Last season, Randy Neal looked after the "ice hackers" in just five games - now he has to go.
The first candidates for the successor are already being traded.
Peißenberg
- The guest appearance after returning to TSV Peißenberg, which he had already trained for three seasons from 2014 to 2017, was quite short: After only five games, the season in the Bayern League was over for coach Randy Neal and his team due to corona .
The 64-year-old German-Canadian will not be able to play any further games as coach of the "ice hackers".
Ice hockey: A month ago, division boss Norbert Ortner had already retired
At the end of last week, the people in charge from Peißenberg announced that they did not want to continue working with Neal in the coming season.
"The ice hockey department of TSV Peißenberg will also break new ground with the coaching team of our senior team," was the official message of the "ice hackers" after the head of the department Norbert Ortner had already announced his retirement a month ago.
Simon Mooslechner, who worked as an assistant coach for the Peißenberg team for seven years, will also say goodbye.
"We would like to thank Randy and Simon for the years of cooperation and wish you all the best for the future, both privately and in terms of sport," said "Eishackler" spokesman Andreas Schugg.
TSV President Stefan Rießenberger, who will head the department temporarily until the next Annual General Meeting, was not involved in this campaign.
"The new board team has to shape the team they work with as they see fit," said Rießenberger.
“The only requirement I gave was that they deliver the message to Randy and Simon themselves.” In delivering this message, the President, in contrast to the “Ortner” case, stayed completely out of it.
I was surprised and also disappointed.
Randy Neal, now ex-trainer of TSV Peißenberg
"I was surprised and disappointed too," said Neal after his resignation.
He wonders Neal about the changed direction of the designated board team: "We were already planning for the coming season, and I was also involved in the offspring", reported the 64-year-old, who returned to his old club last year Year had actually presented a longer engagement.
“I turned down good offers for it at the time,” says Neal, who would have liked to continue working with his assistant coach Simon Mooslechner.
"It's a shame, but that's the way it is," said Mooslechner, who was less than enthusiastic about the decision.
“I haven't thought about how things will go on yet.
But I can let it come to me in a very relaxed manner, ”said Mooslechner.
Ice hockey: is Randy Neal a candidate for coaching at EC Peiting?
For Neal, however, it is clear that he wants to continue as a coach, even if it is still completely open where his new area of activity could be.
"I love ice hockey, I have the necessary license and experience," says Neal, who is confident of finding a suitable club.
Could he be called EC Peiting, where his son Dennis plays, who brought his father into play as a potential successor to Sebastian Buchwieser?
According to Neal, all of this is so far only speculation.
"When something comes up, I like to listen to everything," says the German-Canadian.
Ice hockey: Christian Kratzmeir is named as a possible successor to Neal
It has not yet been clarified who will be his successor as an "ice hacker" coach - even if there are already one or two candidates for this position.
One of them is Christian Kratzmeir, the former coach of the Peißenberg U20.
"I applied before last season," revealed Kratzmeir.
A decision on who will lead the Peißenberg team into the Bayernliga season 2021/22 can be expected in the next few days.
"Talks are ongoing and we will know more by the weekend," said TSV President Rießenberger.
He is confident that the coach question will be resolved in a timely manner.
"The players want to know who is training them," said Rießenberger.
