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

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Good selection for head coach. Has big history with the program! Congrats!
 
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Sounds like LePlante is officially coming back.

Good news.

Also, it's strange seeing an NU hockey coach smile during press conferences. This is going to be a tough adjustment.
 
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Isn't he committed to Quinnipiac?
From anaheimcalling.com (June 25,2011):
Another diamond in the rough pick for the Ducks, Josh Manson started his career as a forward and was converted to defense just this season. The move has yielded brilliant results for Manson as he nearly doubled his point total. The kid already has NHL size at 6'3" and 203 lbs. He's going to play one more year with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the British Columbia Hockey league, before moving on to Quinnipiac university. He'll need time to finish learning his position, but in a few years could be a good component for the Ducks blue line.

http://www.anaheimcalling.com/2011/6/25/2243963/the-last-two-picks
 
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Nice job by Madigan at the presser and happy to hear him announce that Sebastien is stayong on. Very happy to see him publicly acknowledge (more than once) the contributions of Fern Flaman and Don McKenney to the program and their influence in shaping his development as an individual. Classy.

Not to worry boys and girls. I think everything is going to be just fine.
 
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Slit-N said:
Not to worry boys and girls. I think everything is going to be just fine.
It's Northeastern hockey. What could go wrong?
 
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Sebastian is staying, that was part of the deal for JM to be hired
 
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jamieoleksiak Jamie Oleksiak
congrats to Jim Madigan on the NU coaching job. Go get 'em maddog.
 
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This is going to be a solid tandem. I think LaPlante himself will thrive through this all (& nice to have depth for the future)..
Madigan is the right man at the right time. His contacts in pro hockey will serve our recruits well.. (current players & prospects).

Well done NU.. let's go Huskies! (coaches & players)!!! :)
 
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Coming.. not coming.. we're dealing with change, so let's deal with it.
We gotta support the folks that want to be here, enjoy it, that play hard, play together as a team. Rest will sort itself out. We'll be alright.
 
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What is your source and who was your English prof. ?

Gaudreau's own twitter feed says he got a release from NU, but is looking to play at a college next year.
 
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(1) Top recruit John Gaudreau reneges on his commitment to NU (confirmed on his twitter account) and may be playing for BC this fall (Hokydad's predictions usually are accurate so they must be based on reliable insider information).
(2) It is alleged that Quinnipiac's top recruit for 2012, Josh Manson, is considering reneging on his commitment to QU in order to play for NU this fall.

Are there NCAA rules designed to prevent one college program from tampering with another college's committed recruit?

In Gaudreau's case, my understanding is that he was free to decommit from NU because of the change in coaches.
~ Would a player give up on a commitment to one program if he had no idea whether the college he really wants to play for would be interested in securing his services?
~ How does a player such as Gaudreau find out whether the program he wants to play for will offer him a position?
~ Is the player (and advisor) allowed to make contact with perspective colleges before he decommits?
~ Is one program allowed to initiate contact with a player committed to another college?
 
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Where is the Manson stuff coming from? Basically, looks like the coaching change set us back a recruiting class. Oh well, deal with it.
 
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I had the impression that we let him out of the NLI weeks ago, but that he is still intending to come to school.

There are more rumors surrounding BC than you can shake a stick at. Some of their supporters claim that they are going to get both Haar and Kovacs. Not likely that they get both. Now it's Gaudreau. Why? because he's smallish? Why we simply turn over our entire recruiting class to BC, and then let them give back to us the ones they don't want!!
 
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Are there NCAA rules designed to prevent one college program from tampering with another college's committed recruit?

Yes, but the recruit is still allowed to initiate contact with another program, and it only affects signed or enrolled athletes (verbal commitments are outside the purview of the NCAA).
 
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Yes, but the recruit is still allowed to initiate contact with another program, and it only affects signed or enrolled athletes (verbal commitments are outside the purview of the NCAA).
Thanks Craig for advancing the discussion.
So, a recruit who has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to play for a college is allowed to "go shopping" for other offers from any other school but no other school may initiate contact with the signed player.
A recruit who has given a verbal commitment to play at a college, but not yet signed a LOI, can be contacted at any time and in any manner by the coaches of any other college.
Does that sound about right?
 
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