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Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

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JOHN SCOTT ROCKS said:
Try 4 years. Tech hasn't had enough wins in their last THREE years to reach a .500 season. I would say it's fairly lofty, especially in the WCHA. Win totals of 10,12,15,18 aren't unrealistic over the next four years and would be the jumps necesary to reach .500. I would say he's being pretty realistic; it's not like he's bringing a team with him. He's essentially saying he needs at least two years of recruiting to even have a chance; throw in the fact that even if the recruiting classes are good, they're going to be freshman and sophomores in year three, hence the extra year or two.
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FWIW, it took Seth Appert four years at RPI to reach .500, and that is in the ECAC.
 
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huskyfan said:
small news.

Dean Blais did indeed visit campus. guess we already knew that.
Pearson apparently thinks it would take 3-5 years to get the program to .500 hockey.

Suzanne was at the convention. as was Damon Whitten.

more interviews coming.

the "list", first put up by Shirtless, is accurate. some puzzlement in the admin as to how this was known.

nothing else.
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When did Blais visit?
 
Re: Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

Shirtless Guy said:
It seems to me that their top candidates now are USHL coaches...the 4 remaining USHL coaches are probably the best candidates in that league...
Mark Carlson - Ceder Rapids (Played at UML, Assistant at UML & Northeastern)
Kevin Hartzell - Sioux Falls (Played at Minneosta)
Jim Montgomery - Dubuque (Played at Maine, Assistant at Notre Dame and RPI)
Erid Rud - Green Bay (Played at CC, Assistant at CC and SCSU)
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MTU is going to give it to Eric Rud just ask Chuck Schwartz.
 
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Re: Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

I wouldn't ask chuck schwartz to feed my dog let alone tell me who was getting the job.

I'm sure there will be a few more interviews. Personally I don't care if this is a name guy as long as he is a really good coach who can really recruit and gets a great assistant on with him.
And I disagree that it will take three to five years, Though who knows, college hockey could be a lot different in three years. The fact that we suddenly have some money will be real good down the road.
 
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manurespreader said:
Personally I don't care if this is a name guy .....
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I think all the big names have gone by the wayside by now Blais, Eades, Pearson, and Hastings.

Not less they dig a needle out of the haystack.

Which is still possible. I have utmost confidence in the AD to pull that needle out the haystack.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
It seems to me that their top candidates now are USHL coaches...the 4 remaining USHL coaches are probably the best candidates in that league...
Mark Carlson - Ceder Rapids (Played at UML, Assistant at UML & Northeastern)
Kevin Hartzell - Sioux Falls (Played at Minneosta)
Jim Montgomery - Dubuque (Played at Maine, Assistant at Notre Dame and RPI)
Erid Rud - Green Bay (Played at CC, Assistant at CC and SCSU)
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Bring two(2) USHL head coaches in and have them as Associate Head Coaches and pay them well. They can recruit and they are winners.

They know the USHL well which is the top junior league in the US.

Two USHL Head coaches are equal to Dean Blais as a head coach.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

I suppose this new thread needs the list:

The list of names mentioned(Updated 4/22/2011):
College Assistant Coaches:
Brent Brekke - Top Assistant - Miami-Ohio
Cary Eades - Associate Head Coach - North Dakota
Mike Gibbons - Assistant - St. Cloud State
Mike Guentzel - Assistant - Nebraska-Omaha
<s>Mike Hastings - Top Assistant - Nebraska-Omaha</s>
<s>John Hill - Assistant - Minnesota</s>
Mike Hurlbut - Assitant - St. Lawrence
Dane Jackson - Assistant - North Dakota
Brett Larson - Assistant Coach - Minnesota-Duluth
Steve Miller - Top Assitant - Denver
<s>Mel Pearson - Associate Head Coach - Michigan</s>
Paul Pooley - Associate Head Coach - Notre Dame
Steve Rohlik - Top Assitant - Ohio State

