Naurato named interim HC
August 8th, 2022 at 11:06 AM ^
+1 As an anime fan, I can’t help thinking of Naruto when seeing or hearing “Naurato”
Was kinda hoping Muckalt would get that interim role, either way I'm hoping for a great outcome with all of this.
Looks like Billy is sticking as an assistant.
Good hire. Interim tag kind of hinders him recruiting wise, but still good coach for us
It’s Michigan that the kids consider, along with the coach. Some will still come because of our strong program.
Seems very promising. I'm an old guy who thinks not enough young, brilliant coaches get chances--especially in the major sports--to step in and innovate. Too often, the same handful of names get bandied about, and then there is pressure (I think) on schools to pull in candidates with established identities. This hire in particular seems to have lots of upside, given the time constraints: If he rights the ship, fantastic, and if not they'll have their pick of the best candidates at season's end.
One year interview works for me
JUB doesn't seem to be a huge fan for some reason.
I didn't realize it was perceived to be so risky by some. I figured worst case, if it's not a home run, Michigan hires someone else next season. I was also under the impression that there's very little time left to find a new coach.
Well, the guy has no experience with a program outside the last year and his playing days. Van Ryn, Wiseman and Mackult have more coaching experience at the program level. As does the guy who left for Denver (or CC was it) a year or two ago. The Chi Steele guy was posiible apparently as well.
Gotta hope he can hold the recruiting together and get some good results this year.
JUB’s best point is how do you have all this info for months, do nothing, and end up in this situation to have to hire an interim.
The athletic department is something
It appears the AD believed that Pearson was “redeemable” through a performance plan. But the report exposed blatant lying as well as perceived untruthfulness. We don’t know what Pearson and the AD envisioned, but from my experience liars don’t stop lying, performance plan or not.
August 8th, 2022 at 11:10 AM ^
Yep, seems like Warde thought he was going to be able to re-sign Mel - which again, why wasn't this contingency covered in May with MSC and the regents?? - the fact that he got rightly overruled means he had basically no plan for a replacement in August. Warde obviously thought Mel would be exonerated in the appeals process. Bzzt. This is 100% on Warde
Edited out my bad post on JUB. My cat had just died so I was not in my right mind.
Saved link from the now-deleted 2nd thread OP on Naurato:
https://www.michigandaily.com/ice-hockey/brandon-naurato-named-interim-hockey-coach/
JUB wanted Wiseman, thus, no wonder he’s upset.