Union coach Leaman wins Spencer Penrose Award

[amerks127]

First ECAC coach to win since Joe Marsh in 2000.

http://www.uscho.com/2011/04/13/union-coach-leaman-wins-spencer-penrose-award/

http://www.ecachockey.com/men/2010-11/News/2011_M_D-1_Coach-1.pdf

[Josh '99]

Seriously?  Leaman's team doesn't win anything, chokes in the playoffs, and he wins the Penrose?

[Trotsky]

Union's probably going to be #1 in the Coaches Poll this Fall.  The very idea that could be anything but a sick joke makes Leaman Coach of the Decade.

[nyc94]

Leaman was one of three coaches to interview for the Providence job.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/04/13_providence_interviews_3_for.php

[RatushnyFan]

Why would anyone leave Union to coach Providence?  Providence seems to suffer from a perpetual recruiting disadvantage.  It's tough for them to compete in their conference.

[Jim Hyla]

Why would anyone leave Union to coach Providence?  Providence seems to suffer from a perpetual recruiting disadvantage.  It's tough for them to compete in their conference.

It's not too hard, money and scholarships to better compete. Good recruiters can get players to go anywhere. Why would anyone want to go to Union over Cornell? Yeah, I know, smaller school, etc., but the point is it's the recruiter.

[Trotsky]

I never get why people lie about stuff like this.

Leaman recently vehemently denied that he was interested in the Providence position or that he was interviewing, as he said last year when sources indicated he was discussing the Ohio State opening with Buckeyes officials. But sources indicate he was on campus today.

Dude, just admit that you talked to them.  We are all, always, testing the waters.  Why does everybody always try to pull a Neuheisel?

[Chris '03]

It's a tough spot. Can't really advertise you're looking, lest you end up like Jeff Jagodzinski.

[Trotsky]

It's a tough spot. Can't really advertise you're looking, lest you end up like Jeff Jagodzinski.

Then say "no comment."  Lying just makes the guy looks like a douche.

Also there's a difference between telling your boss you're interviewing and telling the gaping irritainment maw that is the (cough) "press."

[marty]

It's a tough spot. Can't really advertise you're looking, lest you end up like Jeff Jagodzinski.

Then say "no comment."  Lying just makes the guy looks like a douche.

Also there's a difference between telling your boss you're interviewing and telling the gaping irritainment maw that is the (cough) "press."

After watching countless interviews since his Union gig began I think the last thing that I would call him would be douche.  He is perhaps the best thing that has happened to Union since they became D1.

[Trotsky]

It's a tough spot. Can't really advertise you're looking, lest you end up like Jeff Jagodzinski.

Then say "no comment."  Lying just makes the guy looks like a douche.

Also there's a difference between telling your boss you're interviewing and telling the gaping irritainment maw that is the (cough) "press."

After watching countless interviews since his Union gig began I think the last thing that I would call him would be douche.  He is perhaps the best thing that has happened to Union since they became D1.

(exasperated 2 fist-crunch and eye squint) ARGH!  Yes, the point is he does seem like a good guy, so there was no point for him to do the slide step.

Anyway, hopefully he'll stay, because the ECAC needs good coaches and nobody deserves exile in Providence.

[Robb]

Anyway, hopefully he'll stay, because the ECAC needs good coaches and nobody deserves exile in Providence.

Indeed.  Providence is lucky that a coach with as much promise as Leaman seems to have would even bother to show up for an interview.

[ugarte]

It's a tough spot. Can't really advertise you're looking, lest you end up like Jeff Jagodzinski.

Then say "no comment."  Lying just makes the guy looks like a douche.

Also there's a difference between telling your boss you're interviewing and telling the gaping irritainment maw that is the (cough) "press."

After watching countless interviews since his Union gig began I think the last thing that I would call him would be douche.  He is perhaps the best thing that has happened to Union since they became D1.

(exasperated 2 fist-crunch and eye squint) ARGH!  Yes, the point is he does seem like a good guy, so there was no point for him to do the slide step.

Anyway, hopefully he'll stay, because the ECAC needs good coaches and nobody deserves exile in Providence.

Stop being exasperated by the most predictable thing in the world. Coaches under contract deny that they are talking to other teams. They do not say "no comment" because that is the same as saying "Yep, I'm busted! And probably violating my current deal." It is a generally understood by the schools that coaches will not openly flout their interest in leaving so that the school gets to pretend that there is nothing to be worried about.

[Josh '99]

It's a tough spot. Can't really advertise you're looking, lest you end up like Jeff Jagodzinski.

Then say "no comment."  Lying just makes the guy looks like a douche.

Also there's a difference between telling your boss you're interviewing and telling the gaping irritainment maw that is the (cough) "press."

After watching countless interviews since his Union gig began I think the last thing that I would call him would be douche.  He is perhaps the best thing that has happened to Union since they became D1.

That can't have taken much, can it?

[RatushnyFan]

I guess Merrimack is the example of why talk to Providence ......... anything can happen.  I would have a hard time leaving Union for Providence