Proposal: Fire DJ Smith

[Sens of Anarchy]

Ya’ll think there’s a chance the Canes are crazy enough to fire Ottawa born Brindamour if they get swept?

Crazy things happen but I wouldn't let him go.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

he’s a world Champion….

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

he’s a world Champion….

Great for DJ and a terrific accomplishment!

Still hasn't made the NHL playoffs.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

Great for DJ and a terrific accomplishment!

Still hasn't made the NHL playoffs.

Did you think a team, in a complete rebuild, had any chance to make the playoffs?

 

[Emerica]

he’s a world Champion….

So is Michael Carcone. We should re-acquire him, being a world champion and all

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Ya’ll think there’s a chance the Canes are crazy enough to fire Ottawa born Brindamour if they get swept?

Would be shocking. Now that's a guy I would definitely want DJ let go for.

 

[armani]

Congratulations to DJ “Fire” Smith for winning gold with Team Canada. Another learning experience in his coaching career.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

He can go apply his lessons learned with a different team, in a different league. He still needs to go.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

We can't fire a gold medal winning coach. That's just not going to happen.

 

[swiftwin]

Wow, I can't believe the worst team Canada sent in ages won the gold. Must have had a good coaching staff!

 

[JD1]

I mean really, if Smith was a good coach, we might have been able to win a gold and a silver

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I mean DJ was an assistant to a coach with less NHL head coaching experience than himself. Has a record 53-90-21 with Arizona the last 2 years. Tourigny must be an absolute genius, we should probably hire him to be the HC.

 

[LevelingSolo]

So DJ winning gold at the worlds as an assistant suddenly means he's this great coach?

The DJ apologists are something else

 

[Ice-Tray]

Another feather in the cap for the coach. Nicely done!

 

[swiftwin]

I mean DJ was an assistant to a coach with less NHL head coaching experience than himself. Has a record 53-90-21 with Arizona the last 2 years. Tourigny must be an absolute genius, we should probably hire him to be the HC.

They probably figure Tourigny is going to be available for this tournament for many years to come. DJ? If we make the playoffs, he won't be available.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Wow, I can't believe the worst team Canada sent in ages won the gold. Must have had a good coaching staff!

You try to hard. It makes it obvious.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

So DJ winning gold at the worlds as an assistant suddenly means he's this great coach?

The DJ apologists are something else

Lol, he is only an assistant?

Brag posts in here are kind of silly in that case.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

They probably figure Tourigny is going to be available for this tournament for many years to come. DJ? If we make the playoffs, he won't be available.

It's DJ, he doesn't make the playoffs. As long as he's an NHL head coach, team Canada can depend on having access to him for this tournament.

 

[thinkwild]

I mean DJ was an assistant to a coach with less NHL head coaching experience than himself. Has a record 53-90-21 with Arizona the last 2 years. Tourigny must be an absolute genius, we should probably hire him to be the HC.

Tourigny with two years of a depressing record, getting off to slow starts, middles, and finishes, and yet he is considered a top coach. Their W-L records as coaches perhaps less useful than player +/- for making determinations?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Brunette to Nashville…

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

DJ Smith survives another head coaching firing.

This time a guy with a 0.574 winning % and was in the playoffs 2/3 past seasons.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Another feather in the cap for the coach. Nicely done!

Another? What were the other ones?

 

[Ice-Tray]

Another? What were the other ones?

Had a couple nice runs in junior, was chosen previously for the national team…. It‘s no feather bonnet, but there’s a few in there lol…

 

[aragorn]

The coaching carousel continues with established coaches moving from one team to another & every now & then a new coach emerges. Based on these playoffs it should be interesting to see Vegas & Florida play. They both use that similar play that Ottawa likes when Brady pushes the D back behind the blue line looking for that outlet pass, both M. Tkachuk & Stone also do it with their teams.

Seems to be an established play now & several teams were doing it this yr. It's a copy cat league & every team will eventually try it if it works like the drop pass on PPs, never used to see that now every team at all levels of competitive hockey seem to do it.