Once the front office folks and the coaches identify potential recruits their job is to sell that player on making his in-season home here in Knoxville.
"These guys go home for the summer. They lace the skates up with people from all other leagues and they talk. Where's the best place to play in the league or where's the best teams to go, how do they treat you? are you treated like a professional player? you know I am one hundred percent confident that anybody coming out of Knoxville can say no other,” Mike Murray, Ice Bears GM, said. “That's huge in recruiting because these are your best recruiters, the players that play here. You treat them they way Scotty (Hillman) and I want to be treated when we played; that is kinda our basis. Any player that leaves here is traded or retires or whatever, they'll know the time they spent here was great. A lot of it has to do with our fans, our booster club and all other people that support them."
"Scotty is the hardest working coach in this league and probably some others. A lot of people don't see it because they're not here day to day like I am, but whether it would be splicing video or trying to motivate a player that is kinda in a slump. He's been there, he's seen it, and he's been schooled by some of the best. From what I've seen I would rather not have any other here. I extended his contract last summer, so he's good through 2011, so hopefully we can put another couple of championships under our belt before then."
playoffs begin next week!
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