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

The more I look at Ferschweiler, the less likely I think he will be considered. He is a state of Michigan guy through and through and has only really held jobs at WMU, Grand Rapids Griffons, & Red Wings. Plus he just took over as HC for WMU last year.

Yanking him away would be purely due to $ and I dont think thats what motivates him. He seems to be attached to the state of MI and likes it there. Plus, does WI want a HC that is only chasing $?
 
As far as Rhols being a candidate he's been at Ohio State for 13 years now, 3 as Oz's assistant and 10 as head coach and has put down roots. Although all hockey coach wives know moving on is a real possibility Mrs.Rohls may be opposed to uprooting her family after all this time settled in at Columbus if there's not a real need. Also tearing your kids away from all their friends and what they've come to love here for most of their lives is a factor no loving parent can ignore.
Just my thoughts.
 
Hockeybuckeye said:
As far as Rhols being a candidate he's been at Ohio State for 13 years now, 3 as Oz's assistant and 10 as head coach and has put down roots. Although all hockey coach wives know moving on is a real possibility Mrs.Rohls may be opposed to uprooting her family after all this time settled in at Columbus if there's not a real need. Also tearing your kids away from all their friends and what they've come to love here for most of their lives is a factor no loving parent can ignore.
Just my thoughts.
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As someone who can attest to how horrible it is to move away from your friends due to a parent taking a new job, I will say it also has its benefits. New friends. Getting out of your comfort zone. New experiences. Culture differences.

Not sure how old his kids are, but I moved from the Madison area to the east side of Indianapolis halfway through high school. I was the one jacka55 wearing a Badger hockey jersey in a sea of IU and Purdue basketball apparel.
 
I haven't posted in quite some time but in my opinion you start with Hastings and go from there. The guy has worked miracles at Mankato - just imagine what he could do with the resources that would be available to him in Madison?

And please, for gods sake, leave Rohlik in Columbus.
 
HighToTheGloveSide said:
I haven't posted in quite some time but in my opinion you start with Hastings and go from there. The guy has worked miracles at Mankato - just imagine what he could do with the resources that would be available to him in Madison?

And please, for gods sake, leave Rohlik in Columbus.
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Hastings just signed a long term extension at Mankato with specofic committments by the school to the hockey program written into that contract.

I dont think he does that if he is looking for an exit and appears tied to the school. Plus he gets a pretty easy path to the NCAAs in the CCHA...a much better approach than having to claw and scrape for every inch in the Big10.

However, doesnt mean it's not worth an inquiry to gauge interest. Everything is on the table.
 
J.D. said:
Ok. But why?
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Ok, now I gotta ask, are you related to or in any way work with Steve Rohlik?

I won't presume to answer for High, but I doubt their reason is markedly different than the answer I gave you.

I don't think anyone one here is against Steve, we just may not be for him as much as you would like us to be.
 
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I could see them going with Rohlik as a bit of a Paul Cryst type hire. You know what you are going to be getting: it may not be the flashy headlines grabbing hire but you know you are getting a competent coach who knows what he is doing and with very, very low probability going to completely flame out.

Any of the young assistants fall in the high risk, hire reward category. If you make it work at UW there are very few schools that would have the resources to pull them away. But if it fails, it will fail hard and I’m not sure the program is in a place where the rewards outweigh the risks.

Any of the established college HCs without previous ties to the university make for an interesting choice. The hire would be a bit more headline grabbing, but will always be a bit of a flight risk. Also, will come with a higher cost both in contract money and that will give them more leeway if things struggle at the beginning.


As for recruiting, UW has struggled not in the high end of recruiting, but in identifying and developing the players in the middle. Finding the diamonds in the rough and polishing them to shine. They have really struggled to build up quality depth and bring in players with enough skill and potential to develop over the years to actually be contributors as they mature over their time here.
 
Timothy A said:
Ceulemans has signed with Columbus. It would have been fun to see him play under better coaches.
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If so, I don't see how that benefits his development. Clearly his game needs refining but he apparently thinks that is better done in the ECHL and AHL than in college.

If I remember correctly, He had one of the gut punch TOs that led directly to a MI GW goal last weekend. Will be interesting if he ends up being like Miller...leaves and all of a sudden the defensive awareness goes through the roof.
 
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GoBucky18 said:
Hastings just signed a long term extension at Mankato with specofic committments by the school to the hockey program written into that contract.

I dont think he does that if he is looking for an exit and appears tied to the school. Plus he gets a pretty easy path to the NCAAs in the CCHA...a much better approach than having to claw and scrape for every inch in the Big10.

However, doesnt mean it's not worth an inquiry to gauge interest. Everything is on the table.
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I say swing for the fences and make Hastings say no. If he's not an option then move on to the next candidate.

I'm not sure how the commitments that Mankato made during the negotiations would have any effect contractually if he were to leave for another job - that would be odd. Salary wise, he got an increase to $350k while Granato was making $600k - that is not an insignificant difference. I'm not saying that it's all about money but when you look at what Wisconsin could offer him it's quite a bump. The assistants at Mankato got a bump to $125k - Oz was making $220k. The "improvements" to the hockey program that the Mankato President offered doesn't seem like they are breaking the bank either.

Maybe Mankato is a great place and Hastings loves it there but at least gauge his interest.
 
HighToTheGloveSide said:
I say swing for the fences and make Hastings say no. If he's not an option then move on to the next candidate.

I'm not sure how the commitments that Mankato made during the negotiations would have any effect contractually if he were to leave for another job - that would be odd. Salary wise, he got an increase to $350k while Granato was making $600k - that is not an insignificant difference. I'm not saying that it's all about money but when you look at what Wisconsin could offer him it's quite a bump. The assistants at Mankato got a bump to $125k - Oz was making $220k. The "improvements" to the hockey program that the Mankato President offered doesn't seem like they are breaking the bank either.

Maybe Mankato is a great place and Hastings loves it there but at least gauge his interest.
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Concur.
 
srkbadger said:
Ok, now I gotta ask, are you related to or in any way work with Steve Rohlik?

I won't presume to answer for High, but I doubt their reason is markedly different than the answer I gave you.

I don't think anyone one here is against Steve, we just may not be for him as much as you would like us to be.
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Ha all I was looking for was a reason, not a complete dismissal of the guy as if you are in a position to be completely dismissive of a coach like Rohlik.
 
As was said below, if he wasn't a Badger alumnus, his name would merely be mentioned in the list of many who already have been mentioned. In my opinion he does not obviously outshine many of those on the list. He may be as good as many, but not obviously better. BTW, you did not answer my question. That's interesting, lol.
 
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HighToTheGloveSide said:
It sounds like Rohlik has done a solid job at O$U but I think that there are better candidates. To be quite honest, if Rohlik wasn't a Badge alum would his name have even been mentioned?
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Probably not because it's uncommon to leave for a job in the same conference. But that's separate from evaluating what he's done at a school that doesn't care about men's hockey.
 
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