Confirmed with Link: Amerks coach hire: Seth Appert of the USNTDP

[Gabrielor]

Not familiar with him, but glad it's someone in place.

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[My Cozen Dylan]

I was hoping Adams would tap former teammate Cory Stillman. Hopefully this guy works out.

 

[Jim Bob]

https://twitter.com/sethappert?lang=en

Seth Appert at eliteprospects.com

He was the head coach at RPI for 11 years before heading to the USNTDP for the past three seasons.

Sanderson's the pick at 8.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I was hoping Adams would tap former teammate Cory Stillman. Hopefully this guy works out.

Seeing he owns the Sudbury Wolves, I can’t see that happening. But we can draft his kid!!

 

[Gabrielor]

Apparently good with goalies...

 

[ForsakenSabre]

Went to RPI 2011-2015. Team never advanced past the quarter finals of the ECAC. My favorite moment was when he and the union coach had to be restrained after the mayor cup win.

 

[CrazyEddie20]

Not a great hire. If they were going to hire a washed up college coach, you'd think they'd try and find someone with some kind of AHL experience.

But he's probably cheap, and the Pegulas do have the maintenance of their extravagant lifestyle to consider.

 

[Jim Bob]

Apparently good with goalies...

He was a goalie as a player. So, I would hope he is good with goalies as a coach!

He had Kasdorf at RPI.

 

[Jim Bob]

Not a great hire. If they were going to hire a washed up college coach, you'd think they'd try and find someone with some kind of AHL experience.

But he's probably cheap, and the Pegulas do have the maintenance of their extravagant lifestyle to consider.

I wouldn't assume that he came cheap coming from the USNTDP.

 

[Buffaloed]

He played goal for Ferris State. Goaltenders often have special insight.
Seth Appert Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
Worst case scenario Rolston-lite

 

[Buffaloed]

I think this is the first unquestionable move the Sabres have made. They didn't hire a former player or someone else that was already on the payroll and try to pass him off as the best available choice. Adams said he wanted more player development in Rochester and he hired a coach with impressive resume of developing players. I recall Adams mentioning that Krueger would be involved in selecting the Rochester coach. Regardless of how it works outs, it's screams authenticity.

Appert BN interview from June 2019 regarding Trevor Zegras
How Trevor Zegras evolved into possible Sabres draft pick

 

[Sabreality]

Development coach, yeah Amerks gonna be young

 

[BotterilltheScrivner]

Not a fan of this hire.

Seth was known as a solid ECAC recruiter, but recruits never really developed offensively on his watch at RPI. His teams at RPI never really had an identity, and never seemed particularly well-coached. As a fan of a rival ECAC team, I was sad to see Seth fired because he couldn’t get that program going in the right direction.

Players seemed to like him, but that never translated into wins or production. This move feels like a huge downgrade from Taylor.

 

[Fjordy]

Meh

 

[Fjordy]

Sanderson's the pick at 8.

Sucks

 

[5 Minute Major]

But he's probably cheap, and the Pegulas do have the maintenance of their extravagant lifestyle to consider.

Yeah, THAT'S it!

Cripes.

 

[joshjull]

Does he own gardening gloves?

 

[SabresFan26]

Wasn’t a fan of him at RPI. Haven’t followed him since then but hope it works out for the organizations stand point.

 

[jc17]

I'm suprised by the number of sabres/Rpi fans there are

 

[billsandsabres]

as a lifelong troy resident and rpi fan, i wish i could give more on him, but honestly the program kinda wallowed under appert and my attention wandered.

he succeeded dan fridgen, who had some pretty good runs with some great recruits. fridgen was more of a firecracker and his teams tended to be pretty spirited.

appert on the other hand was much more reserved. maybe if he had gotten more than one year out of pirri and d'amigo the program could have had some sustained momentum. the team really struggled offensively aside from a handful of years with pirri/d'amigo/polacek.

none of that is to say he won't be a good fit in rochester. it's his first pro job, let's see how it goes. i'll pretend the clear parallels to another past rochester hire are figments of my paranoid imagination.

 

[Buffaloed]

Background info
New NTDP Coach Appert No Stranger to USA Hockey
Appert Well-Prepared to Lead Team USA at U18 World Championships


Sounds like Krueger on hitting

 

[Buffaloed]

Wasn’t a fan of him at RPI. Haven’t followed him since then but hope it works out for the organizations stand point.

Garden gloves and a dry erase board. The appert doesn't fall far from the tree.

 

[brian_griffin]

I'm suprised by the number of sabres/Rpi fans there are

It’s their top sport. Work colleague was there when Puppa played for them.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

as a lifelong troy resident and rpi fan, i wish i could give more on him, but honestly the program kinda wallowed under appert and my attention wandered.

he succeeded dan fridgen, who had some pretty good runs with some great recruits. fridgen was more of a firecracker and his teams tended to be pretty spirited.

appert on the other hand was much more reserved. maybe if he had gotten more than one year out of pirri and d'amigo the program could have had some sustained momentum. the team really struggled offensively aside from a handful of years with pirri/d'amigo/polacek.

none of that is to say he won't be a good fit in rochester. it's his first pro job, let's see how it goes. i'll pretend the clear parallels to another past rochester hire are figments of my paranoid imagination.

Jerry D'Amigo...well that's a name we'd forgotten for a while...

 

[Reddawg]

Garden gloves and a dry erase board. The appert doesn't fall far from the tree.

I seed what you did there