Re: RPI 2017 Off-Season (Part II): Mr. Smith Goes to Troy
Unless you were inside the search process you have no idea if a USHL coach applied for this position. Even if they had, would they have measured up to Ben Barr for you? That is clearly who you are stuck on here. Let's be honest about that, he was your choice. You also have no idea that there were ... as you put it "ZERO HOCKEY PEOPLE IN THIS DECISION". Again, without being on the inside you do not know who Lee's inner circle of advisors were on this choice. You're assuming there were no Alumni involved. You don't know that for a fact. All you know are the vocal ones that were quoted in the paper that didn't participate.
Dave Smith had a losing record at Canisius that is a distinct fact that we all can agree on. What his record will be like at RPI no one knows at this point in time. Give him the benefit of the doubt. He deserves that much. MSU just hired Danton Cole as their newest coach. His coaching record at Alabama was .309 and his teams records in the USHL were under .500 for the 7 seasons he coached the NTDP, and that is with some of the best young hockey players in the world. But MSU wanted him and are we to believe its just because he was an Alum? There last Alum hire was a disaster. No they hired him because of his experience as a head coach and not as a recruiter because he has very little experience in that world.
From players I know on the team, they are already impressed with what they have seen from Coach Smith in just a few short days that he has been with them. He's already been around more off season workouts then the previous HC.
Originally posted by AspyDad
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Dave Smith had a losing record at Canisius that is a distinct fact that we all can agree on. What his record will be like at RPI no one knows at this point in time. Give him the benefit of the doubt. He deserves that much. MSU just hired Danton Cole as their newest coach. His coaching record at Alabama was .309 and his teams records in the USHL were under .500 for the 7 seasons he coached the NTDP, and that is with some of the best young hockey players in the world. But MSU wanted him and are we to believe its just because he was an Alum? There last Alum hire was a disaster. No they hired him because of his experience as a head coach and not as a recruiter because he has very little experience in that world.
From players I know on the team, they are already impressed with what they have seen from Coach Smith in just a few short days that he has been with them. He's already been around more off season workouts then the previous HC.
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