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cross cheque is North Dakota's answer to uaafanblog, you should know that by now.
so I guess you would call them ball sack and taintDirty is a mere poser; almost completely an act. Dirty usually intends to be funny, whereas uaafanblog actually believes everything he says, and cross cheque is about halfway between the two.
You mean he has experience at identifying talent that is enrolled at his school. A place that he couldn't even get his own kid to play since he went off to play high school hockey in Minnesota. He hasn't had to recruit. And recruiting is critical. I can name 57 D-I hockey coaches who will tell you that their network is the life blood of their program, and that their network goes far beyond their coaching staff. So is administering a D-1 college hockey budget. Sure you can get in there and make a pitch, but how do you identify that talent in Manitoba, BC or Michigan? Who are the people finding those diamonds in the rough that we all need to find? Who is giving you the call that says, "You should see this kid at Fort MacMurray?" Or, "There's an uncommitted one at Nanaimo that you would like?" It's far more than an assistant or head coach seeing a kid play a couple games at a showcase and making an offer. And if you make that pitch, and the kid asks his coach for advice and the best the coach can say is well I've known Coach X from this school and here is how he runs a program, now Coach Sorenson, I don't know much about. He was a high school coach. If hiring high school coaches at the D-1 level is a good idea, why doesn't it happen very often? As far as retaining Alaska bred talent, 10 Alaskans played this season with teams that will be in the new WCHA next year. SIX stayed in Anchorage, 4 were Faribanks area kids, 2 of whom stayed in Fairbanks, one who went to UAA and one who went to MTU. Looks like UAA did pretty well with Anchorage area kids there. Five of those 6 stayed in Anchorage. Only one played in the future Big 10 at Michigan State. Two played at Notre Dame, a backup goalie at Denver from the new NCHC, a kid with 2 points at Omaha, and one at Colorado College. Now the only of those players that UAA would have had a chance to sign were the kid at Omaha and the backup goalie from Denver. Your chances of winning recruiting battles against Michigan State and Notre Dame are slim at best. And that's just a fact of life. A kid from Upper Michigan or Mankato or Northern Ohio is far more likely to pick NMU, Tech, Minn State or Bowling Green over Notre Dame or Michigan State.
Guy's landlord in _airbanks was not happy with his "midnight move" to the States. and Doc DelCastillo who got "banishment" from the village........ how we forget
cross cheque is North Dakota's answer to uaafanblog, you should know that by now.
Dirty is a mere poser; almost completely an act. Dirty usually intends to be funny, whereas uaafanblog actually believes everything he says, and cross cheque is about halfway between the two.
No. He has experience putting together national championship comp teams.
Lots of kids go to Shattuck from lots of places. Minnesota kids when offered a chance to play there go there instead of playing for their elite high school programs. And yes, he didn't want to play for your buddy Shyiak.
Read what I wrote about recruiting before you post your strawman crap.
You identify them the same way other people do. I can identify prospects from right here at my desktop. College coaches have a range of resources that start at their desktops as well. Dennis would start there. It isn't like he'd be doing the job alone. The point of advocating for him (or any other local guy) is that they can begin to fix the problem of getting the best local talent. What part of me saying that a half a dozen times is so effing difficult for you that you have to come back again and again and again and question what I mean?
Junior Coaches work to get their players noticed. It's part of what they get paid to do. Junior leagues have development sides that direct players with how to get recruited. They put on camps and showcases for coaches to attend to see players.
And any of the other known applicants has some huge measure of experience above Dennis in this regard? Corbett can only recruit kids that can qualify to get into AFA. Do you think John Hill had to "recruit" kids to Minnesota? Sure, he had to do that at UAA and did he talk a bunch of studs into coming to UAA? Actually, Keith Morris (Hill's assistant) brought in more talented players than Hill did. And Campbell Blair? Well, we can see what he's recruited during your buddy Shyiak's career at UAA. There's no reason to think that Dennis (or some other local guy if there happens to be one) can't perform the recruiting tasks necessary.
It's called fear and it's the friend of the status quo. I don't think for a moment that hiring a "high school coach (as you label him) isn't a bold choice. It would be a bold choice. Doing something different that the manner in which everyone else does it takes some guts. Well here's the skinny deary; we've done it the way everyone else does it for the last 25 years and it hasn't paid off. Doing something different might be bold or a bit of a risk; but so what? Take the risk. You've got a program in need of some energy and change. Change something for real. Don't just change to something that is the same.
Anchorage isn't Minnesota. An "elite level" player comes out of Anchorage at a rate of about 1.5 every 2 years. These are the kids that UAA has to win recruiting battles with other teams. I'm happy to have the Alaskan kids that have chosen UAA but over time few of those have been "elite level" players. Eric Walsky was the last one UAA landed.
That's nonsense. Rappuzi chose a WCHA school and would have had just as much scouting exposure at UAA. And sure, Notre Dame on a diploma is way more impressive than UAA just as Harvard or Yale or any number of schools. Sometimes kids aren't going to go to UAA for exactly those reasons. I never indicated that wouldn't happen. I have a long history of writing about recruiting at UAA on my blog and answering these questions for years and years. Here's the rest of the deal ... If you're good enough you'll be found. The cream rises to the top. Curtis Glencross is a great example. Nathan Lawson has done well. Jay Beagle also. A kid might play for a national championship team and find himself with an opportunity that he wouldn't get playing at a last place team but that doesn't mean he'll succeed. It's just an opportunity. If you can play the game you'll get noticed no matter where you play. Getting noticed playing for your hometown team and helping them succeed is a compelling scenario and always a great story no matter where it is.
And there is zero evidence that anyone on the list can recruit. It's a clear toss up between any of the four candidates. None of the other three have ANYTHING on Dennis in this regard other than having done it in the name of a college. Is that a difference maker? I don't know. I'm saying it shouldn't be. Plain and simple. You can disagree and hem and haw all you like. Do you really think anything you have to say is going to change my view on the matter? I've been writing about this issue on the internet extensively for the last 7 years.
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So what might they have to fear?