Leave because of....
Fine with me if he goes. We pay good money - competitive with UMass and UNH. We can get a decent coach who can teach discipline and fundamentals to young, raw and talented kids.
What's "the word" that is out? The size of the new arena? 2500 or 3000 sounds small but having hockey games on campus will bring out the students and at least a portion of the season ticket holders. Are HE arena's putting more than 3K ACTUAL fannies in the seats for games all the time? I doubt it. Hell you look at some UConn's road games on TV at some of the "blue blood" HE arena's and it looks like maybe you see 50% capacity, some its worse.
The locker rooms, etc for the coaches and players are supposed to be state-of-the-art....so what recruits are getting scared off by that?
Then for the big games you play in a current AHL/former NHL arena that can bring 5-6K ACTUAL fans to a game if the team is playing well against good opponents.
He just brought in a big recruiting class that won't see the improvements mentioned above.
I think we overdo the doom and gloom of the future facility/setup for hockey. Bottom line it is definitely going to be a big improvement based on what is there NOW where's he's already bringing in good recruiting classes.
Six years in, we have a half-baked plan that's half paid for, no shovels in the ground and NOW the bad news has come out about the state of the AD.
Is there going to be some correlation between the Courant posting the school losses (the school knew about these losses before the paper published them and before they made their decisions on the new hockey rink setup) and this hockey plan not moving forward?
Are we already moving back dates of shovels in the ground?
Cav would get hired in two seconds by an ECAC or HE program with the right facilities/investment structure in place who is looking to rebuild their program. Cav does not currently have either of those at UConn. There are absolutely areas of improvement for him based on results, but in watching his teams there aren't the fundamental coaching mistakes that occur when a coach is not good at his job.Let's make promises to Cav when he can't even beat Sacred Heart. Great recruiter. That's all I see. College hockey version of Mike Locksley.
He's gotta be doing something wrong. I don't want to hate the man, especially knowing how well he recruits. But something is wrong, clearly. SHU plays hard, always.Cav would get hired in two seconds by an ECAC or HE program with the right facilities/investment structure in place who is looking to rebuild their program. Cav does not currently have either of those at UConn. There are absolutely areas of improvement for him based on results, but in watching his teams there aren't the fundamental coaching mistakes that occur when a coach is not good at his job.
Because when the decision was made to upgrade, there was a plan to build the program out correctly. That included a full-time facility on campus and the requisite resources to compete in Hockey East because the school was not in the complete financial hell that it is right now. The school also severely underestimated the negative impact to the growth of the program that playing in Hartford is. Some here will refuse to accept that this is a factor, but it absolutely is a hindrance to recruiting, and to the development of the players and the program."Cav does not have either of those at UConn..."
Than. Why. Did. We. Upgrade. to. Hockey. East?
Categorically false. Lack of on-campus facilities directly impact the team's ability to have a home ice advantage as they aren't able to practice every day on the ice they play - this is a significant component of player development and a reason why virtually every NCAA hockey program does not play in a separate rink from where they regularly practice.Uconns play has nothing to do with on campus facilities.
Because when the decision was made to upgrade, there was a plan to build the program out correctly. That included a full-time facility on campus and the requisite resources to compete in Hockey East because the school was not in the complete financial hell that it is right now. The school also severely underestimated the negative impact to the growth of the program that playing in Hartford is. Some here will refuse to accept that this is a factor, but it absolutely is a hindrance to recruiting, and to the development of the players and the program.
Now the plan involves a tiny on-campus rink for exhibition games, Sacred Heart, and Merrimack and with the school in a financial bind they don't have the money needed to build proper facilities to compete with the top tier Hockey East and national programs. And the state saw people come to the XL Center and realized it was another SAVE HARTFORD!!!!!! opportunity and seemingly is forcing UConn's hand to stay there.
I guess that means in 2021 we will be beating Sacred Heart finally since we will be playing them on the same ice we practice.Categorically false. Lack of on-campus facilities directly impact the team's ability to have a home ice advantage as they aren't able to practice every day on the ice they play - this is a significant component of player development and a reason why virtually every NCAA hockey program does not play in a separate rink from where they regularly practice.