USHL Head Coaches:
Mark Carlson - Cedar Rapids
Danton Cole - USNDPT U-17
Kevin Hartzell - Sioux Falls
Jim Montgomery - Dubuque
Kevin Patrick - Muskegon
Ron Rolston - USNDPT U-18
Eric Rud - Green Bay

DIII Head Coaches:
Scott Bell - Hamline University
Tim Coghlin - St Norberts College
<s>Ron Fogarty - Adrian College</s>

Former DI Head Coaches:
<s>Frank Anzalone - Former Head Coach - Lake Superior State</s>
<s>Rick Comley - Former Head Coach - Michigan State</s>
<s>Craig Dahl - Former Head Coach - St Cloud State</s>
John Markell - Former Head Coach - Ohio State
<s>Doug Woog - Former Head Coach - Minnesota</s>

Others:
Jim Johnson - Associate Head Coach - Norfolk (AHL)
<s>Cory Laylin - Head Coach - Buffalo (Minnesota)</s>
Andy Murray - Former Head Coach - St Louis (NHL)

Pipedream Poaches:
<s>Dean Blais - Nebraska-Omaha</s>
<s>Jeff Blashill – Western Michigan</s>
Mark Johnson – Wisocnsin (Women)
Frank Serratore - Air Force

Bold - My top candidates.
<s>. .</s> - No longer considered (by me) for various reason.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

I suspect that if you get Jim Montgomery, he will jump to Maine whenever that job opens.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I suspect that if you get Jim Montgomery, he will jump to Maine whenever that job opens.
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I suspect that just about every candidate we're looking at has a job (or 5) that he would jump at if given the chance. Rud is probably looking at the CC job whenever it opens, Mel was Michigan, Eades would be at least UND, Hastings is UNO, etc.
 
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yooper(UP) hockey said:
I thought Blais was met up in Minnesota.
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He was met in St. Paul. There was an offer to visit because they got close to an agreement, but then he pulled back. He has been to Houghton numerous times over the past 30 years, and was well aware of what the school offered and didn't offer.

Word is he was looking at the possibility of a coach-in-waiting situation, where his top assistant would be the next coach when he retired. There was an issue over the length and amount of funding it would take to get that done. :cool:
 
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Biddco said, "Doesn't she know her alumni well?" and then
yooper(UP) hockey said:
said, "You would only hope so...................."
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Well if nobody wants to relocate here in the land of warm fresh pasties, there is always PLAN B and that is for Suzanne to use her alumni: Brian Hannon (head coaching experience), Mark Maroste (assistant coach experience), Randy McKay (no head coaching experience), and Tiger Pierce (goalie coach).
 
Re: Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

Shirtless Guy said:
I suspect that just about every candidate we're looking at has a job (or 5) that he would jump at if given the chance. Rud is probably looking at the CC job whenever it opens, Mel was Michigan, Eades would be at least UND, Hastings is UNO, etc.
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You forgot Dean Blais would jump to International Falls, Minnesota to hunt and fish in his retirement home. Either way MTU is between a rock and a hard place.
 
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technohusky said:
Biddco said, "Doesn't she know her alumni well?" and then

Well if nobody wants to relocate here in the land of warm fresh pasties, there is always PLAN B and that is for Suzanne to use her alumni: Brian Hannon (head coaching experience), Mark Maroste (assistant coach experience), Randy McKay (no head coaching experience), and Tiger Pierce (goalie coach).
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Cheap labor right in Hoton. What a deal.
 
Re: Michigan Tech Coach Search, Part II: Only We Would Need a Second Thread

technohusky said:
Biddco said, "Doesn't she know her alumni well?" and then

Well if nobody wants to relocate here in the land of warm fresh pasties, there is always PLAN B and that is for Suzanne to use her alumni: Brian Hannon (head coaching experience), Mark Maroste (assistant coach experience), Randy McKay (no head coaching experience), and Tiger Pierce (goalie coach).
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In which case, we may as well just give up. :rolleyes:
 
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