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RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13

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DrDemento said:
Obviously we are trying to recruit talented players. Each school listed is doing the same thing. But for some reason they are finding or landing bigger bodies than we are right now. Not sure if this is a strategy that SA is keeping to or just some sort of statistical aberration. We have recruited some size in the past few years and on first blush it just stands out a bit that the list for the future is much smaller.:eek:
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size doesn't seem to be an issue when Bryan Vines (6'2" 212) goes after D-Men.....maybe we need for him to go with Nolan Graham (5'9" 165) when recruiting forwards :D
 
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turk181 said:
size doesn't seem to be an issue when Bryan Vines (6'2" 212) goes after D-Men.....maybe we need for him to go with Nolan Graham (5'9" 165) when recruiting forwards :D
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Maybe you have isolated the problem. I wonder who recruited Dale Watson for Garry Kearns. I think it was Bob Brinkworth's father. ;)
 
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I see from the Princeton thread that it's being reported (per USHR) that Delbarton F, Josh Melnick has committed to PU.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13

turk181 said:
I see from the Princeton thread that it's being reported (per USHR) that Delbarton F, Josh Melnick has committed to PU.
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As I had posted a few times-I really thought we should take a careful look at that kid. He is small-no he is smaller than small-but he just has the hockey sense and the knack for being in the right place and ability to score. In the 10+ games we have been at the past few years-Princeton and Yale are always there. There are lots of others looking but we just are not able to recognize many of them. With melanson gone from Delbarton, we may only see 1 or 2 games this coming year unless it becomes known that RPI has an interest in a player there.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13

DrDemento said:
As I had posted a few times-I really thought we should take a careful look at that kid. He is small-no he is smaller than small-but he just has the hockey sense and the knack for being in the right place and ability to score. In the 10+ games we have been at the past few years-Princeton and Yale are always there. There are lots of others looking but we just are not able to recognize many of them. With melanson gone from Delbarton, we may only see 1 or 2 games this coming year unless it becomes known that RPI has an interest in a player there.
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You recently complained about our recruits being too small, and now we should get another one? I think that SA has done a great job in recruiting since he has been here. IMO, that is not really a problem.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
You recently complained about our recruits being too small, and now we should get another one? I think that SA has done a great job in recruiting since he has been here. IMO, that is not really a problem.
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Ralph-Don't try to read between the lines-I never complained about anything. I merely pointed out a statistic that was fairly obvious. Our list of recruits consisted of much smaller players than that of Cornell and Princeton. Nothing more and nothing less. i just wondered why when we seem to be scouting the same kids at the same places?
 
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DrDemento said:
Ralph-Don't try to read between the lines-I never complained about anything. I merely pointed out a statistic that was fairly obvious. Our list of recruits consisted of much smaller players than that of Cornell and Princeton. Nothing more and nothing less. i just wondered why when we seem to be scouting the same kids at the same places?
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Agreed Doc. These are merely observations....nothing more. In keeping with that I see Cornell just received a commit for 2015 from Donovan Ott (F) out of Selects Academy (6'1 200). Again, just an observation.
 
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DrDemento said:
Ralph-Don't try to read between the lines-I never complained about anything. I merely pointed out a statistic that was fairly obvious. Our list of recruits consisted of much smaller players than that of Cornell and Princeton. Nothing more and nothing less. i just wondered why when we seem to be scouting the same kids at the same places?
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I will retract that statement. :)
 
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turk181 said:
Agreed Doc. These are merely observations....nothing more. In keeping with that I see Cornell just received a commit for 2015 from Donovan Ott (F) out of Selects Academy (6'1 200). Again, just an observation.
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Probably another pylon. ;)
 
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turk181 said:
Agreed Doc. These are merely observations....nothing more. In keeping with that I see Cornell just received a commit for 2015 from Donovan Ott (F) out of Selects Academy (6'1 200). Again, just an observation.
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There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Princeton is making a concerted effort to be a bigger more physical team over the next few years. Whther the other Ivies and ECAC teams do the same or not I just don't know. Obviously Cornell has lived and died with size for years. Ralph is absolutely correct, however-size can only help if the talent level is there.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13

DrDemento said:
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Princeton is making a concerted effort to be a bigger more physical team over the next few years. Whther the other Ivies and ECAC teams do the same or not I just don't know. Obviously Cornell has lived and died with size for years. Ralph is absolutely correct, however-size can only help if the talent level is there.
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BC has been living off of a lot of very short players for years.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
BC has been living off of a lot of very short players for years.
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They usually have a nice mix-lots of smallish quick forwards and a couple of big bangers. And they can roll out 3-4-5 lines of them anytime they want. I wish we could do that and reload every couple years like they can. Just not possible for lots of recruiting reasons at this time. I actually think we have a bit of that mix for this year-with some real talent and size on defense. Not yet ready to predict win totals but i suspect we will do a lot better than many suspect.
 
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