AV

[Cassano]

GAA in 09-10: 10th lowest in the League (Torts First Year)
GAA in 10-11: 5th lowest in the League
GAA in 11-12: 3rd Lowest in the League
GAA in 2013: 4th Lowest in the League (Torts Fired After)
GAA in 13-14: 15th in the League (AV Current Year)

 

[haohmaru]

AV seems to have no coverage "system" in part of the ice that's most important. How is Kunitz, Crosby, and Jokinen THAT open on those 5 plays? That's the biggest difference between this "coaching" and Torts' coaching. You never saw **** like that with a Tortorella led team.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Clear as day we downgraded our coaching going from Torts to AV the clown.

 

[trilobyte]

AV seems to have no coverage "system" in part of the ice that's most important. How is Kunitz, Crosby, and Jokinen THAT open on those 5 plays? That's the biggest difference between this "coaching" and Torts' coaching. You never saw **** like that with a Tortorella led team.

Yes, I do agree with that.
The quick pass from behind the net to someone out front with their stick on the ice seems to be something the Rangers let happen a lot.
Rangers players seem to be looking at each other, nobody jumping in to wrap up the guy's stick or shove him off the puck.

 

[smoneil]

Something that hasn't been discussed yet (or if it has, I haven't seen it): It has been established that AV was brought in to be that coach who took the team to the "next level." Most of us are now coming to the point where we think this team needs to be re-built. Our home-grown vets (Girardi, Callahan, Staal) are about to become too expensive, and we don't have enough currently in the pipeline to replace/complement them.

So the question is this--if it IS decided at the management level that this is a team in need of a re-build, is AV still the right coach for that new direction? Regardless of how good or bad a job he's done this season, is AV a good developmental coach?

 

[Kwayry]

i said it before but I don't think these players believe in this sytem or this coach anymore.
I felt that since AV called out the "core" and the "entire D except McD" something changed in this team.
I think Sather is having 2nd thoughts on hiring AV as well.
1 - As a coach your number 1 role is to win games, you do that by putting your players in position to succeed. AV has failed to do so.
2 - Watching AV give preferential treatment to Brad, Nash, Moore, Brass and Pouliot. I think Pouliot is the one that hurts the most. Comparing how AV treated a mercenary who got a million chances to succeed vs the way he has treated a DZ, a home grown talent may have left a bitter taste. Not only DZ was scratched but he got bad mouthed in the media over and over again.

Sather has made many mistakes, but the biggest one is this summer's.
If firing Torts was good for the org, then why not trade players that do not fit the system when their value was higher? Like at the draft or beginning of the season.
I have a feeling this season is not going to finish well in rangerland either on the ice or the executive room.

 

[haohmaru]

Laviolette is still out there