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Chaska's AD is one of the finest individuals within a school system for working with coaches and making sure they have the support of the district first and foremost. There should be more like him in the state.

tomASS wrote:Chaska's AD is one of the finest individuals within a school system for working with coaches and making sure they have the support of the district first and foremost. There should be more like him in the state.

Then they must have changed AD's since they fired their long-time boys basketball coach a few years back

Golferguy, my post about U10 hockey and GHS was a joke. GHS should be coaching at the college level; he would do great at that level.

xwildfan wrote:Golferguy, my post about U10 hockey and GHS was a joke. GHS should be coaching at the college level; he would do great at that level.

THANKS!

TTT - I expect we'll start to hear of some soon...

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Title: Head Girls' Hockey Coach
School: Saint Louis Park High School
Send Resumes to:
Andrew Ewald- AD
6425 West 33rd Street
St. Louis Park, MN 55426-3498 For More Info:
Andrew Ewald
952-928-6118
ewald.andy@slpschools.org

Deadline: 2/13/07 Start:
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It's too bad to see Coach Clarks leave after only one season. He stepped in to a program in the beginning stages of rebuilding. He was a good guy, and it's too bad to see him leave after only one season. It also is too bad for a program to have to start the coach search again, that doesn't help the program to have a new coach each season.

Don't know Coach Clarks but it is definitely tough on a program when there is frequent turnover.

Our girls hockey program has had three head varsity coaches in the last three years. Each time the coach has been new to the system so they have to learn not only the players but everything else, too. Tough on a program. The last one who was doing some nice things with the team and the whole girls program left due to there not being a full time job in the school system and was offered a full time job plus coaching elsewhere.

SportsMa,

You are right on, and with 3 new coaches in 3 years, it has to be tough on the kids.

Unfortunately I think for the 3rd consecutive year we will find that the number of coaches leaving their position will increase. This is becoming a problem for the game, and one that the powers that have some control will need to take a serious look at if they want the sport to continue to grow. The many problems have been discussed at length on this board, and I don't know the answers, but I hope for the sake of the game we can find some ways to help retain the quality coaches we currently have in the game.

There is going to be turnover in coaching because of the low pay, long hours, unforgiving parents and the pressure to win, I think a big question is whats being done to hold the program togeather in the absence of a head coach? We all talk big about supporting girls hockey but what can be done to keep teams from loosing interest in the absence of a head coach. The people that want to grow womens hockey have to step in and make sure that the girls are getting there off season training program, someone knowledgeable is running a summer program for them. If you allow players to lose interest you will loose players

It is tough to find people that are willing to put up with the crap year in and year out. Turnover rates are going to continue to rise. Does anyone know about the turnover rate for boys HS coaches? I am wondering if it is the same as the girls and if any assumptions can be made from this limited data.

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Title: Head Girls' Hockey Coach
School: Saint Louis Park High School
Send Resumes to:
Andrew Ewald- AD
6425 West 33rd Street
St. Louis Park, MN 55426-3498 For More Info:
Andrew Ewald
952-928-6118
ewald.andy@slpschools.org

Deadline: 2/13/07 Start:
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Note - the Deadline is 3/13 now, not 2/13...

so this it, this is all we have for coaching resignations? somehow I thought that there would be more by now... would that bring the average down if this turned ou to be the only coaching turnover that we see this year.

We'll see quite a few yet I'm afraid. Much of this doesn't get decided until AD's/coaches have these discussions post-season...

I guess it was just wishfull thinking on my part

I don't know much about SLP's team--I know they're down, I saw them lose to Sibley--but I do know that they have one of the best U10 goalies in the state. I don't know her name but she's absolutely incredible. So in three or four years you'll have that going for you....

John Gamble from Rochester Mayo announced his resignation.

rchhcky wrote:John Gamble from Rochester Mayo announced his resignation.

Sad to see this. Another long time coach moving on...

Shane Krey out at HM. Bill Schafhausen in.

Shane Krey is out. This is a good thing for the program at Hill Murray. There were alot of problems with his program that he didn't even relize were going on. When he seen my rumblings on line he assumed they were just an isolated incident and the truth be told, my rants were just the tip of the iceburg with most of the complaints going unseen under the water line. What could Shane have done to save his coaching, He could have watched what other teams were doing and grew with girls hockey, as other teams were taping games and reviewing what they did wrong, he would just tell the kids. when other teams were pounding teamwork and passing he depended on the breakaway and the one girl show. There are many other things he could have done and I'm sure he was a great coach in his day but he allowed the game to grow while he didn't.... I wish him good luck in the future, he just wasn't the right coach for a school that aspires to become a premier girls hockey school

hockeygod wrote:Shane Krey is out. This is a good thing for the program at Hill Murray. There were alot of problems with his program that he didn't even relize were going on. When he seen my rumblings on line he assumed they were just an isolated incident and the truth be told, my rants were just the tip of the iceburg with most of the complaints going unseen under the water line. What could Shane have done to save his coaching, He could have watched what other teams were doing and grew with girls hockey, as other teams were taping games and reviewing what they did wrong, he would just tell the kids. when other teams were pounding teamwork and passing he depended on the breakaway and the one girl show. There are many other things he could have done and I'm sure he was a great coach in his day but he allowed the game to grow while he didn't.... I wish him good luck in the future, he just wasn't the right coach for a school that aspires to become a premier girls hockey school

All of this is not that unusual, and sounds just like a hundred other coaches accross the state.

That 100 other coaches should work to improve if they want to have there coaching positions somewhat assured. If I was coaching I would bring on a coaching intern every year so that I could learn from someone younger than me who was more tuned into what my team was thinking

hockeygod wrote:That 100 other coaches should work to improve if they want to have there coaching positions somewhat assured. If I was coaching I would bring on a coaching intern every year so that I could learn from someone younger than me who was more tuned into what my team was thinking

Absolutely! But you won't see that too often, and the ones that do usually do stick around, and the team succeeds. But what is success to one, is not always the same to another. As noted on many other topics in this forum, is winning and getting to state "success", or is every kid in the program growing and learning the game a success? It's all very subjective, and each coach has their own style. Hopefully the next coach will do well, and hopefully the old coach will do well where ever they end up.

xwildfan wrote:Shane Krey out at HM. Bill Schafhausen in.

We lost another long-time coach. The trend continues...

ghshockeyfan wrote:

xwildfan wrote:Shane Krey out at HM. Bill Schafhausen in.

We lost another long-time coach. The trend continues...

Yep, and this sounds way too much like the Gravel situation at BSM a year ago, doesn't it. How did that turn out?