UMass Has Spoken To Current HE Head Coach About Their Opening

[brasssbonanzaa]

UMassADBamford 5:41pm via Twitter for iPhone
#UMassNation are you ready for us to hire a new @UMassHockey head coach or what?!?
I feel like this is the week. Stay tuned!
#UniteTheMasses

Is he doing his best Santa Ono Twitter impression?

 

[hardcorehusky]

Is he doing his best Santa Ono Twitter impression?

Bamford needs to tweet out his favorite hockey coach in Austin, Texas to do that.

 

[Adios]

#UniteTheMasses is actually creative. They've got a VERY long way to go to unite the UMasses. (F UMass-Boston for beating Trinity in the D3 NCAA playoffs.) At least the legislature put it's foot down and designated the Amherst campus as the flagship campus.

 

[FDNY99]

This thing is stranger than any coaching search in recent memory:

1. Mike McMahon ‏@MikeMcMahonCHN 37m37 minutes ago
   So, not really sure what to expect in regards to what seems to be a pending announcement soon.
   
   2 retweets1 like
   
2. 
   Mike McMahon ‏@MikeMcMahonCHN 37m37 minutes ago
   Re: UMass, some names popping up over the last 48 hours that aren’t the ones that have reportedly interviewed.
   

 

[FDNY99]

1. Fear The Triangle ‏@FearTheTriangle 3m3 minutes ago
   Carvel has a graduate degree from UMass. Was an assistant at Amherst College. Assistant for Ottawa Sens before going to SLU
   
   3 retweets3 likes
   
2. Mike McMahon Retweeted
   Matt Vautour ‏@MattVautourDHG 3m3 minutes agoWestfield, MA
   Carvel is a UMass grad school alum, whose wife if from Amherst
   
   2 retweets1 like
   
3. Mike McMahon Retweeted
   John Buccigross ‏@Buccigross 5m5 minutes ago
   Sources tell me UMass AD Ryan Bamford has worked out a 5-yr deal with Greg Carvel. A release could be coming as soon as this afternoon.

Mike McMahon ‏@MikeMcMahonCHN 4m4 minutes ago
Sources confirm to @chnews that UMass has reached an agreement with Greg Carvel to become its new hockey coach. @Buccigross first to report.

 

[huskymedic]

UMass Set to Hire Greg Carvel
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hoc...rvel-st-lawrence-ryan-bamford-john-micheletto

 

[DarthGrumpy]

UMass Set to Hire Greg Carvel
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hoc...rvel-st-lawrence-ryan-bamford-john-micheletto

Former college player with New England ties with AHL, NHL and NCAA head coaching experience in the ECAC, looks to be a solid hire for UMass. Can't beat the hockey environment at St. Lawrence though, that is their sport.

 

[FDNY99]

Former college player with New England ties with AHL, NHL and NCAA head coaching experience in the ECAC, looks to be a solid hire for UMass. Can't beat the hockey environment at St. Lawrence though, that is their sport.

He has a pretty good recruit coming in this year..Simsbury CT native Taggart Corriveau (son of former Whaler Yvon Corriveau who is heavily involved with the CT Blackhawks youth organization). Plays at Westminster Academy. Doesn't sound too happy about this (would also be a nice pickup for Cav..6-1 180 lb winger):

1. Taggart Corriveau ‏@TCorriveau24 1h1 hour ago
   Anything else extremely unexpected want to happen today?
   
   1 retweet12 likes
   
2. 
   Taggart Corriveau ‏@TCorriveau24 2h2 hours ago
   Taggart Corriveau Retweeted John Buccigross
   
   @BennyFink @bayconger ....
   
   Taggart Corriveau added,
   
   John Buccigross @Buccigross
   Sources tell me UMass AD Ryan Bamford has worked out a 5-yr deal with Greg Carvel. A release could be coming as soon as this afternoon.
   0 retweets2 likes

 

[huskymedic]

Toot Cahoon, Jack Arena give Greg Carvel hire at UMass high marks
http://www.gazettenet.com/Sports/UM...-Greg-Carvel-hire-at-UMass-high-marks-1230149

 

[HuskyHawk]

Toot Cahoon, Jack Arena give Greg Carvel hire at UMass high marks
http://www.gazettenet.com/Sports/UM...-Greg-Carvel-hire-at-UMass-high-marks-1230149

Seems like a solid hire. Good for UMass. There is no reason they can't build something good there in this sport.

 

[CL82]

None of this makes any sense at any level. UMass is, at best, a lateral move. So leave a place you are building, with new facilities in the pipeline, for a place with a worse track record in athletics and a lower ceiling. Perfect.

It was a UMass wet dream and that's about it. It makes no sense on any level.

 

[FDNY99]

It's actually a bit funny how the miserable UNH fans on USCHO are saying "this is a good hire..NOT a great hire" "Carvel will do ok there".........

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Again, the mess has nothing on UConn. Dairy Bar rocks; Carvel psukks!