Dan Fridgen has resigned from RPI

billhoward · March 23, 2006, 02:15:12 PM

[quote dford'94]Third and Fourth lines win championships.[/quote]Which sounds more upbeat than, "Without solid third and fourth lines, you're unlikely to win the championships your first two lines make possible."

Maybe exception proves rule and this is two generations ago, but didn't Ned Harkness win the 1954 title at RPI with, what, 12 skaters? That's two front and back lines and two spares.

One last iteration: Cornell is the kind of team that needs four lines to win a championship because we don't have, haven't had in a long time, a mind-blowing first line. We've had several All-America first team forwards, but how many times have we had a serious-contender Hobey Baker finalist forward?

Josh '99 · March 23, 2006, 02:17:48 PM

[quote billhoward]We've had several All-America first team forwards, but how many times have we had a serious-contender Hobey Baker finalist forward?[/quote]Well, there was Nieuwendyk, and, uhh... ::uhoh::

billhoward · March 23, 2006, 03:14:59 PM

[quote jmh30][quote billhoward]We've had several All-America first team forwards, but how many times have we had a serious-contender Hobey Baker finalist forward?[/quote]Well, there was Nieuwendyk, and, uhh... ::uhoh::[/quote]
... Lance Nethery and, um ... we're back before the HB awards era.

KeithK · March 23, 2006, 04:24:56 PM

I don't know how they stacked up to their competition for awards, but the Derraugh-Andison-Hughes line racked up some pretty impressive numbers in 1991 (166 points total).

Josh '99 · March 23, 2006, 04:53:30 PM

[quote KeithK]I don't know how they stacked up to their competition for awards, but the Derraugh-Andison-Hughes line racked up some pretty impressive numbers in 1991 (166 points total).[/quote]David Emma (BC) won the Hobey that year with 81 points.

marty · March 23, 2006, 05:01:12 PM

[quote dford'94]I think Fridgen deep down wanted the Colgate job....Third and Fourth lines win championships.[/quote]

And so does coaching. A coach whose teams look worse a season's end and whose players don't develop over their four years on the team is the definition of mediocre. This year they started to gel as a team and my conclusion after 12 years of watching - one of the assistant coaches must be making an impact.

(A la 2004 when unpaid assistant George Morrison helped them with their power play.)

Fridgen would make a hell of an assistant/recruiter. Good luck to him.

Chris 02 · March 28, 2006, 04:42:41 PM

And now Taylor of Yale is gone too!

DeltaOne81 · March 28, 2006, 05:23:24 PM

[quote Chris 02]And now Taylor of Yale is gone too![/quote]

Wow, and USCHO doesn't make it sound like he stepped down, the phrase is "was removed from [coach] and will be offered reassignment".

http://www.uscho.com/news/id,12513/TaylorOutAtYale.html

nyc94 · March 28, 2006, 06:05:31 PM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Chris 02]And now Taylor of Yale is gone too![/quote]

Wow, and USCHO doesn't make it sound like he stepped down, the phrase is "was removed from [coach] and will be offered reassignment".

http://www.uscho.com/news/id,12513/TaylorOutAtYale.html[/quote]

USCHO needs to change their cover story and photo. :`(

redhair34 · March 28, 2006, 07:21:36 PM

[quote nyc94]
USCHO needs to change their cover story and photo. :`([/quote]

Yup. The same thing happened last year about this time...I could never stay on the main page very long.

Josh '99 · March 28, 2006, 11:01:12 PM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Chris 02]And now Taylor of Yale is gone too![/quote]

Wow, and USCHO doesn't make it sound like he stepped down, the phrase is "was removed from [coach] and will be offered reassignment".

http://www.uscho.com/news/id,12513/TaylorOutAtYale.html[/quote]That's pretty crazy. I always thought Taylor's arrangement was like "coach-for-life." ::screwy::

DeltaOne81 · March 28, 2006, 11:08:00 PM

[quote jmh30][quote DeltaOne81]
Wow, and USCHO doesn't make it sound like he stepped down, the phrase is "was removed from [coach] and will be offered reassignment".

http://www.uscho.com/news/id,12513/TaylorOutAtYale.html[/quote]That's pretty crazy. I always thought Taylor's arrangement was like "coach-for-life." ::screwy::[/quote]

Perhaps he died years ago and they just noticed :-}

(Sorry, couldn't help myself ::nut:: )

Rosey · March 28, 2006, 11:10:53 PM

[quote jmh30]That's pretty crazy. I always thought Taylor's arrangement was like "coach-for-life." ::screwy::[/quote]
Personally, I'm thrilled that yet another ECAC school is showing the beginnings of some commitment to upgrading its program. A stronger ECAC means less bitching from me, which I'm sure was at the top of their list of reasons for giving Taylor the axe.

Kyle