

Someone with head coaching experience but isn't too old like Blais. A connection to the program would probably be helpful (Quinn, Hynes, Sullivan.) Very successful as a college coach and still young enough to coach for the next two decades (Blasi-I know he's not coming but it's a pipe dream.) Just neither of the assistants, please.

Someone who can recruit and coach and teach and relate to these children. Please.

At the same time, I don't want a Timmayyyyyyyyyyyy debacle.

Please get this right. Please please please.

I don't think the faithful thought this one through after the rage over the beanpot and penalty box scandal. Good coaches are hard to come by, just ask LSSU, Providence, and (I would have added Maine, but cheaters don't count)

 

[Rover]

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I don't think the faithful thought this one through after the rage over the beanpot and penalty box scandal. Good coaches are hard to come by, just ask LSSU, Providence, and (I would have added Maine, but cheaters don't count)

Perhaps UNH will get the message and mercifully turf the inept Dick Umile. He should have been fired years ago. At some point results matter if you're going to pay a guy several hundred thousand dollars a year. These coaches aren't volunteers, they're paid professionals.

 

[brassbonanza]

Re: Boston University season thread - strike 3! last man there turn out the lights.

Quinn. Blasi. Hynes. Sullivan?

Someone with head coaching experience but isn't too old like Blais. A connection to the program would probably be helpful (Quinn, Hynes, Sullivan.) Very successful as a college coach and still young enough to coach for the next two decades (Blasi-I know he's not coming but it's a pipe dream.) Just neither of the assistants, please.

Someone who can recruit and coach and teach and relate to these children. Please.

At the same time, I don't want a Timmayyyyyyyyyyyy debacle.

Please get this right. Please please please.

I don't want Blasi, good young coach, but repeated blatant failures in the postseason are a turnoff. My drawback to Sullivan is that he has no collegiate coaching experience, and has been out of the college game since he left BU. That's not to say he couldn't do it, the pro connections would be a plus for recruiting, and is certainly a BU guy, but I'm not sure I like the idea of hiring a HC whose never recruited in his career. For me, choice #1 would be Quinn.

I suppose the way out in left field "candidate" would be BU basically trying to outpay for Hakstol. But I probably have a better shot at winning the lottery than that ever happening.

 

[defkit]

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I don't think the faithful thought this one through after the rage over the beanpot and penalty box scandal. Good coaches are hard to come by, just ask LSSU, Providence, and (I would have added Maine, but cheaters don't count)

Sure, anything could happen, but BU is fortunate (and not just by luck, but partly thanks to Parker) to have several young alumni that have excellent coaching credentials. I can't speak for LSSU or Providence, but I think BU has them beat in this department.

 

[mookie1995]

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Sure, he has the legacy, but I see our likelihood of retaining a guy like Eichel actually increasing if we name a good young coach like Sullivan or Quinn soon.

yes. agree. but name. uncertainly can only hurt. and i wouldn't put it past any coach (or mj team) to put the push on to come where you know what is happening.

if quinn or sullivan did take the job... is anyone ok with them continuing behind the avs/nyr bench and moonlighting for a couple months (from both the bu view and the nhl side)? or hynes with the pens?

or what if... (gulp) bavo is on the stage tomorrow?!?!?

 

[Harry Cleverly]

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I do because there's still hockey to be played. Thought he'd make the call after the team was finished or during the presentation two weeks ago.

Harry, the program has been bad. 0 Beanpots, 0 HE championships, 0 HE finals, 0 FF appearances in the last 4 years. That's a bad program and nobody would want to change places with us. I also question this was entirely his decision, as the notion put forth that he was told he'd have one more season after the task force recommendations came out makes more and more sense in hindsight.

"Bad" is a very relative term. Bad compared to what BC has won since 2010. But no one else has won anything either. Near the top of Hockey East, home ice every year, that is not "bad." We didn't bottom out like Maine. We have never been "Northeastern bad."
But if want to connotate "bad" in relation to where we could have been, and should have been - given our location, facilities and tradition - then say that.

As "bad" as this season has been, we finished two points out of first place. Playing on fumes during the second semester.

 

[brassbonanza]

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I don't think the faithful thought this one through after the rage over the beanpot and penalty box scandal. Good coaches are hard to come by, just ask LSSU, Providence, and (I would have added Maine, but cheaters don't count)

A friend texted me tonight saying he was concerned BU would turn into the next Lake State or Michigan Tech...thing is, their issues post-championship runs and the coach leaving seemed to lie more in location and facility issues. Getting a kid to go to Sault Saint Marie or Houghton at a 30 year old rink is miles (pun!) away from getting a kid to come play in Boston in a new NHL-quality rink, with multiple guaranteed games at TD Garden, etc. I don't see this being the issue for BU.

