Sheahan's teams in the USHL scored. 1st in the league

Sheahan's teams in the USHL scored. 1st in the league
by wearendhockey (2024-11-17 10:44:47)
Edited on 2024-11-17 10:47:11

In reply to: How will next year be better? posted by El Kabong

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twice and 2nd once in his 3 seasons as a head coach. His lone year leading the AHL Chicago team they were in the top 3rd in scoring. From what I gathered he coached an offensive style that involved all 5 guys on the ice aggressively looking to generate offense, forecheck and possess the puck, all the things teams who can figure out how to score enough goals to win a game do. Even Jackson's best teams tended to wait until a good forecheck was established to make sure to aggressively involve 5 skaters in offense.

I don't know that players are tuning Jackson out. I do know his brand of coaching and the players he preferred over the last number of seasons won't win. I also don't know squat about recruiting but I do know the recent change to allow major junior players into the NCAA will present a shift in recruiting. How big a shift is yet to be seen. Some think it will be seismic. So maybe Sheanah will be successful in bringing some more offensive capabilities to Notre Dame.

I just wish Jackson would have stepped aside after last year instead of a year of wondering what the staff will look like, and at the same time knowing it will be quite different. I doubt very highly either Slaggert or Pooley will be back and absolutely don't want to see Pooley remain. I do know the further this program gets from 2018 (the last year we saw a top level team getting almost all out the season they could -- the loss in the final game was really the biggest missed opportunity in Jackson's entire head coaching career) the harder it will be for any coach to re-ignite what Jackson started here almost 20 years ago.