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LSSU Lakers 2014 off season thread

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Ron Rolston is available.

NMU and Tech would not enjoy playing his teams 4 times a year.
 
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A long overdue decision...it is time to now move forward. I sincerely hope that they the A.D. takes the appropriate time and forms a search committee to properly vet candidates and not rush into a hasty decision...that is how we ended up with Roque in the first place. To all the nay sayers, there are plenty of solid Junior A , D-III coaches and assistant D-1 coaches who would love a stab at leading a D-1 program....even for less money!
 
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michiganmidge said:
Are you effing kidding me?! Dunbar is the PROBLEM, not the solution. If you think what she's done is a good thing, you are sadly mistaken.
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If you think Dunbar is the problem, start a campaign to get her fired. Start a Fire Dunbar group on Facebook.
 
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jnacc said:
A long overdue decision...it is time to now move forward. I sincerely hope that they the A.D. takes the appropriate time and forms a search committee to properly vet candidates and not rush into a hasty decision...that is how we ended up with Roque in the first place. To all the nay sayers, there are plenty of solid Junior A , D-III coaches and assistant D-1 coaches who would love a stab at leading a D-1 program....even for less money!
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IMHO I believe you are correct.
 
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CKrouth said:
gfmorris - To save you a bit of time, you will not find the Athletics budget on the web. For financial statement purposes, Athletics is combined with all other auxiliaries for reporting on the CAFR and Michigan law only requires online display of General Fund salaries and Budgets for the Budget & Performance Transparency Reporting.
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Thanks.

I look forward to the press conference, although some on Twitter doubt that there will be one.

GFM
 
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CKrouth said:
A friend of mine said I should check out the USCHO Fan Forum and boy was he right, it's a hoot. Gloom & Doom on the horizon? Program shutting down? 15 different salary numbers for the head coach? It really is comical to read some of this stuff. Let me clear up a couple of things:

To everyone else: If you don't have a clue what is going on, don't post junk on the internet with regard to what your "sources" did or did not say. It makes the University look bad and ultimately does none of us any good, including Laker Hockey. If you have a question or concern, ask the appropriate office at LSSU before you make un-substantiated remarks. Rarely will you not get an answer to your question. All of the VPs contact information is on the web. Let them know your concerns, because with out that information being relayed to them, they may make a lesser-informed decision.
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Oh suuure...things are fine with the program CKrouth...please don't stick your head in the sand or come on here and imply that you are someone with a clue....programs in trouble, can't hide it anymore. Despite moving to a "lower rung" conference, costs are actually up and revenue is way down and there is a financial crunch. The program has at least taken a step in the right direction today but it is imperative that the powers that be do not mess this up! The right candidate must be found and hired. We as fans, for our part as well, must if the administration does this right, move forward with the team and expect a bumpy ride but have a team that will not only show promise but actually fulfill it....something Roque was never able to do despite having the necessary talent to do so.
 
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michiganmidge said:
Are you effing kidding me?! Dunbar is the PROBLEM, not the solution. If you think what she's done is a good thing, you are sadly mistaken.
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I think BOTH are the problem. But didn't Dunbar work her butt off to try and get the Lakers in the WCHA when the CCHA was disbanding or was it more more Tony McLain?
 
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jnacc said:
A long overdue decision...it is time to now move forward. I sincerely hope that they the A.D. takes the appropriate time and forms a search committee to properly vet candidates and not rush into a hasty decision...that is how we ended up with Roque in the first place. To all the nay sayers, there are plenty of solid Junior A , D-III coaches and assistant D-1 coaches who would love a stab at leading a D-1 program....even for less money!
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I agree about them needing to form a committee also.
 
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A National Search will be conducted.....I doubt Tim Christian is a candidate since he has been there for the last 11 years and is responsible for this poor team too. JS lied the first time he was hired by falsifying that he had a bachelor's degree when indeed he didn't. He ended up going to NMU to complete his degree and then was hired there. If LSSU hires someone who dupped them once, then there is a reason they have less than 2200 students enrolled and less than 800 living on campus pursuing a degree. Lake State is broke because they don't have any students. Hence the tiny recruiting and operations budget and the fact that the AD has spent no money on marketing. The AD has very little respect in this community, her and her husband pulled a Squirt AA hockey team right out from the Sault Michigan Hockey Association because Mr. Dunbar was upset he was not selected as the coach. Don't you think that is a great way to build support from your hockey community as the leader of an athletic department in a small town? Steal a team and then move it to a rival town.
 
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Lake State's star freshman, Globke, should call up Notre Dame and get the transfer process going now.....run boy...run....run fast...RUN....don't look back.....

