RPI 06-07..."Houston, we have a problem"

[Hockeyfan13]

1-13-0.

Vines was never going to be the person to get the job done. It was a convenient but mistaken hire from the outset. The previous coach was much better. The school itself is part of the problem because it's a tech school, which draws a certain demographic of students, so it's harder to sell to recruits. I feel like RPI and Union would be better off going back to D-III. Neither program has shown success at the D-I level, regardless of who the coaches have been over the years.

D3 doesn’t help because there are no scholarships and top players will jump ship. Not to mention losing all the international players. They need to have better coaches, scout better because there are better players out there that both RPI and Union could take that just don’t have the “hype” as other players.
Getting a better coach, scouts support and culture will help. 2008 was a pretty big class to recruit from and it seems like neither team was able to get at least a couple A level players.

 

[DrDemento]

Handwriting has been on the wall for some time but when you lose ladies like Trnkova and Skoda to Clarkson and Vermont, something had to be done right then. The girls we have now and have had for several years before this season all give everything they have. They know they are over matched almost all the time and facing teams from elite programs. But I have not seen quit in any of them and they play until the final buzzer. They deserve better than this and it has gone on far too long stemming from the previous administration.