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

Wicked Slappaahs said:
Great points all around. Also, it's not only finding the kids interested in jumping to NCAA, but Lang has to try and get them admitted to RPI. We don't know what the administration is willing to do to help Lang, if anything, as has historically been a hurdle in RPI recruiting. That said, there are still players sitting in the portal who have been there awhile. At some point as the portal deadline draws near, their options may become limited and Lang may be able to take advantage. It seems a bit like a stare down at times !!! Who knows....

DU apparently flipped Tenn St. commit Hicks (G) from Spokane.......the Hunger Games continue and there are plenty of dominoes left to fall !!
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I thought RPI acceptance rate is 58.5%? And early admission is 68%? Obviously when Doc and Ralph attended it was much more difficult to get into RPI. That isn’t the case anymore. So I don’t think it’s an admissions issue. I often wondered how Harvard gets 18 nhl picks or Dartmouth recently with 4-5 nhl picks. Doesn’t really make sense how RPI has a issues getting kids admitted
 
Engineers said:
I thought RPI acceptance rate is 58.5%? And early admission is 68%? Obviously when Doc and Ralph attended it was much more difficult to get into RPI. That isn’t the case anymore. So I don’t think it’s an admissions issue. I often wondered how Harvard gets 18 nhl picks or Dartmouth recently with 4-5 nhl picks. Doesn’t really make sense how RPI has a issues getting kids admitted
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It was very hard to keep the players academically eligible. Freshman management majors no longer have to take the same math and science courses (physics and chemistry) as science and engineering majors.
 
Engineers said:
I thought RPI acceptance rate is 58.5%? And early admission is 68%? Obviously when Doc and Ralph attended it was much more difficult to get into RPI. That isn’t the case anymore. So I don’t think it’s an admissions issue. I often wondered how Harvard gets 18 nhl picks or Dartmouth recently with 4-5 nhl picks. Doesn’t really make sense how RPI has a issues getting kids admitted
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You are correct that the Ivies have devised methods to get their athletically gifted athletes admitted. I don't have any current info, but can say for certain that previous RPI coaches have encountered occasional trouble getting some athletically gifted recruits admitted. I'll leave it at that. LOL
 
It will be interesting to see how the CHL guys across college hockey adapt to NCAA officiating.From some of the videos I have seen of CHL games the adjustment willneed to be significant.
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
You are correct that the Ivies have devised methods to get their athletically gifted athletes admitted. I don't have any current info, but can say for certain that previous RPI coaches have encountered occasional trouble getting some athletically gifted recruits admitted. I'll leave it at that. LOL
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I can also say the same. Transfers are always challenging as many credits don't transfer from other places if they're not good academically or have fluff classes
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
You are correct that the Ivies have devised methods to get their athletically gifted athletes admitted. I don't have any current info, but can say for certain that previous RPI coaches have encountered occasional trouble getting some athletically gifted recruits admitted. I'll leave it at that. LOL
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I believe ya! Admissions needs to get on board with the vision here lol
Marty wants a winning program and he deserves it. On a serious note RPI is a fantastic school. Great academics and a much better return on investment than most colleges nowadays.
 
Engineers said:
I thought RPI acceptance rate is 58.5%? And early admission is 68%? Obviously when Doc and Ralph attended it was much more difficult to get into RPI. That isn’t the case anymore. So I don’t think it’s an admissions issue. I often wondered how Harvard gets 18 nhl picks or Dartmouth recently with 4-5 nhl picks. Doesn’t really make sense how RPI has a issues getting kids admitted
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As my high school guidance counselor cautioned my father when he asked about whether i could do well at RPI- "Even Phys Ed is hard there". Ad mission in those days was difficult but never at the level of the Ivies which always have had there own sliding admissions requirements. Back then a good percentage of the recruited hockey players seemed to be quite capable of handling the academics required (albeit as Ralph mentioned, often taking courses or majors that were, shall we say, a bit less rigorous. i don't recall coach Addesa not be able to get his recruits by the admissions standards (although some took some real effort on his part). And I know as recent as coach Fridgen we were still attracting a considerable level of attention and success with candidates coming through the admission process. In this more modern time, i suspect that recruits are not as concerned with academics at RPI but much more about using the hockey program as a step in moving up to the professional level. Something we have yet to show that we can offer to promising young boys.
 
Ralph Baer said:
Yes, one year. He apparently is graduating this year and will use a red-shirt year in 2025-26.
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Would seem to be a very good addition since we need to do a lot to improve the defense and it certainly will not all happen in one year. But this move could buy a little time with an experienced and perhaps quality defensive type defenseman.
 
