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D1 Coaches At Risk

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Plummer? He has improved the program significantly since taking over from the previous coach (who was truly horrible). Give him some time to make it his roster, then judge.

The best Plummer has/ had were recruited by the previous coach. BTW... UVM got beat by Merrimack again last night.
 
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The best Plummer has/ had were recruited by the previous coach. BTW... UVM got beat by Merrimack again last night.

Just an FYI.... UVM graduated Amanda Pelkey last year, who was THE difference-maker for that team. She is a HUGE loss for the Catamounts and it will take several quality players to replace her production. If your ear is close to the ground in women's hockey, you also know the previous coach does not get credit for recruiting Pelkey. And you also know Plummer is the reason she didn't transfer.

Having said all of that, losing to upstart Merrimack when it matters is not acceptable. UVM needs to replace that production ASAP.
 
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It is not coincidence that the bottom team in the CHA and the 5 bottom teams in the ECAC are non-scholarship schools. If you have the same set of win / loss expectations for Union and RIT you will create a rotating door and no one will take the job.

There is a lot of merit to this observation. While non-scholarship/less scholarship schools can do well at times, I think you will find that over the long term on average the bigger budget schools are the ones that succeed more often. To me it is no surprise that schools like BC, Minnesota and Wisconsin are often at or near the top of the heap on a continual basis. Even Harvard, a non-scholarship school is often near the top because of other attractions. (Many in Boston/Mass would to go to Harvard). On occasion smaller budget schools do well for a while (Cornell for a while, for example), but more often than not, not sustainable over the longer term. And while recruiting is not everything, it is a main factor in success or lack thereof.
 
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Just an FYI.... UVM graduated Amanda Pelkey last year, who was THE difference-maker for that team. She is a HUGE loss for the Catamounts and it will take several quality players to replace her production. If your ear is close to the ground in women's hockey, you also know the previous coach does not get credit for recruiting Pelkey. And you also know Plummer is the reason she didn't transfer.

Having said all of that, losing to upstart Merrimack when it matters is not acceptable. UVM needs to replace that production ASAP.

My point was Plummer didn't recruit her. My 2nd sentence was there is no end in sight to their losing based upon the recruits and Plummer as a coach. Up 3-0 to Merrimack after 1 and end up with a tie today to Merrimack (essentially a u19 team). Plummer should be like the other bottom teams (Union being the exception) and fired.
 
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My point was Plummer didn't recruit her. My 2nd sentence was there is no end in sight to their losing based upon the recruits and Plummer as a coach. Up 3-0 to Merrimack after 1 and end up with a tie today to Merrimack (essentially a u19 team). Plummer should be like the other bottom teams (Union being the exception) and fired.

It's Plumer people, not Plummer. Clearly you know nothing about him.
 
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end up with a tie today to Merrimack (essentially a u19 team).

I don't think that is in any way giving Merrimack due credit. They are a very young team, with some freshmen who managed to make it into some top 10 stats lists without benefit of a seasoned teammates to provide support and leadership. They are a very hard working, disciplined team, and they will rise faster than some of the more established teams.
 
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I don't think that is in any way giving Merrimack due credit. They are a very young team, with some freshmen who managed to make it into some top 10 stats lists without benefit of a seasoned teammates to provide support and leadership. They are a very hard working, disciplined team, and they will rise faster than some of the more established teams.

Seem to have pretty solid goaltending too. Maine and Vermont need to watch their backs.
 
The Warriors played Providence, New Hampshire, and Connecticut competitively as well.

Absolutely, they could take a game off any of those teams. But they could have a realistic shot at getting ahead of Maine or Vermont in the overall standings next year.
 
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Absolutely, they could take a game off any of those teams. But they could have a realistic shot at getting ahead of Maine or Vermont in the overall standings next year.
In your opinion, not Providence? I don't see the Friars on any rapid track to improvement.
 
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I'd even throw UNH in there ARM! Despite becoming a much better team as the year progressed, UNH lost the season series to just about everyone but Merrimack and Maine! How we lost to Providi, UVM, and a few of the games to Northeastern and BU were not the teams fault....for some reason Coach Witt likes to go to a very short bench, and despite leading going into the third period on many of those games, played only 2 lines in essence of 5 players, (O and D), on Lake Whitt no less....they tired out and it cost in the end....things to learn from!
 
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I don't think that is in any way giving Merrimack due credit. They are a very young team, with some freshmen who managed to make it into some top 10 stats lists without benefit of a seasoned teammates to provide support and leadership. They are a very hard working, disciplined team, and they will rise faster than some of the more established teams.

They will rise faster than other 1st year programs. I know how good Paige & Paige are, watched them in MN. My point was an existing team with esperience should not lose to a team of Freshman, in theory.
 
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My point was Plummer didn't recruit her. My 2nd sentence was there is no end in sight to their losing based upon the recruits and Plummer as a coach. Up 3-0 to Merrimack after 1 and end up with a tie today to Merrimack (essentially a u19 team). Plummer should be like the other bottom teams (Union being the exception) and fired.

The top 3 or 4 U19 teams would give the bottom 4 or 5 in Hockey East a competitive game, so not really a shot at all...
 
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I have to say that I'm guessing that the most disappointed team not playing in the playoffs is probably Yale and I think I'll add them to the coaches risk list. WAY too much talent on that team for a ninth place finish. They squandered a strong senior class in Ferrara, Haddad, Martini, and Astrom and made poor use of Staenz, Marchin, and Pensavalle (major regression actually for these last three). Coaching staff is able to recruit well, but don't seem able to do much with the talent they attract.
 
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In your opinion, not Providence? I don't see the Friars on any rapid track to improvement.

I may be reading a bit too much into two very solid PPs against BC in the third period of the Friday game, but Providence seemed pretty sound in that game despite the pasting, and they don't graduate a lot of scoring. I wouldn't be surprised to see them comfortably ahead of Maine and Vermont next year.
 
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