The Blackhawks Fired Their Coach
by KevinNovember 28th, 2006
Does it make me a bad person that I am glad? Nothing against the old coach personally, but he was wrong for the new NHL. He was trying to win games 2 to 1, and the new rules make that very hard to do. He certainly didn’t have the defensive or goaltending talent to win that way, but that didn’t keep him from trying. He even brought back a version of the trap — the defensive alignment that almost killed the game and the new rules are designed to eliminate. He might have had the talent to win games 6 to 5, but he kept poor defensive players who could skate and score (or, at least, who could skate and score in the AHL) on the bench in favor of mediocre defensive players who couldn;t do much of anything. The new coach, a former offensive standout, will hopefully correct that. With the Hawks best offensive player scheduled to return from injury in the next game or two, he will certianly have a good oppurtunity to make headway with an offense-first style.
What?
No — hockey. Guys on ice with sticks? Dude at each end dressed like Jason from Halloween? Hockey? Canadians love it?
What?
No — Canada. Whole other country? That land between us and the North Pole? Home of Molsen and moose?
Never mind.
How could the BCS put Michigan behind USC, huh?
That’s 3 coaches gone already this season. I’ve heard Tortorella in Tampa Bay is skating on thin ice (yeah I said it!). I also read one guy thinks the cap may go down next year.
Wkmaier
I have heard the same about the cap. That will get ugly if it comes to pass.
I suspect that in the next two or three years we will se ehihger than average coaching turnover, as older defenseive trap coaches who cannot adjust flal by the wayside.
Not just coaches making adjustments, but players too. Perfect example was Philly about the time they canned Hitchcock. Of course, Bobby Clarke bears most of the blame for assembling a team of traffic cones.
In hockey it is not referred to as a cap. It is a salary touk.
Ted, I believe it’s spelled “touque”, but your point is well-taken, eh?
You hoser!
What are you talking aboot?