 

[Harry Cleverly]

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or what if... (gulp) bavo is on the stage tomorrow?!?!?

I am sure that his presence as "associate head coach" during all that happened last season takes him out of any running to step up.
And with Sullivan, Quinn and Hynes all getting professional head coaching experience, and US development experience, it is doubtful that Bavis would have been a prime candidate, especially after the last four seasons.

 

[mookie1995]

Re: Boston University season thread - strike 3! last man there turn out the lights.

A friend texted me tonight saying he was concerned BU would turn into the next Lake State or Michigan Tech...thing is, their issues post-championship runs and the coach leaving seemed to lie more in location and facility issues. Getting a kid to go to Sault Saint Marie or Houghton at a 30 year old rink is miles (pun!) away from getting a kid to come play in Boston in a new NHL-quality rink, with multiple guaranteed games at TD Garden, etc. I don't see this being the issue for BU.

this is the least of my worries...

 

[brassbonanza]

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I am sure that his presence as "associate head coach" during all that happened last season takes him out of any running to step up.
And with Sullivan, Quinn and Hynes all getting professional head coaching experience, and US development experience, it is doubtful that Bavis would have been a prime candidate, especially after the last four seasons.

I would be very upset and concerned for the future of the program if Bavis were named HC tomorrow.

 

[UNH09]

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or what if... (gulp) bavo is on the stage tomorrow?!?!?

Can I laugh if he is named the replacement?

 

[REDMEN2002]

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this is the least of my worries...

What's your biggest worry?

 

[mookie1995]

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well... looking at twitter and seeing retweets of some kids. baillargeon typed "really tough news to swallow today".

 

[brassbonanza]

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well... looking at twitter and seeing retweets of some kids. baillargeon typed "really tough news to swallow today".

Saw that too, with any coaching change it's going to be hard on incoming recruits. Hopefully, a replacement will be named very, very shortly and any defections will be limited.

 

[candycanes99]

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Pretty big bomb drop. Parker was the one constant in this program for so long, and I'm gracious to have been able to watch his teams, but it certainly is time to move on.

The uncertainty is definitely scaring me with respect to recruiting. Probably won't turn off any guys that had their hearts set on playing at BU, but if anyone had a close second choice... I really do hope they are able to name the successor quickly.

As an aside... is anyone on here heading to the Frozen Four no matter what? I won free tickets somehow, and guess that's enough to get me to drive to Pittsburgh...

 

[UNH09]

Re: Boston University season thread - strike 3! last man there turn out the lights.

A friend texted me tonight saying he was concerned BU would turn into the next Lake State or Michigan Tech...thing is, their issues post-championship runs and the coach leaving seemed to lie more in location and facility issues. Getting a kid to go to Sault Saint Marie or Houghton at a 30 year old rink is miles (pun!) away from getting a kid to come play in Boston in a new NHL-quality rink, with multiple guaranteed games at TD Garden, etc. I don't see this being the issue for BU.

There are plenty of programs with great facilities that don't perform well because of coaching. Kids go to school to play for a coach first, facilities second. If it was all about facilities, BU would be destroying the rest of hockey east year after year. I really believe that the program will go through a few lean years while a new coach gains traction, its a wonder if the support will still be there for it to grow.

 

[defkit]

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There are plenty of programs with great facilities that don't perform well because of coaching. Kids go to school to play for a coach first, facilities second. If it was all about facilities, BU would be destroying the rest of hockey east year after year. I really believe that the program will go through a few lean years while a new coach gains traction, its a wonder if the support will still be there for it to grow.

Actually, from a recruiting standpoint, other than BC, they pretty much have been destroying the rest of the conference. The fact that they haven't been "destroying" them on the ice is the reason why so many of us have wanted this for some time now!

And also, it's not ALL about the facilities, but there is no doubt that Walter Brown Arena was killing BU in terms of recruiting. As more an more nice rinks started popping up, the quality of recruits started dropping.

 

[LTsatch]

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Please !! Take Rand Pecknold! Up and comer, currently number one in the nation and the pairwise, can adopt a Boston accent quickly!

 

[defkit]

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Any word on where Jack Arena is going to be tomorrow at 3pm?

 

[mookie1995]

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Actually, from a recruiting standpoint, other than BC, they pretty much have been destroying the rest of the conference. The fact that they haven't been "destroying" them on the ice is the reason why so many of us have wanted this for some time now!

And also, it's not ALL about the facilities, but there is no doubt that Walter Brown Arena was killing BU in terms of recruiting. As more an more nice rinks started popping up, the quality of recruits started dropping.

why bother...