All Encompassing Head Coach Search Thread

[Hollywood Cannon]

We have discussion on the coaching search in multiple threads so it's a bit all over the place so I figured i'd make a thread to make it more centralized.

 

[flyersnorth]

I mentioned this in the other coaching thread -

Rangers hired Sullivan, so there's that.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I mentioned this in the other coaching thread -

Rangers hired Sullivan, so there's that.

And Torts is going with him (reportedly likely).

 

[flyersnorth]

And Torts is going with him (reportedly likely).

Seriously?? The student has become the master.

Get ready for a whole lot of Rangers dysfunction.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I'd rather give McKee a try over Tocchet just because he's not a re-tread. It may turn out dull or bad, but at least it was something else.

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

From what i've read, i think i'd be more than okay if Ferschweiler was the guy. yes, there's plenty of Hakstol-ish downside but he'd be a more exciting option than Tocchet or any other retread.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

McKee
Ferschweiler
Shaw
Or even…Lappy

 

[Audible Velvet]

I’m ready for disappointment. Not surprise or anything else. Just disappointment. I hope they do promote Lappy, and maybe that will push them closer to a real purge. There’s no way that ends in anything but rock bottom.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

there is no search.... it is Lappy

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Seriously?? The student has become the master.

Get ready for a whole lot of Rangers dysfunction.

Sad day, Kaplan and Weekes said it last night but looks like it’s not coming to fruition.

The lazy man gets to keep being lazy.

 

[GKJ]

Torts not gonna be an assistant. He’s gonna have to wear a suit every night.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Seriously?? The student has become the master.

Get ready for a whole lot of Rangers dysfunction.

The Rangers are currently a debacle, and if they're thinking adding Tortorella to the mix is gonna help they're way dumber than the Flyers.

Where would they be without the prestige of NYC and MSG and their O6 status and deep pockets to use as hard selling points?

I'm ok with not getting Sullivan. The conditions that aided his success in Pitt do not exist here. Unsure we should assume he can replicate a fraction of it somewhere else a decade later.

 

[swami24]

Wish list:
Ferschwieler
Shaw
Tochett


Expectation of their list:
Tochett
Lappy
Shaw
Ferschwieler

 

[DancingPanther]

What kind of system does McKee run? Is he worth hoping for?

 

[Embiid]

Might as well just put this behind the bench...

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I mentioned this in the other coaching thread -

Rangers hired Sullivan, so there's that.

I don’t think anyone should be surprised.

 

[flyersnorth]

The Rangers are currently a debacle, and if they're thinking adding Tortorella to the mix is gonna help they're way dumber than the Flyers.

Where would they be without the prestige of NYC and MSG and their O6 status and deep pockets to use as hard selling points?

I'm ok with not getting Sullivan. The conditions that aided his success in Pitt do not exist here. Unsure we should assume he can replicate a fraction of it somewhere else a decade later.

Yeah I wasn't very interested by Sullivan either.

I would be fine with Shaw as a more development oriented coach.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Might as well just put this behind the bench...

I am looking at the guy in the Muppets mask more than the Torts cutout

 

[MJL66]

Yeah I wasn't very interested by Sullivan either.

I would be fine with Shaw as a more development oriented coach.

I just don't see Shaw as a great developmental coach. I'm of the opinion of, does it really matter who the next coach is? I can see the developmental angle but in reality. If this team ever gets anywhere in the future. This coach they hire is going to be long gone. He will be a sacrificial lamb.

 

[ponder719]

I'm ok with not getting Sullivan. The conditions that aided his success in Pitt do not exist here. Unsure we should assume he can replicate a fraction of it somewhere else a decade later.

He'd have a fraction of those conditions here, surely. The denominator would be gargantuan, and the numerator minuscule, but a fraction nonetheless.

 

[Embiid]

I am looking at the guy in the Muppets mask more than the Torts cutout

That's what I meant though...j/k

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Friedman says Jay McKee is on the radar. He has been coaching in the OHL in Kitchener and Branford winning a championship in 2022. Used to be teammates with Danny in Buffalo.

Tocchet considering TV if the landscape isn’t as he wants it.

Never met him, but our parents apparently our parents worked together. For that reason alone, I say give him a shot.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Tampa announced Cooper is staying for next season, so that pipe dream can be put on the shelf.

 

[flyersnorth]

I just don't see Shaw as a great developmental coach. I'm of the opinion of, does it really matter who the next coach is? I can see the developmental angle but in reality. If this team ever gets anywhere in the future. This coach they hire is going to be long gone. He will be a sacrificial lamb.

Maybe that's the point - stick with a guy like Shaw who creates minimal disruption but at least changes the tone from Torts. I agree that whoever the next coach is will not be the one in place when the team turns the corner.

 

[GKJ]

Tampa announced Cooper is staying for next season, so that pipe dream can be put on the shelf.

Sounded like if he is moving it would be to Utah