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UAA Seawolves offseason thread- time for change

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Pink Pony said:
It looks like more Eastern players going to UAA
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It is tough to get players to stay and play for the "home team" when they have lived their whole life in Alaska. Most want to drink beer in somebody else’s back yard. It is a big plus if they do and want to remain in Alaska after college because their faces will be in the newspaper for 4 years as a player at UAA or UA_ and that will help out getting a good job in their field of study if they take advantage of it.
 
Alaska Hockey said:
It is tough to get players to stay and play for the "home team" when they have lived their whole life in Alaska.
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Hopefully this will change over time as a kid from Boston wants to play for BC or kid from St Paul wants to play for the Gophers or kid from Detroit wants to play for UM.

The Alaska kids need to want to stay and represent the home state.
 
revfnb said:
I am impressed with this hire. Especially when you look at what he has done since he stopped playing pro hockey. I disagree strongly with your (uaafanblog) that "the local recruit paradigm ... drove the latest kerfuffle."
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The alums have been ****ed for years that local kids haven't been a focus of recruiting efforts. Of course it was a driver in letting Shyiak go and the subsequent Cobb debacle. How you don't see that they were driving the bus escapes me.
 
davyd83 said:
Of those qualified persons who would improve the local recruit paradigm, who would have been your choice? Who either applied or expressed interest in the position? Who has the experience and network outside Alaska?
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Corey Millen
Dennis Sorenson

And by the way this was not a public search (which is fine with me). I clearly said Thomas has a right to hire who he wants. Just as I have every right to critically evaluate his decision.
 
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uaafanblog said:
Corey Millen
Dennis Sorenson

And by the way this was not a public search (which is fine with me). I clearly said Thomas has a right to hire who he wants. Just as I have every right to critically evaluate his decision.
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Sorenson's kid is at Michigan state, so much for following Dad.
 
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uaafanblog said:
The alums have been ****ed for years that local kids haven't been a focus of recruiting efforts. Of course it was a driver in letting Shyiak go and the subsequent Cobb debacle. How you don't see that they were driving the bus escapes me.
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The Alums have a lot of coaching positions as head or asst. coach from house leagues to the comp teams in anchorage and the Valley. I thank them for giving back to Hockey in Anchorage ….But they are in the forefront to point the kids to go to UAA and haven’t done a good job of getting to get kids to go to Alaska Schools. It takes everybody to guide the players to stay home, Coaches. Parents, Fans ,and Former Players.
Even the fat guy who says he loves UAA enough to badger the Governor to fire personal has his kid skating outside.
 
uaafanblog said:
Corey Millen
Dennis Sorenson

And by the way this was not a public search (which is fine with me). I clearly said Thomas has a right to hire who he wants. Just as I have every right to critically evaluate his decision.
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Corey Millen is a head coach for an nahl squad, and sorenson is not going to take a pay cut from his teaching job to be an assistant coach.

Would it be nice to get a alum or local guy as a assistant? Yes it would have but it didn't happen. Time to move on
 
Alaska Hockey;5753921Even the fat guy who says he loves UAA enough to badger the Governor to fire personal has his kid skating outside.[/QUOTE said:
Someone has to take charge of Alaska hockey. History has shown many kids with talent go away.
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uaafanblog said:
Corey Millen
Dennis Sorenson

And by the way this was not a public search (which is fine with me). I clearly said Thomas has a right to hire who he wants. Just as I have every right to critically evaluate his decision.
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Did either apply? Did either express interest? Do both meet all qualifications? Would both accept the salary available?
 
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Pink Pony said:
Someone has to take charge of Alaska hockey.
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Many have tried, no one has succeeded. Only one to come close was when mmf loaded his purse with rocks and sucker swung it at me while UAA was pounding UA_ at the Beluga Rink. He came close but my custom Coach Man Handbag saved the day.:D
 
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This stuff about hiring a local assistant to improve local recruiting is just not very thoughtful, imho.

Local kids - no matter what state they're in - have no desire to play locally for a team that is in disarray, has poor coaching and is awful on the ice. It has nothing to do with the charisma or historic local connection of the coach. It has everything to do with the quality of the program and how it will serve the interests (hockey and otherwise) of the kid.

IF (big if) the new coach starts doing something of quality with the level of talent he has to work with, local kids will be easier to attract. This is true for any second tier college team. Some top tier teams like the Boston, the bigger Michigan teams and the Goofs will have a natural attraction to local kids even in down years. Just because they have such long term quality, it perseveres over down years.
 
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davyd83 said:
Because the University can pay a hockey coach whatever it wants! :D:eek:
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It shows exactly how uncommitted the school still is to bringing the program back. Had they been committed to the program they would have spent an amount similar to what the consistent top ten teams spend. But once again they decided to spend a slight bit more and cross their fingers.

You get what you pay for in the world of college hockey generally. If they get lucky with Thomas then good on them, time will tell.
 
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camilo said:
This stuff about hiring a local assistant to improve local recruiting is just not very thoughtful, imho.

Local kids - no matter what state they're in - have no desire to play locally for a team that is in disarray, has poor coaching and is awful on the ice. It has nothing to do with the charisma or historic local connection of the coach. It has everything to do with the quality of the program and how it will serve the interests (hockey and otherwise) of the kid.

IF (big if) the new coach starts doing something of quality with the level of talent he has to work with, local kids will be easier to attract. This is true for any second tier college team. Some top tier teams like the Boston, the bigger Michigan teams and the Goofs will have a natural attraction to local kids even in down years. Just because they have such long term quality, it perseveres over down years.
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No...... The Alaska players("the blue chipper's") all just love to go to big school's outside just to screw a local kid out of playing for his dream team.:eek:
 
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On this subject probably the best thought out post I've seen.
camilo said:
This stuff about hiring a local assistant to improve local recruiting is just not very thoughtful, imho.

Local kids - no matter what state they're in - have no desire to play locally for a team that is in disarray, has poor coaching and is awful on the ice. It has nothing to do with the charisma or historic local connection of the coach. It has everything to do with the quality of the program and how it will serve the interests (hockey and otherwise) of the kid.

IF (big if) the new coach starts doing something of quality with the level of talent he has to work with, local kids will be easier to attract. This is true for any second tier college team. Some top tier teams like the Boston, the bigger Michigan teams and the Goofs will have a natural attraction to local kids even in down years. Just because they have such long term quality, it perseveres over down years.
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