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Providence College 2010-2011 - Things are looking up.

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2 Words Fellas: Mike McShane

He won at PC in the past and has won at Norwich consistently.
 
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Another avenue to explore is a head coach currently in a Junior program, he would have the needed contacts to recruit some good young players while retaining that head coaching experience and the tools to teach these young players.....no matter what if NO HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE please do not apply
 
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satyking said:
Another avenue to explore is a head coach currently in a Junior program, he would have the needed contacts to recruit some good young players while retaining that head coaching experience and the tools to teach these young players.....no matter what if NO HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE please do not apply
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I'd love Tony Curtale, head coach of the Texas Tornado to be the next coach at PC. I would have worked my butt off to get him over Timmy several years back. He'd be my top candidate now but he's not available nor do I think he would take the job even if it were offered to him. He has incredible contacts at the junior, prep and high school levels, he can flat out coach and has developed talent that has been very successful in D1 and the pros.
 
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Like the idea of Leaman. I think going from the ECAC to Hockey East is a step up. I also think PC could pay more.

One possible name that from reading the below posts, doesn't fit some folks specs - is John Hynes. He's a Warwick native, played at BU, was an assistant there under Parker, assistant at Wisconsin, head coach on the US development teams in Ann Arbor, and now the head coach in the AHL at Wilkes-Barre for the Penguins.

With the US teams he was known for being very good at coaching young talent. Also, so far with Wilkes Barre he has the same rep. His connection with the USA program would also be good for recruiting. Just thinking...

Also, Dave Peters at Dartmouth.
 
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Is Bruce Crowder alive? One-time National Coach of the Year, 3-time Hockey East coach of the year, took 2 Lowell teams to the final 8 in the country -- you could do a lot worse for someone who knows the conference and certainly had a measure of success in it. (Yeah I know he couldn't take Northeastern to the same heights -- but has anyone won at that program consistently? NU has its own set of challenges).

Whatever the case may be, I just, again, feel strongly that it needs to be someone who's been a college head coach -- not an assistant in college, not an AHL head coach, etc. Pooley and Army each had all the "right stats" and credentials on paper, but they'd never been college head coaches -- and it showed. :(
 
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chrisP said:
Like the idea of Leaman. I think going from the ECAC to Hockey East is a step up. I also think PC could pay more.

One possible name that from reading the below posts, doesn't fit some folks specs - is John Hynes. He's a Warwick native, played at BU, was an assistant there under Parker, assistant at Wisconsin, head coach on the US development teams in Ann Arbor, and now the head coach in the AHL at Wilkes-Barre for the Penguins.

With the US teams he was known for being very good at coaching young talent. Also, so far with Wilkes Barre he has the same rep. His connection with the USA program would also be good for recruiting. Just thinking...

Also, Dave Peters at Dartmouth.
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You think PC could get Hynes to leave where he is? Head coaching gig of an AHL team isn't exactly a bad gig especially for the Penguins. It would probably take a big-time hockey program to lure him away and PC just isn't there when the fans choose to see a bad basketball team instead of the hockey team.
 
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We interrupt this coaching change conversation for a trip down memory lane. Randy Velischek has been named to the list of the Top 50 ECAC players as the ECAC celebrates its 50th anniversary. Ron Wilson was named to the list earlier Heres the URL, http://www.ecachockey.com/men/2010-11/50th_Anniversary/20110203_Top_50_Group_9 .

In other news, Alex Beaudry is getting some votes on the Vote for Hobey page: http://www.hobeybakeraward.com/page/show/191347-vote-for-hobey

Now back to the coaching discussion. (Seems like 2005 all over again.)
 
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The Freds said:
Now back to the coaching discussion. (Seems like 2005 all over again.)
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This program was in MUCH better shape in 2005. Imagine what Coach Clownshoe's record would be without Pooley's recruits.

Although it was fun to take some time over the past two days to daydream about the Friars hiring another coach for the men's program, it's probably time to get back to the reality that Army has TWO more years on his contract and this is PC. They aren't buying out or eating any hockey coaches contract and I'll even be shocked if Keno isn't back for at least one more season.
I hope that I'm wrong but you followers of PC athletics know deep down that I'm probably right.

BTW Driscoll is safe because he's not AD of any other D1 college in the country.
 
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PcFriars13 said:
According to http://www.friars.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/030311aab.html all the Friars have to do is win ONCE and Maine has to win twice for PC to make the playoffs...I'm confident about that last part. I hope PC can pull together and make it happen this weekend.
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I love your optimism but this season has been embarrassing enough without Army coaching his playoff best.
Please check Army's playoff record and the team's goal production in the playoffs in the Army era. Any playoff games will be played on the road at either BC or UNH and we all know how well the Friars have done on the road in HE.
I don't see the Friars beating the Mack in either game so it's a long shot at best.
 
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While we are on the subject of needing UMass Amherst to lose two games let me add that I watched them play BC at Conte last Saturday and they held tough against a very good BC squad. UMass lost both games last weekend to BC by just a goal each game.
Maine has been trick or treat this year so don't bet the farm on the Blackbears beating the Minutemen.

That said, I admire your youthful exuberance '13. Don't EVER lose it!!! Life will do it's best to beat it out of you before long so fight it as long as you can.
Try to avoid joining our sewing circle for several more years!!! ;)
 
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Why?
...because I want my classmates/friends to win games and make the postseason?
I'm well aware of the playoff record, and I know it's very bad. However, there is at least a moral boost to making the playoffs then being one of two teams in the NCAA without a postseason.
 
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Because that would put PC in a tie with UMass, and PC owns that tie-breaker.

A PC sweep of Merrimack combined with a Lowell sweep of Vermont also puts PC in the playoffs.
 
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PcFriars13 said:
Why?
...because I want my classmates/friends to win games and make the postseason?
I'm well aware of the playoff record, and I know it's very bad. However, there is at least a moral boost to making the playoffs then being one of two teams in the NCAA without a postseason.
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Three teams don't have a postseason - the two bottom teams in Hockey East and Alabama-Huntsville.
 
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ScottK said:
Because that would put PC in a tie with UMass, and PC owns that tie-breaker.

A PC sweep of Merrimack combined with a Lowell sweep of Vermont also puts PC in the playoffs.
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I think he was asking "Why' would you want to see PC make the playoffs, not necessarily 'how'.
 
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