Well, I can't go with Berenson.  He's had all the talent in the world the
last five years, indicating that he's a great recruiter, but has failed to win
the big games.  No finals appearances and only 1 (2?) CCHA Playoff
championships.  I need someone who can not only get the talent but knows how to
win with it.  Jeff Jackson has to be #1.  He just wins at a small school that
hardly draws in the talent on name alone as michigan, MSU or Minnesota would do
for example.  There will likely be a western bias here, but here we go:
     1.  Jeff Jackson-  See above.
     2.  George Gwozdecky- Went to Miami, made a weak program strong, left for
           Denver and Denver got significantly better and Miami went down the
           tubes.  Can't argue with that record.
     3.  Ron Mason--Still got a few years left and has built three quality
           programs in BG, LSSU and Michigan State.  His Spartan teams have
           been down a touch the last 6 years due to improved recruiting in
           ann arbor and Sault Ste. Marie but he's still only had one losing
           that I can remember.
     4.  Shawn Walsh- Yeah, he's had problems, but I think he's learned his
           lesson.  He has built a great program in Orono.  I would first have
           his father-in-law, Ron Mason, give him a big long lecture on win
           with a completely clean program instead of a mostly clean program.
     5.--Ric Schaffer- Was never really given much support at Notre Dame,
           which cares about little except football.  Did pretty well in
           Alaska considering that that is, I would assume, a recruiting hell.
     Honorable Mention:  Don Lucia at CC.
                                          --Steve Moerland
                                   MSU '92, UK 'in a few weeks, UK 'TBA
 
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