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[1972]

36 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Interesting if true. 

The source said the players were not happy about the decision.  Like many have said...BB is an absolute great guy, and bleeds Fighting Sioux green...but at the end of the day, results matter.

[RhettRingers]

1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:

If they wanted Jackson, they didn't need to open it up at all. They could have done what they did when Hakstol replaced Blais and when Berry replaced Hakstol.

That's why I'm not convinced they are picking Jackson.

Going through the motions

[tnt]

1 minute ago, 1972 said:

The source said the players were not happy about the decision.  Like many have said...BB is an absolute great guy, and bleeds Fighting Sioux green...but at the end of the day, results matter.

I thought that the divided locker room had people leaving because of Berry.

[1972]

Just now, tnt said:

I thought that the divided locker room had people leaving because of Berry.

At least according to one source, that was not the case....it may be the opposite, now

[nodakgirl93]

Found this on wiki for Blashill. 

"Blashill was later named head coach of Western Michigan University's Broncos team on April 6, 2010. In his first season as head coach, Blashill led Western Michigan to a top-four finish in the CCHA, the CCHA Championship game and the 2011 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament, the most successful season for the University in 15 years. After the season, he was named USCHO Coach of the Year, Inside College Hockey Coach of the Year and College Hockey News Coach of the Year."

 

[fightingsioux4life]

2 minutes ago, 1972 said:

At least according to one source, that was not the case....it may be the opposite, now

Does anyone really know anything?

I'll go back to what I said earlier:

Those who know aren't talking.

Those who are talking don't know.

Thursday, we'll all know.

[tnt]

All I know is that if it is Jackson, he better hit the ground running because he has been part of the structure, so the fanbase isn’t going to give him a grace period like they would someone new to the program, regardless of who they lose this offseason.

[Godsmack]

14 minutes ago, 1972 said:

The source said the players were not happy about the decision.  Like many have said...BB is an absolute great guy, and bleeds Fighting Sioux green...but at the end of the day, results matter.

I see what you did there 

[DL Sioux]

13 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:

Going through the motions

I would guess the Hak was the first choice which meant it had to be opened up. 

[gfhockey]

2 minutes ago, DL Sioux said:

I would guess the Hak was the first choice which meant it had to be opened up. 

I would hope chief knew if he was going to accept or not before firing Barry

[brianvf]

13 minutes ago, tnt said:

I thought that the divided locker room had people leaving because of Berry.

11 minutes ago, 1972 said:

At least according to one source, that was not the case....it may be the opposite, now

Man, the whole Fire Berry thread was people saying that the divided locker room was due to Berry, or how players were upset about how he handled the Jammer situation, or how players respected Dane more. 

Who knows at this point.
Hopefully this coaching decision is made soon and the team can start to move forward in a positive manner.  And hopefully we can retain enough important pieces from this years team.
We'll see.

[brianvf]

Just now, gfhockey said:

I would hope chief knew if he was going to accept or not before firing Barry

Yeah for sure.
That's not a decision you make just based on a "hope" of getting Hak.
You talk to Hak prior to the decision and find out.

[Blackheart]

26 minutes ago, 1972 said:

The source said the players were not happy about the decision.  Like many have said...BB is an absolute great guy, and bleeds Fighting Sioux green...but at the end of the day, results matter.

They should have played harder for him then?

[Cratter]

29 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

If they wanted Jackson, they didn't need to open it up at all. They could have done what they did when Hakstol replaced Blais and when Berry replaced Hakstol.

That's why I'm not convinced they are picking Jackson.

Well apparently they did it to get Hak.

So yeah it would make sense in that case.

Some people think they "had their guy" before it started.

But by all accounts that's simple not true.

Those who know are talking, you can choose not to believe it if you want.

[fightingsioux4life]

5 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Well apparently they did it to get Hak.

So yeah it would make sense in that case.

Some people think they "had their guy" before it started.

But by all accounts that's simple not true.

Those who know are talking, you can choose not to believe it if you want.

If Chaves just assumed Hakstol would be interested, then it's just another reason for Armacost to fire him.

[AJS]

Timeline. We know they opened it up nationally and that it closes tomorrow at 11:55 pm. Can interviews start before the job posting closes per University guidelines? Has anyone actually interviewed? Do you need three finalists? 
 

It’s not adding up to me how Jackson has this locked up. You’re telling me Chaves said thanks but no thanks to Blashill and his resume? I find it so hard to believe that this job wouldn’t be appealing to some very worthy candidates. Jackson and his resume is so far better than everyone else’s and he interviewed so well (at the minimum I hope he would have to explain how opposite he is of Berry) that he had this locked up as soon as Hak said no? Not buying it.

[Cratter]

34 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

If Chaves just assumed Hakstol would be interested, then it's just another reason for Armacost to fire him.

Firing an underperforming coach and not having an exact replacement lined up is not a "reason for firing an AD."

They did the same with football. 

Fired the coach and found a replacement afterwards.

Pretty common practice.

We don't know if he "assumed" Hakstol would be interested. He simply asked if he interested in the job once it was vacant.

It implies he wasn't ready to just automatically give it to Dane.

A smart move.

[gfhockey]

I think Jackson has waited long enough. It’s his time for his shot the more and more I think about it he is the safer play.

[fightingsioux4life]

Just now, Cratter said:

Firing an underperforming coach and not having an exact replacement lined up is not a "reason for firing an AD."

They did the same with football. 

Fired the coach and found a replacement afterwards.

Pretty common practice.

It is NOT "pretty common practice" to open the job up publicly to external applicants and then do a 180 and go internal.

That's called incompetence and lack of planning.

Chaves has run this department into the ground. Is that "pretty common practice" too?

Maybe he'll stumble into making a good hire, but I don't have much confidence in that.

[fightingsioux4life]

3 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

I think Jackson has waited long enough. It’s his time for his shot the more and more I think about it he is the safer play.

Just like Mallory was the "safer" pick for WBB when Brewster was fired?

[gfhockey]

1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Just like Mallory was the "safer" pick for WBB when Brewster was fired?

I would assume he learned what to do under Hak and what not to do under berry

[sioux24/7]

1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Just like Mallory was the "safer" pick for WBB when Brewster was fired?

No way people thought that. Easy being in-house, sure but not safer. 

[cberkas]

2 hours ago, 1972 said:

According to some rumblings in the grapevine...BB was totally blindsided, and did not think his termination was eminent 

After the ASU weekend I knew he was done at the end of the season. All the former coaches there in the suite definitely weren’t happy. 
 

[gfhockey]

Bring back Jack if we can’t have hak

[Cratter]

2 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

It is NOT "pretty common practice" to open the job up publicly to external applicants and then do a 180 and go internal.

That's called incompetence and lack of planning.

Chaves has run this department into the ground. Is that "pretty common practice" too?

Maybe he'll stumble into making a good hire, but I don't have much confidence in that.

People think Chaves ran the department into the ground because football and hockey sucked.

People he had no involvement in hiring. 

Tells me all I need to know about those people.

Yes it's not uncommon to open it up externally, not find anyone you feel is more qualified than a current assistant, and eventually hire an assistant coach.

Brad Schlossman just wrote about that exact same scenario in today's article! Ha