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I just voted on a proxy against Shirley who is an member of the Board of Directors of a company where I own some stock.Too bad that my vote is about as unimportant as my vote for President in DC.
I just voted on a proxy against Shirley who is an member of the Board of Directors of a company where I own some stock.Too bad that my vote is about as unimportant as my vote for President in DC.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/...igan-state-red-berenson-tom-anastos.html?_r=1
Good article, especially the part on why "most" here feel a smaller school like RPI should be able to find enough talent to be competitive again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/...igan-state-red-berenson-tom-anastos.html?_r=1
Good article, especially the part on why "most" here feel a smaller school like RPI should be able to find enough talent to be competitive again.
Great article, MSU situation sounds very familiar, including the contract extension.
But my biggest takeaway from this is that there are going to be two more schools looking for coaches. We need to move in a hurry.
"You bring a recruit in and show him the XL Center on a nice sunny day. That can be enticing. You bring that same recruit to Storrs and he sees the beautiful football facility and the beautiful basketball facility. And then he sees little, outdated Freitas, with players stretching in the lobby, and he has to really wonder where the school's priorities fall?"
Source - http://www.courant.com/sports/hockey/hc-jacobs-column-uconn-northeastern-0305-20170304-story.html
My point precisely re:HFH Need more of a committment folks.
RPI has new FB and BB facilities but any recruit can see that they aren't up to D-I standards.
"You bring a recruit in and show him the XL Center on a nice sunny day. That can be enticing. You bring that same recruit to Storrs and he sees the beautiful football facility and the beautiful basketball facility. And then he sees little, outdated Freitas, with players stretching in the lobby, and he has to really wonder where the school's priorities fall?"
Source - http://www.courant.com/sports/hockey/hc-jacobs-column-uconn-northeastern-0305-20170304-story.html
My point precisely re:HFH Need more of a committment folks.
You're correct. I think a recruit would see that EVAC is more of a priority than the HFH though. It's perception and that's a big deal in recruiting. Most hockey players if not all come from wealthy families, they like state of the art. I love Troy and grew up in HFH: just the reality.
You're correct. I think a recruit would see that EVAC is more of a priority than the HFH though. It's perception and that's a big deal in recruiting. Most hockey players if not all come from wealthy families, they like state of the art. I love Troy and grew up in HFH: just the reality.
We COULD show them the half-mile walk from the ice down to the training facilities at the Armory...
If the recruit is good they will get exposure, doesn't matter where you play it matters who the coaches know and how much they can develop a player.
Academics should not be touched, they fit in or they don't. There is a reason they have major juniors etc.
One can argue that HALF the programs don't win. So you recruit on getting playing time, building something and a great degree.
NHL aspirations? Few for many teams, question is can you develop your players, and I think there are a few nearby programs that have been successful with NO NHL players on them.
You can argue what you like about the HFH, great old barn, team wins it will be packed. Team doesn't it won't. Will some recruits look at it and say no way? Possible but if that's the kind of recruit the coach is looking at he is not the right guy.
Look around, the formula is out there, been done before and will again. It comes down to, getting the right coaches, is the hockey culture there, and does the team get the proper funding it needs.
At least it is uphill in only one direction.
Seriously, I thought that the training facilities were in the ECAV.