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UVM Catamounts 2019/20

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J.D. said:
Potulny is from ND, played at Minny and coaching at NMU. Midwest guy. Couldn't see him jumping to UVM when he has a good thing going at Northern. Might be in line for the Minnesota job down the line as well.
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Yeah, and I wouldn't want someone who might be in line for the Minnesota job. UVM's a good job, but Minny's better, especially for an alum and a mid-westerner. We need someone who rightfully sees UVM as a top tier job and won't jump ship. I can see Eric Lang or Ben Barr fitting that profile.
 
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Let's not get crazy here. UVM is a solid job, but no matter who we hire if they do well and get offered a Minnesota level job they are G-O-N-E gone.......
 
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UVM Cat in Texas said:
Yeah, and I wouldn't want someone who might be in line for the Minnesota job. UVM's a good job, but Minny's better, especially for an alum and a mid-westerner. We need someone who rightfully sees UVM as a top tier job and won't jump ship. I can see Eric Lang or Ben Barr fitting that profile.
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Fair points, and I was speaking to the point that Potulny is doing what he's doing at NMU with likely less resources than what UVM has. His and Lang's profile are desirable I think. Last I saw his salary is near 3 times lower than Sneddon's. But only looking for candidates who will see UVM as a lifetime job is bad business I think. It's nice if they can and personally I would love to see someone who wins here for a long long time but I understand that's not always the case. Being an alum didn't stop Carvel from leaving St. Lawrence for UMass a program you could argue had less prestige and stuff going for it that St. Lawrence did at the time. St. Lawrence's fault they messed up the hire afterwards.

To me I look at it like basketball and how they handled after Tom Brennan. They brought in someone who was using it to get to a better job and stayed around for like 7 years I think and kept the winning going that it went so well when he left UVM had a ready assistant in Becker who has now kept the results going and maybe even a hire level than Lonergan did. If Becker leaves they have Cieplicki to promote from within. Similar to what Union did to keep its momentum going with Leaman to Bennett. I would say that probably has a lot to do with keeping a winning culture alive from the entire coaches to the players. If they bring in someone who even after 4-5 years gets the hockey team back to respectability and then leaves for a better job to me that is fine with me because it's better when they found it. That's why I wouldn't be against taking someone who might covet another job of Minnesota's caliber because I'd know in order to get it they have to do really well here.
 
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The options seem pretty obvious. Hopefully we start to hear about interviews happening soon. Barr, Mayotte, Ellsworth, Lang would all make a ton of sense and I bet they would be interested. UVM is a great first job. I wouldn't mind if they reach out to Ducharme or Ron Rolston, but there is no way they'd be interested. Marty St. Louis is my favorite hockey player ever, but I don't want him anywhere near this job. Great player does not equal great coach. In fact, often great players make the worst coaches. He has no coaching experience and he hasn't been around college hockey since he played here. Torrey Mitchell as an Asst. Coach would be great, but they need someone with more experience for the head coaching job.

Really hoping the team can get a win before the season is over. I feel for the players, Lekkas most of all.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Lang, Marty St. Louis, Rick Bennett? Looking at some of the candidates to take the helm at an underwater Vermont program: <a href="https://t.co/A0zqlxEOFi">https://t.co/A0zqlxEOFi</a> <a href="https://t.co/j3dpOivuXV">pic.twitter.com/j3dpOivuXV</a></p>— Over the Boards (@overtheboards) <a href="https://twitter.com/overtheboards/status/1228361450147733504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Ralph Baer said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Lang, Marty St. Louis, Rick Bennett? Looking at some of the candidates to take the helm at an underwater Vermont program: <a href="https://t.co/A0zqlxEOFi">https://t.co/A0zqlxEOFi</a> <a href="https://t.co/j3dpOivuXV">pic.twitter.com/j3dpOivuXV</a></p>— Over the Boards (@overtheboards) <a href="https://twitter.com/overtheboards/status/1228361450147733504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Interesting. I'm surprised to see St. Louis discussed as a possibility. I've never seen him discussed as a possible replacement, except by the UVM fans on this board. He's coached youth hockey and, of course, played under many talented coaches. How hard would it be to transfer that to a D1 head coach position? I don't know, I think it's certainly possible. I also think it would be a huge boon to recruiting. What young kid wouldn't be super impressed to have the legendary Martin St. Louis tell him "You're my guy. I want you, no check that, I need you at UVM!" It's a definite long shot, but it is an interesting possibility.
 
