Dominique Ducharme. Interim head coach of the Habs thread

[Natey]

When you're worse than Randy Cunneyworth....

 

[1909]

He is not "interim" for no reasons. He was a cheap alternative, quick fix, when MB fired Julien and his 7,5 M $ still attached to his contract.

 

[Deebs]

After what he's "accomplished" this season, he may have to restart his coaching career in the junior ranks.

 

[tazsub3]

He is not "interim" for no reasons. He was a cheap alternative, quick fix, when MB fired Julien and his 7,5 M $ still attached to his contract.

Correct, one more thing i add, he was one MB felt could dictate exactly what he wants to

 

[HabsTown]

Dom said "We won't go down easy. We'll be fighting". Paper tiger words just like Anderson. The effort on the ice speaks differently.

We won't go down easy. We'll be fighting... by scoring 2 goals this time! "

 

[Doc5]

"Grass is always greener on the other side"
Us, when we were excited about Julien's firing.

 

[MadMslm]

Can’t believe this guy has the capabilities to adapt the system or counter the Leafs.

Which sucks, because he clearly doesn’t have what it takes to motivate the players and make them come out strong.

It’s like the worst of both worlds. You knew Martin wasn’t the guy to motivate the guys but you could count on the guys buying his system. Demers wasn’t the greatest with Xs and Os but he could motivate a mule to run like a horse.

Ducharme doesn’t have any redeeming qualities.

 

[lynx]

The only hope for Ducharme at this point would be for him to quit the Habs right after we lose, then come out and say Bergevin wouldn't let him do anything. Which is sadly, quite probable.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

"Grass is always greener on the other side"
Us, when we were excited about Julien's firing.

I liked Julien for the most part. But maybe he'd lost the room.

 

[Jee]

I thought Ducharme would be good, boy I was wrong.

 

[Tuggy]

I mean, he comes up with new ways to frustrate and annoy me everyday. From his decisions to his quotes.

 

[Paddyjack]

So his solution today is to replace Kulak with Gustafson, leaving Romanov out.

Good job.

 

[Koivu11]

Gustafsson over Romanov.

I can’t with this guy’s lineup decisions anymore.

 

[Habs]

could be the last game of the season and you reward your rookie by.. playing Gustafsson? f*** you

 

[waffledave]

Got to wonder if he's just a Bergevin puppet. I have a hard time believing that multiple people in management share the same levels of stupidity.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

I am not a Claude fan by any means but you have to think they would be playing harder under him

 

[habdynasty]

The team as least looked competitive under Muller in last years playoffs. This year is pathetic.

 

[gillyguzzler]

Mindboggling at best.

 

[gillyguzzler]

At first, like most, some excitement when he was hired, especially after the first few games as the team play was more cohesive and the young guns were playing more.

Since, game by game, he's gotten worse and led the team to what we've seen for the past month or so.

My biggest beef is the blender, game in, game out, even period by period. He seems to be so disatisfied with any of his lines that he changes them almost every period. There is just no consistency. Players must be frustrated - they're certainly playing so.

And now, Gustafsson over Kulak? Over Romanov? Has he seen his effort level? Has he seen Romanov's?

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

I wouldnt even want him back as an assistant-coach.

 

[Doc McKenna]

...after all, he was doing so well with the pp...

Habs looked good when he was hc during the covid tournament. At least the lines looked better.

 

[Captain Mountain]

I liked Julien for the most part. But maybe he'd lost the room.

I think its less that he lost the room and more that he wasn't getting goaltending.

Not saying Montreal wins this series with Julien (the D is still a major issue, as is the transition game), but while coaches tend to have a limited impact on results from rosters, there's evidence that Ducharme's impact has been meaningfully negative.

 

[calder candidate]

He was put is a tough position, clearly the issue isn’t just the coach this team doesn’t have the skills to compete with the top tier team and we never tank so we won’t won’t be able to compete with the next waves either. It is sad for DD but the team didn’t improve which was predictable but we didn’t even see a spark clearly he isn’t improving anything...