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RPI 2018 Off-Season Part II: In Memory of WaP

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engineerhockeyfan said:
Wow, eleven years went by really fast.
And for Dude, I would like to point out that he gave props to the CC president for her support of his program. Just sayin.
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Not sure why I would care about that in this case, but so be it. Ken definitely knows how to run a program as AD, and he's definitely deserving to step up to the D-I level. I'm sure he will do very well there.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Not sure why I would care about that in this case, but so be it. Ken definitely knows how to run a program as AD, and he's definitely deserving to step up to the D-I level. I'm sure he will do very well there.
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I just thought that you would appreciate the fact that some college presidents care about their teams.
 
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Drew S. said:
What are your thoughts on him?
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He was very interested in the hockey program and supported it when the D-3 hierarchy wanted to eliminate scholarships for teams playing up. I was happier with him than the current AD.
 
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Today is 22 August 2018. There are 46 days until RPI's next game and still no roster.


This is based upon 7 October 2018 for the start of next season.
 
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I checked the online directory for all the non-Seniors from last year's teams. Stout, Manley, Tironese, St. Denis, and Richards have been removed. The two Ohrvalls and Reisinger are still listed. Everyone whom we think will return is still there. I suspect that Reisinger is staying to complete his degree. Perhaps the Ohrvalls were taking summer classes. I doubt that they are staying.
 
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giwan said:
When the hockey program starts bringing in money like any of those schools then you can use that argument.
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Money is not relevant in my argument. These presidents sacrificed a segment of the student population in an effort to protect abusers in there midst.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">However, RPI the school will continue to be bad at hockey until further notice. <a href="https://t.co/7pSyMPx58r">https://t.co/7pSyMPx58r</a></p>— OrangeSeats1940 (@OrangeSeats1940) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrangeSeats1940/status/1032285218332389376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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tony/troy said:
Has anyone noticed that the lacrosse coaching staff appears to have undergone a case of "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome". Just like good old Chuck all those years ago, the head coach appears to have simply vanished in to thin air without anyone hearing or knowing a thing about it. Not aware of a single mention of it anywhere until the announcement that a new lacrosse coach was hired. Guess it was just assumed no one would ever notice. Has that consulting firm now been retained to croak people and do they use the "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" to do it? Guess younger folks are probably doing a search for "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome".
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Careful, they'll end up in Tommy Westphall's Universe.

GFM
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Because he fired Fridgen after many years?
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No,Not just firing the winningist coach in program history!The soccer and lacrosse coaches also felt the sudden urge to resign soon after his arrival;)He did wind up hiring back the lacrosse coach. I can understand his move from RPI to CC but his name came up in 2013 for a job at western Illinoisalso and now he leaves CC for a job at maine. Just strikes me as odd.
 
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Today is 23 August 2018. There are 45 days until RPI's next game and still no roster.


This is based upon 7 October 2018 for the start of next season.
 
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45 days and no roster. And nothing RPI hockey related to talk about.
The AD and head coach have no idea what good public relations is all about.
They have to get out there and give the fans something to look forward to this coming season. Especially with the personnel turnover coming into the season.
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
Money is not relevant in my argument. These presidents sacrificed a segment of the student population in an effort to protect abusers in there midst.
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Toxic money is a completely separate bear, and I certainly hope you don't think that, because it happened at a couple of institutions, that it creates a direct correlation across all institutions.

The fact of the matter is that men's ice hockey is one of the few cash flow positive entities at RPI. Perhaps that's why the administration took it over in a hostile manner. Is the administration now taking it for granted? Perhaps, given the "lackadaisical efforts" I'd say started when they took over. And given they're pretty much milking any source of money they can, i.e. the epitome of socialism, I wouldn't be surprised if the coffers start to run drier now that parallels can be drawn to today's society and people are becoming more the wise to it.
 
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