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Onward to Boston! Friar Hockey 2014/15 Part Two

dillon said:
I give Driscoll credit for hiring Leaman. He doesn't have a clue as to how to promote or generate interest in the hockey team, though. I'm a season ticket holder and got used to arriving 15 minutes before game time and being greeted by a sea of empty seats. This is in a town that draws about 9,000 to every Prov Bruins game. I always thought PC should play a couple of games a year at the Dunk, like BC and BU, and promote the games to P-Bruins fans. They are already hockey fans, so it shouldn't be hard to attract them to the college game. I sort of gave up on student support.
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Disagree. Never want to play at the Dunk. They would never come close to filling the place so you'd lose that close feeling. Plus it does nothing but give BC and BU fans a Chance to go. With the improvement I would expect fewer tickets available to them and a better PC crowd.

As far as the students, bad scheduling for them this past year. BU on Holloween and BC over Thanksgiving.

I think winning will fill in the necessary seats for a sellout. Also I think the schools boosters often buy season tickets to support but never show thus why a sellout doesn't look like a sellout, maybe now a little more incentive to show up. Get live bodies in those seats. I think the key constituency to get are kids, they can get pretty noisy

For sure we need to take better advantage of going to the Frozen 4 then we did in the past. Each time we went we had a coaching change. In a matter of 2 or 3 years Topper drove the team so far down it took Lou 5-10 years to rebound (depending on your perspective of success). Lou moving us brought us down a level despite a pipeline still open. Stirlings basically left the cupboard bare, though ZmcShane (and Umile) parlayed it into getting kids like Ricky, Jeff Seriwuck and Tommy Fitzgerald.
 
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dillon said:
I give Driscoll credit for hiring Leaman. He doesn't have a clue as to how to promote or generate interest in the hockey team, though. I'm a season ticket holder and got used to arriving 15 minutes before game time and being greeted by a sea of empty seats. This is in a town that draws about 9,000 to every Prov Bruins game. I always thought PC should play a couple of games a year at the Dunk, like BC and BU, and promote the games to P-Bruins fans. They are already hockey fans, so it shouldn't be hard to attract them to the college game. I sort of gave up on student support.
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I respectfully disagree on "the hockey guy" getting any credit for either hire. BOTH hirings were the result of a committee's recommendation. There was a hiring committee in both cases and there was a big deal made at the time about the search committees that were put together to find respective coaches for both programs.

PC hired the hottest coach in college hockey. It was a no brainer and he would have been scooped up by someone else had PC not gone after him. I credit Union for originally hiring him when he was a relative unknown.

Cooley was a local guy who has success just down the road in CT. He was thought of as an up and coming coach who might not use PC as an immediate stepping stone like every other coach has for the last several hirings because Providence was "home".

Both GREAT hires but both were the result of a committee's recommendation not Driscoll's insight or keen recognition of talent. Let's not get it twisted yo. :p
 
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PC91 said:
I respectfully disagree on "the hockey guy" getting any credit for either hire. BOTH hirings were the result of a committee's recommendation. There was a hiring committee in both cases and there was a big deal made at the time about the search committees that were put together to find respective coaches for both programs.

PC hired the hottest coach in college hockey. It was a no brainer and he would have been scooped up by someone else had PC not gone after him. I credit Union for originally hiring him when he was a relative unknown.

Cooley was a local guy who has success just down the road in CT. He was thought of as an up and coming coach who might not use PC as an immediate stepping stone like every other coach has for the last several hirings because Providence was "home".

Both GREAT hires but both were the result of a committee's recommendation not Driscoll's insight or keen recognition of talent. Let's not get it twisted yo. :p
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The other thing with Cooley is he was responsible for Boston College's run in the 2000's recruiting Troy Bell, Craig Smith, and Jared Dudley.
 
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PC91 said:
I respectfully disagree on "the hockey guy" getting any credit for either hire. BOTH hirings were the result of a committee's recommendation. There was a hiring committee in both cases and there was a big deal made at the time about the search committees that were put together to find respective coaches for both programs.

PC hired the hottest coach in college hockey. It was a no brainer and he would have been scooped up by someone else had PC not gone after him. I credit Union for originally hiring him when he was a relative unknown.

Cooley was a local guy who has success just down the road in CT. He was thought of as an up and coming coach who might not use PC as an immediate stepping stone like every other coach has for the last several hirings because Providence was "home".

Both GREAT hires but both were the result of a committee's recommendation not Driscoll's insight or keen recognition of talent. Let's not get it twisted yo. :p
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cant speak about Cooley but Driscoll was 100% the driving force behind getting Leaman. Who was a last minute drag in, remember, they brought in Quinn, Cavanaugh and Pearl to meet with team.
Driscoll was the key to get Leaman. He was the one who pushed hard and went after in a big way, when everyone thought Quinn was a shoe in

End result, Cooley and Leaman are Driscoll hires and it is fair to dump on but also, you have to tip your cap as well

He deserves a tip of the cap for these two. Both programs set up for success for a few years+
 
nice read.. all the best Friars

http://www.uscho.com/2015/04/06/frozen-four-preview-defense-the-focal-point-for-battle-tested-providence/
 
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Well on the eve of the 2015 Frozen Four, I want to express my thanks to Nate Leaman for pulling this program out of the annual bottom feeder thread here on USCHO and propelling the Friars into the national spotlight. His work over these four years, a certain poster's constant criticism notwithstanding, has been amazing. Looking at his career, his body of work tells the story of a coach who can work well with college players and get the most out of them. I love the fact that many see PC making a fast exit. I have always found PC teams do better from the underdog role. It would be a nice time for the Friars to really catch fire and go all the way. Regardless, the PC program had been in the dump for so long, it is wildly exciting to finally see my team play in my annual trek to the Frozen Four. Thirty years has been a long, long time. Go Friars!

Mark Divver profiles Nate in today's Projo: Mark Divver: PC's Leaman always looking forward to next challenge

Now it would be nice if the merchandise on sale has the skating Friar and not that other logo used by the basketball team that was on the shirts in Providence at the regionals.
 
The Freds said:
now it would be nice if the merchandise on sale has the skating Friar and not that other logo used by the basketball team that was on the shirts in Providence at the regionals.
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The hat and pins with the 4 team logos just use the Friar head logo and from what I recall of the other PC merchandice it was the same.

I agree that the Skating Friar is a much cooler logo.
 
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Good luck to the Friars tomorrow. Hopefully we'll have a Hockey East final.
 
BU2K said:
The hat and pins with the 4 team logos just use the Friar head logo and from what I recall of the other PC merchandice it was the same.

I agree that the Skating Friar is a much cooler logo.
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Too bad. They would sell more gear with the hockey logo.
 
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QUOTE=The Freds;6147238]Too bad. They would sell more gear with the hockey logo.[/QUOTE]


bought a frozen four shirt at garden today, has the skating friar on everything except the hats. all shirts, pullovers etc

most of the stuff is frozen four with all teams on it. friars stuff is black with frozen four reference, skating friar on it

guy said buy early as xl and above will be gone quickly. Just don't buy online, those have the bball logo. at site is skating friar



team looked crisp and ready. nice to see drew brown out there
 
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Friars should be in the black skating Friar hockey gear...just like last weekend...I like the karma...

Go Friars!
 
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If anyone sees an overwhelmed-looking brunette with glasses wearing the third jersey that was retired in like 2011 that's probably me! Say hi :)
 
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Pulling for Nate Leaman and Providence this weekend in Boston. If it can't be Union again, then I'm hoping it's Providence. Go Friars!!
 
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