Go to a school that not only has well paid coaches but also has a full-time paid strength coach, a video coach, hockey operations director, an equipment manager, a team chef, etc., etc. Those things are never coming to LSSU. The big schools keep getting better and Lake State will never be able to keep up. Lake State can't even convince 2200 students to enroll. It is more like a high school than a college campus(They have not had 3000 full-time students enrolled since the 90's.) He's proven himself worthy of playing at a bigger and better school.


And as far as Alaska goes, the first year is always the honeymoon.......although it does sound like they are giving their coach everything he needs to succeed with financial resources and not handicapping him out of the gate.
 
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If you think Pearson's contract is impressive, you should see what they spend on their operations for their hockey program. Last summer, MTU installed an $800,000 video score clock. Ha, that's like 3 years of LSSU hockey spending. LSSU's AD wouldn't even know how to allocate that much money.....Lake State is not even in the same ball park as MTU with academic or athletic spending. MTU is a far superior institution. Lake State was a feeder campus to MTU and still acts like a community college today. They are the closest in size to LSSU of the UP Schools but they are the Prince and LSSU is the pauper. NMU is the largest of the 3 universities in the UP and also have the largest city and are known for their great parties.
 
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Mister Hockey 8 said:
If you think Pearson's contract is impressive, you should see what they spend on their operations for their hockey program. Last summer, MTU installed an $800,000 video score clock. Ha, that's like 3 years of LSSU hockey spending. LSSU's AD wouldn't even know how to allocate that much money.....Lake State is not even in the same ball park as MTU with academic or athletic spending. MTU is a far superior institution. Lake State was a feeder campus to MTU and still acts like a community college today. They are the closest in size to LSSU of the UP Schools but they are the Prince and LSSU is the pauper. NMU is the largest of the 3 universities in the UP and also have the largest city and are known for their great parties.
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It's a shame to see all the money,all the academic success and MTU has not put a good team on the ice in decades. Talk about spending money and not getting anything back from it. Seems MTU needs to hire someone to make the spending worthwhile.
 
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Mister Hockey 8.You are actually bragging about all the money going into MTU hockey and the last good team they had was 35 years ago.Talk about spending huge sums of money on a program that puts out second tier teams is not a great selling point .....LMAO
 
jnacc said:
Oh suuure...things are fine with the program CKrouth...please don't stick your head in the sand or come on here and imply that you are someone with a clue....programs in trouble, can't hide it anymore. Despite moving to a "lower rung" conference, costs are actually up and revenue is way down and there is a financial crunch. The program has at least taken a step in the right direction today but it is imperative that the powers that be do not mess this up! The right candidate must be found and hired. We as fans, for our part as well, must if the administration does this right, move forward with the team and expect a bumpy ride but have a team that will not only show promise but actually fulfill it....something Roque was never able to do despite having the necessary talent to do so.
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Interesting. You are trying to tell one of the University Accountants there is a massive financial problem in Laker Hockey? I think I know more on this subject than you do, unless you are a Vice President.

Whether things are fine in the program from a hockey standpoint are for you guys to decide. It would seem most on here feel its not.
 
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Mister Hockey 8 said:
A National Search will be conducted.....I doubt Tim Christian is a candidate since he has been there for the last 11 years and is responsible for this poor team too. JS lied the first time he was hired by falsifying that he had a bachelor's degree when indeed he didn't. He ended up going to NMU to complete his degree and then was hired there. If LSSU hires someone who dupped them once, then there is a reason they have less than 2200 students enrolled and less than 800 living on campus pursuing a degree. Lake State is broke because they don't have any students. Hence the tiny recruiting and operations budget and the fact that the AD has spent no money on marketing. The AD has very little respect in this community, her and her husband pulled a Squirt AA hockey team right out from the Sault Michigan Hockey Association because Mr. Dunbar was upset he was not selected as the coach. Don't you think that is a great way to build support from your hockey community as the leader of an athletic department in a small town? Steal a team and then move it to a rival town.
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This is long overdue. You seem a bit upset Mister Hockey. I have said for some time that Joe Shawhan should be coaching at LSSU. Even when he was with the Indians. Making a comment that he was dishonest with LSSU the first time around is somewhat comical. Does it really make sense that he could lie to the school that he got his degree from. He was hired as a popular move to offset those that might have been upset that Coach Anzalone was let go. LSSU knew what they were getting and don't forget, Coach Roques best two years were when Joe Shawhan was here.
 
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The AD is responsible for maintaining contact and good relationships with various public groups, organizations, and individual and supervising special projects related to the athletic program. I would like to know why she has squashed school spirit by taking photos of students in the student section for purposes of identifying them and kicking them out of hockey games for cheering and supporting the team? She has repeatedly had students dismissed from the building for the way they cheer. Look no further for one of the key reasons that school spirit is non-existent and game attendance is so low. You have to worry about being kicked out unless you cheer properly. I have seen the kids support their team and there is nothing inappropriate in the way that these kids cheer!
 
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