DrDemento said:
As my high school guidance counselor cautioned my father when he asked about whether i could do well at RPI- "Even Phys Ed is hard there". Ad mission in those days was difficult but never at the level of the Ivies which always have had their own sliding admissions requirements. Back then a good percentage of the recruited hockey players seemed to be quite capable of handling the academics required (albeit as Ralph mentioned, often taking courses or majors that were, shall we say, a bit less rigorous. i don't recall coach Addesa not be able to get his recruits by the admissions standards (although some took some real effort on his part). And I know as recent as coach Fridgen we were still attracting a considerable level of attention and success with candidates coming through the admission process. In this more modern time, i suspect that recruits are not as concerned with academics at RPI but much more about using the hockey program as a step in moving up to the professional level. Something we have yet to show that we can offer to promising young boys.
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I agree
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
You are correct that the Ivies have devised methods to get their athletically gifted athletes admitted. I don't have any current info, but can say for certain that previous RPI coaches have encountered occasional trouble getting some athletically gifted recruits admitted. I'll leave it at that. LOL
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The Ivies may appear pure compared to the SEC, but they have ways within their scope to optimize results. Two stories from when I was in grad school at Cornell:

1) I was taking a grad level stats class in the Ag School (which was surprisingly rigorous). One day we were taking an exam and the class before us had clearly been assigning project teams as all the names were in groups on the board. I recognized virtually the entire hockey team. I also recognized that each group had one or more non-hockey players. Does anyone want to place bets on how difficult that class was? Care to speculate on who did most of the work in each group?
2) Cornell adopted a new undergraduate financial aid policy while I was there. This was before the Ivies went "no loans." While they insisted that the totality of aid was independent of the student and purely based on financial need (OK, sure), the type of aid they could get was based on "student attractiveness." One could be considered attractive with a 4.0, by being a world class cellist or by having a 100 mph slapshot.

Then again, even at RPI the guys learned to play the system. One year, when I was working in the Registrar's Office, virtually the entire team signed up for Helicopter Design. That was odd because there were no Aero majors on the team. It turned out there were two sections of a required Management class - one taught at a convenient time by a friendly, easy going professor that was known to be a relatively easy grader, and the other taught at 9 a.m. by a known ball buster. Anyone care to guess which section conflicted with Helicopter Design? Would you like to speculate what happened after schedules were released? I never checked, but I'll bet the farm the Helicopter Design prof was a season ticket holder.

Lastly, although it has nothing to do with playing the system but is hockey related and I'm in a story-telling mood: watching a good chunk of the hockey team sledding down the hill near the Pittsburgh Building on dining hall trays. I'm sure there was more than a little beer downed to help out, but Jim Salfi's boys knew how to make their own fun.
 
rpi82 said:
The Ivies may appear pure compared to the SEC, but they have ways within their scope to optimize results. Two stories from when I was in grad school at Cornell:

1) I was taking a grad level stats class in the Ag School (which was surprisingly rigorous). One day we were taking an exam and the class before us had clearly been assigning project teams as all the names were in groups on the board. I recognized virtually the entire hockey team. I also recognized that each group had one or more non-hockey players. Does anyone want to place bets on how difficult that class was? Care to speculate on who did most of the work in each group?
2) Cornell adopted a new undergraduate financial aid policy while I was there. This was before the Ivies went "no loans." While they insisted that the totality of aid was independent of the student and purely based on financial need (OK, sure), the type of aid they could get was based on "student attractiveness." One could be considered attractive with a 4.0, by being a world class cellist or by having a 100 mph slapshot.

Then again, even at RPI the guys learned to play the system. One year, when I was working in the Registrar's Office, virtually the entire team signed up for Helicopter Design. That was odd because there were no Aero majors on the team. It turned out there were two sections of a required Management class - one taught at a convenient time by a friendly, easy going professor that was known to be a relatively easy grader, and the other taught at 9 a.m. by a known ball buster. Anyone care to guess which section conflicted with Helicopter Design? Would you like to speculate what happened after schedules were released? I never checked, but I'll bet the farm the Helicopter Design prof was a season ticket holder.

Lastly, although it has nothing to do with playing the system but is hockey related and I'm in a story-telling mood: watching a good chunk of the hockey team sledding down the hill near the Pittsburgh Building on dining hall trays. I'm sure there was more than a little beer downed to help out, but Jim Salfi's boys knew how to make their own fun.
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Nearly all of Cornell's kids now go through the Ag or Business schools these days.
 
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