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Western Michigan Season Thread 2009-10

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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
What about SugarIsland's choice of Ron Rolston?
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Good choice, but would Rolston be interested in the Western job? He could probably bide his time and wind up in a higher profile college head coaching position, assuming he is interested in one. But then again, maybe he would like the challenge of building a team from the bottom up.
 
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Congrats!

Always been a bit of a fan since they made a trip to Duluth last year. I enjoy the black and silver jerseys.
 
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Hammer said:
Ranking those three, in order of likelyhood:

1) Renfrew. Never underestimate the pull of a player's alma mater


2) Powers

3) Pearson. Ain't no way he's leaving Michigan, not with Red's likely retirement within the next 2-3 years. Red is 70 and it's been known for a while that Pearson is next in line. He's been at Michigan since 1988-89. If he wanted another D-1 job he would have been gone by now.
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It's tough to say. That was probably the case a few years ago, back when Mel passed on the Michigan Tech job. But now, Billy Powers has been there long enough, and is well-respected enough, that the feeling is that either could get the head job some day, and either way, Michigan will get a great head coach, and lose the other one.

For this job, there's more than enough solid choices with backgrounds at Western Michigan that I'd be surprised if they strayed from that pool.
 
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Bill said:
Good choice, but would Rolston be interested in the Western job? He could probably bide his time and wind up in a higher profile college head coaching position, assuming he is interested in one. But then again, maybe he would like the challenge of building a team from the bottom up.
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I, for one, am hoping he would consider taking over at a school down south in OH that By God should take note of the brilliant (if long over-due) decision of WMU and do the same (also long over-due)...
 
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BII said:
Hey Moe. When are you going to start a new thread? How about speculating on the next coach?
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I actually posted my speculations here literally minutes before the announcement was made.

I also have more thoughts on the situation here.
 
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MaizeRage said:
It's tough to say. That was probably the case a few years ago, back when Mel passed on the Michigan Tech job. But now, Billy Powers has been there long enough, and is well-respected enough, that the feeling is that either could get the head job some day, and either way, Michigan will get a great head coach, and lose the other one.
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Interesting take on that situation. Though it isn't what I've been hearing. And that is that when Red retires Mel will be promoted to head coach and Billy will be promoted to associate coach, and that both would be perfectly happy to finish their careers in such an arraignment.
 
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moe24 said:
I actually posted my speculations here literally minutes before the announcement was made.

I also have more thoughts on the situation here.
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What does Western Michigan offer that would attract a head coach from another DI school?

I think some good choices that I haven't seen mentioned would be:
Bert Gilling-Bemidji State
Steve Rohlik-UMD
Troy Ward-Formerly at Wisconsin
Mike Guentzel-Formerly at Minnesota and CC, now in the USHL
Scott Bell-Hamline
Ron Fogarty-Adrian
 
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I have to laugh when I read that our AD is suggesting that Miami only made it to the big time after they build a new arena. A quick check of the records would reveal that they started wining when they hired a good head coach and won even though they had an arena that made Lawson look like a palace. They got the new arena because of their success not the other way around. :rolleyes:
 
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What about former Miami assistant and current Indiana Ice (USHL) head coach Jeff Blashill?
 
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bueller said:
What about former Miami assistant and current Indiana Ice (USHL) head coach Jeff Blashill?
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Please not him either if you could. That team might as well be called the Miami junior team. 5 of our next 10 recruits are there right now, with another one that was drafted in the futures.
 
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thebrain said:
This isn't a foreshadow to the end of the program is it?
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Unlikely for a couple reasons.

1) The AD has said multiple times that the program isn't going anywhere, so the 180 to drop the sport this offseason would definitely cost her her job.

2) Western is at the D1 minimum for sports, so they'd have to bring something back in a hurry for the 2010-2011 season.

3) There's continued talk and effort to build an (unnecessary) 8,000 seat arena in downtown Kalamazoo and the assumption by the people trying to get it done is that Western hockey would be one of the tenants.
 
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Hire frank Anzalone. He may be called crazy Frank but he will build the program back up and that is what you want and need.
 
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