Coaching Changes - 2017-18

bardown27 · Post by **bardown27** » Thu May 04, 2017 3:18 pm

Cole Leitch has accepted the head coaching position at Tartan per Tartan AD's twitter.

hockeyczar · Post by **hockeyczar** » Thu May 04, 2017 4:57 pm

Wow! Seems to be a lot more jobs opened up this year compared to last year.

Appears to be a lot of good head coaching jobs still available. I heard rumblings there might have been some coaching issues at Chanhassen.

Anyone have an idea who the top candidates are to take over at Hermantown?

BP · Post by BP » Thu May 11, 2017 7:33 pm

Cloquet added to the list

Schotzy · Post by **Schotzy** » Fri May 12, 2017 10:52 am

BP wrote:Cloquet added to the list

Cloquet is not official at this point......

Wet Paint · Post by **Wet Paint** » Fri May 12, 2017 12:01 pm

Schotzy wrote:
BP wrote:Cloquet added to the list
Cloquet is not official at this point......

Just announced in the paper.

He resigned.

Schotzy · Post by **Schotzy** » Fri May 12, 2017 1:04 pm

Wet Paint wrote:
Schotzy wrote:
BP wrote:Cloquet added to the list
Cloquet is not official at this point......
Just announced in the paper.

He resigned.

Yup. Just saw that too. Makes one wonder what is going on in Cloquet.

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Fri May 12, 2017 4:00 pm

Irondale hires former Apple Valley head coach Jerry Hayes.

BP · Post by BP » Sun May 14, 2017 7:35 am

Jerry Hayes named head coach at Irondale.

kniven · Post by **kniven** » Sun May 14, 2017 5:06 pm

hockeyczar wrote:Wow! Seems to be a lot more jobs opened up this year compared to last year.

Appears to be a lot of good head coaching jobs still available. I heard rumblings there might have been some coaching issues at Chanhassen.

Anyone have an idea who the top candidates are to take over at Hermantown?

Eagerly anticipating the announcement of the new coach in Hermantown

Nuts&Bolts · Post by **Nuts&Bolts** » Mon May 15, 2017 8:32 am

Kniven, am I reading something between the lines with your post? Might you become a Hawks fan of sorts and could this be the move to get Hermantown to play big boy hockey? Would be awesome to see Esse stay in 7AA.

Jeffy95 · Post by **Jeffy95** » Mon May 15, 2017 9:54 am

Nuts&Bolts wrote:Kniven, am I reading something between the lines with your post? Might you become a Hawks fan of sorts and could this be the move to get Hermantown to play big boy hockey? Would be awesome to see Esse stay in 7AA.

It would be a shock if Pat Andrews isn't the new coach in Hermantown. Not sure what's taking so long.

Zero chance that Esse coaches at Hermantown. Their mindset is the exact opposite of his. They will not be playing big boy hockey any time soon.

kniven · Post by **kniven** » Mon May 15, 2017 1:27 pm

Here is the video I took of pre-game and team benches of the Cloquet/Hermantown game in Cloquet this year. Crazy. Never would have thought it was the last time these two great coaches would meet......and both not even coaching their respective teams.

https://youtu.be/baMXEagAqvA

Post by **karl(east)** » Mon May 15, 2017 10:39 pm

Jeffy95 wrote:
Nuts&Bolts wrote:Kniven, am I reading something between the lines with your post? Might you become a Hawks fan of sorts and could this be the move to get Hermantown to play big boy hockey? Would be awesome to see Esse stay in 7AA.
It would be a shock if Pat Andrews isn't the new coach in Hermantown. Not sure what's taking so long.

Zero chance that Esse coaches at Hermantown. Their mindset is the exact opposite of his. They will not be playing big boy hockey any time soon.

I believe the Hermantown position closed before Esse resigned. If not, it could've been interesting...but, yes, I doubt Esse would've taken that job without certain assurances.

BP · Post by BP » Tue May 16, 2017 12:56 pm

karl(east) wrote:
Jeffy95 wrote:
Nuts&Bolts wrote:Kniven, am I reading something between the lines with your post? Might you become a Hawks fan of sorts and could this be the move to get Hermantown to play big boy hockey? Would be awesome to see Esse stay in 7AA.
It would be a shock if Pat Andrews isn't the new coach in Hermantown. Not sure what's taking so long.

Zero chance that Esse coaches at Hermantown. Their mindset is the exact opposite of his. They will not be playing big boy hockey any time soon.
I believe the Hermantown position closed before Esse resigned. If not, it could've been interesting...but, yes, I doubt Esse would've taken that job without certain assurances.

Rumor is a big stud is transferring into Hermantown next year as a 9th grader? Hawkey - any rumor to that?

kniven · Post by **kniven** » Tue May 16, 2017 12:59 pm

BP wrote:
karl(east) wrote:
Jeffy95 wrote: It would be a shock if Pat Andrews isn't the new coach in Hermantown. Not sure what's taking so long.

Zero chance that Esse coaches at Hermantown. Their mindset is the exact opposite of his. They will not be playing big boy hockey any time soon.
I believe the Hermantown position closed before Esse resigned. If not, it could've been interesting...but, yes, I doubt Esse would've taken that job without certain assurances.
Rumor is a big stud is transferring into Hermantown next year as a 9th grader? Hawkey - any rumor to that?

From Cloquet?

BP · Post by BP » Tue May 16, 2017 1:43 pm

kniven wrote:
BP wrote:
karl(east) wrote: I believe the Hermantown position closed before Esse resigned. If not, it could've been interesting...but, yes, I doubt Esse would've taken that job without certain assurances.
Rumor is a big stud is transferring into Hermantown next year as a 9th grader? Hawkey - any rumor to that?
From Cloquet?

No. But I'm stirring the pot of never having kids come to them at the HS level.

Rocketwrister · Post by **Rocketwrister** » Tue May 16, 2017 6:01 pm

Per Louis st George Twitter, Pat Andrews new Hermantown coach

greenwayraider · Post by **greenwayraider** » Tue May 16, 2017 8:08 pm

Also reported by the local TV stations.

SpOilerfan · Post by **SpOilerfan** » Wed May 17, 2017 2:16 pm

BP wrote:Cloquet added to the list

who are the candidates??

GoldenBear69 · Post by **GoldenBear69** » Wed May 17, 2017 8:59 pm

Bemidji - http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/lu ... head-coach

Post by **east hockey** » Wed May 17, 2017 10:59 pm

GoldenBear69 wrote:Bemidji - http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/lu ... head-coach

I thought that name looked familiar. He went to state with John Marshall in the late 80's?

Lee

GoldenBear69 · Post by **GoldenBear69** » Thu May 18, 2017 8:37 pm

'88 & '89

goldy313 · Post by **goldy313** » Thu May 18, 2017 10:33 pm

His brother Scott was on the JM state tournament teams in '78 and '79. Both Monsrud's were on teams that lost state title games in overtime, I can't imagine that has happend often.

Scott was also a Bemidji State player and coach, unfortunately Scott passed away from skin cancer in 2009.

kniven · Post by **kniven** » Fri May 19, 2017 6:53 pm

SpOilerfan wrote:
BP wrote:Cloquet added to the list
who are the candidates??

I'm curious who will replace Esse. I guess I would think Brian Durand and Langenbrunner. Those 2 did a fine job with the boys as peewees and Bantams.

kniven · Post by **kniven** » Fri May 19, 2017 7:01 pm

SpOilerfan wrote:
BP wrote:Cloquet added to the list
who are the candidates??

I'm curious who will replace Esse. I guess I would think Brian Durand and Langenbrunner. Those 2 did a fine job with the boys as peewees and Bantams.