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Adam Wodon, managing editor of collegehockeynews.com, has written an interesting column on the search for a new men's hockey coach at Brown.

The column includes the news that there are two additional finalists for the job, bringing the total to six, not four as has been reported.

Wodon says that Mark Workman, currently a Brown assistant, and Joe Bonnett, an assistant at Colorado College, also are finalists. They join Dartmouth assistant Brendan Whittet; Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh; Union assistant Rick Bennett; and Massachusetts assistant Red Gendron.

One of Wodon's points is that the salary being offered -- which may be as low as $85,000 -- is a problem.

Says Wodon: "Any one of the people being interviewed may, indeed, turn out to be a great head coach for the Bears.

But Brown's financial policy certainly hamstrings the athletic department's decision making.

One reason for Brown's dilemma is Title IX -- and this is not an article dumping on Title IX, so don't misunderstand. But if you recall, Brown University was ground zero for a landmark Title IX decision in 1996. It was a four-year legal battle that cost the university half a million dollars, and was eventually decided by the Supreme Court. Brown lost, and the memories linger.

Brown thus toes the line closely, and its men's hockey coaching salary must come close to that of women's head coach Digit Murphy, who applied for the men's opening, or else create a potential new firestorm.

The mean ECAC head coaching salary is around $150,000 annually, and Brown is nowhere near that. In addition, its staff is barely given the resources of what part timers would get.

Brown also does not utilize its financial aid packages as creatively as the other Ivy League ECAC schools do, furthering the disadvantage.''

Click here to read Wodon's column.

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