Hockey CC

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Name your candidates or choice.

This has to stop. Enough is enough. 

Mine-

  1. Mel Pearson
  2. Rick Bennett 
  3. Mike Babcock (because I like to believe crazy rumors)

Go.

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justingoblue

November 21st, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^

I was also wondering where a debate would go on this. Michigan has a lot more money and a more successful athletic department than Minnesota or BC, but to use one anecdotal example Minnesota is getting student season football tickets sold because they're tying them to hockey season tickets; that idea wouldn't even be proposed at a Dave Brandon "what's the stupidest promotional idea you can come up with" meeting at Michigan and it apparently worked for Minnesota.

I'm definitely not pretending to be a be-all-end-all expert but I'd put Michigan in the top three jobs and leave it at that. In football is Texas really a better job than USC, or vice versa?

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ThadMattasagoblin

November 21st, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^

I would assume so. The only other job I can think of is Minnesota or possibly BC. At Michigan you get facilities, money, the US development team across the street Ontario to recruit etc. Michigan is a step up from Michigan Tech, Union, and Umass Lowell so we have to be able to get one of them to jump. I feel confident that we'd be able to get Pearson or Bennett which I'm not really in regards to our football candidates.

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kurpit

November 22nd, 2014 at 3:39 AM ^

Michigan is a top 5 college hockey coaching destination. I'd definitely put BC, Minnesota, and North Dakota right up at the top, but those places aren't looking for coaches because they're perennial contenders like Michigan used to be. Recently, Michigan is perennially mediocre. The state of Michigan is ripe with hockey talent that is second maybe only to Minnesota. Is it reasonable for a program to have a year where things don't come together and you don't make the tournament? Sure. 2 years? 3 years? Recruiting seems like it should be easy here, but if you start to graduate a bunch of NHL draftees who never even played in the NCAA tournament, I'd understand that top talent not wanting to come here.

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Sac Fly

November 22nd, 2014 at 10:54 AM ^

Enough with the "This is Michigan" garbage. Norm Bazin isn't leaving his alma mater for Michigan; Rick Bennett is not leaving Union for MIchigan. I know that for a fact.

That's it and there's nothing suggesting that they would leave their programs for any team, you're just pulling their names because they win. Neither of those coaches will even interview for this job.

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Izzoiswashedup

November 21st, 2014 at 10:55 PM ^

I don't get why all the hate for this post. It's been known forever that Red is a season or two away from retiring. Why not discuss who you want to take the job?

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kurpit

November 22nd, 2014 at 3:52 AM ^

They've been up and down in the last 10. They were an overtime goal from a National Championship 3 years ago and in the Frozen Four 3 years prior to that, so to say that they've been a disappointment for 10 years isn't totally true. They haven't really sustained success, but it's really these few years that are exceptionally bad.

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icegoalie1

November 22nd, 2014 at 7:14 AM ^

Ever since we started pulling some of our top recruits from here in the late 90's it has been a slow slide to, "good but not great."
I have always seen this program as filled with kids that care more about their draft stock and ice time than playing for M or winning an NCAA title. I'm not a sold believer in the ADM or NTDP. Seems like the schools out east like BU and BC pull a lot and do fine but not sure these type of kids truly fit Red's coaching style.

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Doc Brown

November 22nd, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^

Timmay I am sorry for ripping you for going against WD in the other threads. I totally see your point now. 

WD, son, get some perspective. Red is one of the winningest coaches in D1 hockey history. He single handily brought us back from dark ages of the 70's and 80's with two NC's and several frozen fours. Many programs would kill for that kind of success. Now that the program has some difficulty you are ready create a thread ripping Red. 

Yes, perhaps his development and game planning is not reaching the players at the same high quality as it used. Red has maintained, he will step down when it becomes apparent when his leadership is a detriment to the program. Perhaps that time is now. 

You are becoming that fan calls for a coaching change after every loss or adversary. We wil cross that bridge when Red steps down. Until then, lighten the hell up. 

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gwkrlghl

November 22nd, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^

but I'd argue that tournament run was thanks to Hunwick and the team playing well in front of him, not necessarily Berenson. Those teams were just as lazy in front of the net, constantly leaving Hogan out to dry. When Hunwick came in after Hogan injured his groin, they started actually clearing pucks, etc. They really seemed to just play better in front of Hunwick.

The 09-10 team was going to miss the tournament, entering the CCHA tournament as the 7-seed. A miracle run led by Hunwick took them to the tournament.

The excellent 07-08 freshman class as seniors as well as Hunwick then led the team to the national title game in the 10-11 season. The three subsequent seasons have been crap.

I'd argue that the last truly great class we had was that 07-08 class (Hagelin, Caporusso, Rust, etc) and we've just been mediocre outside of them. This mediocrity is not a new thing.

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