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Confirmed with Link: Lane Lambert Named Head Coach

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seafoam said:
When’s he getting canned? I won’t be watching another game until he’s gone.
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I predicted this Sun the 19th a few weeks ago - makes sense looking at the schedule. They've been bad since then, and giving up leads and losing could be the kiss of death. So I'll stick with that date.

If he sticks around, at some point I'll start wondering whether ownership is looking at something bigger.
 
I said at the end of last season, bringing him back is the equivalent of Stirling coming back for another year in the 00's.

Lane is not the guy for this team.. Instead we bring him back and we are the best 20 min hockey team in the NHL. Its like Jack Capuano never left.

This team is trash.. I dont see us making the playoffs if we keep this guy any longer. We are entering December, the season is salvageable. At this point, I dont know who we bring in but anyone is better than what we have.

Its also time that Grandpa Lou is gone also.
 
He’s not a great fit but let’s not disregard the team sucks and has very little scoring talent either.

Maybe a new coach can unleash Barzal
 
I just think he cannot make adjustments....
I wanted to Like This Coach.
He makes this team Unwatchable....
 
Rehabguy said:
The key to Lambert success will lay on his ability to tweak Trotz system so that the offense is allowed to take more chances, be more creative and pinch in when deemed appropriate by the individual players. That's was the difference in our losses to Cooper and the Bolts. Cooper had Trotz's number. He knew Trotz played a game of odds while Cooper see's it as a game of chance. Trotz believes if you wait long enough odds are the other team will make a mistake and you will get a good scoring chance.

Cooper believed that you took chances only when you saw fit. Cooper knows how to win the big games and win championships. He proves it over and over again. Trotz believed too much in his system to fault where when it looked like the Islanders should be taking chances and having the defenseman pinching in or the forwards getting in better offensive position the players were encouraged to stay back instead and play it safe. This leads to low GA average but clearly hurt the Isles GF average. Trotz is too risk adverse and when you have a player like Barzal on your team, he's all about taking risks.

Cooper basically told his team don't worry about the Islanders offense. As long as you minimize the mistakes they won't mount an attack. They'll sit back and try to keep the pucks to the perimeter. But he knew no defense is infallible. You keep creating chances and eventually one will sneak in. That's why it always seemed like they beat us by 1 goal at the most critical point in the game. When they saw the chance they struck.

So I have big hopes that Lambert will give the offense a little bit of a green light to use their creativity. Go all in when on the offense but hustle back and be prepared to defend using Trotz system. It won't be as successful clogging up the neutral zone and there will be greater goals against but it should improve the Islander's offense maybe enough to win the big games. It should also make the game more exciting to watch for all.
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Well so much for hoping Lambert would give the offense a little bit of a green light to use their creativity He loosened the reins the past couple of games but a year and a half too late.

A trip down memory lane with this one but even under pressure this team turtled in the playoffs.
 
Rehabguy said:
There is a saying by Spanish philosopher George Santayana, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

I think Lou might be too set in his ways that he cannot remember the damage he did to the Devils in the later years by covering up his team's problems with overaged veterans. It cost the Devils and in the past and it will cost the Islanders in the future.

It was not surprising that Brendan Shanahan kept him on such a short leash when he was GM of the Leafs and when the Islanders asked for his service I'm sure he was the first one to gladly show Lou the door.
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Prophetic really
 
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SI90 said:
I love Lambert and he absolutely deserves to be a head coach but this was my fear. He’s been with Trotz for so many years and he’s basically more of the same in my mind.

That being said maybe Lou saw something when lane took over or the players conveyed it to him? “New Voice”


Barry could also wanted a sabbatical but wanted to do it if Lane took over.


This is what I’m thinking. Break from the game and he gets his #1 assistant a shot to be a head coach
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I wish I was right. I wish he was more of the same as Trotz.
 
Machete was at last nights game

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Trotz was a calm, insightful and reassuring voice after a loss. His press conferences were excellent. He would pull apart what worked and didn't, answer honestly. Even after a bad loss it felt like it was under control and problems were being addressed. I know some coaches hate to see anything, and Lambert is one of those, but it really grates when he just repeats nonsense generalisms after every disaster. And he's been like this since day one. I hate it.
I mean, now he's saying people need to stop focussing on the negatives. Dude, you just blew a 4-1 lead at home to the worst team in the league!!!
 
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where the heck did I leave my keys ?

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Is that a shiny quarter on the floor ?

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I got poopies down there


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We’re going to Chuckie Cheese !!!!
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Ok I’m in.

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You’re damn right I’m gonna enjoy this because if I get a head coaching position then chances are I’ll never be doing this again.
 
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Missed assignments, and a lack of on-ice communication are constant issues during this stretch. Romanov has no business consistently making the same mental mistakes over and over. There are definitely personnel issues as well. Having to play Anders Lee, who simply can't keep up in the defensive zone, in late game defensive situations is also a major problem.

If NYI can't get a coach who will get the players to respond, or if they can't get another forward on the roster who can be trusted in late-game situations, they should start shopping Nelson, Pulock, Palmieri, Pageau, and Cizikas.
 
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