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RPI 2022 Off-season: Surely, We Deserve Better

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Has DS’s contract expired? For some reason I thought it end the first of April. So is there technically no head coach at this point?

sezenack said:
NY is an at-will state meaning that even when his contract expires, he is still the head coach. He'll still be the head coach unless they terminate him or he leaves.
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For whatever it's worth, the papers reported the hire on April 7, 2017 or five years ago Thursday.

Regardless of whether still employed or not, some part of the guy must wish that rather than pursuing this bleeping job he instead just helped the Mrs. with the big spring cleaning on the Buffalo home rather than putting a for sale sign on it.
 
Today is 5 April 2022. There are 179 days until RPI's next game. There are 87 days until RPI has a new president.


This is based upon 1 October 2022 for the start of next season and 1 July 2022 for the end of @#$%^.
 
Ralph Baer said:
Today is 5 April 2022. There are 179 days until RPI's next game. There are 87 days until RPI has a new president.


This is based upon 1 October 2022 for the start of next season and 1 July 2022 for the end of @#$%^.
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87 bottles of beer on the wall, 87 bottles of beer. If one of those bottles should happen to fall, then ...........................
 
Engineers said:
I sent a email years ago with concerns about the program and it was the same exact response from McElroy “thank you for the kind and thoughtful note” word for word. Lee the house is burning down and everyone is concerned the damage being done is irreversible??!! “Thanks for noticing it’s a dumpster fire but the university will continue to prosper”
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This is a great effort and everyone here should take a few minutes to write a brief email expressing your displeasure to McElroy...over not only the coach's contract but the year of no attendance to any athletic event .... lousy communication, etc. etc. and that you'll not be making ANY donations in the near future until changes occur. We know what the canned response will be, but its important that they hear many voices, especially alums, as Shirley off ramps. Graig Eastin is the Vice President, Institute Advancement and I would include him in your email.
eastig@rpi.edu Just my two cents.
 
For a bit of perspective (for myself as much as anyone here) I note today that Siena basketball just lost its 2nd player and leading scorer to the transfer portal. So this system is raising havoc across all sports. I'm not even sure how coaches even begin to manage their recruiting classes when you literally have no idea who's staying and who's going from one year to the next. Ugly.
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
For a bit of perspective (for myself as much as anyone here) I note today that Siena basketball just lost its 2nd player and leading scorer to the transfer portal. So this system is raising havoc across all sports. I'm not even sure how coaches even begin to manage their recruiting classes when you literally have no idea who's staying and who's going from one year to the next. Ugly.
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As long as it is the same for everyone, they will have to learn to deal with it.
It may be great for the players who think that they can do better elsewhere, but it is not great for us fans.
 
Today is 6 April 2022. There are 178 days until RPI's next game. There are 86 days until RPI has a new president.


This is based upon 1 October 2022 for the start of next season and 1 July 2022 for the end of @#$%^.
 
Today is 7 April 2022. There are 177 days until RPI's next game. There are 85 days until RPI has a new president.


This is based upon 1 October 2022 for the start of next season and 1 July 2022 for the end of @#$%^.
 
engineerhockeyfan said:
As long as it is the same for everyone, they will have to learn to deal with it.
It may be great for the players who think that they can do better elsewhere, but it is not great for us fans.
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Probably just another method for the strong to get stronger. Some of the boys might be thought to have used their playing time at a lower rated school to demonstrate to the top tier schools that they are worthy enough. Sort of like playing in the minor leagues, doing really well, then get promoted to the majors.
 
DrDemento said:
Probably just another method for the strong to get stronger. Some of the boys might be thought to have used their playing time at a lower rated school to demonstrate to the top tier schools that they are worthy enough. Sort of like playing in the minor leagues, doing really well, then get promoted to the majors.
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I think this is absolutely true. The model for the big shot programs will be to continue recruiting their boat load of 4-5 star, 1st-3rd round draft picks that will stay for 1-3 years. They will fill holes in the roster and the need for veteran leadership by bringing in 23-24 year old grad students. Unlike basketball, where even at mid-majors no one seems to care whether the players graduate, a significant percentage of hockey rising "seniors" have already graduated (or could graduate with a few summer classes) because they entered as a 20 or even 21 year old with several years of community college or online credits. Last year we wondered why 21 year old "freshman" Jim McIsaac was at home in Alberta when the first years were supposed to be on campus. My bet is that he had enough credits to be classified as an academic sophomore and that class was supposed to be operating remotely for at least the fall term.
 
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Today is 8 April 2022. There are 176 days until RPI's next game. There are 84 days (12 weeks) until RPI has a new president.


This is based upon 1 October 2022 for the start of next season and 1 July 2022 for the end of @#$%^.
 
rpi82 said:
I think this is absolutely true. The model for the big shot programs will be to continue recruiting their boat load of 4-5 star, 1st-3rd round draft picks that will stay for 1-3 years. They will fill holes in the roster and the need for veteran leadership by bringing in 23-24 year old grad students. Unlike basketball, where even at mid-majors no one seems to care whether the players graduate, a significant percentage of hockey rising "seniors" have already graduated (or could graduate with a few summer classes) because they entered as a 20 or even 21 year old with several years of community college or online credits. Last year we wondered why 21 year old "freshman" Jim McIsaac was at home in Alberta when the first years were supposed to be on campus. My bet is that he had enough credits to be classified as an academic sophomore and that class was supposed to be operating remotely for at least the fall term.
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I had some second thoughts about making my original post. It galls me to even think that we have become a second tier hockey program that is being used as a training ground for some of the perennial top tier schools. I hope this is not now true and does not become so. I hope we could be one of the schools that picks the cherries from the portal. I have not yet seen enough to know. i do not in any way blame any of the boys as things have been changing in the hockey world. There are lots of boys who realize they are not going to be NHL or even AHL material and come to school for a quality education at a place where they can still play competitive top level hockey at the same time (and fulfill a dream of at least trying to further a hockey career). But there are others that the education is secondary and are simply trying to further a hockey career. For these boys time is of the essence as they have to make their impressions quickly with so much competition from non college players and the onslaught of European talent. They are forced to test the waters for opportunities and have to make their moves quickly. The higher echelon professional leagues are far more interested in younger players than 25 year old college graduates (perhaps with the exception of the goalie position). With the loss of time due to pandemic shutdowns, this has been greatly accentuated. At RPI we still retain the advantage of offering a first rate education and degree programs that players can fall back uon and call on for a successful career outside of hockey.
 
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