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Re: Princeton 2011 offseason
I would say it's foolish to put State Pen in the same sentence academically as Wisconsin and Michigan, let alone Princeton.
The only one I can think of, and he is pretty obvious, is RPI's Seth Appert. Now, I am willing to bet RPI takes care of him a bit better than Union took care of Nate Leaman. RPI probably also has a bit more potential as far as what the program can achieve with a good coach. The argument could be made that Leaman had pretty much done all he could possibly do at Union, which Appert certainly has further to go. But he played in the CCHA and coached national championship teams at Denver in the WCHA. Sorry, but the lovely environs of Troy, NY are not enough to keep anyone around forever if the right jobs open up.
All 5 other Ivy coaches are alums and the only one that I think might ever leave for a better college job is Brendan Whittet of Brown, but not for some time and not until Brown has achieved at least what Yale has now. He is a young guy and like Leaman, needs to think about supporting a young family.
Yale's Keith Allain might leave, but he would never coach anywhere else in college. I could see him jumping to the pros, but he probably wants a national championship of at least a couple FFs before that happens. He is old enough that it is more about pride than money at this point.
Schafer and Gaudet are firmly entrenched in the one job they have always wanted and are there until they retire. Donato is at Harvard until he gets let go or turns it around, whatever happens first. If he succeeded at Harvard, he might have been a candidate for a bigger college or pro job, but at this point he is just trying to keep his head above water.
As for the non-Ivys, SLU's Joe Marsh and Colgate's Don Vaughn are doubtful to leave for anywhere else. Marsh will be at SLU until he retires, which could be sooner than later. If that happens, I guess Vaughn could be a candidate at SLU as he is an alum and it is a more desirable job in my opinion.
Rand Pecknold has achieved a lot at Quinnipiac, but not enough to make a school from a bigger conference really want him. He needs to win a championship first. But QU loves him and they are committed to hockey, so he's got a good thing going.
It's probably too early to talk about Bennett or whoever replaces Roll, but I see both as potential jumpers if they achieve success.
As far as early candidates for the Princeton opening, I don't know much about any PU alums with coaching experience and while I assume at least a few present D1 head coaches will be interested, I can't think of any off the top of my head. Gadowsky came out of nowhere when he was hired away from Alaska after all. But as far as assistants that jump out as potential candidates, there are 3 right from the Ivies: Cornell Associate Head Coach Casey Jones, Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Dave Peters, and Yale Associate Head Coach Kyle Wallack.
These guys are all the #2's and top recruiters at the three most recently successful Ivy (and ECAC, for that matter) programs. Jones will be a candidate for the Clarkson opening as well and I could understand why he might prefer that job. Peters has been a candidate for every opening since god knows when and was the runner up when Gadowsky got the job at PU as well as when Allain got the job at Yale. He would have been a top candidate for the job at Brown 2 years ago but did not apply out of respect to Brown alum and then-fellow DC assistant Whittet. Wallack, the least obvious of the three names, has helped Keith Allain build Yale into a national powerhouse. His former boss at Holy Cross, Paul Pearl, is often named as a candidate for open jobs including at Yale when Taylor was let go, but I think Wallack is the real reason HC was so successful while he was there.
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All 5 other Ivy coaches are alums and the only one that I think might ever leave for a better college job is Brendan Whittet of Brown, but not for some time and not until Brown has achieved at least what Yale has now. He is a young guy and like Leaman, needs to think about supporting a young family.
Yale's Keith Allain might leave, but he would never coach anywhere else in college. I could see him jumping to the pros, but he probably wants a national championship of at least a couple FFs before that happens. He is old enough that it is more about pride than money at this point.
Schafer and Gaudet are firmly entrenched in the one job they have always wanted and are there until they retire. Donato is at Harvard until he gets let go or turns it around, whatever happens first. If he succeeded at Harvard, he might have been a candidate for a bigger college or pro job, but at this point he is just trying to keep his head above water.
As for the non-Ivys, SLU's Joe Marsh and Colgate's Don Vaughn are doubtful to leave for anywhere else. Marsh will be at SLU until he retires, which could be sooner than later. If that happens, I guess Vaughn could be a candidate at SLU as he is an alum and it is a more desirable job in my opinion.
Rand Pecknold has achieved a lot at Quinnipiac, but not enough to make a school from a bigger conference really want him. He needs to win a championship first. But QU loves him and they are committed to hockey, so he's got a good thing going.
It's probably too early to talk about Bennett or whoever replaces Roll, but I see both as potential jumpers if they achieve success.
As far as early candidates for the Princeton opening, I don't know much about any PU alums with coaching experience and while I assume at least a few present D1 head coaches will be interested, I can't think of any off the top of my head. Gadowsky came out of nowhere when he was hired away from Alaska after all. But as far as assistants that jump out as potential candidates, there are 3 right from the Ivies: Cornell Associate Head Coach Casey Jones, Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Dave Peters, and Yale Associate Head Coach Kyle Wallack.
These guys are all the #2's and top recruiters at the three most recently successful Ivy (and ECAC, for that matter) programs. Jones will be a candidate for the Clarkson opening as well and I could understand why he might prefer that job. Peters has been a candidate for every opening since god knows when and was the runner up when Gadowsky got the job at PU as well as when Allain got the job at Yale. He would have been a top candidate for the job at Brown 2 years ago but did not apply out of respect to Brown alum and then-fellow DC assistant Whittet. Wallack, the least obvious of the three names, has helped Keith Allain build Yale into a national powerhouse. His former boss at Holy Cross, Paul Pearl, is often named as a candidate for open jobs including at Yale when Taylor was let go, but I think Wallack is the real reason HC was so successful while he was there.
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