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Superintendent Bugnacki,
We the undersigned would like to respectfully voice our disappointment in the process followed and decision made regarding the selection of the Cedarburg High School Head Hockey Coach by Jon Hannam, CHS Athletic Director, and to request a review.
PROCESS
The hiring process should incorporate:
- Adequate time allowed to make a quality decision
- Integrity
- Humility
The process for hiring the new hockey coach was unsatisfactory on all three counts.
- Time - The process seemed rushed, as if Mr. Hannam wanted to get it off his plate as quickly as possible.
- Integrity - Mr. Hannam verbally offered the job to Shay Klitzke, and then reneged. This reflects poorly on CHS in general and the athletic department specifically.
- Humility - Any athletic director should be aware of the importance of intimate knowledge of a sport when making a coaching decision and should seek expert opinions when his knowledge is limited. Mr. Hannam chose not to do this during the process until an advisory committee was suggested by the President of the Blue Line Club. Then Mr. Hannam chose to ignore the advice of the experts on that committee.
DECISION
When filling any coaching vacancy, the following qualifications are most important:
- Knowledge of the sport
- Likelihood of program success (not necessarily measured solely by W/L record)
- Ability to motivate players
- Strong communication skills
Shay Klitzke is the better candidate when considering these criteria, specifically the top three.
- Knowledge of the sport
- Shay's hockey knowledge, including practice planning and game management skills, far exceeds all other candidates.
- Shay's hockey-specific strength and conditioning skills far exceed all other candidates.
- Likelihood of program success
- Shay's hockey contacts throughout the area will allow him to build an excellent staff. No other candidate has these contacts, which are imperative to building a program which includes both varsity and junior varsity.
- Shay knows many of the current players, having coached them both on and off the ice. In addition, Shay has been intimately involved at the youth level and thus knows many of the future Bulldogs. This will lead to better player retention in the CHS program, an area which CHS (both CHS boys and Lakeshore Lightning) has ignored previously.
- Ability to motivate players
- Shay's ability to motivate players through example and expected discipline is exemplary. Numerous current players have mentioned how much they respect Shay.
REQUEST
The undersigned would like to request that you review the process followed and decision made regarding the Boys Head Hockey Coach and inform the CHS hockey community of the justification of the decision. We recognize the challenge of changing the decision now that the new coach has been announced, but feel it is in the long-term best interest of the CHS hockey program to re-evaluate that choice.
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It is interesting how Shae was running our summer practices before he knew if he had the job, whereas our new head coach can’t even show up to the summer practices due to other commitments.
As a an experienced youth hockey coach and parent to one current and two future CHS hockey athletes, I’ve had extensive exposure to Shay’s knowledge of the game, ability to organize, train, and motivate all three of my kids to be better athletes. I can also attest to his ability to make me a better youth hockey coach with training advice for our youth players whenever I’ve asked. His unique combination of off ice strength and fitness training and on ice hockey skill development could bring the competitive edge the CHS hockey program needs to advance towards matching CHS academic performance. Please accept my entire family’s recommendation for Shay as the next CHS hockey program head coach. Thank you. Go Bulldogs!!
I am completely in shock that Shay did not get the head coaching position for CHS Hockey. He has been nothing but helpful to my son and step son in CrossFit training. He has even done an outstanding job with summer early morning practices. Clearly, Mr. Hannam is not in it for kids. As we all saw last year, it was a disaster on and off the ice for our kids. The locker room behavior was a disgrace and numerous other issues that Hannam just swept under the rug. As for a fact, I know Shay would not let this BS happen. I will definitely keep rooting CHS Hockey but, I will not tolerate the same BS that had happened last season. I am signing this petition not to get back at Hannam’s but, because I truly believe that Shay would have been the best choice for our CHS Boy’s Hockey Team. Thank You.
The hiring process was a joke!
I feel Mr. Hannam is in the wrong here
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Superintendent Bugnacki,
We the undersigned would like to respectfully voice our disappointment in the process followed and decision made regarding the selection of the Cedarburg High School Head Hockey Coach by Jon Hannam, CHS Athletic Director, and to request a review.
