Dominique Ducharme. Interim head coach of the Habs thread

[salbutera]

Wonder where all the positivity for this guy went, there were a ton of people here optimistic about him, but have been quiet for a while.

I think Dom Dom is a good coach. The team has too many slow players for his system.

 

[expy]

I think Dom Dom is a good coach. The team has too many slow players for his system.

Then change the system.

 

[Archijerej]

Then change the system.

Hard to do without a pre-season and in a condensed schedule.

 

[altmeister]

Fire DD. Hire Gallant or Joel Bouchard

 

[expy]

Hard to do without a pre-season and in a condensed schedule.

Hope he’s gone as well as burrows, Bergevin, and the entire management next season.

Wasn’t a fan of his nomination and he hasn’t done anything to show he’s any different than Julien.

 

[le_sean]

This guy doesn’t deserve a head coaching job

 

[cave troll]

Dude is lost in time and space and a living proof what a clown we have for a GM.
Cause only Bergy would give him a NHL job.

 

[MTL-rules]

Fire DD. Hire Gallant or Joel Bouchard

Not sure about Gallant and Bouchard is a little green... Not much out there...

First move is fire MB to the moon and ideally sell the f***ing team to a competent owner.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Was ready to give Duch a chance, but what I really wanted was Turk.

It's time to bring back the prodigal son.

 

[SnapVirus]

Patrick Roy, GM
Bob Hartley, HC
Joel Bouchard as Assistant coach

time to blow this muthaphukin ship up

 

[HuGo Sham]

doesn't really matter anymore, he's gone when bargain bin is tossed anyway

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

Ducharme was the most wanted coach here before Bergevin hired him. Can anyone tell me why?

 

[River Meadow]

Ducharme was the most wanted coach here before Bergevin hired him. Can anyone tell me why?

Bon petit gars de chez nous

 

[LeHab]

Team Julien	GP	W	L	T	OT	P	P%	RW	ROW	S/O Win	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	Net PP%	Net PK%	Shots/GP	SA/GP	FOW%
Montréal Canadiens	18	9	5	--	4	22	0.611	9	9	0	61	50	3.39	2.78	18.2	76.4	16.4	86.1	34.1	29.4	47

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

vs.

Team Ducharme	GP	W	L	T	OT	P	P%	RW	ROW	S/O Win	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	Net PP%	Net PK%	Shots/GP	SA/GP	FOW%
Montréal Canadiens	24	10	9	--	5	25	0.521	8	9	1	63	66	2.63	2.75	20	78.1	18.3	79.7	30.9	26.9	50.1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[cujo1117]

Why we fired Julien again?

 

[26Mats]

Team Julien	GP	W	L	T	OT	P	P%	RW	ROW	S/O Win	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	Net PP%	Net PK%	Shots/GP	SA/GP	FOW%
Montréal Canadiens	18	9	5	--	4	22	0.611	9	9	0	61	50	3.39	2.78	18.2	76.4	16.4	86.1	34.1	29.4	47

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

vs.

Team Ducharme	GP	W	L	T	OT	P	P%	RW	ROW	S/O Win	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	Net PP%	Net PK%	Shots/GP	SA/GP	FOW%
Montréal Canadiens	24	10	9	--	5	25	0.521	8	9	1	63	66	2.63	2.75	20	78.1	18.3	79.7	30.9	26.9	50.1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Julien caught the league by surprise, then faded.

I prefer Dom to Julien. At least he makes adjustments.

I'd try Anderson with Danault. His size and speed could help with the defensive responsibilities. And, he's not the greatest with the puck as far as making plays is concerned. He could fit with Danault's pinball style. If so, that would free up Gally to play with KK or Suzuki

Tatar Danault Anderson
Toffoli Suzuki Armia/Caufield
Drouin Kotkaniemi Gallagher/Evans/Perry

 

[Hannibal]

He’s not a NHL Head coach and never will be.

 

[JianYang]

Patrick Roy, GM
Bob Hartley, HC
Joel Bouchard as Assistant coach

time to blow this muthaphukin ship up

Roy would need president and GM, because he will inevitably butt heads with someone who he disagrees with. Plus, no GM experience at the nhl level.

Hartley is well past his expiry date, and I dont think he was a great coach to begin with.

Bouchard is much more valuable to this organization as the head coach of the rocket than an assistant on the habs.

