Opponent News 18-19

[Trotsky]

BU will presumably be an opponent in 2019-20.  They have already lost 4 guys to early departure NHL signings since their season ended (Oettinger, Farabee, Krys, Fabro), one of them a freshman.

[Trotsky]

Mark Morris has now been fired from both North Country schools.

[Iceberg]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

[Al DeFlorio]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

One has to wonder why they ever hired Morris.

[Scersk '97]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

One hopes not Blasi.

[Trotsky]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

Have to think Flanagan is a contender.  If Mike lasts long enough he can colonize the entire NY contingent in the conference.

[TimV]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

Brent Brekke?

[RichH]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

Brent Brekke?

He is well known now to the region. My blind-guess is that Brekke seems very comfortable in the role he's been in for 15 years.

I like the name floated by Mike McMahon of CHN: Kris Mayotte. Currently Associate Head Coach with Leaman at Providence, he played at Union (under Leaman), and spent a few years as Assistant Coach at SLU (with a volunteer goalie coach stint at Cornell). Young enough to connect with a young team starting out pretty much from rock bottom, and knows the league well. Not a bad match.

[pfibiger]

One has to wonder whom SLU hires next after the obvious failure with Morris

Brent Brekke?

He is well known now to the region. My blind-guess is that Brekke seems very comfortable in the role he's been in for 15 years.

I like the name floated by Mike McMahon of CHN: Kris Mayotte. Currently Associate Head Coach with Leaman at Providence, he played at Union (under Leaman), and spent a few years as Assistant Coach at SLU (with a volunteer goalie coach stint at Cornell). Young enough to connect with a young team starting out pretty much from rock bottom, and knows the league well. Not a bad match.

Flanagan, Mayotte, and Brekke all seem like likely applicants. Brekke has thrown his hat into the ring for a number of head coaching vacancies (he was selected, I believe, at one of the Alaska schools then backed out) — I'd be surprised if he doesn't apply.

Would Ben Syer apply? I'd take a hard look at him if I were running that search.

[scoop85]

UMD just scored a beautiful goal on a 3 on 1 to take a 2-0 lead on QU with 5 minutes left. Probably all she wrote

[Trotsky]

Clarkson has lost Nico Sturm (Jr, F, Minnesota) and Jake Kielly (Jr, G, Vancouver) to early departure.

[Trotsky]

Would Ben Syer apply? I'd take a hard look at him if I were running that search.

If he aims for a head coaching gig that seems like an ideal job.  In the conference so he's already quite familiar, and he comes on the heels of a legendary coach failing to fix a shitshow which suggests there is NOTHING but upside.  Plus while small SLU is a prestige gig with ahem "total commitment to the program" by the university (translation: if you have your eye on a functionally illiterate blue chip prospect they'll figure it out somehow).

He seems like the heir apparent here but Mike will likely only leave Lynah feet first, so, again, if that's what he's looking for...

The other possibility is he's waiting for Pecknold to be discovered in a Mozambique brothel with three dead hookers and a suitcase full of bootleg Fresh Prince of Bel-Air DVDs.

[Jim Hyla]

Would Ben Syer apply? I'd take a hard look at him if I were running that search.

If he aims for a head coaching gig that seems like an ideal job.  In the conference so he's already quite familiar, and he comes on the heels of a legendary coach failing to fix a shitshow which suggests there is NOTHING but upside.  Plus while small SLU is a prestige gig with ahem "total commitment to the program" by the university (translation: if you have your eye on a functionally illiterate blue chip prospect they'll figure it out somehow).

He seems like the heir apparent here but Mike will likely only leave Lynah feet first, so, again, if that's what he's looking for...

The other possibility is he's waiting for Pecknold to be discovered in a Mozambique brothel with three dead hookers and a suitcase full of bootleg Fresh Prince of Bel-Air DVDs.

It's not that he failed to fix it, he took it to the dumps. The 2 years before he came SLU made LP. Remember Carvel?

[nshapiro]

Would Ben Syer apply? I'd take a hard look at him if I were running that search.

If he aims for a head coaching gig that seems like an ideal job.  In the conference so he's already quite familiar, and he comes on the heels of a legendary coach failing to fix a shitshow which suggests there is NOTHING but upside.  Plus while small SLU is a prestige gig with ahem "total commitment to the program" by the university (translation: if you have your eye on a functionally illiterate blue chip prospect they'll figure it out somehow).

He seems like the heir apparent here but Mike will likely only leave Lynah feet first, so, again, if that's what he's looking for...

The other possibility is he's waiting for Pecknold to be discovered in a Mozambique brothel with three dead hookers and a suitcase full of bootleg Fresh Prince of Bel-Air DVDs.

It's not that he failed to fix it, he took it to the dumps. The 2 years before he came SLU made LP. Remember Carvel?

I didn't get the impression that Mike is a lifer.  He seems more beaten down every year

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Would Ben Syer apply? I'd take a hard look at him if I were running that search.

If he aims for a head coaching gig that seems like an ideal job.  In the conference so he's already quite familiar, and he comes on the heels of a legendary coach failing to fix a shitshow which suggests there is NOTHING but upside.  Plus while small SLU is a prestige gig with ahem "total commitment to the program" by the university (translation: if you have your eye on a functionally illiterate blue chip prospect they'll figure it out somehow).

He seems like the heir apparent here but Mike will likely only leave Lynah feet first, so, again, if that's what he's looking for...

The other possibility is he's waiting for Pecknold to be discovered in a Mozambique brothel with three dead hookers and a suitcase full of bootleg Fresh Prince of Bel-Air DVDs.

It's not that he failed to fix it, he took it to the dumps. The 2 years before he came SLU made LP. Remember Carvel?

I didn't get the impression that Mike is a lifer.  He seems more beaten down every year

Somebody mentioned to me yesterday that Schafer looked really beat down yesterday AM.

As to Pecknold being discovered with bootleg DVDs, have you ever been to Africa?  Bootleg anything is the entire economy in some places!