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Post by breezy on May 31, 2017 10:48:19 GMT -5
No announcement as yet, but there is chatter on the Lafayette board that HC has hired Andy Romans, a former standout linebacker at Lafayette, as an assistant coach. Romans was named as a member of the Patriot League's 25th anniversary team.
HC currently has two vacancies -- a TE coach and an RB coach.
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Post by 6sader7 on Jun 2, 2017 10:57:50 GMT -5
Good news -- He was a great player at Lafayette.
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Post by breezy on Jun 6, 2017 16:02:29 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Jun 6, 2017 18:46:38 GMT -5
He is highly regarded among North Jersey coaches. This is a big step for him from high school RB coach to FCS college RB coach. I have seen his teams perform at St Joe's, Montvale. and I think we have a good one here. The football assistant coaches seem to be getting an upgrade across the board.
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Post by crusader12 on Nov 2, 2017 15:39:30 GMT -5
Wanted to bring this back to the top. According to goholycross.com, our running backs coach is now CHRIS BENJAMIN. Anyone know what happened? Looks like Chris is a fill-in as he works with many of the ROTC students already at HC.
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Post by breezy on Nov 2, 2017 16:47:45 GMT -5
I heard that Romans resigned for "personal reasons" -- it was either before the season began or in early September. This was not first-hand and there was no confirmation. There was no announcement.
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Post by cruskater31 on Nov 2, 2017 17:36:04 GMT -5
From the sounds of it, this is a great hire. Ive heard he has done good things in NJ. Wouldn't a new HC want to bring in his own staff, however?
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 2, 2017 18:14:11 GMT -5
From the sounds of it, this is a great hire. Ive heard he has done good things in NJ. Wouldn't a new HC want to bring in his own staff, however? Yes, I think the new coach will bring a totally new staff. I believe Romans is a college coordinator/coach of the future, but the timing of his hiring was, perhaps, most unfortunate.
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Post by joe on Nov 3, 2017 5:53:09 GMT -5
Don’t get it. So after the season everyone gets fired except the new guy? Won’t a new coach want to start from scratch? I can’t imagine this coach wasn’t promised to be retained or else why would you take a job that you might lose in 2 weeks. Very puzzled.
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 3, 2017 6:12:12 GMT -5
Crusader12 posted that he works with ROTC students. While he doesn't say in what capacity, I assume it is not related to football and therefore this football coaching is not his permanent position. So, when the rest of the staff gets lets go, he goes back to his ROTC position. Just guessing here.
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 3, 2017 6:19:39 GMT -5
This reinforces my guess above. He is a professor of Naval Science which is his "real job." He may be a volunteer assistant especially since it looks like he is still active duty Navy.
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Post by breezy on Nov 3, 2017 7:35:18 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure this nails it. Benjamin is, in effect, an emergency replacement for an unexpected vacancy at the beginning of the season -- for this season only.
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Post by joe on Nov 3, 2017 9:17:40 GMT -5
Makes sense, boys. Tabula rossa in 2 weeks.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Nov 3, 2017 9:26:52 GMT -5
I don't think the slate will necessarily be wiped entirely clean, in terms of all current assistants being wiped off the staff. You can certainly expect major roles like the OC and DC to be replaced by the new coach, but there is benefit in having a couple of coaches -- the ones who particularly have a close relationship with the players -- remain. Plus, good for the new head coach to be able to lean on an assistant or two who is familiar with the ins and outs of how the school operates. Just my thought.
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Post by lou on Nov 3, 2017 9:32:33 GMT -5
Not sure I see the benefit, also assumes there's an assistant who know the ins and outs of Holy Cross. I would prefer a clean slate, OTOH I have no idea how good any of our coaches are, so the decision will still be up to the new head coach
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 3, 2017 10:39:23 GMT -5
I don't think the slate will necessarily be wiped entirely clean, in terms of all current assistants being wiped off the staff. You can certainly expect major roles like the OC and DC to be replaced by the new coach, but there is benefit in having a couple of coaches -- the ones who particularly have a close relationship with the players -- remain. Plus, good for the new head coach to be able to lean on an assistant or two who is familiar with the ins and outs of how the school operates. Just my thought. I agree. Assuming a new head coach is on board by the time of spring practice, he can't oversee spring practice with a depleted coaching staff. And there is no way in Hades that the new coach could have a full complement of new assistant coaches on-board by spring practice. It would not surprise if a significant percentage of the current staff were retained.
