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RPI Engineers '15-'16

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

jericho said:
As Ralph previously mentioned, there is the Hilton Garden Inn on Hoosick Street, right down the block from campus. Downtown, the Best Western that lugnut was talking about is now a dorm for the students, but I believe he was talking about the hotel that was formerly a Super 8, located right across from Dinosaur BBQ. It was taken over by local hotelier and restaurateur Michael Cocca, who is the operator of the Franklin Plaza, etc. In fact, the hotel is called the Franklin Square Suites. Only have been inside there once, but it's nice. As far as eateries, it depends n what you are looking for. If you stay at the Hilton, there is a sports bar right attached. There is also the aforementioned Dinosaur BBQ, and there is a Bombers Burrito Bar and a bunch of restaurants/bars on the King Street/River Street corridor. Brown's Brew Pub is a great place. Troy is a city with beautiful architecture and history. As Ralph said, you have Uncle Sam's gravesite in Oakwood Cemetery, the RPI Campus, and just a short drive north in Lansingburgh you have Herman Melville's home where he wrote his first two novels, a monument to all of the baseball Hall of Famers that are from Troy (also, where the San Francisco Giants started out. They were known as the Troy Haymakers and were one of two teams in the original National League, along with a team from Worcester. After two years, they moved to NY and became the Giants, because of the tall Troy players.) The Baseball Hall of Fame leaves this history out when talking about the SF Giants. If you can catch a game, go see the Tri-City Valleycats, class A affiliate of the Houston Astros. They are home September 1 against the Brooklyn Cyclones (Class A-NY Mets) You'll enjoy the trip to Troy, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. WElcome and have fun.
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Thanks for the info, was a good visit, saw campus, the old barn, Brown's Brew Pub had good food and very good beer. Appreciated the info
 
Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

giwan said:
All I got was working on it, it all happened kinda quickly.
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I don't believe they've posted the job opening anywhere yet. Take your time. No rush. Season hasn't started yet. Recruiting isn't a worry for this perennial powerhouse.

Is it bad that both assistant coaches left the team this summer?
 
Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

JCrawford said:
There seems to be a new volunteer assistant coach: http://rpiathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1307&path=whock
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He's been there before, not new.

Not sure the reasons the first asst coach left but looks like she got herself a good gig. Derek is now much closer to his home base which was very enticing. Tough to grab someone so late I'm guessing HC is making calls and not just waiting for resumes.

I know they were at NAHA recruiting, going to Stoney Creek and scouring over the recruiting list.
 
Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Waite21 said:
I hope someone, sometime, will gently break the news to Katarina Seper that "University" is not part of the name of the school she will be attending.
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We got another one. :D

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am honoured and excited to announce my commitment to RPI University to play hockey &#55356;&#56826;&#55356;&#56824;❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/letsgetit?src=hash">#letsgetit</a></p>— blake orosz (@blake_orosz10) <a href="https://twitter.com/blake_orosz10/status/642425455463768064">September 11, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

shelfit said:
No news yet on hiring a new assistant coach? Tough time of year to find someone with experience I bet.
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Last weekend NAHA recruiting, this weekend Stoney. Have not seen it on job board. Would they go without till season end?
 
Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

giwan said:
Last weekend NAHA recruiting, this weekend Stoney. Have not seen it on job board. Would they go without till season end?
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Sara Till only played a few minutes last year. They could go without her this season. ;)
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Sara Till only played a few minutes last year. They could go without her this season. ;)
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Ooh, not very nice at all Ralph! Pretty sure some D3 programs wanted her. She would have had a much better playing career if she had played for a D3 team. She's at a D3 school but unfortunately for her it's a D1 hockey program (sort of).
 
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ARM said:
It was a joke based on her last name. Note bold font and wink.
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I understood that. I simply said it was not very nice considering she has barely played at all in her three years so far. She'll probably hate JB till the end of time.
 
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shelfit said:
I understood that. I simply said it was not very nice considering she has barely played at all in her three years so far. She'll probably hate JB till the end of time.
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I realize that you are feeling a little lonely in the JB haters club but you are way off base on this one. Sarah Till has been a valued team member in her first three years: three time ECAC academic team member and twice named winner of Bill Cahill Memorial Coaches Award. You might have to look elsewhere for recruits.
 
Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

shelfit said:
I understood that. I simply said it was not very nice considering she has barely played at all in her three years so far. She'll probably hate JB till the end of time.
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I did indeed mean it purely as a joke. Perhaps I should not have said it, but when I see an opportunity for a pun, I rarely avoid it. :)

I have no knowledge about what she was told prior to arriving in Troy, but I suspect that her lack of playing time did not come as a surprise. I do add that it surprised me that she has not played more considering how some games were going her first three years.
 
hab said:
I realize that you are feeling a little lonely in the JB haters club but you are way off base on this one. Sarah Till has been a valued team member in her first three years: three time ECAC academic team member and twice named winner of Bill Cahill Memorial Coaches Award. You might have to look elsewhere for recruits.
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I don't hate him at all. I think he's a really nice guy. He just isn't a high end coach for this level. I'm for sure not alone in that opinion as shown by posters here and many people that are at the games in person watching his decisions and non-decisions live. One small example is the fact that Till hasn't been given far more opportunities considering how games have unfolded in her first 3 years as Ralph just observed.
 
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