Dominique Ducharme. Interim head coach of the Habs thread

[dinodebino]

First off, hire a competent GM.

 

[Habby4Life]

If they don’t keep DD then I think Gallant or Babcock are good choices. Stay away from Roy!

 

[SpeedyPotato]

I think Bouchard is a more forward thinking coach than Ducharme, I also think he gets more out of his players and is great with development. It's probably too early but I want him to be the Habs coach of the future, Ducharme hasn't shown me anything interesting, the team is more boring and inconsistent than ever. MB obviously has to go now too, this was his year and it didn't work out.

 

[Wats]

They better not let Bouchard go.

 

[Miller Time]

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

Then don't play Staal over Evans
Kulak over Mete
Weber 20+ a night

 

[Archijerej]

I think Bouchard is a more forward thinking coach than Ducharme

Sorry, I don't mean to snap at you, but what the f*** does that even mean?

I see this floating around all the time, but no one seems to be providing a definition of a "forward thinking" coach.

 

[salbutera]

Then don't play Staal over Evans
Kulak over Mete
Weber 20+ a night

Dom Dom doesn’t have a choice, there’s only 1-recall left it’s either Evans, Caufield, another AHL player or keep it for a rainy day.

 

[peate]

So many things wrong here. The guy looks like a clown and sounds like one too; how can players have any faith in what he preaches when in his attempt to look cool, he appears to have just gotten out of bed?

He might be an OK assistant and a real nice guy, but he sure as hell ain't on my list of head coach candidates.

 

[OldCraig71]

He is the coach in name only. @WeThreeKings you told us what to expect from DD but he has not delivered. It's very probable that his hands are tied and has very little control of the roster and being able to coach in the way that he would like to.

 

[WeThreeKings]

He is the coach in name only. @WeThreeKings you told us what to expect from DD but he has not delivered. It's very probable that his hands are tied and has very little control of the roster and being able to coach in the way that he would like to.

My thoughts are he spent too much time under the discipline of Julien and has learned a bit too much.

 

[Miller Time]

Dom Dom doesn’t have a choice, there’s only 1-recall left it’s either Evans, Caufield, another AHL player or keep it for a rainy day.

Roster management 101, brought to you by the bargain bin academy

 

[Miller Time]

So many things wrong here. The guy looks like a clown and sounds like one too; how can players have any faith in what he preaches when in his attempt to look cool, he appears to have just gotten out of bed?

He might be an OK assistant and a real nice guy, but he sure as hell ain't on my list of head coach candidates.

Ever seen Bill Belichick?

Athlete's respond to clarity, competence and confidence.

This whole situation reeks of an interim coach with no real authority

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I know therrien wasent well liked here but maybe him as an assistant coach will put a little respek and akountability back in the room. Im all for it

 

[salbutera]

Roster management 101, brought to you by the bargain bin academy

Why wasn’t Mete put on waivers prior to deadline day, did MB decide last minute on Monday?

Not saying the Hobbit will save this team, but if Habs miss the playoffs due to administrative error keeping them from using taxi squad support....forget all the other MB debatable errors, this classifies 100% as pure incompetency. If there’s any level of business acumen in the ownership group, this by itself is a fireable offense

 

[hvac412]

DD saying his guys never abandoned !

 

[SpeedyPotato]

Sorry, I don't mean to snap at you, but what the f*** does that even mean?

I see this floating around all the time, but no one seems to be providing a definition of a "forward thinking" coach.

Valid question, and yeah I mean it's an opinion based on very superficial observation, it's mostly based on the way the Habs have been playing under Ducharme vs the way the Rocket is playing under Bouchard. One has the big team playing a boring, conservative dump and chase game, the other has his team being relentless, aggressive, far from boring. Maybe it wouldn't translate in the big leagues, but I can't understand why the Habs aren't better with this lineup and honestly, I find the team even more boring and passive under Ducharme than under Julien.

