Confirmed with Link: Lightning hire Dan Hinote as new assistant coach

[Felonious Python]

 

[Zwui21]

 

[Felonious Python]

Hinote was Nashville's PK guy.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

I know nothing about Hinote and what he brings. Any reports or reading material on him?

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Looking for some connections here, Hinote worked with Todd Richards, a former Coop assistant in both Columbus and Nashville. Hinote also worked for Hynes, who shadowed under Coop after his exit from Nashville

Lightning coach Jon Cooper was one of the NHL coaches Wild coach John Hynes shadowed earlier this season while he was between jobs.

For Hynes, it was part of a self-evaluation and reboot after getting fired by Nashville. And to get to learn from Cooper, a two-time Cup champion coach, over a long weekend in October was extremely valuable. Hynes had pretty much full access — coaches’ meetings, practices, etc. — which allowed him to see how Cooper ran those sessions. And when he didn’t.

“He does a good job of delegating, deciding what he’ll take and what he’ll give to the assistants,” Hynes said. “Our jobs, it’s about time management, and that was one of the reasons for the visit, to see how coaches do different things. I learned what was important for him as a head coach, to have a hands-on approach, versus what he felt comfortable delegating.”

Cooper has known Hynes since coaching against him when Hynes was with the U.S. National Team Development Program.

“I’ve always had an admiration for Hynesy,” Cooper said. “I like the way his teams play. To be able to spend a weekend with him, you find out how other people do things. You can get in a rut yourself if you’re in the same spot for a long time. It’s always good to hear what another coach will do.”

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Felonious Python]

It's interesting that the hire comes first, and then they figure out the role.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Uhhh yeah. I didn't realize we hired Hinote when DeBoer was fired. Ohhh boy. Fingers crossed that Halpern can land the Stars job. This by itself isn't enough

 

[RSchmitz PhD]

I wonder what prompted this hire, not a retread coach and not an internal replacement. They must have liked what they seen from the AHL club

 

[DistantThunderRep]

I wonder what prompted this hire, not a retread coach and not an internal replacement. They must have liked what they seen from the AHL club

Probably 100% a Coop call. He probably heard a bunch of good things in his books and brought him in instead of hiring internally.

 

[Felonious Python]

I wonder what prompted this hire, not a retread coach and not an internal replacement. They must have liked what they seen from the AHL club

Dan Hinote has been linked to the Lightning going back to at least the bubble cup.

We knew Todd Richards was probably going to leave after the season, no matter what, and Hinote's name started to surface then.

 

[Felonious Python]

Uhhh yeah. I didn't realize we hired Hinote when DeBoer was fired. Ohhh boy. Fingers crossed that Halpern can land the Stars job. This by itself isn't enough

The Hinote announcement happen probably minutes after the DeBoer news broke. It wasn't where anyone's focus was.

 

[bov]

Always liked him as a player, not too familiar with his coaching but seems like a good move.

 

[Stammertime91]

At least we are starting the offseason on a Hinote.

 

[Felonious Python]

What's his hockey nickname, hiney? Hiner? Notesy? Hino?

 

[DFC]

What's his hockey nickname, hiney? Hiner? Notesy? Hino?

Soprano

 

[Felonious Python]

Soprano

Searched it up. It's literally just the high note in Defying Gravity.