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Post by hcpride on Nov 3, 2017 10:57:22 GMT -5
I don't think the slate will necessarily be wiped entirely clean, in terms of all current assistants being wiped off the staff. You can certainly expect major roles like the OC and DC to be replaced by the new coach, but there is benefit in having a couple of coaches -- the ones who particularly have a close relationship with the players -- remain. Plus, good for the new head coach to be able to lean on an assistant or two who is familiar with the ins and outs of how the school operates. Just my thought. I agree. Assuming a new head coach is on board by the time of spring practice, he can't oversee spring practice with a depleted coaching staff. And there is no way in Hades that the new coach could have a full complement of new assistant coaches on-board by spring practice. It would not surprise if a significant percentage of the current staff were retained. Do we assume new coach is in place by early (DEC)or regular football signing day (first week of February)? This can't help recruiting in any case.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Nov 3, 2017 11:07:22 GMT -5
I agree. Assuming a new head coach is on board by the time of spring practice, he can't oversee spring practice with a depleted coaching staff. And there is no way in Hades that the new coach could have a full complement of new assistant coaches on-board by spring practice. It would not surprise if a significant percentage of the current staff were retained. Do we assume new coach is in place by early (DEC)or regular football signing day (first week of February)? This can't help recruiting in any case. Should be at some point in early to mid-December, I would think. Frank Tavani was fired in late November, and they had John Garrett in place before Christmas. Given that Pine has had half a season to mull over options, we should have a new coach in the next month or so.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 3, 2017 11:15:57 GMT -5
I agree. Assuming a new head coach is on board by the time of spring practice, he can't oversee spring practice with a depleted coaching staff. And there is no way in Hades that the new coach could have a full complement of new assistant coaches on-board by spring practice. It would not surprise if a significant percentage of the current staff were retained. Do we assume new coach is in place by early (DEC)or regular football signing day (first week of February)? This can't help recruiting in any case. It would depend where the new coach is coming from. If said coach is currently employed on a team that is into the post-season, he won't be on-board in early December. I recall what a recruit parent recently posted re: an official to HC, in that FCTG was passive and low key (charitably paraphrasing) while the assistant coaches exuded enthusiasm and excitement. HC simply can't afford to lose a whole recruiting season if commits de-commit and targeted recruits don't commit.. The scollie rosters are too small, and there's no red-shirting. If I had to guess, ADNP has indicated to some of the coaches that they will be retained if they want to stay. In the private sector, they often offer retention bonuses to keep valued employees from fleeing if there is a change in ownership/leadership.
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Post by breezy on Nov 3, 2017 11:16:28 GMT -5
Big difference this year with the early signing period in December. New coach has to be in place by early December or there will be adverse recruiting consequences.
The new coach probably will make the decision, but it seems to me that there are some current assistants who would merit retention.
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Post by 6sader7 on Nov 3, 2017 11:31:57 GMT -5
I would guess we'll have a new coach by Dec. 15
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Post by hcpride on Nov 3, 2017 11:49:07 GMT -5
Big difference this year with the early signing period in December. New coach has to be in place by early December or there will be adverse recruiting consequences. The new coach probably will make the decision, but it seems to me that there are some current assistants who would merit retention. Exactly.
You're being very diplomatic. We have no head coach. This is November. Early signing period is Dec 20th -22nd. We can do the math.
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Post by dharry13 on Nov 3, 2017 11:49:41 GMT -5
I would think even sooner than that. Early signing day is Dec. 20th. With HC's football season over Nov. 11th I would think they want to get something done by first week of December to keep the 9/10 kids they have verbals from.
On a different note there are 8 Frosh on the 2 deep right now - with other talented frosh waiting to join them (Degenhardt, Jackson, Ayeni, etc.). Massive year to build off talent from last year and get this headed in the right direction. Can't have a lot of kids in this class with no other scholarship offers just to fill out a class and then expect those types to compete against BC/Syracuse/Ivies/etc.
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Post by hcpride on Nov 3, 2017 11:55:04 GMT -5
I would think even sooner than that. Early signing day is Dec. 20th. With HC's football season over Nov. 11th I would think they want to get something done by first week of December to keep the 9/10 kids they have verbals from.
On a different note there are 8 Frosh on the 2 deep right now - with other talented frosh waiting to join them (Degenhardt, Jackson, Ayeni, etc.). Massive year to build off talent from last year and get this headed in the right direction. Can't have a lot of kids in this class with no other scholarship offers just to fill out a class and then expect those types to compete against BC/Syracuse/Ivies/etc. Agree they'd like to be early rather than later. Of course, not every season is over as early as ours this year - teams in playoffs or D-1 bowls have quite a bit more to play. Potential hires might be busy. Further agree it is an especially crucial recruiting year going forward. And that it would be great to see our underclassmen get more time as the season winds down.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Nov 3, 2017 11:57:07 GMT -5
Division II playoffs extend to mid-December, so we may not be able to get Assumption's Chesney until then.
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