Not to be an elitist but I don’t think Minnesota and Mankato is comparing apples to apples. I think the coach matters a lot more at a Mankato/Augustana than MN/UND
Well...the notion here lately is that coaches seem to matter a HELL of a lot here at the U.
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Could be true, I only brought it up as being the sole reason for potentially keeping Motzko around. If either of those two decides to hit the portal or whatever then yeah I don't really see much reason to keep Motzko around, I kinda doubt the main recruits in the pipeline for the next year or two would change either but hard to say. There's a lot of parts that could potentially move based on a single independent decision being made.I've seen comments indicating that keeping Motzko will keep Mooney and Ziemer from leaving. What if the opposite is actually the case? That getting rid of Motzko is what it takes to keep Mooney and Ziemer.
My point was more focused on getting kids to come to MN and keeping them, which is still going to heavily favor the draw of the M than the coach.
Not to be an elitist but I don’t think Minnesota and Mankato is comparing apples to apples. I think the coach matters a lot more at a Mankato/Augustana than MN/UND
If you’re picking between UMN, UND, Mich, BC and BU, yes the coach matters a hell of a lot. Facilities and money are great and all, but coaches do a huge portion of the development
the game has changed drastically in kids playing travel hockey, meeting way more coaches at national tourneys, etc. Your relationship with the coach will be a big deal.
on the faber/Snuggy stuff, I think a lot more that was legacy though. Not so much Bob
$$$ no money no potential of winning. with that said BC and BU are in a similar situation just didn't have the catastrophic collapse like the gophers. the young "one and done" player strategy isn't sustainable unless there is a full pipeline every year and these kids want to be paid. especially those who are drafted. time to consider bringing on some of the tough nosed Canadian junior players to round out the "high end" talent. at least they know how to play tough nosed Canadian junior hockey which is what college hockey has become in my opinion. a stop over point for those drafted players to get one or two development years before heading on to the NHL. alternatively the 20 year old freshman who wants to play and maybe get a degree...we just need players who know how to skate and are willing to play in the corners and be tough. that did not exist on the team this year. I didn't see them a lot, but did see them stick out the joint at Penn State. I was mortified at watching B Bantams playing Penn State's 21 year old freshmen from the Canadian Juniors.
Maybe other Canadian leagues are different, but I've watched some OHL hockey over the years and wouldn't classify it as a harder league to play in, or physically tougher. Sure, there are some fights. But the hockey overall seems less physical than B1G hockey, and less defensive style from what I've seen.
$$$ no money no potential of winning. with that said BC and BU are in a similar situation just didn't have the catastrophic collapse like the gophers. the young "one and done" player strategy isn't sustainable unless there is a full pipeline every year and these kids want to be paid. especially those who are drafted. time to consider bringing on some of the tough nosed Canadian junior players to round out the "high end" talent. at least they know how to play tough nosed Canadian junior hockey which is what college hockey has become in my opinion. a stop over point for those drafted players to get one or two development years before heading on to the NHL. alternatively the 20 year old freshman who wants to play and maybe get a degree...we just need players who know how to skate and are willing to play in the corners and be tough. that did not exist on the team this year. I didn't see them a lot, but did see them stick out the joint at Penn State. I was mortified at watching B Bantams playing Penn State's 21 year old freshmen from the Canadian Juniors.
That strategy worked out great for bu this year
Maybe other Canadian leagues are different, but I've watched some OHL hockey over the years and wouldn't classify it as a harder league to play in, or physically tougher. Sure, there are some fights. But the hockey overall seems less physical than B1G hockey, and less defensive style from what I've seen.
the WHL is where the cream of the crop goes nowadays. Very interested to see how Kvasnicka looks here next season
Id take the OHL first but they don't seem to like defense over there. Take both over USHL right now
If Bob needs to go (I'll leave that opinion up to others) you don't kick the can down the road just to avoid losing players because otherwise when is the right time? The caveat to that is knowing they have their guy to replace him.