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Sioux Lookout wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:11 am Spring Lake Park can now be officially added,

“With the recent resignation of Coach DeBoer, the details surrounding summer training are...”

Interesting that with realignment 5AA has 9 teams but if Coon Rapids and Spring Lake Park did Co-Op no additional movement of teams (outside preposed 5AA) would be required to move forward.

ironranger2 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:21 pm Not a head coaching opening, but heard that one of the Rapids assistants was let go by the school administration the day after the Andover game for actions that occurred after the game. Anyone from Rapids that can confirm this? I had originally heard it was just a Rapids parent involved.

Hearing multiple things on the Virginia coaching position, but the Hermantown Covid issue may have sealed the deal. Eveleth had to quarantine as well from the game on that Saturday and there are questions on how much the Virginia coaching staff knew and when they knew it. Obviously, the player in question knew he was either sick when he played against Eveleth or the day or two after, so why was he playing against Hermantown. Not sure how much stock I put into it, but the latest rumor is that it was payback for Kilen leaving Virginia to go to Hermantown last year.

Also have heard that Rock Ridge (Virginia/Eveleth) school district is looking into combining the remaining "separated" sports this fall due to budgetary issues.

GopherPuck15 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:48 pm The Big 9 is currently seeing a coaching exodus this off-season:


All now open:

Albert Lea
Austin
Faribault
Mankato West
Rochester JM

bardown27 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:16 am Brainerd now open

TheNightman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:19 pm

GopherPuck15 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:48 pm The Big 9 is currently seeing a coaching exodus this off-season:


All now open:

Albert Lea
Austin
Faribault
Mankato West
Rochester JM

Which of those jobs is best? Probably Mankato West?

Usthockey13 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:13 pm

bardown27 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:16 am Brainerd now open

Heard the parents were behind this one and were trying to run him out of town.

Wise Old Man wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:21 pm Isnt that true of many coaches?

goldy313 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:32 am If it were not for Covid the Rochester schools would have been seeded #6,8 and 9 out of 9 in 1AA this year. Ness did a great job at John Marshall. JM has zero chance in 1AA as it is now.

Fornwald stepping down at Albert Lea surprises me a bit as they are always competitive and he is a good coach. Faribault surprises me less as that youth program is in disarray. West is a shocker to me, he has overachieved year after year in my opinion. Being in 1A means every year is a crapshoot.

I feel bad for Austin, a program that actually made the AA state tournament. The history there with one coach that ruined an up and coming program. Really sad on a number of levels. Who would play hockey there anymore? My kids wouldn’t, and I am a hockey guy.

goldy313 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:32 am If it were not for Covid the Rochester schools would have been seeded #6,8 and 9 out of 9 in 1AA this year. Ness did a great job at John Marshall. JM has zero chance in 1AA as it is now.

Fornwald stepping down at Albert Lea surprises me a bit as they are always competitive and he is a good coach. Faribault surprises me less as that youth program is in disarray. West is a shocker to me, he has overachieved year after year in my opinion. Being in 1A means every year is a crapshoot.

I feel bad for Austin, a program that actually made the AA state tournament. The history there with one coach that ruined an up and coming program. Really sad on a number of levels. Who would play hockey there anymore? My kids wouldn’t, and I am a hockey guy.