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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:44 am
by Defensive Zone
Sats81 wrote:nahc wrote:Is Ryan Kraft totally out of the picture for the South head coaching position?
Not sure. Have heard he is wanting the Bantam AA job at LN.
Heard today Ryan Kraft put his name in the hat for the Vice President of Development in LHA.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:32 pm
by Sats81
Defensive Zone wrote:Sats81 wrote:nahc wrote:Is Ryan Kraft totally out of the picture for the South head coaching position?
Not sure. Have heard he is wanting the Bantam AA job at LN.
Heard today Ryan Kraft put his name in the hat for the Vice President of Development in LHA.
Should never have left LN HS assistant position for the Magicians a few years ago. Grass is always greener though apparently.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:48 pm
by mulefarm
And hindsight is always 20/20?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:08 pm
by Wblhcky2424
Adam Welch has replaced his uncle at Hastings according to Hastings radio guy Nick Tuckner on Twitter
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:27 pm
by BP
UntouchableFlow wrote:BP wrote:Spring Lake Park added.....
Details on if it was a retire or a fire?
Sounds like the coach got a bad deal from school. Feel bad for him.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:56 pm
by Sats81
Wblhcky2424 wrote:Adam Welch has replaced his uncle at Hastings according to Hastings radio guy Nick Tuckner on Twitter
Oh wow. Sounds like a good hire. Hopefully he can get that program turned around back to where it was in the late 90s-early 2000s. Assuming problems they have there is a numbers issue?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:00 pm
by Sats81
Just saw something that John Rothstein has resigned from Grand Rapids too.
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:02 pm
by BP
Yes, Rothstein has stepped down. Cue the 7AA thread in 3, 2, 1.......
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:13 pm
by Sats81
BP wrote:Yes, Rothstein has stepped down. Cue the 7AA thread in 3, 2, 1.......
lol
Re: Coaching Openings 2015-16
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:09 pm
by Goalie41Dad
meat wrote:jg2112 wrote:BP wrote:And so it begins! Offical off-season. I did this last year and will do it again. I'll update the new coach when they are announced:
1) Hastings----
2) Mounds View----
3) Orono----Not sure if the coach came back? I think this is open as well.
What? Where is MV's coach going?
Running away! I've heard the parents are as bad as it gets @ MV... it's a shame.
Unfortunately it's likely a singular issue, one parent is really bad. He has been a challenge through out the entire youth program and now at HS level.
Re: Coaching Openings 2015-16
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:06 pm
by 1parent
How does a group of parents continue to do this over at MV? and it's not just hockey. I was told this past weekend that one of these parents that caused issues was then asked to be on the new hire committee. Who runs the program over there at MV? Get the parents off the selection committee, this is HS sports not youth. Getting harder and harder to support my Mustangs
Goalie41Dad wrote:meat wrote:jg2112 wrote:
What? Where is MV's coach going?
Running away! I've heard the parents are as bad as it gets @ MV... it's a shame.
Unfortunately it's likely a singular issue, one parent is really bad. He has been a challenge through out the entire youth program and now at HS level.
Re: Coaching Openings 2015-16
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:36 pm
by mulefarm
1parent wrote:How does a group of parents continue to do this over at MV? and it's not just hockey. I was told this past weekend that one of these parents that caused issues was then asked to be on the new hire committee. Who runs the program over there at MV? Get the parents off the selection committee, this is HS sports not youth. Getting harder and harder to support my Mustangs
Goalie41Dad wrote:meat wrote:
Running away! I've heard the parents are as bad as it gets @ MV... it's a shame.
Unfortunately it's likely a singular issue, one parent is really bad. He has been a challenge through out the entire youth program and now at HS level.
A few years ago they fired the baseball coach after they won the state tournament! Gotta believe they have administrators that have no balls!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:36 am
by Wet Paint
Parents are that way all over. You hear about them going as far as to be all over things like Cub Scouts and etc as well. Seems like the same parents who get some power at some point early on and just run wild with it as nobody stops them or slows them down. Those parents will keep on doing it by basically being a huge pain in the a$$/bully for as long as they are allowed to. To be fair though I can remember coming up (an I am in the eyes of my kids really really really old) there were parents who tried the same thing but they seemed to not get as far with it. I think that (in my humble opinion) that what is bandied about as the corruption levels in youth sports being so high is partly true (we all know people who get on the board or do business with board members so that their kids can get on the upper level teams) with the other part of it being basically the board caving to bully parents who are so nasty and persistent that it is just not worth the hassle of constantly having to deal with them.
Just my thoughts.
Re: Coaching Openings 2015-16
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:49 am
by The Exiled One
mulefarm wrote:A few years ago they fired the baseball coach after they won the state tournament! Gotta believe they have administrators that have no balls!
To be fair, they did go on to win State again without him. But, yes, that was
a crazy story.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:53 pm
by BP
Matt Funk named Head Coach at SPA. He was the interim coach in the sections. Will do a nice job.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:55 pm
by BP
Providence added to the list......
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:56 pm
by Sats81
BP wrote:Providence added to the list......
who was the coach there?
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:58 pm
by BP
Sats81 wrote:BP wrote:Providence added to the list......
who was the coach there?
Scott Brokaw
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:18 pm
by old goalie85
SPA sounds like a tough place to coach. What gives ??
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:20 pm
by BP
old goalie85 wrote:SPA sounds like a tough place to coach. What gives ??
Not at all.....
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:48 pm
by scoreandscoreoften
BP wrote:Providence added to the list......
Heard this is another case of parents.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:26 pm
by DrGaf
scoreandscoreoften wrote:BP wrote:Providence added to the list......
Heard this is another case of parents.
That and Brokaw is a tool.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:20 pm
by Wblhcky2424
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:51 pm
by Nuts&Bolts
Some birds chirping that Brad Stepan is stepping aside. Feeling no love from some parents and/or administration (ie: AD). Anybody closer hearing anything about this one?

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:16 pm
by Gotothenetman
Some birds chirping that Brad Stepan is stepping aside. Feeling no love from some parents and/or administration (ie: AD). Anybody closer hearing anything about this one?
Talked to one of the assistant coaches and this could not be any farther from the truth. They are looking forward to the continued move forward, and get along real well with the AD.