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Can't speak to the Brown news, but I've heard from solid sources inside BU that Pandolfo is the hire.

I expect Joe Pereira would be his #1 target to replace him as BU's associate head coach. He'd be an absolute home run hire for BU, but I don't know that we'd get him. Joe is well entrenched at UConn and I've heard from folks inside BU that he loves it there. Joe previously turned down an assistant coach offer from BU under Albie.
 
That BC job had a lot of internal strife. Alums were pushing HARD for Greg Brown but administrative officials pushed hard on Leaman.

My complete guess is Leaman may have removed himself from consideration given the alumni backlash and instead resigned with PC.

Separately, with Pandolfo now hired at BU, they will go after Joe Pereira to take the associate job. Mike McMahon's newsletter last night:
"According to sources, UConn associate head coach and BU alum Joe Pereira is a strong favorite to fill out Pandolfo’s coaching staff if he gets the job."

I would not take that as a done deal. I've heard separately that Joe loves working at UConn and living in CT.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
Separately, with Pandolfo now hired at BU, they will go after Joe Pereira to take the associate job. Mike McMahon's newsletter last night:
"According to sources, UConn associate head coach and BU alum Joe Pereira is a strong favorite to fill out Pandolfo’s coaching staff if he gets the job."

I would not take that as a done deal. I've heard separately that Joe loves working at UConn and living in CT.
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One has to wonder if Coach Cav was successful in jiggling some additional $$ for the Assistant Coach salary pool as part of the recent process.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
That BC job had a lot of internal strife. Alums were pushing HARD for Greg Brown but administrative officials pushed hard on Leaman.

My complete guess is Leaman may have removed himself from consideration given the alumni backlash and instead resigned with PC.

Separately, with Pandolfo now hired at BU, they will go after Joe Pereira to take the associate job. Mike McMahon's newsletter last night:
"According to sources, UConn associate head coach and BU alum Joe Pereira is a strong favorite to fill out Pandolfo’s coaching staff if he gets the job."

I would not take that as a done deal. I've heard separately that Joe loves working at UConn and living in CT.
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If Pereira leaves does that job go to Helton or does Cav look elsewhere? Helton has been with the program for four years. Joe certainly had a lot more experience before he was named as associate HC. Or does he bring in another assistant and just not name either as AHC yet?
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
That BC job had a lot of internal strife. Alums were pushing HARD for Greg Brown but administrative officials pushed hard on Leaman.

My complete guess is Leaman may have removed himself from consideration given the alumni backlash and instead resigned with PC.

Separately, with Pandolfo now hired at BU, they will go after Joe Pereira to take the associate job. Mike McMahon's newsletter last night:
"According to sources, UConn associate head coach and BU alum Joe Pereira is a strong favorite to fill out Pandolfo’s coaching staff if he gets the job."

I would not take that as a done deal. I've heard separately that Joe loves working at UConn and living in CT.
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Bomber36 said:
If Pereira leaves does that job go to Helton or does Cav look elsewhere? Helton has been with the program for four years. Joe certainly had a lot more experience before he was named as associate HC. Or does he bring in another assistant and just not name either as AHC yet?
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Greg Drechsel is the leading candidate to replace Pereira. He is a scout for Columbus and former assistant at Clarkson.

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So I have a very reliable source that I see a handful of times a year. Great ties to UConn Athletics - variety of sports, not just hockey. Finally got a chance to catch up the other day for the first time in a couple months.

The BC job was Cavanaugh's if he wanted it. Of course ultimately he decided to stay - although it was not an easy decision. Keep in mind his family is from Boston.

He obviously used the offer as ammo to fight for some kind of extra money for he and his staff. From what I hear though it was a bit of an arm wrestle to free up more cash from Benedict. How much more he got? That info I don't have.
If he wasn't able to loosen up enough for his staff, I wonder if that has anything to do with Pereira rumored to be moving back home. Perhaps he just wanted to return to his alma mater.

And no, my source is not a made up guy like we used to find on the Conference Realignment board (Big Ten Man?).
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
That BC job had a lot of internal strife. Alums were pushing HARD for Greg Brown but administrative officials pushed hard on Leaman.

My complete guess is Leaman may have removed himself from consideration given the alumni backlash and instead resigned with PC.

Separately, with Pandolfo now hired at BU, they will go after Joe Pereira to take the associate job. Mike McMahon's newsletter last night:
"According to sources, UConn associate head coach and BU alum Joe Pereira is a strong favorite to fill out Pandolfo’s coaching staff if he gets the job."

I would not take that as a done deal. I've heard separately that Joe loves working at UConn and living in CT.
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Good comments and very intelligent take. Those were the only 2 it was ever gonna be. A proven head coach like Leaman who was closing in on 400 wins at 2 different D-1 schools but with no BC ties. Kinda like York, who was over 400 wins, before he came home and actually was a BC Alum.

