solovsfett
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Agreed!!
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The Great Badger Coaching Search of '23: Start Drinking Heavily
- Thread starter GoBucky18
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Agreed!!
Hastings has never had a losing season in 25 years I think I heard. Something like that. That's wild. If he has a winning record next year, which I predict he will, goes to show TG didn't have it. We've got the talent and the draft picks on the team if a coach can guide them.
I don't want to go back and rip on TG and spend time on the past, but I think there is an important point to note. TG is a good man (as everyone has said 100 times), but the dude wasn't accountable and gave too many excuses. When he was fired he intimated that there were other problems in the department that he would want to talk to the next coach about. So it was as if there was some other reason the team didn't win (the athletic department didnt support them enough or something). Unreal, but that language is his track record. He didn't take responsibility for his program. Nice guy, but looks like big ego and an ego that prevented him from changing and likely contributed to his failures.
It's weird.. like I feel I have to preface every sentence about TG with "nice guy but". Hastings seems like a nice guy.
I don't want to go back and rip on TG and spend time on the past, but I think there is an important point to note. TG is a good man (as everyone has said 100 times), but the dude wasn't accountable and gave too many excuses. When he was fired he intimated that there were other problems in the department that he would want to talk to the next coach about. So it was as if there was some other reason the team didn't win (the athletic department didnt support them enough or something). Unreal, but that language is his track record. He didn't take responsibility for his program. Nice guy, but looks like big ego and an ego that prevented him from changing and likely contributed to his failures.
It's weird.. like I feel I have to preface every sentence about TG with "nice guy but". Hastings seems like a nice guy.
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He's a great guy.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
See also: his insistence on blaming the goalies for everything while his teams played the most putrid defense I’ve ever seen at this level.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
This is fantastic info, thanks for putting that together. I was happy to see the the good balance between the sports. Hastings is at $700,000 plus, MJ can definitely use a raise as I feel the gap at $150,000 was reasonable but now it's $250,000 and he's collecting hardware. That needs to be rewarded. The WB coach way over-paid compared to MJ, though maybe the market demands that kind of money, though I am hopeful that this program is a sleeping giant that can be woken up.
I was torn on who to root for, for the old B16 or against the hated rivals. I ended up rooting against the rivals.
digitalbooya
Well-known member
Hastings worst season of those 25 was a 21-13-7 year, good for a .598 win percentage.
Breakdown of win percentage:
80%+: 3 seasons
70%+: 14 seasons
60%+: 24 seasons
My worry is that he was in a lesser conference. The CCHA isn’t the big ten.
If Wisconsin had Minnesota State’s schedule, I would consider it a “cupcake.”
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Feel free to send him back.
You might take a look at the non-conference schedules he's put together. He made it as tough as he could every year. And, unlike B1G schools, he couldn't demand that those games be almost entirely home games. "You come here two or three times, then maybe we'll come to your place once."
Generally what I think is trying to be stated is depth. Not that new WCHA/CCHA was weak. It just didnt have the depth that currently is there in the Big10.
And depth is fleeting...Bemidji St probably has a score they could reference. That game is still in my craw as WI willingly tried to play hero hockey with Caufield.
A Minnesota State swap with Miami seems logical to me but I realize stuff like that is highly unlikely. Minn State in CCHA is sorta like QU in ECAC. There have always been thoughts that QU could join Hockey East but what's in it for them now? They are in their 3rd national title game and still get to rub elbows with the Ivy schools.
Iwearpurple
Registered User
We can't control our conference schedule, but lets compare our non-conference schedule this year against Wisconsin.
MN State - Minnesota, St. Cloud State, UMD, Arizona State - Hardly cupcakes
Wisconsin - St. Cloud, UMD, Long Island, Lindenwood, Lake Superior State, Clarkson
Clarkson is no joke, TBH. Long Island and Lindenwood were courtesy gameswhich I dont like. LSSU has fallen certainly.
digitalbooya
Well-known member
Strength of schedule this year:
Wisconsin 4th
Minnesota St 31st
Wisconsin’s non-conference schedule was a cupcake and they did well, 7-3-0, compared to conference play, 6-18-0.
The big ten part of the schedule is the problem…
I’m not worried about Hastings as a coach or a person. I just hope he puts Wisconsin back in the top 2 of the big ten, which is a much taller order than being top 2 in the CCHA.
solovsfett
Registered User
Hastings will be fine. He’ll most likely kick some ass. Sauer had a very mediocre record At CC prior to coming to Wisconsin and he was succeeding THE MAN!
conference strength doesn’t matter. Bo Ryan was at Plateville forever and what was their strength of schedule?
what I’m saying is a winner is a winner no matter where you put them. The message translates across talent spectrums.
Drop the puck!!!
BadgerBadgerBadger
Member
1-3 to every B1G team. Scoring definitely not the problem, letting in 5, 6 & 7 go by in these games killed it. Have to think shoring up defensively turns 2022-23 on its head and UW is fighting with PSU to get into the tourney. If this is what Hastings can accomplish in 2023-24, oooh boy. It's gonna be fun.
On Wisconsin!
ICECAT1811
Member
Hey Ty! You want a t-shirt?
This is how you think after winning your first national title?