RPI Off-Season 2013 Part I: We Will Get Our Title Next Season

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 13 April 2013. There are 175 days (25 weeks) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2013 for the start of next season.

[FreshFish]

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Thanks, Papa Baer.

[DrDemento]

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Offseason Injury Update:
-Tinordi had knee surgery on his MCL this week (Tuesday or Wednesday) and is in a full leg stabilizer with crutches. His return is unknown until it is determined if the surgery worked or not
-Higgs has a minor injury, still able to participate in most activities like lift, but still being monitored
-Rogic is being monitored very closely during his lift. It is likely his lower back
-Miller has been in the training room for his shoulder for the last couple of weeks
-Schroeder has almost fully recovered

Those are the notable injuries with Tinordi having the most severe and Rogic having another concerning one. Lots of other players just have the normal after practice and lift woes. This is information from another RPI athlete.

Thanks for the update. If indeed the MCL was the only problem for Tinordi, the recovery should be rapid and uneventful. Usually relatively easy and quick to see the results for the medial side of the knee-as long it is just the MCL. If there is involvement of the meniscus or ancillary injury to the posterior cruciate (the so called Terrible Triad) then all bets are off. Thankfully this does not sound like an ACL issue. Keeping fingers crossed as I figure him to be a major contributor on a very good team next year.

[jmhusker]

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Is there anyone named White who would be available to be the co-coach?

Well.. Tim Whitehead just got the sack at Maine. That's close.

[Red Cloud]

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Contract extension for Appert - signed to RPI through 2021.

http://rpiathletics.com/news/2013/4/...413135122.aspx

Carry on.

[Ralph Baer]

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Contract extension for Appert - signed to RPI through 2021.

http://rpiathletics.com/news/2013/4/...413135122.aspx

Carry on.

The email just greeted me as I got home.

[DrDemento]

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Contract extension for Appert - signed to RPI through 2021.

http://rpiathletics.com/news/2013/4/...413135122.aspx

Carry on.

Should we begin our search for 2022 now?

[FlagDUDE08]

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Contract extension for Appert - signed to RPI through 2021.

http://rpiathletics.com/news/2013/4/...413135122.aspx

Carry on.

Decent counter-offer. Not seeing it as safety, though, since the same was done by Leaman.

[Ralph Baer]

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Decent counter-offer. Not seeing it as safety, though, since the same was done by Leaman.

Conceivably that is correct, but if he still leaves, he was lying through his teeth:

“I am thrilled to be at RPI, where we continue to build our program the right way,” Appert said. “I am humbled by the support and belief that Dr. Jackson, Dr. Sams and Jim Knowlton, as well as the alumni and fans, have shown. I am proud of our young men and look forward to leading them in pursuit of championships at RPI."

I prefer to believe that he means it.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Conceivably that is correct, but if he still leaves, he was lying through his teeth:

“I am thrilled to be at RPI, where we continue to build our program the right way,” Appert said. “I am humbled by the support and belief that Dr. Jackson, Dr. Sams and Jim Knowlton, as well as the alumni and fans, have shown. I am proud of our young men and look forward to leading them in pursuit of championships at RPI."

I prefer to believe that he means it.

I prefer to do so, too. He is a great guy, and I would be absolutely thrilled to see him continue here. As much as Fridge was entertaining (at least from 33), Appert's style has brought a renewed excitement to RPI hockey, and makes me happy to support it.

[Red Cloud]

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Should we begin our search for 2022 now?

Why wait for 2022? What if he leaves in the next hour?

[4four4]

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Should we begin our search for 2022 now?

Nope, but you should if the Minnesota job opens up.

[Red Cloud]

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Conceivably that is correct, but if he still leaves, he was lying through his teeth:

“I am thrilled to be at RPI, where we continue to build our program the right way,” Appert said. “I am humbled by the support and belief that Dr. Jackson, Dr. Sams and Jim Knowlton, as well as the alumni and fans, have shown. I am proud of our young men and look forward to leading them in pursuit of championships at RPI."

I prefer to believe that he means it.

"I'm excited as heck," Appert said about stay with the Engineers. "I appreciate the support (the school has) shown me through my career, in hard times in the early years and now as we've been contending."

RPI, coming off a second-place finish in the ECAC, is returning a team that should be able to contend for a title. That, plus the excitement surrounding the league's impending national champion team, makes staying with RPI attractive.

"It shows you can win anywhere," Appert said. "I believe that, I believed it when I got here. But now we have two teams playing for a national championship, and we finished in second place in that league. The way college hockey has shifted, you see our league's commitment to playing for championships."

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/new...rpi;_signs.php

[Ralph Baer]

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Nope, but you should if the Minnesota job opens up.

We will get anxiety when any higher profile job opens.

[Ralph Baer]

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"I'm excited as heck," Appert said about stay with the Engineers. "I appreciate the support (the school has) shown me through my career, in hard times in the early years and now as we've been contending."

RPI, coming off a second-place finish in the ECAC, is returning a team that should be able to contend for a title. That, plus the excitement surrounding the league's impending national champion team, makes staying with RPI attractive.

"It shows you can win anywhere," Appert said. "I believe that, I believed it when I got here. But now we have two teams playing for a national championship, and we finished in second place in that league. The way college hockey has shifted, you see our league's commitment to playing for championships."

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/new...rpi;_signs.php

Did he really say "heck"?