I'll second this. Someone at Northeastern was totally out of touch with
this coach and his team. Here's hoping Bruce gets a job at a school that
will support him and his program. I think he did all he could with this
program without the kind of support needed to make the program succeed.

Mark Lagasse wrote:

>I heard this while I was traveling this week and the first thing I
>thought about was the timing was very poor. I see no reason why this
>could not have been announced after the Hockey East Tourney or at least
>after last nights' award banquet. There were a couple of Northeastern
>Players who were honored and should have been able to appreciate the
>night with their coach and not have his firing disrupt the moment.
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>My $.02
>
>Mark
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>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Crowder Out at Northeastern
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>BOSTON (AP) -- Northeastern will not renew the contract of hockey coach
>Bruce Crowder, athletic director Dave O'Brien announced Wednesday.
>The school will begin searching for a successor immediately.
>Crowder, a former Boston Bruin and Pittsburgh Penguin, went 15-18-5 with
>the Huskies this season to bring his nine-year record to 120-170-36. He
>is a three-time Hockey East coach of the year, twice at UMass-Lowell and
>once at Northeastern.
>In 1996, with UMass-Lowell, he was the national coach of the year.
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