Kings News: Mike Stothers hired as head coach of the Manchester Monarchs

[kingscups]

Did Morris get a gig with an NHL team?

 

[regulate]

The Calder Cup is ours!

Not with the forward depth this year!

 

[KingCanadain1976]

Not with the forward depth this year!

i expect them to make a shultz like signing for the forward there. They have to do something this next couple months With the nhl team set i hope they do something to help the ahl team.

 

[hockeynutz]

i expect them to make a shultz like signing for the forward there. They have to do something this next couple months With the nhl team set i hope they do something to help the ahl team.

not holding my breath on that one.

i'm reserving judgment on stothers.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

not holding my breath on that one.

i'm reserving judgment on stothers.

Dean just signed forwards Adam Cracknell and David Van Der Gulik. i think there is what you asked for

 

[CowMix]

Did Morris get a job anywhere?

 

[tigermask48]

ok well who has he developed that is currently in the nhl ? I'm open to hear the reasons to why him over someone else Being the cup champs you would think you could hire a winning coach

Was also an assistant with Stevens for two years on the Phantoms.

As far as players? Bobby Ryan, Theo Peckham, Brad Richardson, Mark Giordano, Josh Bailey, Wayne Simmonds, Trevor Lewis, David Kolomatis, Kyle Quincey, Jimmy Howard, Quinton Howden. Notice a trend? Almost all lunch box players that are team first, never quit players. I like it. Seems almost like a less surly Sutter.

He was also the guy that tipped Futa off to Simmonds and pushed for LA to draft him.

 

[TKFAN]

It's not about the records.

The Kings want a coach down in Manchester that develops the Kids (the Kings way).

Right, kind of like Mark Morris did.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

If he sucks, I will call him "Sally Stothers"

 

[TKFAN]

Did Morris get a job anywhere?

Not as of a few weeks ago.

 

[DaAnimal]

Really surprised Morris didn't get a job with any NHL clubs.

More surprised that he wasn't resigned by the Kings organization.

Anyone know why?

 

[CTKingsFan]

Morris wanted move on in his career.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2014/05/12/several-notes-on-mark-morris-ron-hextall/

 

[damacles1156]

Really surprised Morris didn't get a job with any NHL clubs.

More surprised that he wasn't resigned by the Kings organization.

Anyone know why?

There are not many Assistant jobs out there, also I doubt any (NHL)team hires Morris as a head coach at this time.

Something should come up within the next year or two for Morris.

Wish him luck, great guy, great coach.

 

[HYORI 1963]

Just out of curiosity, is Stothers a Lombardi hire, Blake or McDonough?

 

[SC2008]

It's not about the records.

The Kings want a coach down in Manchester that develops the Kids (the Kings way).

This. Its hard to gauge by records with so much turnover. If a player is good they usually get called up. Its all about development.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Morris is Florida bound.

https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP/status/485880028689727488

Told by a trusted source that former-Manchester Monarchs head coach Mark Morris will be named one of Gerard Gallant's assistants in FLA.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Morris is Florida bound.

https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP/status/485880028689727488

See if ESPN liked hockey they could push the Willie Mitchell/Mark Morris connection...

 

[CTKingsFan]

Congrats Coach Morris! Well deserved!!

 

[hockeydude1]

Heard great things about Mark Morris. Hope he can help our young core down in sunny Florida!

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

Too many egos that need to be catered to in Vancouver. I think Florida makes a lot of sense considering how young that team is.

Wow, you're good.

Mark Morris will make a great addition to the Florida Panthers.

 

[ADifferentTim]

Keep Mark Morris off Vancouver.

That team actually disgusts Sean O'Donnell to the point he voiced his displeasure in an episode of Kings Live to the effect of "The Canucks act like they're a dynasty even when they only have two President's Trophy to show for it" and he did so during a post-game regular season game versus the Canucks.

Yes, I do agree in having him go East, just to see it fortified. I would find the notion of Morris, coaching Sidney Crosby, amusing to see.

 

[deeshamrock]

David Strehle @DStrehleTFP · 16h

Told by a trusted source that former-Manchester Monarchs head coach Mark Morris will be named one of Gerard Gallant's assistants in FLA.



Best of luck and what should be eventually a head coach position in the NHL

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

Panthers Add Experience in Morris to Staff

2-year contract.

Conversations at the NHL Draft seemed to go a long way in the hiring process.

"I got a chance to meet (new Panthers' head coach) Gerard (Gallant) at the draft, and we seemed to hit it off," Morris said of the whirlwind past couple of weeks. "Then I got the call. It's been kind of a crazy month. In one breath you don't know if you're ever going to coach again, then all of a sudden you find yourself with a new organization, one with lots of promise."

 

[CTKingsFan]

Hubie McDonough mention who the other coaching candaites were in an article with the Union Leader (newspaper in Manchester)

McDonough said that Stothers was one of four initial candidates for the job. The others were former Monarchs assistant coach Scott Pellerin, Karl Taylor, former coach of the Los Angeles Kings ECHL affiliate in Ontario, Calif., and Ryan Huska.

The Kings narrowed the field to Stothers and Huska, who ended up taking the AHL job with Abbotsford (Calgary's affiliate).

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140706/SPORTS0702/140709582/1003/sports07

 

[triplcrown]

Anybody know anything about Stothers? Is he a good teaching-coach?