Or Brown who played/coached at BC and in the NHL. Who was even teammates with 2 of CT's best ever while at BC ( Janney and Leetch) and on the US national team too. ;)

Also I'd hate to see Pereira go with his CT ties, as a player with HE pedigree and the young energy that's always good in your coaches and for recruiting. But if it's a done deal, I guess for most players, their home school roots trump it all, when they come calling.
 
Yeah, I heard a few other specifics other than "it was Cav's if he wanted it" that makes me think my source isn't blowing smoke on this. I suppose anything is possible though if people want to create a good enough story.

I will leave it by saying this. If you don't think BC wasn't at the very least seriously interested in Cavanaugh, well you're wrong. York/BC didn't care what Cav's overall record was. I'd imagine the trend of the program overall and the fact they were a bounce of a puck away from pulling off a HE championship upset a month earlier also meant something to them when reaching out to Cavanaugh.
 
I've heard separately as well that BC's #1 target was Cav. Don't know the specifics but I think it's clear he'd have the job there now if he wanted it.

Mike McMahon's newsletter this morning indicates Pereira to BU is close to a done deal. I've heard nothing from my connections within BU on that. But Mike indicated UConn is already reaching out to potential backfill candidates.

The newsletter goes on to cite Albie O'Connell as a potential replacement for Pereira at UConn. He's as good of a talent evaluator and recruiter as there is and also a fantastic person. Just don't let him coach Xs and Os and you'll have a strong addition to the program.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I've heard separately as well that BC's #1 target was Cav. Don't know the specifics but I think it's clear he'd have the job there now if he wanted it.

Mike McMahon's newsletter this morning indicates Pereira to BU is close to a done deal. I've heard nothing from my connections within BU on that. But Mike indicated UConn is already reaching out to potential backfill candidates.

The newsletter goes on to cite Albie O'Connell as a potential replacement for Pereira at UConn. He's as good of a talent evaluator and recruiter as there is and also a fantastic person. Just don't let him coach Xs and Os and you'll have a strong addition to the program.
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Well as you posted b4, I've heard from actual BC players and teammates, there was no way Cav was getting the BC job and that's exactly what happened. Just like I posted B4 Leaman was even mentioned(in tweets) in another thread. It was gonna be either a coach with a proven winning track record (Leaman ) or a BC player, coach and grad ( Brown). Despite what Connelly wrote and even he clarfied later there was no offer ever made to Cav.
 
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Blades said:
Despite what Connelly wrote and even he clarfied later there was no offer ever made to Cav.
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This is just semantics. If Cav wanted the job he wouldn't still be at UConn.
 
This will go down as ultimately you believe who you want to. Myself, Brass Bonanza, that Strauss kid who has inside BC sources. We all heard things from different people that we trust who say Cavanaugh was the #1 target. I heard it from someone with UConn ties, they heard it from people in BC or BU or around the league. The Strauss kid admitted he jumped the gun with his "voracity" that it was a done deal, but still said he believes both sides were very close to a deal at one point. Brass said the kid has big time contacts within BC. So I can't imagine he's making it up for fun.

And for what it's worth, you can let someone know that they are a top candidate - perhaps THE candidate - during a face-to-face without making a formal offer. Hell it's the right thing to do if you aren't very certain that the candidate will say yes.

Now its possible all of our sources are wrong just as it is possible that your BC players didn't have the clout in the hiring process that they thought they had.

Lastly, I'm curious what it is your BC players are so turned off about with Cavanaugh where they would prefer Leaman over him. It wreaks of hypocricy in that they go on and on about how much BC blood means for the hire, and yet a guy who was a top assistant coach and recruiter at Chestnut Hill for 18 years and is coming off his own Hockey East championship is a non-starter?

I get people who post on this site who can go hot and cold on a guy during the ups and downs of a season (I've been guilty), but that's in part being a fan. There are some worse than me who won't post here when Cavanaugh/UConn do well because they don't Cavanaugh to succeed.

For BC players who don't follow the UConn program day in and day out - they dont have an ability to step back from a far and appreciate the totality of what he's done - especially recently - while recruiting kids with nothing more than a High School rink on campus and home games being played 40 minutes away?

It seems odd.
 
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Blades said:
Well as you posted b4, I've heard from actual BC players and teammates, there was no way Cav was getting the BC job and that's exactly what happened. Just like I posted B4 Leaman was even mentioned(in tweets) in another thread. It was gonna be either a coach with a proven winning track record (Leaman ) or a BC player, coach and grad ( Brown). Despite what Connelly wrote and even he clarfied later there was no offer ever made
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My source is better than yours.
 
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