 

[Archijerej]

Valid question, and yeah I mean it's an opinion based on very superficial observation, it's mostly based on the way the Habs have been playing under Ducharme vs the way the Rocket is playing under Bouchard. One has the big team playing a boring, conservative dump and chase game, the other has his team being relentless, aggressive, far from boring. Maybe it wouldn't translate in the big leagues, but I can't understand why the Habs aren't better with this lineup and honestly, I find the team even more boring and passive under Ducharme than under Julien.

These are different situations, though.

The roster composition is different.

Bouchard had years to implement his philosophy and familiarize himself with the players. He also seems to have some voice in player recruitment for Laval. He has a stacked roster down there.

Ducharme was thrown into a HC position with the team in the middle of a crisis, without training camp and with severly restricted time for training sessions under a grueling schedule. He also has a roster that's likely weaker than Lavals' (relatively, of course) and badly assembled, as it does not allow for the intended playing style.

For all we know Ducharme might be a better NHL coach than Bouchard. There's just no way of telling based on what we've seen so far.

 

[BLONG7]

So now, it seems we are feeling that MB has his pulse on the lineup, and it's usage and Dom is just a puppet?
This might explain some things..............that being said, it does just lead to more of the same, can we believe that the GM is just this dumb?
MB will never be confused with a smart GM, but I don't think even he, can be this dumb?

 

[austin316]

Can someone explain to me the recall issue we have? We only have one recall left. So does that mean after we use that, that whoever we send back and forth from taxi squad to main roster and vice versa, are exposed to waivers?

 

[Et le But]

He hasn't impressed me at all but the team is just constructed poorly. Not sure the coach even matters at this point as long as Bergevin is fighting for his job and the media continues to fail to hold the organization to account.

 

[SpeedyPotato]

These are different situations, though.

The roster composition is different.

Bouchard had years to implement his philosophy and familiarize himself with the players. He also seems to have some voice in player recruitment for Laval. He has a stacked roster down there.

Ducharme was thrown into a HC position with the team in the middle of a crisis, without training camp and with severly restricted time for training sessions under a grueling schedule. He also has a roster that's likely weaker than Lavals' (relatively, of course) and badly assembled, as it does not allow for the intended playing style.

For all we know Ducharme might be a better NHL coach than Bouchard. There's just no way of telling based on what we've seen so far.

I agree that we can certainly give him the benefit of the doubt, I just don't like the way the team has been playing under him. I also don't like the constant line shuffling. But he's not the first one I want out I'll give you that. That being said, this is a solid roster, deep enough that they should at least play .500 vs the top team and regularly beat the weaker ones. He's also been here for a few years under Julien, so it's not like he hasn't had time to make up his mind about this team first hand.

 

[1909]

I agree that we can certainly give him the benefit of the doubt, I just don't like the way the team has been playing under him. I also don't like the constant line shuffling. But he's not the first one I want out I'll give you that. That being said, this is a solid roster, deep enough that they should at least play .500 vs the top team and regularly beat the weaker ones. He's also been here for a few years under Julien, so it's not like he hasn't had time to make up his mind about this team first hand.

The loss of Gallagher was crucial. His line with Tatar and Danault was clicking well again. His loss has forced DD to shuffle his lines a lot.

 

[BLONG7]

The loss of Gallagher was crucial. His line with Tatar and Danault was clicking well again. His loss has forced DD to shuffle his lines a lot.

And Dom seems to be using a dart or a blender now......one guy goes down, and now this?
Something seems way off.
I think if an injury is the only way to get CC and Evans in the lineup, then someone should run over JD in practice, and once that happens, then maybe Staal could get banged up too.

 

[SpeedyPotato]

The loss of Gallagher was crucial. His line with Tatar and Danault was clicking well again. His loss has forced DD to shuffle his lines a lot.

Well if Gallagher's loss is enough to explain what we're seeing right now, MB has to go.

 

[yianik]

My thoughts are he spent too much time under the discipline of Julien and has learned a bit too much.

Lol. Maybe so, but you would hope he would not emulate the guy that got fired too much.