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Is UNO Giving Up on Hockey? And if so, should I?

My worst fear has just came true. The candidate I felt was woefully unqualified to be named head coach of UNO hockey was just named head coach.

He’s a Maverick to the core and now takes the reins as head coach of his alma mater. Congrats, Coach Gabinet!

READ: https://t.co/n4Guw0A9Uv pic.twitter.com/XhLoMBdv25— Omaha Hockey (@OmahaHKY) April 5, 2017Sorry. Mike Gabinet has 1 year of NCAA coaching experience and just three years experience as a paid coach; the other two at a small school in Canada.  That hardly qualifies him to be a head coach in the premier college hockey conference.

Yes, it’s “nice” that an alum gets to take over a program and that the players like him, but if UNO is serious about competing in the NCHC and nationally, UNO needed to hire a coach who’s been prepared to coach at this level. Mike Gabinet is not that coach.

Over the last year, UNO has made a habit of replacing experienced coaches and promoting up lesser paid assistants in all of their sports.  The baseball team is the biggest example of that, where Evan Porter’s squad is struggling mightily at 6-21. The rumors are that UNO’s financial issues have forced the issue, a situation created by the deficits at Baxter Arena.

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