Former Bucknell, Saint Mary's, Davidson HC named HC at RPI [Archive]

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Go...gate

March 24th, 2011, 02:58 PM

Franks Tanks

March 24th, 2011, 03:19 PM

http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2011/3/23/FB_0323111616.aspx

Well, at least they have a I-AA/FCS Head Coach. Now if they can just raise the FB program to FCS.

Seriously, Landis is a good guy and I'm very happy for him.

Little strange. He left Bucknell saying he found a better opportunity at San Jose State, and he wanted to go back to the West Coast. He appeared to be in very hot water at Bucknell, but he wasn't officially fired. Now he leaves San Jose even though the guy that hired him is still there.

If all of these moves were voluntary it makes no sense. Leave Bucknell to go to San Jose, only to leave a year later to become HC at a D-III school. Either he really wanted to be at San Jose and flamed out, or he just fled Bucknell before he was fired.

EB59

March 24th, 2011, 03:40 PM

Pretty nice facilities for a D-III Program, wish Gtown could learn from these guys!

http://www.rpiathletics.com/sports/2010/5/21/GEN_0521100834.aspx?id=2768

DFW HOYA

March 24th, 2011, 05:26 PM

Landis was the OC on a San Jose St. that considerably overscheduled (Alabama, Wisconsin, Utah) and finished 1-12, with its only win being a five point win over Southern Utah.

If their prospects weren't looking much better for 2011, he would have been a candidate for an early exit, and probably prefers being a head coach on his own terms.

Model Citizen

March 24th, 2011, 06:16 PM

... probably prefers being a head coach on his own terms.

Bingo.

UAalum72

March 24th, 2011, 06:56 PM

Pretty nice facilities for a D-III Program, wish Gtown could learn from these guys!

http://www.rpiathletics.com/sports/2010/5/21/GEN_0521100834.aspx?id=2768
Unlike Georgetown, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute was able to spend $92,000,000 for the East Campus Athletic Village (http://rpi.edu/tour/ecav/index.html)

Go...gate

March 24th, 2011, 07:02 PM

RPI is in the Liberty League, a fine conference with three schools who play D-I hockey - Saint Lawrence, Clarkson and RPI.

ngineer

March 24th, 2011, 10:20 PM

RPI is good academics. Having recruited at Bucknell, he'll have a good idea as to how to go about fishing in that pond.

Bogus Megapardus

March 24th, 2011, 11:02 PM

The RPI-to-PL discussion is on.

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4728.44880

We called it here first, folks.

RichH2

March 25th, 2011, 10:58 AM

Go...gate

March 25th, 2011, 07:26 PM

Geez Bogie, you just couldn't let that one slidexshhhx.

Now they'll come out of the woodwork with expansion, schollies, AI, Ivy schollies etc ad nauseum.

At least with Spring practice started we'll have some real football for a monthxnodx

YEP! xlolxxrotatehxxhurrayxxbangxxsmiley_wixxviolinxxwh istlexxnonoxxflamemadxxhypedxxsplatxxpissedx

bison137

March 29th, 2011, 02:53 PM

Little strange. He left Bucknell saying he found a better opportunity at San Jose State, and he wanted to go back to the West Coast. He appeared to be in very hot water at Bucknell, but he wasn't officially fired. Now he leaves San Jose even though the guy that hired him is still there.

If all of these moves were voluntary it makes no sense. Leave Bucknell to go to San Jose, only to leave a year later to become HC at a D-III school. Either he really wanted to be at San Jose and flamed out, or he just fled Bucknell before he was fired.

1. Landis has been gone from San Jose State since at least the start of February. May have been voluntary but I am somewhat doubtful since he apparently left without a job.

2. When he "fled" Bucknell, he was entering the final year of his contract. He would have been gone after that final year unless the team made a huge improvement.