Confirmed with Link: Jets Hire Rick Bowness as the next head coach, Arniel Associate, Assistants Brad Lauer, Marty Johnston

[WPGChief]

I did a thread on Twitter:



It's pretty obvious that Bowness is intended to be a short-term transition coach. That being said, I don't know what TNSE/Chevy is hoping for from him in this interim - is it more to clamp things down as he did before in DAL and try to get the Club to go on an unlikely run akin to the Stars in the COVID Playoff Bubble? Or is it more to establish camaraderie and a good locker room culture that Chipman/TNSE value so highly to help transition the team from the 55-26 veteran group to 81-27-44 (or even younger!), try to bolster the depth through the draft and trade assets, and try to convince Dubois to stay in two years when the Jets would ideally like to compete again?

My heart says it should be the latter, but my brain (and TNSE's wallet) likely says it will be the former.

 

[hockeyarena]

I did a thread on Twitter:



It's pretty obvious that Bowness is intended to be a short-term transition coach. That being said, I don't know what TNSE/Chevy is hoping for from him in this interim - is it more to clamp things down as he did before in DAL and try to get the Club to go on an unlikely run akin to the Stars in the COVID Playoff Bubble? Or is it more to establish camaraderie and a good locker room culture that Chipman/TNSE value so highly to help transition the team from the 55-26 veteran group to 81-27-44 (or even younger!), try to bolster the depth through the draft and trade assets, and try to convince Dubois to stay in two years when the Jets would ideally like to compete again?

My heart says it should be the latter, but my brain (and TNSE's wallet) likely says it will be the former.

I appreciate that thread, good info and summary, thanks

 

[WiscoJet]

The Stars with Benn and Seguin were supposed to be favourites for years to lead the central and the team literally under performed for years. This is not making stuff up.

Favorites for years? Maybe a fringe top 10 team for years, maybe.

 

[blueandgoldguy]

What’s old is new apparently.
This city never progresses forward. Always stuck in the past.

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings will perform the national anthem on opening night.

 

[macmaroon]

Edit: Sometimes dyslexia is interesting.

 

[bustamente]

I'm sure that Chevy will come out with the old Rick was a second choice after Trotz told us to pound sand.

 

[tbcwpg]

I did a thread on Twitter:



It's pretty obvious that Bowness is intended to be a short-term transition coach. That being said, I don't know what TNSE/Chevy is hoping for from him in this interim - is it more to clamp things down as he did before in DAL and try to get the Club to go on an unlikely run akin to the Stars in the COVID Playoff Bubble? Or is it more to establish camaraderie and a good locker room culture that Chipman/TNSE value so highly to help transition the team from the 55-26 veteran group to 81-27-44 (or even younger!), try to bolster the depth through the draft and trade assets, and try to convince Dubois to stay in two years when the Jets would ideally like to compete again?

My heart says it should be the latter, but my brain (and TNSE's wallet) likely says it will be the former.

Very good stuff here.

I think this move feels like the Jets want to finish this year better than last - if Bowness can drag the team into the playoffs and TNSE can do the White Out and the street party and get maybe a 6 game series in round 1 out of it, then they can move towards rebuilding with a bit more goodwill than a summer where players want out and their first coaching choice said no.

I do think TNSE has a bit of wiggle room this year given there are 2 years left on some key contracts. They can try for a somewhat competitive team this year, and then next summer the exodus begins and fans can say "Well we gave the defending champs a bit of a go". Maybe Trotz changes his mind next summer and jumps into the job.

 

[Turin]

That’s one way to either get Scheifele and Wheeler to shape up defensively or push them out of town. Can’t imagine Connor scores 40 again with Bowness.

Very unimpressed with Chevys work the last 3 years.

 

[hockeyarena]

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings will perform the national anthem on opening night.

Have u seen the music thread around here? Lol

 

[surixon]

Very good stuff here.

I think this move feels like the Jets want to finish this year better than last - if Bowness can drag the team into the playoffs and TNSE can do the White Out and the street party and get maybe a 6 game series in round 1 out of it, then they can move towards rebuilding with a bit more goodwill than a summer where players want out and their first coaching choice said no.

I do think TNSE has a bit of wiggle room this year given there are 2 years left on some key contracts. They can try for a somewhat competitive team this year, and then next summer the exodus begins and fans can say "Well we gave the defending champs a bit of a go". Maybe Trotz changes his mind next summer and jumps into the job.

My issue is that we may put a very boring team on the ice that has issues doing things that fans like I.e scoring goals.

I don't mind a lot of what he brings in the room or off the ice but not at all a fan of the type of game he will try to have us play.

 

[macmaroon]

And that wasn't even the biggest news of the day...poor kitten...

 

[WPGChief]

Very good stuff here.

I think this move feels like the Jets want to finish this year better than last - if Bowness can drag the team into the playoffs and TNSE can do the White Out and the street party and get maybe a 6 game series in round 1 out of it, then they can move towards rebuilding with a bit more goodwill than a summer where players want out and their first coaching choice said no.

