Coaching is a serious problem.

Adam Michaels

Registered User
Jun 12, 2016
78,767
129,166
Montreal
Tony Marinaro on his french radio show this morning has been talking about Marty's body language behind the bench. He said he often looks deflated and defeated. And it's not the kind of body language you want your players to see the coach have during a rebuild.

He posted this on his Twitter:
1731083282138.png


And it is true that MSL does this often.
 

Tyson

Registered User
Mar 1, 2007
49,601
71,869
Texas
Tony Marinaro on his french radio show this morning has been talking about Marty's body language behind the bench. He said he often looks deflated and defeated. And it's not the kind of body language you want your players to see the coach have during a rebuild.

He posted this on his Twitter:
View attachment 927828

And it is true that MSL does this often.
It's a fair point
 

Habby4Life

First pick overall goes to the Montreal Canadiens
Nov 12, 2008
4,446
4,220
Tony Marinaro on his french radio show this morning has been talking about Marty's body language behind the bench. He said he often looks deflated and defeated. And it's not the kind of body language you want your players to see the coach have during a rebuild.

He posted this on his Twitter:
View attachment 927828

And it is true that MSL does this often.
He is so far in over his head it’s laughable.
 
  • Haha
  • Like
Reactions: HabsAddict and TRG

WeThreeKings

Demidov is a HAB
Sep 19, 2006
95,418
106,572
Halifax
Tony Marinaro on his french radio show this morning has been talking about Marty's body language behind the bench. He said he often looks deflated and defeated. And it's not the kind of body language you want your players to see the coach have during a rebuild.

He posted this on his Twitter:
View attachment 927828

And it is true that MSL does this often.

Contextually this was after the refs made the terrible call after letting 3 blatant NJD penalties go.
 

morhilane

Registered User
Feb 28, 2021
8,819
11,434
Brunet was talking about how few pass completions we have through the neutral zone the worst in the league by a very wide margin.
We claim to be a team who wants to play fast but we either skate the puck or try a stretch pass to an isolated forward.
Where is the offensive genius in that is that the best we can do?

I noted how Hughes who three or four times found himself alone in space decided to circle or pass back to rebuild the play.
The Devils rarely attempted solo attacks and were often able to rebuild without having to retreat behind their net.
There is something to be said for keeping the play tighter to the bench when changing forwards.

Even if we execute MSL's game plan I really don't see how decent hockey is going to come out of it.
Going by Laval, the Habs aren't even playing how they are supposed to be playing structurally. It's like every players think they are a generational offensive talent who doesn't need the others instead of playing as a team.

I feel sorry for the poor chap that gets to replace MSL...
 

Adam Michaels

Registered User
Jun 12, 2016
78,767
129,166
Montreal
Contextually this was after the refs made the terrible call after letting 3 blatant NJD penalties go.

In this instance yes. But he does have that kind of reaction for other reasons than the refs. However, Marinaro isn't saying Marty should get fired. He's openly said that he is a fan of MSL as he coach. He does say that he needs an experienced coach next to him. Obviously, we all say this.

Also, in the morning show, they were talking about an interview Kent Hughes gave in the off-season where he was asked what is something he believes Marty needs to improve on. Kent said he needs to delegate more. In other words, he is taking it all on his shoulders.
 

WeThreeKings

Demidov is a HAB
Sep 19, 2006
95,418
106,572
Halifax
In this instance yes. But he does have that kind of reaction for other reasons than the refs. However, Marinaro isn't saying Marty should get fired. He's openly said that he is a fan of MSL as he coach. He does say that he needs an experienced coach next to him. Obviously, we all say this.

Also, in the morning show, they were talking about an interview Kent Hughes gave in the off-season where he was asked what is something he believes Marty needs to improve on. Kent said he needs to delegate more. In other words, he is taking it all on his shoulders.

Yes he should have had an experienced assistant once Richardson left.. now it's hard to get one in there, if they do, it has to be a unilingual guy that isn't seen as a potential successor.

No way they can put someone behind the bench that would get calls to replace Marty, it'd be a powder keg that would blow way too quickly.
 

Adam Michaels

Registered User
Jun 12, 2016
78,767
129,166
Montreal
Brunet was talking about how few pass completions we have through the neutral zone the worst in the league by a very wide margin.
We claim to be a team who wants to play fast but we either skate the puck or try a stretch pass to an isolated forward.
Where is the offensive genius in that is that the best we can do?

I noted how Hughes who three or four times found himself alone in space decided to circle or pass back to rebuild the play.
The Devils rarely attempted solo attacks and were often able to rebuild without having to retreat behind their net.
There is something to be said for keeping the play tighter to the bench when changing forwards.

Even if we execute MSL's game plan I really don't see how decent hockey is going to come out of it.

The problem is that Habs are often stuck in their own zone because the other team is able to get a successful cycle going. So Habs players are exhausted from extended shifts and then clear the puck, and the other team comes right back.

And the other problem is that when Habs do get a cycle going, it doesn't last long because someone either fumbles the puck or is easily neutralized and the puck is back out.
 

jdc24

Registered User
Feb 13, 2019
3
2
Firing MSL and picking next up on the roulette wheel of the same old francophone coaches is a Bergevin bandaid fix. The rebuild will take time. This is a team with inexperienced defencemen, two AHL caliber goalies, and a handful of grossly underperforming forwards. A fresh coach may get a few wins out of the gate as a fresh face, but it will be the same bunch of losers eventually.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HabsAddict

RationalExpectations

Registered User
May 12, 2019
5,203
4,034
I expect Lane Hutson to be quarterbacking the 1st PP. Unless you're literally blind I don't see how that isn't an obvious play. The ice time allocation and lines still make 0 sense. No players aside from CC are improving, MSL has 0 experience coaching pro hockey. Stop defending the indefensible
Have you read my message ? I am one of the most critical person vis a vis MSL.
 

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad