I ended up subscribing to Mike McMahon's "blog" (get your 7 day free trial now during the BU search). He says BU did in fact interview Eric Lang (Michigan State showing interest in him as well) and that they made/are making a run at Hastings. His speculation is that Pandolfo will ultimately be the guy and if Hastings goes anywhere he is guessing Michigan State. He did float Pereira joining Pandolfo's staff.
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BU 2021-22: Albie's Great Adventure
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ericredaxe
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A guy with a 15 year NHL playing career, followed by coaching experience with the Bruins (where his specialty was developing younger players), who also showed you can play in college for 4 years and still have a great pro career and seems to win everywhere he goes is a walk?
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
There is a learning curve to being a head coach at the second highest level. And what about his personality says "leader" to you? I just don't see it. Great guy. Great Terrier. Solid pro. I just can't get excited about him learning how to run a hockey team on our dime. I just don't see him bringing the program back to the 90's salad days. (Which is what we should all want.)
BU Hockey: Top Job Should Equal Top Candidate
Thanks for the info J.D. Are you interested in a job at the Daily Free Press? : )
ericredaxe
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If Stanley Cup wins as a coach are a requirement for the job you are going to have a pretty short list of potential candidates.(Insert roll eyes emoji here)
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ericredaxe
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Unless there is really a “Human Resources” issue.
I just don't see it that way. If there's an HR issue that is just a technicality, you announce the new coach so as to not create recruiting and retention issues.
ericredaxe
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“Human Resources issue” is just what has been reported.
Have there been retention issues since Albie left? I know mastrosimine was in the portal - did he sign elsewhere yet?
Is it being reported about or surmised? I didn't see if Mastro has landed anywhere else yet... Losing a couple of guys right after the season and coaching non-renewal isn't a big deal (pretty standard stuff nowadays). I suppose when the new coach is named, there could be another couple of losses (hopefully good losses) and then a handful of additions (likely via the portal). I think the delay is hurting us, not helping.
If BU is/was serious about Hastings/Lang then it's safe to say Pandolfo was not first choice. Particularly Hastings. That is clearly option #1. So it depends if BU is still working on Hastings. If you do go with someone else, then what happens to Pandolfo? Is he "forced" on the new coach?
ericredaxe
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Just going on the Jeff Cox article. No idea how accurate but he certainly wrote it as if he was pretty confident.
Agree about the guys who left not being unexpected and the delay (whatever the reason) not being ideal.
brassbonanza
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No. And your comments on HR being a technicality are not completely accurate. Explained here:
Since posting this, I believe this to be the more likely scenario. I separately was able to confirm Albie is still in BU's employee directory listed as the head coach as of the past week or two. It's also likely that his contract ends April 30 and BU is waiting for it to expire. This would prevent them from "firing" him and they would not owe severance or a buyout.
Michigan is doing the same thing with Pearson - except since they're a public school, you can FOIA his contract (which someone did) and it expires April 30.
I don't believe this means either of Jay or Hastings are more likely, just that most likely they aren't announcing anything because there's still technically another head coach employed by BU.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
(Insert roll eyes emoji here)
mookie didn't throw out the "win everywhere" comment. is going 16-15-0 'winning'? is eric-ra now one of those guys mav feels are happy with a beanpot everywhere and nothing else? tragic.....:-(
IF this is all true, then I think the University/AD is botching this up. What is the motivation? To save a few bucks within a massive University operating budget? To save face publicly for the employee and/or the University? It all just seems so cheap or milk toast. Let's grow up and put on the big boy pants. We hired a guy that wasn't cut out for the job. It happens all the time. So, move on with deciveness and be professional about it. This makes the University and the employee look weak; a lose-lose.
IF Jay is going to get the job on May 1st, I think we'd have heard through the grapevine by now as recruits would have to have been told it's his job on that date and word would have slipped out as in this day and age nothing stays secret more than a couple days.
Any way this goes down, makes me feel as though the University/AD has already shown a softness and/or an incompetence on how to manage their affairs. I think they should go take some of their own business management classes.
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ericredaxe
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??? Who went 16-15?
if BU’s next 4 seasons mirrored the Bruins previous 4 with 3 NCAA 1st round wins and an appearance in the NCAA championship game I’d bet most of us would think they are back on track.
brassbonanza
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I'm not saying I agree with their process - in fact, I agree with your position that it's cheap and stupid if they went down this road. But I do believe that's what happened.
brassbonanza
Super Serial
The Bruins made the playoffs every year he was an assistant, advanced every year but one, and got within a game of winning it once.
Jay's name is on the Cup twice and he hung a banner for us.
I'm not concerned about his ability to win.
This is before we consider how strongly the Bruins' young players developed while he was there.
What meaningful information do you have about his personality? Watching him behind the bench for one season as an associate HC? Nonsense.
His lack of HC experience is a definite concern and something that the AD should strongly evaluate in an interview and in making the decision.
His personality behind the bench as an assistant is of no concern to me. By all accounts, he commands respect and is a fierce competitor. This is where the two Cups and a NC banner are an asset. I don't suspect our players would be walking around calling him by his first name in public - as was the case under Albie.
Harry Cleverly
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BU can announce that Albie will not return as coach, meaning that his contract will not be extended and allowed to expire.
They can certainly appoint a new head coach anytime that they want. Their obligation to pay Albie until his contract expires does not preclude them from naming his replacement.
I seriously doubt any delay is to save a couple of weeks of hockey coach salary.
Hopefully the timing has to do with Marrochello doing due diligence on prospective candidates, and talking with whomever he wants at the convention in Naples.
They can certainly appoint a new head coach anytime that they want. Their obligation to pay Albie until his contract expires does not preclude them from naming his replacement.
I seriously doubt any delay is to save a couple of weeks of hockey coach salary.
Hopefully the timing has to do with Marrochello doing due diligence on prospective candidates, and talking with whomever he wants at the convention in Naples.
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