I do think TNSE has a bit of wiggle room this year given there are 2 years left on some key contracts. They can try for a somewhat competitive team this year, and then next summer the exodus begins and fans can say "Well we gave the defending champs a bit of a go". Maybe Trotz changes his mind next summer and jumps into the job.

Murphy's Law: we instead get a team in which the roster drafted for offensive talent is deprived of it's offence, winning or losing games by a score of 2-1 or less, but still be close enough to the playoff spot that freezes Chevy from making any major moves, missing out on not having many assets for a tremendous 2023 Draft and Draft Lottery for Connor Bedard, and Jets are stuck in the mediocrity again akin to 2011-16 - one or two realistic contending years if we're lucky for every decade. Sounds great!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

And that wasn't even the biggest news of the day...poor kitten...

Wonder if the kitten will be one of the assistant coaches?

 

[surixon]

Murphy's Law: we instead get a team in which the roster drafted for offensive talent is deprived of it's offence, winning or losing games by a score of 2-1 or less, but still be close enough to the playoff spot that freezes Chevy from making any major moves, missing out on not having many assets for a tremendous 2023 Draft and Draft Lottery for Connor Bedard, and Jets are stuck in the mediocrity again akin to 2011-16 - one or two realistic contending years if we're lucky for every decade. Sounds great!

Yeah that is my fear about this. We once again insist on bringing in a coach with a system philosophy completely opposite from the team we have assembled.

 

[macmaroon]

Wonder if the kitten will be one of the assistant coaches?

The kitten got top billing, so it might be waiting in the wings should Bowness fail...

 

[SCP Guy]

Curious to see if he can put an end to the amount of high danger shots we give away as a team….I expect our game to be less up and down the ice but if that is what it takes to cut down on giving up goals to guys wide open in the slot then so be it. It has been a long time since we defended as a team.

 

[Jetsfan79]

Curious to see if he can put an end to the amount of high danger shots we give away as a team….I expect our game to be less up and down the ice but if that is what it takes to cut down on giving up goals to guys wide open in the slot then so be it. It has been a long time since we defended as a team.

That's the key I think . With an ellie level goalie we have, even if we are average in that department, it would be huge. I would take boring hockey if it means winning and making noise in the playoffs

 

[Jets 31]

I'm willing to give it a try with Bowness , we were horrible defensively and missed the playoffs . Maybe he brings some defensive structure to our Jets and we make the playoffs.

 

[Jetsfan79]

I said yesterday I would be ok with Tocchet as a possible in-between to try to get Trotz next year. I like this option better . Bowness is well respected around the league. Success or not, he's not likely a long-term option. If he's builds a better foundation for the next coach, he has done his job.

 

[Andy6]

Murphy's Law: we instead get a team in which the roster drafted for offensive talent is deprived of it's offence, winning or losing games by a score of 2-1 or less, but still be close enough to the playoff spot that freezes Chevy from making any major moves, missing out on not having many assets for a tremendous 2023 Draft and Draft Lottery for Connor Bedard, and Jets are stuck in the mediocrity again akin to 2011-16 - one or two realistic contending years if we're lucky for every decade. Sounds great!

In a 32-team league you can expect to make the conference finals 1.25 times per decade (10 years x 4 teams in the third round). You can expect to make the finals once every 16 years and win the Cup once every 32 years. That's assuming everything else is equal, which it almost certainly isn't for a small market team in Canada.

The Jets made the conference finals once in their first decade - that's about what you have a reason to expect if you have an NHL team: two or three times a decade you win one playoff series and once a decade you win two and maybe a third. It's just math. We can hope for more and sometimes it might be more (or less) but it's not as though there's some cosmic injustice when the Jets don't end up in 3 or 4 of the decade's 40 conference final slots or however "contending" is being defined.

 

[Eyeseeing]

I'm willing to give it a try with Bowness , we were horrible defensively and missed the playoffs . Maybe he brings some defensive structure to our Jets and we make the playoffs.

Does it make you wonder how Huddy even had a job here for so long???
Maurice obviously was onboard with what ever it is you called our defensive scheme regardless of personnel over time.

 

[Eyeseeing]

My issue is that we may put a very boring team on the ice that has issues doing things that fans like I.e scoring goals.

I don't mind a lot of what he brings in the room or off the ice but not at all a fan of the type of game he will try to have us play.

Has he had a top 6 this good before?

 

[Jetsfan79]

Listened to Trotz on Bob McCown and basically confirms he will be back coaching. Said it could be 4 months, 6 months, next season but he plans to be back coaching .

 

[bustamente]

I don't think you will ever see Trotz coaching the Jets, just not in the cards

 

[Teemusalami204]

Regardless of Bowness’s reputation of being a hard ass my concern is it won’t matter to this group who didn’t listen to Maurice or Lowry.
Maurice got no where motivating these guys so I’m interested to see if TNSE moves the malcontents because they certainly most know who they are.
If the team remains essentially the same and we don’t improve then that’s on TNSE not on Bowness

Yup