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Of course not.

That would be a tremendous hire. Therefore it seems unlikely.

He indicated that Raboin has no interest in the job - which I have confirmed through friends of his. He then said it’d be Dane.

I believe you Rhett, just based on the track record. Don’t let the rubes discourage you.

And no one called Raboin a chippah. You said he would be unable to recruit chippahs and responses followed. As a player he was not recruited and worked his balls off to start basically every game in 4 years and was named to two all WCHA teams.

Does Cullen have a bachelor's? Not an option if not. He jumped to the NHL after sophomore year at SCSU and played in the show forever.

I zeroed in on ECAC because you said it and I thought it was the most funny of the three but if you had left it with Big 10 and Hockey East I'd have made fun of that too considering the person in question is a proven associate head coach in the WCHA, NCHC, and Big 10.

And without looking it up name one associate head coach in the ECAC. Ten seconds. Don't cheat. (I got zero)

Nothing would get people more juiced than a proven associate head coach from the ECAC. UND can really bust that upstate New York pipeline wide open as everyone has been dreaming of when they hire Joe Smith from Colgate.

I think it's also worth noting because there is no reason anyone would know this, but I think for the first four or five of those years at SCSU Motzko was the head, obviously. Assistants were a brand new Raboin and Mike Gibbons who was there forever. This would lead one to assume that Raboin was the third man of the staff but that's not how it worked. Gibbons was a tremendous coach and recruiter - he's responsible for all those Nordic guys who scored on UND or kept UND from scoring. But he was happy with his role and Raboin was Motzko's right hand from the day he was hired.

The SCSU dream scenario is Sandy to UND. That creates the sliding doors of Larson to Duluth and Raboin to SCSU. And Berry to Augustana just for fun. Raboin will excite ZERO recruits so bring in Sandy.

You just described Dane Jackson. Good luck with that.

Rydell flight touched down 7 minutes ago - who is on the scene?

Allegiant flight to kiss the ring in Vegas.

No, no you wouldn’t. But you could imagine what it’d be like if you did.

Raboin would also have to want the job. It seems crazy that he wouldn’t if it was offered. But my understanding is he is exceedingly loyal. Wasn’t cool with whatever Motzko was doing to move to Minnesota while SCSU was the top team in the country and playing in the tournament but stayed with him another four years. Auggie and Morton brought him in, first head job, have done far better than anyone could have foreseen and have a new arena coming online. He’s got a nice set up as is. I don’t think he says no if offered but he won’t be losing sleep if he is not considered.

I agree with what’s been said above. I put it at 5 percent. I’d go 0 percent but that amount of certainty freaks me out. Not only would it take large balls given GR’s lack of connection to gfhockey and the gobc but Chaves and Pres Andy don’t live and breathe the hockey world like the posters on this board. Not a knock, actually probably good for all other aspects of their jobs. My guess is that the person hired is at least 50 years old.

With all the havoc no one remembers who your brought up 5 pages ago. But it was Smaby and CSC. It would be a nice story but that is never going to happen. I want to see Tupac in concert and the Wild to change their name to the North Stars. These all have the same chance of happening.

I doubt we could ever know that. Became the coach in April 2022 and they played their first season the next year. Private school. I bet it’s not prohibitive and no idea how long they locked him up for.

“Hello? Good morning Mr. Brind'Amour, this is Bill Chaves. Who? I’m the athletic director at the University of *click*”

It would be a short call.

You’re right and I didn’t want to go back and change my post after people had quoted it but I was incorrect on the 5 years/medical redshirt thing. My bad. He played a full four and then went to Europe. I had him confused with Drew LeBlanc for some reason. He played 38 of 40 games as a walk on freshman and not sure if he missed a game after. Assistant captain as a sophomore and captain as junior and senior. His time and my time at SCSU overlapped identically so I saw every home game he ever played.

It appears to me that Berry has/is handling this like a total pro even though he definitely was not ready to leave. If and when he wants another job in college or the pros I have no doubt he will succeed.

Only if they divorce.

I won’t go back and edit but I should have mentioned - he’s young and will totally adapt to the NIL and portal stuff. I’m guessing some of the older/experienced guys will struggle with that. Including Hak.