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The Great Badger Coaching Search of '23: Start Drinking Heavily

WiscTJK said:
I tend to agree with Solo here. I thought it was dirty as he came from blind side and connected with his chin, causing him to be knocked out while falling and hitting his head on the ice. But either way totally unnecessary and puck was well gone by then. Hopefully he can get back.
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The head snapping back was due to Hartman’s stick being intertwined with Dumba and Pavelski. Primary point of contact was shoulder to shoulder. There was also less than a second between the puck leaving Pavelski’s stick and him getting hit. Watch it again.

I actually think the play was fine from Dumba. Hartman should’ve got 2-4 minutes for high sticking, if anything at all.
 
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digitalbooya said:
The head snapping back was due to Hartman’s stick being intertwined with Dumba and Pavelski. Primary point of contact was shoulder to shoulder. There was also less than a second between the puck leaving Pavelski’s stick and him getting hit. Watch it again.

I actually think the play was fine from Dumba. Hartman should’ve got 2-4 minutes for high sticking, if anything at all.
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I'll have to agree to disagree. Your head doesn't snap to the side with a shoulder to shoulder. It snaps to the side when you are hit in the chin. If the stick was there, then that should have been called. Still dirty, blind side and unnecessary. I love physicality and a good check. That wasn't it.
 
I'll have to agree to disagree. Your head doesn't snap to the side with a shoulder to shoulder. It snaps to the side when you are hit in the chin. If the stick was there, then that should have been called. Still dirty, blind side and unnecessary. I love physicality and a good check. That wasn't it. [/QUOTE]

If it was blind side then Pav needs to keep his head on a swivel. It was on his side
 
bodyup88 said:
If it was blind side then Pav needs to keep his head on a swivel. It was on his side
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I saw that BS argument that his head was down on twitter and here it is. His head was up the whole time and you'll never convince me otherwise. You must be a wild fan.
 
WiscTJK said:
I'll have to agree to disagree. Your head doesn't snap to the side with a shoulder to shoulder. It snaps to the side when you are hit in the chin. If the stick was there, then that should have been called. Still dirty, blind side and unnecessary. I love physicality and a good check. That wasn't it.
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If anything, it was slightly late. The league deemed it within the right time frame to make a hit though.

It 100% was shoulder-to-shoulder. Check the second and third angles in this tweet:

https://twitter.com/rtaub_/status/16...EraP-bFzu2jk4w

Not a blindside hit either, unless Pavelski has hella tunnel vision.
 
That happened because Hartman and Pavelski’s sticks were intwined in the middle the check. Contact is to the shoulder.

There’s a far better case to be made that it was interference by Dumba, as opposed to a roughing major or contact to the head, if you look at the slow motion and decide that him shifting weight in his skates to brace for impact constitutes “changing direction”. Maybe it’s my mixed loyalties on the matter, but that’s how I thought Dumba <might> have been called for it. But neither the refs nor the league saw it that way, and that interpretation is hard to justify looking at the play in real time.
 
Can we get back to talking about Hastings, Knott there salaries, the roster, bonuses, etc.? I was surprised Knott took way less to come to Wisconsin than offered to stay as head coach at Mankato. Maybe he thinks the UW job down the road will be better after Hastings, or maybe he is like Steve Miller and likes being an assistant.

I am ready for fall!
 
WiscTJK said:
Can we get back to talking about Hastings, Knott there salaries, the roster, bonuses, etc.? I was surprised Knott took way less to come to Wisconsin than offered to stay as head coach at Mankato. Maybe he thinks the UW job down the road will be better after Hastings, or maybe he is like Steve Miller and likes being an assistant.

I am ready for fall!
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Yes and who are the other coaches? Surely they have been hired already.
 
WiscTJK said:
Can we get back to talking about Hastings, Knott there salaries, the roster, bonuses, etc.? I was surprised Knott took way less to come to Wisconsin than offered to stay as head coach at Mankato. Maybe he thinks the UW job down the road will be better after Hastings, or maybe he is like Steve Miller and likes being an assistant.

I am ready for fall!
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It appears to me that Knott likes the recruiting and talent evaluation part of his job which he is very good at. If he takes a head coaching job I would assume that he would have lots of other responsibilities and he wouldn't get to do what he likes best. Just spit balling......

I'm guessing that Knott is one of the highest paid assistants in college hockey. From what I can find, he was making $125k at Mankato so his pay more than doubled. Oz was making $220k so Knott is $55k more which isn't chump change.

Definitely interested to see if Brandt sticks around and if the fourth paid position is a goaly coach. From a personnel standpoint I'm very interested in who ends up in the pipes. They have a McClellan on the roster and a kid from Sweden coming but maybe they try to find another late in the recruiting/transfer cycle?
 
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Hmmm......this is interesting. Brennan Poderzay is the volunteer goalie coach at Minnesota and has ties to Coach Hastings:


Brennan Poderzay serves as the Minnesota men's hockey goaltending coach in a volunteer capacity after joining the staff prior to the 2021-22 season.

