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RPI 2025 Off-Season: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fr. joe said:
We should close the deal. Tempus fugit.
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If we are presuming that it will be Lang, then my guess is it won't be until next week after he's done running his transfer showcase in CT. Does anyone think there's a possible wild card candidate ?) Just thought I'd ask...LOL.
 
QUAlum2004 said:
I’m not surprised Dumais didn’t have interest. RPI is a bottom tier job in the ECAC with limited resources and an old facility.
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rpi2004 said:
Did you just scroll onto our thread to insult our program or what:ROFLMAO:
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Don't feed him. You'll notice that Union didn't hire Dumais, nor did Princeton ,Dartmouth, Merrimack, Maine, UNH, Clarkson etc. With 16 or so years of experience as an AC he should be an HC by now......gotta ask yourself WHY.
 
rpi82 said:
One man, Rand Pecknold, raised them out of the college hockey nether world.
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rpi82 said:
Find us a Rand Pecknold, admittedly not easy to do, and we could be back in the hunt.
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I think UMass has had a similar trajectory with Greg Carvel. The right hire can make a huge difference, if the Tute is willing to invest in the program. In Marty we trust...
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
If we are presuming that it will be Lang, then my guess is it won't be until next week after he's done running his transfer showcase in CT. Does anyone think there's a possible wild card candidate ?) Just thought I'd ask...LOL.
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@sezenack reported on Twitter that the showcase was postponed until May. Whether that's a function of the RPI job search, the fact that the season is still underway, or to give the portal more time to fill up is anyone's guess.

I don't know if there are other candidates. I wouldn't be surprised if the sourcing of the list of finalists is a little off. The Gazette whiffed on scooping the Union job a couple years back when it reported that Dumais was the leading candidate for that job.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
@sezenack reported on Twitter that the showcase was postponed until May. Whether that's a function of the RPI job search, the fact that the season is still underway, or to give the portal more time to fill up is anyone's guess.

I don't know if there are other candidates. I wouldn't be surprised if the sourcing of the list of finalists is a little off. The Gazette whiffed on scooping the Union job a couple years back when it reported that Dumais was the leading candidate for that job.
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Yep, as I said on Twitter, I have to think it bodes well at least. They knew the season would still be going and that the portal would have only been open a week when they first scheduled it. The only new development is Lang interviewing with us. Best case scenario: he thinks he's getting the job late this week or early next week and needs that time freed up now to get started. Worst case scenario: it was too tough to get that ready to run from an administrative point while also working through RPI's interview process.

 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
Don't feed him. You'll notice that Union didn't hire Dumais, nor did Princeton ,Dartmouth, Merrimack, Maine, UNH, Clarkson etc. With 16 or so years of experience as an AC he should be an HC by now......gotta ask yourself WHY.
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Union didn’t hire him because he pulled out. Same story with several other of those schools. I assume he didn’t even interview for the RPI gig because he’s biding his time for the Q job, unless/until a top tier job comes his way first. I don’t think that reflects poorly on RPI - I’m not sure any program in the ECAC would be considered a top tier job other than Q and maybe Cornell or Harvard at this point.
 
sezenack said:
Yep, as I said on Twitter, I have to think it bodes well at least. They knew the season would still be going and that the portal would have only been open a week when they first scheduled it. The only new development is Lang interviewing with us. Best case scenario: he thinks he's getting the job late this week or early next week and needs that time freed up now to get started. Worst case scenario: it was too tough to get that ready to run from an administrative point while also working through RPI's interview process.

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That’s also my hunch. Punting to May means he can take the RPI job and then hand the showcase off to someone else. And bring over the AIC guys he wants before it’s held. Would not be surprised if he takes the RPI job and then the showcase never happens.
 
Thomas Kaine said:
Union didn’t hire him because he pulled out. Same story with several other of those schools. I assume he didn’t even interview for the RPI gig because he’s biding his time for the Q job, unless/until a top tier job comes his way first. I don’t think that reflects poorly on RPI - I’m not sure any program in the ECAC would be considered a top tier job other than Q and maybe Cornell or Harvard at this point.
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Well, I'll take your word for it. But if he applied to and then pulled his name out of many of those jobs then I wouldn't take him seriously if he applied to my job...just sayin'.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
@sezenack reported on Twitter that the showcase was postponed until May. Whether that's a function of the RPI job search, the fact that the season is still underway, or to give the portal more time to fill up is anyone's guess.

I don't know if there are other candidates. I wouldn't be surprised if the sourcing of the list of finalists is a little off. The Gazette whiffed on scooping the Union job a couple years back when it reported that Dumais was the leading candidate for that job.
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Not on twitter so didn't see it --great work as always by Sez. Here's hoping some news breaks in the near future.
 
rpi82 said:
Wow! Pretty arrogant for a program largely built on the back of one man. Less than 20 years ago I went to QC games at the Northford Ice Pavilion. It was a case of very, very limited resources and no facilities. One man, Rand Pecknold, raised them out of the college hockey nether world. Dumais, Riga and others who hope to replace him whenever he finally decides to hang them up (no sign of it now) may find out, like many highly regarded #2's before them, that replacing #1 often doesn't work out.

RPI is down, that's just a fact. However, it still has history and a lot of potential. Even after almost 2 decades of overwhelmingly lesser results, we still outdraw every school our friend listed. I've been to QU games against a number of our league opponents and with the exception of Cornell and Yale (the later of which I've never seen in Hamden but it's right down the street), no one brings more fans than RPI. We have history and latent support, but it's up to our new coach and administration to determine the level of investment and success going forward. Find us a Rand Pecknold, admittedly not easy to do, and we could be back in the hunt.
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Pretty Cheeky for a guy touting a high school masquerading as a college !
 
Thomas Kaine said:
That’s also my hunch. Punting to May means he can take the RPI job and then hand the showcase off to someone else. And bring over the AIC guys he wants before it’s held. Would not be surprised if he takes the RPI job and then the showcase never happens.
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So, take the RPI job and then not hold the thing that could quickly reload your team with a bunch of players who have Di experience, some at the school where you just took the job. Makes complete sense. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if AIC said no thank you to putting their name on. Someone check if the ice is still down in the Field House, and if not, Troy just re-opened its facility a couple of miles away in Lansingburgh.
troyboy said:
Pretty Cheeky for a guy touting a high school masquerading as a college !
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Just remember, if you can hold a hockey stick and not fall on the ice when you skate, you get admitted to Quinnipiac.
 
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