Management I’ll have a Blues Christmas without Monty: Sacco B’s interim HC PART 2
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I think they’re tied to one another. They’ll stay on or get demoted together. I can’t see the Jacobs family outright firing Neely.
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Seeing them play under Sacco, its a shame new additions like Tufte and Jones didn't get a full camp under him.
Montgomery must be thanking god he gets to go to St Louis and actually have some offensive talent up front. Sweeney is going to look even more stupid letting him go and replacing him with Sacco. Problem wasn’t the coach, it was the lack of any skill up front outside of Pasta.
Do you watch the games, Ignoring offense for a second, did you not notice the absolute tire fire the bruins have been in their own zone this year, and frankly the second half of last year.
Time to bump the management thread. While I have generally been (not totally) supportive of management and what they are trying to do, this season, to this point, is a fail that lands squarely on Sweeneely. Here is what I have, with the stipulation that things could look very different in a few months time:
1) They overpaid Swayman in both dollars and term. He is not playing like the contract he demanded, and shame on Don and Cam for buckling if they really didn't believe he was worth it (and the fact that a deal took so long tells me they didn't).
2) Zadorov is overpaid for what he brings, but he's been decent, so maybe that one gets a pass. He certainly brings some elements that the Bruins lacked.
3) Elias Lindholm is looking like a big UFA bust in dollars and term. They should be getting shit about this and plenty of folks here warned us about the guy at that rate and length and contract.
4) They fired Montgomery, which is fine after the start they had, but a guy doesn't go from a .70+% win percentage over two seasons to the shitshow we've witnessed without pointing out that he didn't hire the players.
I am sure there are others, like believing Geek, Coyle, Freddie, et al. would have second career years, and not replacing JDB's scoring or speed. Defend the moves if you want, and maybe everything turns out alright, but we may as well have the management thread to unload on, well, management.
1) They overpaid Swayman in both dollars and term. He is not playing like the contract he demanded, and shame on Don and Cam for buckling if they really didn't believe he was worth it (and the fact that a deal took so long tells me they didn't).
2) Zadorov is overpaid for what he brings, but he's been decent, so maybe that one gets a pass. He certainly brings some elements that the Bruins lacked.
3) Elias Lindholm is looking like a big UFA bust in dollars and term. They should be getting shit about this and plenty of folks here warned us about the guy at that rate and length and contract.
4) They fired Montgomery, which is fine after the start they had, but a guy doesn't go from a .70+% win percentage over two seasons to the shitshow we've witnessed without pointing out that he didn't hire the players.
I am sure there are others, like believing Geek, Coyle, Freddie, et al. would have second career years, and not replacing JDB's scoring or speed. Defend the moves if you want, and maybe everything turns out alright, but we may as well have the management thread to unload on, well, management.
This is the one that annoys me most.
Lindholm, for all intents and purposes was a one year wonder in Calgary, playing between two absolute stud wings in Tkachuk and Gaudreau. (RIP) But even then, after those two guys left for elsewhere he wasn't awful. 64 points in 2023 with a team around him in total shambles is still pretty solid.
Last year he sucked. 32 points in 49 games with Calgary, absolutely stunk out the joint in the playoffs with the Canucks to the point many people thought it was bad enough to cost him money in the summer.
And then in comes Cam and Don with that contract. I wasn't a big fan of the term/money, but from a fit perspective i understood it. You need a first line center and he's realistically the closest you're going to get given you won't be able to tank and they don't exactly hit the market often.
And of course, they get the Vancouver version. Good job, guys.
I remember going into Boston Garden and watching Joe Sacco knock out my old HS
in the 1986 State Tourney. At the HS level he was a force and if memory serves me
lost to Ted Donato's CM squad in OT in the Finals.
The team Sacco has taken over has numerous holes, top player under performance and a GM who let known quantities leave, who had helped make contributions to 8 straight PO appearances and a SCF in DeBrusk, Heinen and Gryz. They miss all three's skill set but especially DeBrusk's speed and scoring along with Heinen's heady play. Sweeney apparently underestimated the holes they would leave and overestimated Lindholm's game.
The Swayman contract is all on Sweeney from arbitration, handling Ullmark's departure and related Swayman negotiations.
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