Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
... which is why I'm absolutely convinced this whole 3 year thing is up for grabs if UNH (somehow) begins to move back up towards its level of national prominence from a decade or so ago.
Having been designated "coach in waiting", what is Coach Souza then left to do but simply wait it out?
Umile timed this to his quest for 600 and the senior status for his 11 person 2018 senior class. With that large a class, UNH will be 4th or 5th in HE, and Umile can take his "victory lap" with 600 wins.
After that comes a serious rebuild, made far worse by the loss of 1) Masonius, 2) Ryczek and 3) Farabee. There is no way Umile would want that as his final year.
At that point, we'll probably have to put 'watcher on suicide watch. 
Nah, I've come to terms with this. When they ****ed away Laleggia I stepped away from investing my heart on whether a 17 year old kid is going to my alma matter -- especially when I can't blame them.
I now look at this from an organizational view, shaking my head at complete lack of accountability for those making bad decisions, figuring that there might be an adult in the Admin who would dare tinker with Umile's fiefdom. I only wish Coach Umile had spent as much of his "political capital" getting real important changes rather than remaining the State's highest paid employee for three more years and keeping his friends as assistant coaches. Its staight out of the Vladimir Putin/Medvedev playbook.
I was slowly coming out of my hybernation figuring that within the next year or two Umile might realize what was best for the long term program health, but this "transition" has me in purgatory.
As a UNH fan, I still have hopes that Souza can make this happen. It is unfair to judge him when he is operating under the shadow of Coach Umile, and is therefore hampered in what he can sell to the recruits. I don't know what to make of the inability to keep Borek's recruits, and the lack of recruiting news. The positive side of me hopes that this is a change from Borek's quantity/"bring in a 3rd line upside kid every couple of months" and is instead focusing on quality. The BCHL and AJHL college showcases were this week, and I hope we see some positive results soon so we get a sense of Souza's footprint.
I'd like to think that if things fell apart this season, the "transition" might pick up speed ... but looking at the schedule (geez, who puts that together?) it'll take some doing for UNH not to improve on last season's RS record.
Or get the coach his magical 600 wins so he can cap his career. Maybe we can do 42 games with AIC next year and he'll call it quits a year early?
