Re: Northeastern Huskies Offseason (Discipline: let's find it)
I really cannot believe how badly he has messed up this program. 90% not renewing my 6 season tickets.
Only 90 %, eh? Does that mean that there is only a 1 in 10 chance that you'll support a team that you've rooted for all these years? Go ahead. Don't renew. Just don't keep whining - especially if the team has home ice in the playoffs or you can't get the seats that you're use to having for the Beanpot.
With fans like you, who needs detractors. Go buy season tickets for bu. You can sell off your seats to our games to real fans.
Before you go,you should understand a few things: While I'm certainly not a big Roby fan, he doesn't deserve the blame you have laid at his feet. First of all, Cronin left very late in the hiring season. Most head coaches are either canned at the end of the season or announce their retirement prior to the end. He knew very well what the consequences would probably be. Certainly Cronin was aware that he had either neglected or hadn't insisted on LOIs from several recruits including Mr. Haar, who he personally scouted and recruited two years ago. Was he being vindictive? You'll have to ask him.
He also knew how long it would take to replace him due to the University's Equal Opportunity employment policy. This policy insures that every conceiveable minority has an opportunity to apply for an open position. This takes about a month before the final interviews can take place.We have just finished those interviews. Someone will get an offer on Monday followed by some negotiations, legal reviews etc. WE should we able to announce by Monday 8/1 - roughly 45 days since the resignation. Unil the U. recognizes that Athletics staffing has different requirements and smaller potential applicant pools than most other poisitions at an educational institution, we will continue to require to take at least twice the time that our competitors require to fill coaching postions.
Now how is that Roby's fault? If you say that Cro and Roby didn't get along, You should know that neither man is a candidate for "Mr. Congeniality" when his authority is challenged. The Suspension that Roby laid on Cro and Albie seemed a bit draconian considering the alleged infraction, but apparently Roby was try to protect the U. by getting ahead of the NCAA via a self policing action. I'm sure Cro was angered and embarrassed. However, if he knew that he had done the deed, which he never denied, then who was to blame?
I'm getting very tired of Cronin being cannonized by certain posters for his recruiting skills and "for all that he accomplished" with the Northeastern Hockey Program. It was left to him in dreadful shape. He got the job only after several others had turned their up their noses up it after getting a whiff. He never won a beanpot. He got home ice once and followed up with a 9th place finish. He got to the Garden twice, but never reached the finals and his teams never won a really big game against a higher rated team until they knocked bu out in March, 2011. His "terrific recruits" came here, but they would only run up to the wall for him - they wouldn't run through it. Why do you suppose that was??
It's simply too early to let your season tickets lapse - The applications haven't been sent out yet!