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UVM Cat in Texas said:
Interesting. I'm surprised to see St. Louis discussed as a possibility. I've never seen him discussed as a possible replacement, except by the UVM fans on this board. He's coached youth hockey and, of course, played under many talented coaches. How hard would it be to transfer that to a D1 head coach position? I don't know, I think it's certainly possible. I also think it would be a huge boon to recruiting. What young kid wouldn't be super impressed to have the legendary Martin St. Louis tell him "You're my guy. I want you, no check that, I need you at UVM!" It's a definite long shot, but it is an interesting possibility.
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St Louis was doing some special teams consulting/coaching last year for the Columbus Blue Jackets
 
UVM Cat in Texas said:
Interesting. I'm surprised to see St. Louis discussed as a possibility. I've never seen him discussed as a possible replacement, except by the UVM fans on this board. He's coached youth hockey and, of course, played under many talented coaches. How hard would it be to transfer that to a D1 head coach position? I don't know, I think it's certainly possible. I also think it would be a huge boon to recruiting. What young kid wouldn't be super impressed to have the legendary Martin St. Louis tell him "You're my guy. I want you, no check that, I need you at UVM!" It's a definite long shot, but it is an interesting possibility.
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Such a long shot, but we can dream. Recruiting would be instantly through the roof. St. Louis, with Torrey Mitchel and Peter Lenes assisting. I’d pay just to watch the practices.
 
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Best game I've seen UVM play this season. Nice effort on the back check to slow down Providence. I thought Dzhioshvili should have gotten the first star. Dzhioshvili /Boyko/Bouquot is going to be a fun line to watch next year.

The defense stepped up big after losing Evers in the first period to an unfortunate circumstance. A Providence player fell as Evers was hitting him going into the corner. Left the game and was in a sling in the stands for the 3rd period. No way for Evers to pull up from hitting.

I hope they keep the Connolly jerseys for the rest of the season
 
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Ralph Baer said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Lang, Marty St. Louis, Rick Bennett? Looking at some of the candidates to take the helm at an underwater Vermont program: <a href="https://t.co/A0zqlxEOFi">https://t.co/A0zqlxEOFi</a> <a href="https://t.co/j3dpOivuXV">pic.twitter.com/j3dpOivuXV</a></p>— Over the Boards (@overtheboards) <a href="https://twitter.com/overtheboards/status/1228361450147733504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Forgot one: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2019/04/25_QA-With--Enrico-Blasi.php

https://www.miamistudent.net/article/2019/11/effort-is-everything
 
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j24vt said:
Forgot one: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2019/04/25_QA-With--Enrico-Blasi.php

https://www.miamistudent.net/article/2019/11/effort-is-everything
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I am curious since you seem to be pushing Blasi's name a lot here is this based on anything? I don't see anything appealing in hiring him because he had one good season since 2013 and benefited a lot from the pre-NCHC era. Had a great run in CCHA but that was a long time ago and even if it was much better than Sneddon's run that's still someone living off accomplishments from 10 years ago like Sneddon did to keep his job for as long as he did. He would not be my first choice for the job and probably not my second or third personally.
 
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j24vt said:
Best game I've seen UVM play this season. Nice effort on the back check to slow down Providence. I thought Dzhioshvili should have gotten the first star. Dzhioshvili /Boyko/Bouquot is going to be a fun line to watch next year.

The defense stepped up big after losing Evers in the first period to an unfortunate circumstance. A Providence player fell as Evers was hitting him going into the corner. Left the game and was in a sling in the stands for the 3rd period. No way for Evers to pull up from hitting.

I hope they keep the Connolly jerseys for the rest of the season
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What's the story with the Connolly jerseys? I saw that, but didn't hear the explanation for it.
 
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Charlie Catamount said:
I am curious since you seem to be pushing Blasi's name a lot here is this based on anything? I don't see anything appealing in hiring him because he had one good season since 2013 and benefited a lot from the pre-NCHC era. Had a great run in CCHA but that was a long time ago and even if it was much better than Sneddon's run that's still someone living off accomplishments from 10 years ago like Sneddon did to keep his job for as long as he did. He would not be my first choice for the job and probably not my second or third personally.
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Blast singlehandedly coast Miami the championship in 2015 by not taking a timeout. He explained his rationale. He was 100% wrong. He was never the same.
 
VTALUM said:
Such a long shot, but we can dream. Recruiting would be instantly through the roof. St. Louis, with Torrey Mitchel and Peter Lenes assisting. I’d pay just to watch the practices.
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I think Jamie Sifers would be great. He has so much experience, is incredibly inspirational and just and all around great guy. I do think having a UVM alum would be great. Maybe he and Torrey. They both live here! They have had many coaches so know what works.
 
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