PROCESS
The hiring process should incorporate:
- Adequate time allowed to make a quality decision
- Integrity
- Humility
The process for hiring the new hockey coach was unsatisfactory on all three counts.
- Time - The process seemed rushed, as if Mr. Hannam wanted to get it off his plate as quickly as possible.
- Integrity - Mr. Hannam verbally offered the job to Shay Klitzke, and then reneged. This reflects poorly on CHS in general and the athletic department specifically.
- Humility - Any athletic director should be aware of the importance of intimate knowledge of a sport when making a coaching decision and should seek expert opinions when his knowledge is limited. Mr. Hannam chose not to do this during the process until an advisory committee was suggested by the President of the Blue Line Club. Then Mr. Hannam chose to ignore the advice of the experts on that committee.
DECISION
When filling any coaching vacancy, the following qualifications are most important:
- Knowledge of the sport
- Likelihood of program success (not necessarily measured solely by W/L record)
- Ability to motivate players
- Strong communication skills
Shay Klitzke is the better candidate when considering these criteria, specifically the top three.
- Knowledge of the sport
- Shay's hockey knowledge, including practice planning and game management skills, far exceeds all other candidates.
- Shay's hockey-specific strength and conditioning skills far exceed all other candidates.
- Likelihood of program success
- Shay's hockey contacts throughout the area will allow him to build an excellent staff. No other candidate has these contacts, which are imperative to building a program which includes both varsity and junior varsity.
- Shay knows many of the current players, having coached them both on and off the ice. In addition, Shay has been intimately involved at the youth level and thus knows many of the future Bulldogs. This will lead to better player retention in the CHS program, an area which CHS (both CHS boys and Lakeshore Lightning) has ignored previously.
- Ability to motivate players
- Shay's ability to motivate players through example and expected discipline is exemplary. Numerous current players have mentioned how much they respect Shay.
REQUEST
The undersigned would like to request that you review the process followed and decision made regarding the Boys Head Hockey Coach and inform the CHS hockey community of the justification of the decision. We recognize the challenge of changing the decision now that the new coach has been announced, but feel it is in the long-term best interest of the CHS hockey program to re-evaluate that choice.
6 Comments
Shay has put in years of work for these kids and he was clearly the best guy for the job. Hannam really dropped the ball on this one.
It is interesting how Shae was running our summer practices before he knew if he had the job, whereas our new head coach can’t even show up to the summer practices due to other commitments.
As a an experienced youth hockey coach and parent to one current and two future CHS hockey athletes, I’ve had extensive exposure to Shay’s knowledge of the game, ability to organize, train, and motivate all three of my kids to be better athletes. I can also attest to his ability to make me a better youth hockey coach with training advice for our youth players whenever I’ve asked. His unique combination of off ice strength and fitness training and on ice hockey skill development could bring the competitive edge the CHS hockey program needs to advance towards matching CHS academic performance. Please accept my entire family’s recommendation for Shay as the next CHS hockey program head coach. Thank you. Go Bulldogs!!
I am completely in shock that Shay did not get the head coaching position for CHS Hockey. He has been nothing but helpful to my son and step son in CrossFit training. He has even done an outstanding job with summer early morning practices. Clearly, Mr. Hannam is not in it for kids. As we all saw last year, it was a disaster on and off the ice for our kids. The locker room behavior was a disgrace and numerous other issues that Hannam just swept under the rug. As for a fact, I know Shay would not let this BS happen. I will definitely keep rooting CHS Hockey but, I will not tolerate the same BS that had happened last season. I am signing this petition not to get back at Hannam’s but, because I truly believe that Shay would have been the best choice for our CHS Boy’s Hockey Team. Thank You.
The hiring process was a joke!
I feel Mr. Hannam is in the wrong here
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Shay has put in years of work for these kids and he was clearly the best guy for the job. Hannam really dropped the ball on this one.