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Laval Rocket: Daniel Jacob Hired As Assistant Coach

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Adam Michaels

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Vachon23 said:
Weird that they announce the Assistant coach before the Head Coach. They new coach won’t have the chance to bring someone with him
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It is an odd approach. It's not the first time a team hires an assistant coach before a head coach, but it's very rare that happens. This could be a case of Habs maybe hiring a rookie coach and want him to have some assistants with experience in place for him. Just a guess.

I am good with bringing Jacobs back.

Still curious if Laperriere will join Patrick Roy in NYI. If so, that means there's another assistant coach that will need to be brought in.
 
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Adam Michaels said:
It is an odd approach. It's not the first time a team hires an assistant coach before a head coach, but it's very rare that happens. This could be a case of Habs maybe hiring a rookie coach and want him to have some assistants with experience in place for him. Just a guess.

I am good with bringing Jacobs back.

Still curious if Laperriere will join Patrick Roy in NYI. If so, that means there's another assistant coach that will need to be brought in.
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NYI already hired an other assistant and Kent Hughes confirme in his press conference that Laperrière is still with the Rocket

Daniel Jacob is a good proven assistant coach though
 
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Vachon23 said:
Weird that they announce the Assistant coach before the Head Coach. They new coach won’t have the chance to bring someone with him
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Wondering if the coach is already selected but the contract not finalised. Still odd, you would announced both once done.
 
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In Basu & Godin podcast, Arpon mentioned that they have done a number interviews for the head coach of Laval, could be up to 10. Sedgwick lead the interviews and Lecavalier was also involved in the interviews. After they narrow down the field Gorton and Hughes will then become involved in the interview process
 
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Real surprised by this, isn't Jacob part of Joel Bouchard crew ? He has followed him pretty much everywhere. Well he has familiarity with the Rocket so that's a plius.
 
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Whitesnake said:
Makes no sense unless they know who the coach is....and he was fine with that appointment.
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I doubt they know who the coach is. Hughes on Monday said they will narrow the list down and start a second round of interviews, with him involved this time.

My thinking is that they will appoint a rookie coach and they wanted to have experienced assistant coaches already in place for him, rather than him hiring someone who might not have experience.

But that's just me guessing.

Fatbiggie said:
Real surprised by this, isn't Jacob part of Joel Bouchard crew ? He has followed him pretty much everywhere. Well he has familiarity with the Rocket so that's a plius.
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Yes. They've been joined at the hip since junior in Blainville. I believe this is the first time they're not together. It was announced not long ago that Jacob was leaving Syracuse. And as soon as that news broke out, his name started circulating for Laval.
 
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Kosseca said:
Wondering if the coach is already selected but the contract not finalised. Still odd, you would announced both once done.
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A posters said Jacobs was going to be the new assistant a little while back somewhere in here. At the time they interviewed him for the job, Houle was probably still HC of the Rocket.

He's a really good assistant. The only surprising thing is that he usually gets jobs because Joel Bouchard is named HC somewhere. Maybe he wanted back home.
 
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morhilane said:
A posters said Jacobs was going to be the new assistant a little while back somewhere in here. At the time they interviewed him for the job, Houle was probably still HC of the Rocket.

He's a really good assistant. The only surprising thing is that he usually gets jobs because Joel Bouchard is named HC somewhere. Maybe he wanted back home.
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ok. now this make sense....
 
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