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Northeastern Huskies Offseason (Discipline: let's find it)

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Huskies of NU said:
I fully understand that there is no formula for selecting a head coach and that it's more about finding the perfect fit. I think you just might have missed my main point in that the only reason I feel that Sebastien shouldn't get the job is that I'm not sure how "attractive" he will seem to recruits. I don't doubt his coaching ability or his hockey intelligence one bit.
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I'd trust his recruiting skills considering what sort of talent he's been able to bring in already. I get your point that some recruits may want someone who can point to people they've coached and gone on to bigger and better things, but I think LaPlante can say he worked on development with a number of our players that have gone on into the AHL (and possibly NHL next year, we'll see).
 
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Good luck to him. Shea just skipped BC to head to Moncton as well.. (giving up a full ride as well just like Oleksiak)..

http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/2011/07/21_report_recruit_shea_bypassing.php

Nature of the business, different mindset.. g'luck to 'em all. I personally would take care of the 'education' bit first :) but hopefully they make it & find a way then.

Sebastien LaPlante would make a great Head Coach at NU, if that's where the chips fall. Go Huskies :)
 
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Uncertainty is no fun! And NU is taking forever to name a new coach. Moving into August is difficult for players as there are deadlines for roster filings in many leagues, and for players seeking other college opportunities, many programs are also firming their rosters as well as have time limits for admissions, etc. I believe that Oleksiak was going to Major Junior anyways but the passage of time is certainly not helping. I wouldn't be too hard on him or any of the other decommits. Just my opinion.
 
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Bumbles said:
So much for him owing it to NU to wait till there was a coach in place.
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When the coaches, as in plural, show that they are not loyal to the program, why in the heck would an 18 year old kid with a pro future be expected to "wait" for anything?

Right now Northeastern looks like a train wreck and they are doing a very poor job in handling the program on the PR side. Not even a good rumor floating around.

He did not owe NU a thing outside his excellant play from last season. Good luck to him.
 
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Hokydad said:
When the coaches, as in plural, show that they are not loyal to the program, why in the heck would an 18 year old kid with a pro future be expected to "wait" for anything?

Right now Northeastern looks like a train wreck and they are doing a very poor job in handling the program on the PR side. Not even a good rumor floating around.

He did not owe NU a thing outside his excellant play from last season. Good luck to him.
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Good points all around from HD.
 
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I cannot blame Oleksiak for leaving at all. This is what happens when the athletic department leaves the members of the team in flux. I talked to Anthony Bitetto a week ago and he also seemed frustrated with how long it was taking for the school to find a replacement. With all due respect to Laplante, if he gets the job I will be upset just for the fact that it took them this long to announce that an inside guy, who they probably pegged as their number one all along, will be running the show.
 
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Motorboaters said:
I cannot blame Oleksiak for leaving at all. This is what happens when the athletic department leaves the members of the team in flux. I talked to Anthony Bitetto a week ago and he also seemed frustrated with how long it was taking for the school to find a replacement. With all due respect to Laplante, if he gets the job I will be upset just for the fact that it took them this long to announce that an inside guy, who they probably pegged as their number one all along, will be running the show.
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You are correct in saying that we took too long, but the procedure that the U. uses is designed to insure that no candidate (read: minorities) is left behind. That may work well for many staff positions within the administration, but it is often completely inappropriate for athletics. The market for coaches has tightened up in the pst year. Now a four year contract for a Head Hockey Coach is now a $Million deal. Perhaps they want to get it right. That's just fine, but I wish they could get it right - faster!
 
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Ryecheers said:
You are correct in saying that we took too long, but the procedure that the U. uses is designed to insure that no candidate (read: minorities) is left behind. That may work well for many staff positions within the administration, but it is often completely inappropriate for athletics. The market for coaches has tightened up in the pst year. Now a four year contract for a Head Hockey Coach is now a $Million deal. Perhaps they want to get it right. That's just fine, but I wish they could get it right - faster!
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I agree completely. I know they want to look like they are performing their "due diligence" but if they already have their minds set on Laplante, I wish they would just make the announcement and get it over with.
 
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It's taken 32 days so far. It took ADRoby 2 years to get the guts to drop football.
 
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I can’t disagree with anyone about Roby. He will be a likely target of the alumni as I think he needs to go and that's a seed I will gladly plant in my dealings with my contemporaries. However, you can’t blame the University for not finding a new guy in 4 weeks, there simply were not enough qualified candidates interested. Although we as a fan base must face the cold hard facts its not going to be pretty. Thus, given the current time constraints, I personally hope they go with Sebastian. However, lets face it they are going to likely suck. It’s going to be a big rebuilding time and that will take years.
 
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We could have had a new coach in place by now, but the U.'s hiring procedures require an extended period to enable all conceivable minorities to apply. that works well for administrative positions and other jobs , but not for athletics. The problem was the timing of Cro's resignation. If he had wanted to screw up the program, he could not have timed it much better. Head coaches, who might have been interested, were reluctant to leave their programs in the lurch (unlike Cronin). Still there are many very capable Junior coaches and college assistants who are ready for the next step in their Some of their names are among our finalists.

We should be OK if Seb and/or Jimmy take over as they know the personel better than anyone else could and Sebastien, at least already has the players' respect. If their is a problem it will be the result of major defections from the defense that leave us just four D's and a couple of tall and raw backups + a walkon. I've seen tougher situations. We'll find out just how good our goaltending is and how capable are defensive coaching is.
 
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Ryecheers said:
...Head coaches, who might have been interested, were reluctant to leave their programs in the lurch (unlike Cronin). Still there are many very capable Junior coaches and college assistants who are ready for the next step....
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I take your point re current college head coaches but still surprised that names like Ron Rolston, Jim Montgomery, and Dave Quinn weren't among the finalists. Anybody know if any of them applied but got weeded out? Or just didn't apply, maybe thinking that the process was wired in favor of the inside candidate(s)?
 
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On a non-coaching related matter, our defense seems to have gone from solid to sort of shaky. We know have:

Bitetto-Eibler
D. Daniels-Ellement
Oskroba-Hoefler?

With some random EJHL walk-on as the 7th guy, and no one after that. Whoever the coach is hopefully will bring in a defensemen for depth, or maybe at least get Renz to come. Renz is by no means an ideal player but if we can't get Haar to recommit (seems unlikely) he'd be better than what we have on our 3rd defensive pairing.

This also makes me thing that, as sad as it is, Bitetto and Eibler may be broken up to ease the pain of that last pairing. Daniels and Ellement are decent defensemen, but I wouldn't hang them with someone unprepared for college hockey.
 
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Quinn, Cavanaugh, Dennehy

These 3 are not "qualified"?

AD dropped ball and than kicked it in the bushes...

Set the program back a few years, sad but true
 
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Hokydad said:
Quinn, Cavanaugh, Dennehy

These 3 are not "qualified"?

AD dropped ball and than kicked it in the bushes...

Set the program back a few years, sad but true
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Dennehy wasn't going anywhere, he just signed an extension and was making a name for himself at Merrimack. You're also assuming Cavanaugh and Quinn applied, I wouldn't be surprised if the late timing turned some traditional names away. Also, while I am sure that these men are qualified, I think we have an excellent chance at taking a smart hire here.
 
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The farce goes on! Now we have NO idea of who it might be unless Sabastien gets it. Just my opinion...this is all "bad-Robyism". And one has to wonder about Cronin...was it because of the NHL opportunity or a result of Roby interference or maybe a little of both...my bet is it was MOSTLY Roby interference...any way you cut it...real tough on a program that was really going somewhere! With all that's going on....I still LIKE Cronin....everything a good head coach should be...tough, forceful, blunt and confident in his own abilities. Sounds like everything Roby would hate! Maybe the wrong guy left!
 
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