 

[prairie hab]

Hire Babcock. Accountability. So tired of these recycled Francophone names. 28 years since a Cup. Pathetic that language is still the issue it is. How about fielding a competent, competitive team that wins? Then the language question fades away...

 

[Walrus26]

Regardless of whatever his talents may be and regardless of whatever strait-jackets he may be in thanks to Management, he's failing his extended interview with flying colours.

 

[Archijerej]

Why we fired Julien again?

A desperate GM.

Julien's a good coach, although he did miss on Muller and Richardson as assistants. Provided of course that was his choice.

 

[RationalExpectations]

A desperate GM.

Julien's a good coach, although he did miss on Muller and Richardson as assistants. Provided of course that was his choice.

Not sure Julien is such a great coach but the team is on the ice, not the coach. The Habs have a great second line (Tatar Danault Gallagher), a great third line (Toffoli KK Anderson), a great overpaid fourth line (Lekhonen Evans Armia), but no 1st line, a great second D pair (Edmunson Petry) but no 1st pair, two promising centers, one promising scorers, one promising shutdown D but some of their window may be squandered thanks to the stupid Price and Weber contracts depending on what they decide to do.

 

[Death]

Wonder where all the positivity for this guy went, there were a ton of people here optimistic about him, but have been quiet for a while.

I was one of them, I really wanted to be positive for once even though I had no particular knowledge on Ducharme except what I could read here and there. Younger coach, supposed to be the offensive type, ingame changes ...
I'm very, very disappointed. I couldn't watch a lot of games as I had way too much work ( which led me to quit said job, don't like being exploited ... new one incoming) but what I saw the last two games ... ooooooffffffff Terrible.

I tend to believe he is not free to do what he wants (management's puppet as @Ozymandias suggested). Yet, it's quite obvious the players are not responding well to him. Won't go into details, everybody can see the team is disorganised and playing uninspired hockey.

Leaving overseas, I'm not exposed to the MTL media circus and I lack time to seek itws and such things. Even though I tried to be optimistic, I was still afraid DD would not be able to do the job, personnality wise : I saw him being interviewed beteween periods after he was hired as an assistant coach, he seemed terrified and not able to speak fluently. Cringy ... Now, he has to lead a group of professionnals and show leadership to get the best out of them. If you've ever played competitive hockey (not even in the pros), you know how a coach's personnality, the way he talks to the group and players individually has an impact on the group buying his implements. DD may be more relaxed with the players, but I believe they're unconvinced by him. This team looks resigned, not a good sign at all.

The favoring vets thing doesn't help at all, maybe management has a say in it, but players can see what's going on, a team with no meritocracy will falter. Players want to win but if the competition among them is unfair, they can't turn a blind eye to it. They'll win a few games here and there out of pride and them being competitive pros, but they really seem to endure the situation.

 

[LeHab]

Julien caught the league by surprise, then faded.

I prefer Dom to Julien. At least he makes adjustments.

I'd try Anderson with Danault. His size and speed could help with the defensive responsibilities. And, he's not the greatest with the puck as far as making plays is concerned. He could fit with Danault's pinball style. If so, that would free up Gally to play with KK or Suzuki

Tatar Danault Anderson
Toffoli Suzuki Armia/Caufield
Drouin Kotkaniemi Gallagher/Evans/Perry

As often happens, team was probably overhyped after offseason roster moves. At season start had them as middle of pack battling for a playoff spot. So far pretty much meets my expectations given lineup regardless of who is coaching.

Still an overall improvement from last seasons but I'm also realistic and don't expect any serious run anytime soon.

 

[26Mats]

As often happens, team was probably overhyped after offseason roster moves. At season start had them as middle of pack battling for a playoff spot. So far pretty much meets my expectations given lineup regardless of who is coaching.

Still an overall improvement from last seasons but I'm also realistic and don't expect any serious run anytime soon.

We're one good forward and one good dman away from taking the next st wer p - but sd o is every other team in the league.

And that forward needs to be a playdriver if no a gamebreaker and the D probably has to be damn good, if not a top pairing puck mover.

Glad MB has moved away from the small speedsters with no skill (Peca, Weal, Cousins, Byron). Now it's time to move on from the expensive 4th liners (Lehkonen, Armia, Byron) and Drouin. And time to get a puck mover to play with Weber.

We'll see if MB has learned. (If we m as ke the playoffs, he'll be back).