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Does anybody know who has applied for the Edina Girls Head Coach job, and if anyone has been hired yet?

NotfromMN wrote:Does anybody know who has applied for the Edina Girls Head Coach job, and if anyone has been hired yet?

Applications were being accepted through Friday (yesterday). Interviews will start next week. I've heard many rumored names mentioned but I'm not sure who applied. The applicant pool should be substantial.

I hear some well-know HS coaches have applied for the job along with some parents of girls in the program.....It will be interesting to see which direction they go....

Anyone know their hiring process? Is it by a committee with the AD at the head of it OR just the AD OR AD with other coaches? Just curious, if anyone is in the know on their process.

Central wrote:Anyone know their hiring process? Is it by a committee with the AD at the head of it OR just the AD OR AD with other coaches? Just curious, if anyone is in the know on their process.

It is my understanding that it is a committee with the AD at the head.

Looks like they got some high profile names to apply, and must have had some people targeted before the search began, as they have called in some people who didn't apply to discuss the position. Looks like they aren't wasting much time and talking to people early this week.

Who are some of the names being mentioned for this position? Have they finished the interviews?

They finished interviewing the applicants yesterday. Apparently the Edina captains and Edina boys coach, Curt Giles, sat in on the interviews to help the athletic director with the decision.

Rumor is that it is down to 3 final candidates and the decision will be made this week, maybe as early as Wednesday.

any idea who the three might be? just interested, any players parents still being considered?

hockey21 wrote:any idea who the three might be? just interested, any players parents still being considered?

I would only be guessing. I do know that there were a couple of parents in the eight that interviewed last week but I don't know if either one was asked back for a second interview.

Edina is interviewing as I type this....no parents in the final three but 3 coaches that would do a heck of a job.

Not totally related to this exact thread. But, if you had to name one (and only one) quality that a coach must possess to be successful as a girl's hockey coach, what would it be?

rinkrat90 wrote:Not totally related to this exact thread. But, if you had to name one (and only one) quality that a coach must possess to be successful as a girl's hockey coach, what would it be?

That's an excellent question. I don't know if I could name only one quality. A successful coach for any gender must have lots of qualities (and some talent to work with). I guess overall, in my opinion, girls are more literal than boys. They listen better than boys but be careful what you tell them because they generally follow directions (sometimes to a fault) even if it is sometimes right to bend the rules. I guess if I had to choose only one quality I would choose the ability to communicate and teach. I think a good coach (for boys or girls) must be a good teacher and together with the teaching quality be a good psychologist to know when to push and when to back off (essentially guaging the demeanor of his or her team and pushing the right buttons to get the best performance).

Communication is the key to any successful coach but I think it is more important with girls because they seem to take a coaches words more seriously. With our Sons, if their told that something isn't good enough he shrugs his shoulders and moves on, with our daughters, if their told something their doing isn't good enough they think your talking about their whole life. So if you have a coach that's a bad communicator or who isn't very knowledgeable in what he's coaching it affects the girls in much different ways than it does a boy.

I agree with OnTheEdge and finance_gal on what it takes to be a successful girls high school hockey coach, in general. Communication, teaching the game, pushing the right buttons are all critical if you're going to get the most of your team.

The situation at Edina is unique from the standpoint that they have so much depth to work with. This will make it very difficult for the incoming coach in that there will be probably a half-dozen or more girls who could easily make most other varsity teams. This will put added pressure on the coach, because the parents of the girls who unfortunately don't make varsity will know this and inevitably be very disappointed. And for those that do make varsity, especially as 3rd/4th liners, playing time will become an issue, and no doubt lots of lobbying/complaining will be directed at the coach from both camps. Expectations will be set very high, as probably they should be given the overall talent level and depth that he/she will have to work with.

All in all it's a great opportunity for whoever they select, but the ability to communicate and keep things postitive will be especially important in Edina's situation.

MNHockeyFan wrote:I agree with OnTheEdge and finance_gal on what it takes to be a successful girls high school hockey coach, in general. Communication, teaching the game, pushing the right buttons are all critical if you're going to get the most of your team.

The situation at Edina is unique from the standpoint that they have so much depth to work with. This will make it very difficult for the incoming coach in that there will be probably a half-dozen or more girls who could easily make most other varsity teams. This will put added pressure on the coach, because the parents of the girls who unfortunately don't make varsity will know this and inevitably be very disappointed. And for those that do make varsity, especially as 3rd/4th liners, playing time will become an issue, and no doubt lots of lobbying/complaining will be directed at the coach from both camps. Expectations will be set very high, as probably they should be given the overall talent level and depth that he/she will have to work with.

All in all it's a great opportunity for whoever they select, but the ability to communicate and keep things postitive will be especially important in Edina's situation.

I couldn't have said it better MNHockeyFan. Its a tough (and good) place for anyone to coach for all the reasons you list.

Have they said who will be coaching the Hornets next season?

The rumor is that they were going to make a decision by today, whatever they are doing they are keeping it pretty quiet. It will be interesting to see who they choose, there were a lot of big names that didn't get a call back.....could this position start a chain reaction of other positions?

Like who? Who are the supposed big names that didn't get a call back?

From what I have heard there is only one current head coach in the final 3. So I am not sure that this is going to cause a "domino effect". The final three are all very good. Who ever gets this job, Edina will have a great coach.

Roman Legion wrote:From what I have heard there is only one current head coach in the final 3. So I am not sure that this is going to cause a "domino effect". The final three are all very good. Who ever gets this job, Edina will have a great coach.

I agree with Roman, they are going get a great coach and there will be little to no domino effect...from what I hear, they are most concerned about who the new head coach is going to bring with them as assistants.

I'll ask again, WHO? Who are the people in the running?

One thing's for sure, it should not be a parent. The girls hockey program in Edina has been dealing with parent coaches who are only concerned with furthering their own kid for years, part of the reason they've never won a state championship. The coach and assistant coaches should be impartial people from the outside. All one has to do is sit in the stands during a high school girls summer training session to witness the over the top behavior of these parents.

NotfromMN wrote:All one has to do is sit in the stands during a high school girls summer training session to witness the over the top behavior of these parents.

That's a bizzarre statement. What over the top behavior have you witnessed at a summer training session?