St. Louis

looks like they will be looking for a new coach for next season....From USHR

Gamblers Have Their Man

The new head coach of the Green Bay Gamblers will be St. Louis Bandits (NAHL) head coach Jon Cooper. However, don't look for an announcement right away: the Bandits are in the playoffs, so the hiring is being kept on the QT.

Look for it to become official after the Bandits conclude the post-season. Given that Cooper's squad blitzed the opposition in the regular season with a 47-9-2 record, and has won six of their first seven playoff games, they are a good bet to make it to the Robertson Cup championship game on May 4th. They will be defending their title.

Yesterday, Cooper was named the NAHL's Coach of the Year for the second time.

Also on Friday, Cooper, who is also the Bandits' GM, was named one of the five finalists & the only one from hockey & for the USOC's Developmental Coach of the Year Award.

Last August, Cooper coached the U.S. Under-17 Select Team to a second-place finish at the Five Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic.

Cooper has coached the Bandits & the franchise moved from Texarkana to St. Louis in 2006 -- for five seasons. Before joining the Bandits, he was the head coach of the 2001-02 Honeybaked Midget AAA squad which went 67-7-1. Before that, Cooper led the Metro Jets (CSHL) to a national Jr. B title.

Suffice to say, he's had success everywhere he's been.

Cooper was born in Prince George, BC and played for the Notre Dame Hounds. He attended college at Hofstra, playing both hockey and lacrosse. In addition, he earned his law degree in 2003.

About 50 of Cooper's former players have gone on to play Div. I college hockey, and five have been selected in the NHL draft.

Everybody we spoke to on Friday had a positive reaction to this hire. The Div. I assistants gave him a thumbs-up, which is significant because a big part of a USHL coach's job involves interacting with them.

Cooper was almost certainly the #1 choice of the Gamblers from the get-go. The other two finalists were Luke Strand and Kevin Patrick, both former Gamblers' assistants.

Last edited by Ryan on Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:41 pm; edited 1 time in total

Re: St. Louis

Some much for being on the QT.

Ryan you suck man.

don't blame me, blame USHR.

Ryan wrote:

don't blame me, blame USHR.

You still suck! You are losing your creds buddy.

hmmm interesting. I am losing my creds because I post an article from USHR? Interesting indeed.

Ryan wrote:

hmmm interesting. I am losing my creds because I post an article from USHR? Interesting indeed.

That info was not part of the post initially.

Dont shit in your own yard....if you catch my drift.

SCAMMED wrote:

Ryan wrote: hmmm interesting. I am losing my creds because I post an article from USHR? Interesting indeed. That info was not part of the post initially. Dont shit in your own yard....if you catch my drift.

But my grass is the best for that.

I apologize for not giving USHR credit to begin with. It is there now.

Last edited by Ryan on Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:45 pm; edited 1 time in total

Huh..you sure do seem to like to threaten people.

Must suck to be so bitter. Nice job, Ryan.

Last edited by Jtornado on Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:00 pm; edited 1 time in total

Thanks Jt.

Now, I wonder if this will cause some distraction in St. Louis? Seems like a bad time for USHR to break this story.

SCAMMED wrote:

Ryan wrote: don't blame me, blame USHR. You still suck! You are losing your creds buddy.

Dear Scammed,

Go fuck yourself. You sound like a mod from the ITB board.

Creds, schmeds. Losing them in the eyes of a jackass like you? Puhlease....

Shit, it'll probably be in the local paper tomorrow. Still going to blame Ryan for reposting then? It's not like this has been a fucking state secret, ESPECIALLY if it's on USHR. If neither Coop nor Green Bay could keep it a secret, you can't blame anyone for broadcasting it.

This does bring up the question. Many of the Texarkana/St Louis fans on here still cling to the team for:
1) The players - Leone ages out so none left from the 4 States(?) days will be there.
2) Coach Cooper - because they respect him they were going to try to claim the team a while longer.

While I never understood this because if a team I like screws me, I hope they never win a game again, I wonder whom they wil choose to support as a team?

I would like to say, as an Ambassador of Goodwill for the Texas Tornado and their fans, please join with us in supporting the 1st class Tornado organization. We are the closest, have the nicest facilities, and the friendliest fans in the league. See you soon, my Texarkana brothers' and sister and welcome aboard!

Jtornado wrote:

I would like to say, as an Ambassador of Goodwill for the Texas Tornado and their fans, please join with us in supporting the 1st class Tornado organization. We are the closest, have the nicest facilities, and the friendliest fans in the league.

Now, THAT is a joke of the day...

Ryan wrote:

SCAMMED wrote: Ryan wrote: hmmm interesting. I am losing my creds because I post an article from USHR? Interesting indeed. That info was not part of the post initially. Dont shit in your own yard....if you catch my drift. But my grass is the best for that. I apologize for not giving USHR credit to begin with. It is there now.

Well done RYAN! You still suck though..

Marc Foster wrote:

SCAMMED wrote: Ryan wrote: don't blame me, blame USHR. You still suck! You are losing your creds buddy. Dear Scammed, Go fuck yourself. You sound like a mod from the ITB board. Creds, schmeds. Losing them in the eyes of a jackass like you? Puhlease.... Shit, it'll probably be in the local paper tomorrow. Still going to blame Ryan for reposting then? It's not like this has been a fucking state secret, ESPECIALLY if it's on USHR. If neither Coop nor Green Bay could keep it a secret, you can't blame anyone for broadcasting it.

Suck my dick. You are so dumb you dont have a clue.

Well if true, I like it better than Parise to Des Moines. Not sure why they just didn't put McConnell at the helm instead of assistant but meh...Don't know until they play the games.

Knott to the Muskies was odd too but I wish him the best.

I thought Strand would get the Gamblers job but then again I didn't imagine Cooper was available.

I kinda like this side of Marc....

bp

SCAMMED wrote:

Ryan wrote: SCAMMED wrote: Ryan wrote: hmmm interesting. I am losing my creds because I post an article from USHR? Interesting indeed. That info was not part of the post initially. Dont shit in your own yard....if you catch my drift. But my grass is the best for that. I apologize for not giving USHR credit to begin with. It is there now. Well done RYAN! You still suck though..

Who is Ryan? Does he also run another blog? I know Marc does. What part of the country are you guys located?

Ryans pretty much a big deal.....Scammed aint.

bp

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' about.

Pops wrote:

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' about.

Sorry, I am mostly MN high school intel, what does this mean. Is he real or a sock puppet? Someone, please explain. He's not a coach, I would hope not?