John Buccigross says bet on Mel Pearson as next hockey coach
FWIW.
Multiple #cawlidgehawkey sources say: Established coaches interested. NHL guys, too. Bet on Mel Pearson with John Madden as an assistant. https://t.co/CL8tVb1ran
— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) April 19, 2017
April 19th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^
I just bought his LeBaron.
Did you check the glove compartment? You could have his pencil!
Calling all dentists to analyze the bite marks
You still need a gnarled arm.
J-O-N or J-O-H-N?
You mean Jon Voigt?
and sports caster.....
April 19th, 2017 at 12:08 AM ^
April 19th, 2017 at 12:12 AM ^
Sounds great to me. Hope it's true.
Sounds like those in charge are very set on hiring someone with Michigan ties. Pearson is the only one I'd be comfortable with taking the reins.
April 19th, 2017 at 12:13 AM ^
April 19th, 2017 at 12:14 AM ^
April 19th, 2017 at 12:16 AM ^
That's putting it very nicely as far as the options close to home are concerned..
I don't follow closely, but thought I had heard people say that his close Tech ties might keep him away. . .
Hockey isn't like football where there are 9 assistants to cycle through. Also not like basketball where there are 300+ schools to where an assistant can bounce to get a head coaching job (like Bacari and LaVall). There are just not that many jobs, and when guys like Red, Mason, York, and Lucia hang around schools for 20-30 years, it's hard to create the turnover required to have the kind of coaching tree there is in other sports.
April 19th, 2017 at 12:41 PM ^
Well, Pearson ultimately did leave, so of the Pearson/Powers duo, 50% have branched off the tree. I'm not saying that no one wanted to hire M's assistants, it's probably more likely they just wanted to stay and coach under Red.
I just think that college hockey is a different culture, and can't be compared to football. There's not nearly the level of money and fame and expectations flying around, and hockey people are different anyway. Maybe they (Powers, and Pearson until Dave Brandon) like the stability of living in Ann Arbor, coaching a historic, successful program, and don't care to jump out to a more difficult situation (smaller school/conference, by definition not doing well since they likely just fired their coach).
Even the money doesn't really make sense to leave. According to UMSalary.info (no idea how accurate it is) Powers made $138k, Wiseman $121k (Red was at $254k). I assume you can add 25% in bonuses. How much more can they make as a head coach somewhere else? Is the jump of maybe 50-100k worth it for the risk, and the upheaval of changing jobs? Maybe, maybe not.
If he wanted to be here and Red wanted him here, what's the big problem?
I mean, when Billy Powers and Mel Pearson are together on your bench for twenty years, how big do you expect that tree to get?
April 19th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
Given that Billy & Mel were the only assistant coaches at Michigan for the last 20 years, the only possible way for the coaching tree to expand was for former players to blaze their own trail.
April 19th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
to open up. Which was probably true. Mel only moved on after a long wait when his alma mater called.
Or... those guys liked the stability, the teams they were coaching were stacked, Mel expected to stick around and get Red's job, and there aren't exactly a lot of hockey jobs out there as it is.
But, hey, you've got a concern to troll here, so...
April 20th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
And it's a pretty speculative point at best.
April 19th, 2017 at 12:17 AM ^
I don't care if he wears fish ties, so long as they win.
April 19th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
April 19th, 2017 at 12:46 AM ^
He's currently an HC in the AHL and spent some time as an interim assistant in the NHL. He may be interested in this to build up his resume for an NHL gig.
April 19th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
I feel Madden might be interested in the assistant job to take over once Mel leaves. Mel is currently 58, don't see him coaching more than 10 years. Madden is 43.
April 19th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
The Devils will have a coach on the hot seat next season. If he gets fired after the 2018 or 2019 season, Madden could be a candidate.
Yeah, frankly I could see Mel retiring after 5-7 years. Madden would be a good guy to groom... this is his first season in coaching in the AHL so it's not like he is in line for an NHL gig
Hockey pies
I see this kind of theory, but really, are there more examples beyond JPII --> BXVI?
In recent memory, there was Pius IX (~32 yrs) --> Leo XIII (25 yrs) --> Pius X (11 yrs).
Then Pius XI (17 yrs) --> Pius XII (19 yrs).
Nothing for or against the idea as a recommended practice, but it doesn't seem to have been practiced much.
(never make unfounded assertions on MGoBlog, even in jest :) )
b/c then he would be in 'the know'.
am curious when they intend on announcing. would be nice to get filled in on all the behind-the-scenes machinations.
CS 1.3. Get good.
April 19th, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^
and Bucci needs to drop 'cawlidge hockey' ASAP. Turrible.