Poderzay has been vital to the emergence of Justen Close as one of the program's best netminders over the previous two years. Close has recorded a 2.05 goals against average and a .924 save percentage in less than two years as the starter after taking over mid-year in the 2021-22 campaign. Both of those numbers would be the best in the 102-year history of Minnesota men's hockey. Close also backstopped the Gophers to back-to-back appearances to the NCAA Frozen Four under Poderzay's guidance and consecutive Big Ten Conference regular season titles.

In his first season with the Gophers, Poderzay coached Close to the University of Minnesota's Male Breakthrough Athlete of the Year honor after the junior posted the third-best goals against average in single-season program history at 1.95, while his save percentage of 0.925 was the fourth-best in a single year for the Maroon and Gold.

A native of Tower, Minn., Poderzay came to Minnesota after spending six seasons in the same role at Minnesota State. With the Mavericks, he coached Dryden McKay for three seasons as the three-time WCHA Goaltending Champion and two-time All-American was named a Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick finalist, a Mike Richter Award finalist and the WCHA Player of the Year in 2021. In his six-year tenure in Mankato, MSU won five WCHA regular-season titles and advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time in program history.
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If you're going to pay a goalie coach then this looks like a great option - if he will leave Minnesota.
 
ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
That happened because Hartman and Pavelski’s sticks were intwined in the middle the check. Contact is to the shoulder.

There’s a far better case to be made that it was interference by Dumba, as opposed to a roughing major or contact to the head, if you look at the slow motion and decide that him shifting weight in his skates to brace for impact constitutes “changing direction”. Maybe it’s my mixed loyalties on the matter, but that’s how I thought Dumba <might> have been called for it. But neither the refs nor the league saw it that way, and that interpretation is hard to justify looking at the play in real time.
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The slow motion definitely makes it look more egregious. What happens in 1-1.5 seconds is shown in 4-6 second span in slow motion. These are split second decisions and this one had an unfortunate outcome. If I was a Dallas fan, I would be mad. Being a Wild fan, I totally deflect to the part where Suter was trying to injure Kaprizov. Each one has their own bias and should fuel the hatred of the series!
 
WiscTJK said:
Can we get back to talking about Hastings, Knott there salaries, the roster, bonuses, etc.? I was surprised Knott took way less to come to Wisconsin than offered to stay as head coach at Mankato. Maybe he thinks the UW job down the road will be better after Hastings, or maybe he is like Steve Miller and likes being an assistant.
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MSU fan here: I was disappointed that Coach Knott followed Hastings to Madison...Thought he would have been a great successor to a great coach.

Maybe that's the reason he he decided to turn down the Mankato HC job. Not too many coaches that followed a legend were successful. Think Vince Lombardi in football, or John Wooden in basketball. Can you recall who immediately followed those guys? Hastings wasn't on that level but leaves Mankato as a local legend who raised the bar for whoever succeeds him. Maybe Knott didn't want to coach under such high expectations.

Just sayin'.
 
Double Major said:
MSU fan here: I was disappointed that Coach Knott followed Hastings to Madison...Thought he would have been a great successor to a great coach.

Maybe that's the reason he he decided to turn down the Mankato HC job. Not too many coaches that followed a legend were successful. Think Vince Lombardi in football, or John Wooden in basketball. Can you recall who immediately followed those guys? Hastings wasn't on that level but leaves Mankato as a local legend who raised the bar for whoever succeeds him. Maybe Knott didn't want to coach under such high expectations.

Just sayin'.
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Can’t say enough how bad I feel for you guys. It’s almost like a “lucky to be born here” deal. His success at a small school was probably never going to end with a retirement parade through the streets. But I do hope you guys continue to succeed and I won’t be mad of you knock us out of the NCAAs one day. :)
 
HighToTheGloveSide said:
Hmmm......this is interesting. Brennan Poderzay is the volunteer goalie coach at Minnesota and has ties to Coach Hastings:




If you're going to pay a goalie coach then this looks like a great option - if he will leave Minnesota.
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If he is going to leave Minnesota, we are going to have to outpay them. Seems like he would be an excellent choice. And then you have Brandt as the fourth coach.
 
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WiscTJK said:
Luke Regner the new director of hockey operations. Sounds like we are close to knowing the other coaches. Thanks Tim for asking that question.

https://twitter.com/ToddMilewski/sta...04471396319235

Andy Brandt was at the opening press conference, and he remains listed on the updated coaching roster: https://uwbadgers.com/sports/mens-ic...roster-coaches

So I am guessing he is staying. New paid 4th coach should be a goalie coach and that position starts 7/1 IIRC.
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I don't know about keeping Brandt and Winchester. I don't want any fog of the past in the room. It has to be 100% Hasting's way and the players need a clean break from the past. Plus, we've already lost the top 2 recruits and supposedly Brandt was the bridge to them.
 
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