2022/23 Roster Thread XVIII: The bats have left the bell tower

[LegionOfDoom91]

Arizona had Gretzky as their coach. Perhaps that?

 

[Lindberg]

I think there's a lot of people today that are soft as butter but generally I don't think I'd consider hockey players that. Lots of these guys will go out and still take a puck to the face to win a championship. I can understand moving on from players who don't want to deal with contact but I imagine Farabee's camp just wants him to be 100%.

This is some stupid ass version of Eric Lindros 2.0.

Arizona had Gretzky as their coach. Perhaps that?

It is Gretzky. You're gonna have players motivated to play for him even if he is completely clueless.

 

[trostol]

Someone high up in Comcast needs to go scorched earth with this team

 

[Lindberg]

Someone high up in Comcast needs to go scorched earth with this team

They don't care about on ice performance. They only care about $.

People can shit all over Ed Snider for his meddling but that guy cared. If there was 1/10th of that in this franchise now.....

 

[Tripod]

Only 8 points out of a playoff spot...

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Only 8 points out of a playoff spot...

Has Scott & Fletcher left their bunker yet?

 

[Fight4yourRight]

This is the simplest and most likely thing.

No. I much prefer the far fetched conspiracy theories of the latter parties.

 

[chadateit]

Arizona had Gretzky as their coach. Perhaps that?

That's probably as good an example as any, but even then, they were marketing Shane Doan and a few other lesser talents, if I remember correctly.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

That Nylander goal tonight. Holy shit

Only 8 points out of a playoff spot...

The hard charging Canadiens are only 10 points out.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That's probably as good an example as any, but even then, they were marketing Shane Doan and a few other lesser talents, if I remember correctly.

If there were/are it’s probably gonna mostly be small market teams that have truly awful on ice product & not much history of their own to lean into.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Only 8 points out of a playoff spot...

They probably look at this and think "it's just 4 wins! We can win 4!" without realizing those other teams will also win games.

 

[Striiker]

Snider making this franchise a retirement home for worthless old parasites, whose only qualifications are doing unimpressive shit on the ice many decades ago, is exactly why the team is in this mess.

That’s why we’re stuck with trash like Clarke and all the problems he’s caused.

 

[DancingPanther]

That's actually a pretty interesting thought. I've been following the NHL for 40+ years. I don't remember a single instance of an NHL organization attempting to make the coach the face of any team in the league - ever. Even with various awful teams with zero talent. Can anyone think of an example of this before Torts and the flyers right now?

I'll extend it to in all sports ever. With every "star" coach comes a star player. Jordan, Brady, Mahomes, Jeter etc etc etc. Never has a coach been anointed like the flyers are right now. That's how out of touch they are

 

[chadateit]

I'll extend it to in all sports ever. With every "star" coach comes a star player. Jordan, Brady, Mahomes, Jeter etc etc etc. Never has a coach been anointed like the flyers are right now. That's how out of touch they are

I think you can argue that Bellicheck (or however the f*** you spell that) might fit the bill. And football is all about coaching, way more than the NHL. Of course, I don't follow football at all, so I could be wrong.

 

[ponder719]

I'll extend it to in all sports ever. With every "star" coach comes a star player. Jordan, Brady, Mahomes, Jeter etc etc etc. Never has a coach been anointed like the flyers are right now. That's how out of touch they are

Bill Parcells came in as the all-savior of the Cowflops when he was their coach, and Jon Gruden with the Raiders.

 

[DancingPanther]

I think you can argue that Bellicheck (or however the f*** you spell that) might fit the bill. And football is all about coaching, way more than the NHL. Of course, I don't follow football at all, so I could be wrong.

Belichick had Brady.

 

[DancingPanther]

Bill Parcells came in as the all-savior of the Cowflops when he was their coach, and Jon Gruden with the Raiders.

Parcells is fair, but he also had Witten. I was young for that though so I'm not certain how Witten was marketed to their fanbase/in football

 

[DancingPanther]

They probably look at this and think "it's just 4 wins! We can win 4!" without realizing those other teams will also win games.

If we can flip some of those OT losses into wins we'd be right there!!

 

[BiggE]

Imagine giving Torts the keys to a franchise in 2023.

Having the keys to this franchise is akin to having the keys for an outhouse.

That's actually a pretty interesting thought. I've been following the NHL for 40+ years. I don't remember a single instance of an NHL organization attempting to make the coach the face of any team in the league - ever. Even with various awful teams with zero talent. Can anyone think of an example of this before Torts and the flyers right now?

Possibly Don Cherry in Colorado. But that was a long time ago and it did not go well.

 

[VladDrag]

This is the most disheartening thing I have read about the Flyers.

Every single thing the Flyers have done for years has been the wrong thing. This is like flipping heads 1000 times in a row. Can we get a tails just one time, please?

At the end of AV's tenure, I thought at least it can't get this bad. I can't believe how many times I have thought that.

 

[Starat327]

"Nobody wanted to watch this at 8pm last night. Maybe we'll see if the 8am crowd is more(less?) Apathetic..?"

."

 

[VladDrag]

Parcells is fair, but he also had Witten. I was young for that though so I'm not certain how Witten was marketed to their fanbase/in football

Just to add to this, coaching is vastly more important in football than it is in hockey.

 

[Curufinwe]

That Nylander goal tonight. Holy shit


The hard charging Canadiens are only 10 points out.

I wish we could have swapped Provy for Nylandr after one of Toronto’s playoff disasters.

 

[bennysflyers16]

"Nobody wanted to watch this at 8pm last night. Maybe we'll see if the 8am crowd is more(less?) Apathetic..?"
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Not just tv speakers ??

 

[Tripod]

They probably look at this and think "it's just 4 wins! We can win 4!" without realizing those other teams will also win games.

Oh I guarantee they look and see that they have 17 1-goal losses and think that they SHOULD be in a playoff spot right now.