AOB Unplugged: Rob Miller

Much like the interview I did with Chris Holmes a few weeks ago, here are a few snippets from a phone interview I conducted with Aces captain Rob Miller yesterday that won’t be making it into my piece.

The full article, which will focus on Miller’s season and what the future holds for him, will be up sometime next week.

Aces Over Brooklyn- From your point of view, as a player and a coach, was there anything that you would have done differently from coach Firriolo in the EPHL finals against the Jersey Rockhoppers?

Rob Miller- I would have matched lines more. [Chris] Ferazzoli wouldn’t have had the time to do some of the things that he did. He was obviously the MVP of that series. Take a look at the NHL finals, [Sydney] Crosby didn’t do anything last night because of the way he was matched up. In the end, it may not have worked out well for us, but it may of have as well. You never know. That’s something I would have done for sure though. If they didn’t have Ferazzoli, that series would have been over in two [games], no question, everybody knows that. He’s a good player and if he has space to do things, he’ll do it and that’s what he did. That’s pretty much the only thing I would have done if I was in that situation.

AOB- Have you been offered any coaching positions in the league as of yet? There are a few teams presumably in the mix and I’m sure the fans would love to know if anything has changed.

Miller- I always keep my options open and I’ve spoken to a few people in the Brooklyn organization about some teams being added and all that and I told them I was interested. I haven’t heard much lately about it. I guess everyone is just waiting around. I spoke with Chris [Firriolo] the other day and him and I are basically waiting around, waiting to hear what’s going on and what’s going to be announced. There really hasn’t been any updates on the team or the league’s website. I think it needs to start. Things need to start to be updated if this league wants to be successful.

AOB- So you haven’t heard anything new regarding the league?

Miller- People that I’ve played with and coached ask me questions all the time because I’m a local guy and because I helped out and knew what was going on during the season, but now, I have no answers for them because I don’t know myself. They ask me if there’s going to be a league. I don’t know. I think it would be great if there was and think there is an opportunity to have a season, but I haven’t heard anything. I originally heard that a bunch of things were going to be announced on June 1, but that’s today and nothing has been announced.

AOB- How important do you think it is for announcements to be made?

Miller- I think it’s important for the fans to know. They want to know and they need to know. The biggest thing when we lost in the finals and whenever I lost, was that I always felt bad for the fans. No one’s making a million dollars by any means and without the fans, we wouldn’t be getting paid to play hockey. These people need to be accommodated.

Photos by Patrick Hickey Jr.

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