Interesting that they did not mention what the timeframe is on Guite's interim tag. Is it for a few weeks to a month until a permanent coach is hired? Is he steering the team through 2021-22?
With the lack of revenue from the past year, you have to imagine that money is tight in Orono. It may make sense to have Guite manage things for a year without having to commit to a new hire with a raise. If he does well, great, there's our guy. If he doesn't, well, a year of butts in seats may help in putting together a better financial package to hire someone long term next Spring. It's not like things can get much worse.
Of the guys Larry listed, I don't get the initial hate for Lang. AIC was maybe the toughest job in the country, and he managed to advocate for increased institutional support and turn that program into a consistent winner at the AHA level. He's been to more NCAA tournaments in the past decade with AIC than Maine. Doing something with less is going to be a key skill the next coach needs. No matter what happens, financially BC, BU, Providence, Northeastern, UMass, and probably Lowell and UNH are going to run circles around Maine for the foreseeable future.
Leaman is clearly not going to happen. Maine is objectively a worse job than PC right now. The only argument for Maine is that maybe the ceiling is a bit higher? If he can get Maine rolling, the fan support will be better than PC, which will always be a basketball school. The hill to climb to get to that point may be insurmountable, though, and he's got a real good thing going.
Monty, it's not an on ice issue, obviously. I think if Maine was willing to be creative, with an incentive laden contract, no buyout clause (i.e. Maine can let him go for free if he relapses), it could be doable, but it would take some stones and maybe political capital to do it.
Moore/Corkum/Capuano- I dunno. Of the three I guess I would prefer Moore, but I'm skeptical of his level of interest. He's an AHL head coach. If he has ambitions to coach in the NHL, that's probably a clearer path. Capuano is in his 50's at this point and has never coached in college. You'd think that opportunities would have been there if he had interest. At this point, would he be looking at it as a retirement job? Does he want to step into rebuilding having never recruited? Corkum, I dunno. Obviously he's unavailable right now. Punt on that decision for now.
I'd actually be okay with Rolston. He's essentially got Capuano's resume plus college experience.
I am curious about Barr's omission- I'd say it's because we can't afford him, but we also can't afford Leaman, so I dunno.
