Can’t keep someone from being promoted and pursuing their dreamIt's horribly stupid. Joel is a guy you keep around. He was our entire players development and he had additional powers as well. I wonder if something happened between him and Bergevin.
Can’t keep someone from being promoted and pursuing their dream
But is being an assistant coach really being promoted?
And being one step closer to the ultimate gig...head coachOf course it is, its all about going to the show, private plane, 5* hotel and restaurants sure beats eating pizza on the bus and staying at the comfort inn
Of course it is, its all about going to the show, private plane, 5* hotel and restaurants sure beats eating pizza on the bus and staying at the comfort inn
Why not name him associate coach for habs instead, assuming he'd stay for the right offer, better position with more "power", Ducharme being a rookie pro coach could use a guy like Bouchard (also a rookie pro coach but with tons of pro experience as a player in various leagues) i don't see why it couldn't work, could be beneficial for both their careersLP Guy, who is a morning host on 91.9 Sports FM, mentioned that he hears Tourigny will be Arizona's new coach.
If that is true, I can see Joel Bouchard join him there as an assistant.
i will wait to see because Bouchard said in the past that he likes to develop the players more than anything else. I could be wrong but i think that Bergevin offered him bigger role that he declined to be in Laval
it wouldn't surprise me if Bergevin offered him the coach job before he did it to Ducharme. As i said, Bouchard loves to developed players , and he also loves to be around his family . That's why it surprise me that he could be hired to coach another team.But he's gonna get that and more soon in Montreal. There are ways to keep guys. He had been given additional power already. I would say to him, stay there two more years and he would get to be involved in the drafting of guys as well. After these two years, he become assistant GM. Then he gets dibs as Head coach if Ducharme goes. And same situation when if Bergevin retires, Joel takes his place. Plus you give him a lot of money.