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RPI Hockey 2014-2015 Part II: Dedicated to Rich Curadi

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FreshFish said:
My experience is that it had less to do with the observations themselves and more to do with the tone and hyperbole with which some of the observations have been made. For example, I've consistently stated over several years that I see a problem at the assistant coaching level, be it that we are under-staffed or whatever, in that positional and situational skill play during games indicates a lack of appropriate focus during practice. You anticipate likely game situations and practice them repeatedly, so that when you encounter them during a game, you react as you have practiced, you aren't frozen for a second trying to think (for example, Malcolm Butler's interception in the Super Bowl: "I got beat on that same play in practice and so I wasn't going to let it happen to me in the game."). Preparation seems inadequate, or special-teams play ineffective: that comes from practice and the assistant coaches in charge of those aspects of the program. Division I basketball programs have four coaches for 12 players, you'd expect at least four or five coaches for 21 players, no?

The head coach at a Division I program is sort of like the CEO of a business: the CEO cannot and should not micro-manage all activity, he supervises from a top-level perspective while putting capable managers in place to handle all the details. Several people had previously suggested that the coach bring in a consultant or mentor and that suggestion also was well received.

It is very different to say, "hmm...here are areas in which it seems like we need improvement," compared to "everything here s&cks worse than a vacuum cleaner on steroids, so and so is a mindless slobbering idiot," etc. etc. etc.

It seems to me that it is only the latter attitude that has been challenged, not the former type of thoughtful analysis based on actual data and observation, which many people have offered for consideration for quite awhile now.

People can reasonably disagree, as long as they are reasonable about it. Nastiness might be fun if you are trolling a political thread, but why would people who claim to be fans of RPI hockey troll our team thread??
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The NCAA won't allow more coaches than we have. There may be ways getting around that via consultants.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
The NCAA won't allow more coaches than we have. There may be ways getting around that via consultants.
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perhaps I was operating on inaccurate information? for some reason I was under the impression that all the assistant coaches were not full-time salaried positions....:o
 
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FreshFish said:
perhaps I was operating on inaccurate information? for some reason I was under the impression that all the assistant coaches were not full-time salaried positions....:o
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Cavosie isn't. The others are to the best of my knowledge. The rules were different back in 1985 when we had several part-time positions.
 
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RedWrister said:
I agree. I'd also like to note that quite a few posters over the last few years have made similar observations and have been called-out as bedwetters and the like. I'm glad that all this nonsense appears to have gone away. I still think it's possible to question some of the coaching moves while at the same time be wishing like crazy that he does indeed succeed at RPI.
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Having been on both sides of that argument, there's enough of a leeway time to give, especially with a coach who has his first head job in a development environment, to get things going. That time, however, has past. The staff cannot do no wrong. However, incessantly disliking something is also a problem. One should have clear goals, and then decide whether or not the person is meeting said goals. Without question, our goals are the success of this team, although specifics may be different.
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
But you're still a winner to us... :)

I see that SA has reunited the MNM line. Hopefully, they can produce the way they did prior to all the injuries.
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Is the inclusion of the refs new? I don't recall seeing them listed on the line chart before.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Is the inclusion of the refs new? I don't recall seeing them listed on the line chart before.
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After consulting the giant pile of line sheets on my desk at work (every Friday game from 2012 onward), this started two weeks ago with the Dartmouth game. The officials were/are positioned in the 3rd goalie spot in the bottom right for away games, and apparently below the defense for home games.

The old style line sheets (up to 2013-14) did not have officials listed. Most other schools list officials on their linesheets.
 
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RHamilton said:
After consulting the giant pile of line sheets on my desk at work (every Friday game from 2012 onward), this started two weeks ago with the Dartmouth game. The officials were/are positioned in the 3rd goalie spot in the bottom right for away games, and apparently below the defense for home games.

The old style line sheets (up to 2013-14) did not have officials listed. Most other schools list officials on their linesheets.
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Thanks.
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
But you're still a winner to us... :)

I see that SA has reunited the MNM line. Hopefully, they can produce the way they did prior to all the injuries.

And they also broke up the Leonard- Prapavessis and Curadi- Bradley pairings.
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About darn time.
 
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I know the season's not over, but it sure seems like the season's over.
 
RedWrister said:
I know the season's not over, but it sure seems like the season's over.
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There just seems to be something really wrong here. A month ago we seemed to be heading in the right direction. Now its painful to watch, and they look lost. What has happened to Kasdorf?

At least we get to celebrate a little bit of history tomorrow night...
 
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rvd5star69 said:
Ya thAt worked
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Don't look now but I think we have a chance to finish with the worst record of the Appert era. One win the rest of the way and we tie the fewest wins I believe. All losses and I think we just squeak under the 10-27-2 mark of '08-'09.

I wonder if any of the recent collapse traces back to the suspension of all of the captains... or is it just the end of year swoon (which just seems too common)?

Remember that awful last season under Fridgen when his team finished 14-17-6? Funny how perspective changes after 9 years!

Assuming he stays... this admin has to let SA know that next year is make or break. He needs to show he can build momentum during the year and get his team playing at top form at the end of the season. These boys should not be getting ground down over the course of the season like this.

I'll bet SA thinks he is a victim of circumstances. If so... perhaps ASU will do us all a favor...
 
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jmhusker said:
Don't look now but I think we have a chance to finish with the worst record of the Appert era. One win the rest of the way and we tie the fewest wins I believe. All losses and I think we just squeak under the 10-27-2 mark of '08-'09.

I wonder if any of the recent collapse traces back to the suspension of all of the captains... or is it just the end of year swoon (which just seems too common)?

Remember that awful last season under Fridgen when his team finished 14-17-6? Funny how perspective changes after 9 years!

Assuming he stays... this admin has to let SA know that next year is make or break. He needs to show he can build momentum during the year and get his team playing at top form at the end of the season. These boys should not be getting ground down over the course of the season like this.

I'll bet SA thinks he is a victim of circumstances. If so... perhaps ASU will do us all a favor...
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ASU isn't looking for a coach. They are keeping their club coach.
 
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To blame assitant coaches for Seth's inability to win is ridiculous. It is simple buy out his contract and find a new coach.
 
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