NYR close to naming Mike Sullivan as new Head Coach UPD: Named

[Paper]

Lol, I doubt it's true but poor Ranger fans if it is.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Lol, I doubt it's true but poor Ranger fans if it is.

Mate, he literally signed to be the new Rangers coach.

Unless Sullivan actually humbles himself, good luck seeing improvements in the young forwards under him. He's been notorious the past few seasons for opting to over use useless grinding veterans in favor of playing the kids (unless injuries force his hand).

It's one of the (many) reasons I'm glad he's gone from the Pens. I didn't want him anywhere near being in charge of the rebuild, when the Pens go full youth movement and Sullivan instead will just play these random 30 year old 4th liners all the time instead of developing the youth.

Sullivan absolutely isn't the type to be humbled at all, he would just blame players for not executing his brilliant system that apparently he can't explain at all to reporters when they ask him about it or if they ask him what adjustments he made because he can't be bothered to go into detail about it.

He's an ignorant wanker and good riddance, Rangers fans will find out soon enough. It'll be a good start but then the Sullyisms will start to creep in...he will start to play the scrubs you wish to never see get minutes, get way too many minutes and be allowed to make mistakes and not be held accountable while he will seemingly bench young players for lesser mistakes. He will then shorten the bench when he shouldn't and also mess up L2 to pander to L1 because that's his biggest go to move.

He will tell these Rangers fans how he likes to keep his forwards units in pairs and have one forward interchangeable and then not do any of that at all. I am curious how he handles Rempe, if his history with very physical players that can fight is to be taken into consideration, Rempe should maybe start signing very short term leases.

 

[Coffee]

Lol, I doubt it's true but poor Ranger fans if it is.

It’s a done deal m8

 

[Penguin Suited Up]

Good for Sully. Wish him all the best.

 

[Kevin27nyi]

Lol, I doubt it's true but poor Ranger fans if it is.

Yeah I don't see it happening either

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Rangers have no realistic chance to win a Cup until the Dolans decide to sell the franchise to an owner who will let the hockey professionals do their jobs.

Blaming Drury for this is ok but ultimately these calls are made in the owner's box.

Not sure one can post something more ignorant than this. Dolan doesn't meddle in the Rangers at all. All he does is "let the hockey professionals do their jobs."

Dolan is an asshole. But he's one of the most hands-off NHL owners in existence.

 

[Mothmann78]

I'm not sure he's a "good" coach because a hallmark of being a good coach is making adjustments when what you're trying to do isn't working. Sullivan has one "system" and will ram it down your throat even if the other team is countering it.

The other issue (and it kind of goes with the first) is he doesn't adjust his system based on his roster. One of the issues with his last 7 years with the Pens was he wanted them to play an incredibly fast paced, dump the puck and beat the opposition to the puck style. It worked when they had the wheels to do that in 2016, but he never changed that when it was clear the Pens didn't have the roster to run a "fast" system and should have opted for a more puck possession style, methodical approach.

If the Rangers have the skaters to play like the fastest forechecking team in the league and all their players buy in to a lot of chip and chase and not holding on for possession, then they might be fine. But if they're not one of the fastest teams in the league, good luck. Shesterkin's going to have to be Vezina caliber to offset the nightly shitshow.

Oh we’re f***ed. We have the slowest team in the league.

 

[Eggtimer]

I would think the Rangers make the playoffs next year . They were president trophy winners with essentially the same roster minus Miller . The started this season strong . They have the ability to play good hockey and I think they will under Sullivan . Who is to say Sullivan has to and will use a set system exactly like he did in Pitt ? He will make adjustments according to the roster he has . I’m guessing the Rangers make the playoffs next year and do so quite comfortably. Just hopefully not at the expense of my Devils .
The don’t get why everyone keeps saying Sullivan will use this system that doesn’t fit the Rangers roster . I’m sure the man is smart enough to develop a system that fits and doesn’t just copy and paste one that isn’t suited .

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I would think the Rangers make the playoffs next year . They were president trophy winners with essentially the same roster minus Miller . The started this season strong . They have the ability to play good hockey and I think they will under Sullivan . Who is to say Sullivan has to and will use a set system exactly like he did in Pitt ? He will make adjustments according to the roster he has . I’m guessing the Rangers make the playoffs next year and do so quite comfortably. Just hopefully not at the expense of my Devils .
The don’t get why everyone keeps saying Sullivan will use this system that doesn’t fit the Rangers roster . I’m sure the man is smart enough to develop a system that fits and doesn’t just copy and paste one that isn’t suited .

The bolded is exactly the issue. He literally did that in Pittsburgh (insisted on running a system that didn't fit the roster). Your bolded two sentences are literally THE BIGGEST ISSUE with him during his past 7 seasons in Pittsburgh. He insisted on a system/style of play that did NOT suit the roster he had available to him.

So you ask why people keep saying Sullivan will use a system that doesn't fit the Rangers' roster? Because we've got the last 7+ seasons of evidence of him doing that very thing in Pittsburgh.

 

[Fatass]

The bolded is exactly the issue. He literally did that in Pittsburgh (insisted on running a system that didn't fit the roster). Your bolded two sentences are literally THE BIGGEST ISSUE with him during his past 7 seasons in Pittsburgh. He insisted on a system/style of play that did NOT suit the roster he had available to him.

So you ask why people keep saying Sullivan will use a system that doesn't fit the Rangers' roster? Because we've got the last 7+ seasons of evidence of him doing that very thing in Pittsburgh.

Sully came into a Pit club with an aging core and was able to squeeze enough juice out of them to win two Cups. He will squeeze whatever juice left in that Rangers’ core too. Imo there’s not enough there for a Cup but certainly he’s getting them into the top three of their division.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Oh we’re f***ed. We have the slowest team in the league.

Oh you think you’re slow now, Sullivan will have them playing even slower because they will need to play his system which will make zero sense to them and make them second guess every single thing they do with the puck and away from it. It’ll make you question if a player you thought skated well, was slow all along because of Sullivan.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Sully came into a Pit club with an aging core and was able to squeeze enough juice out of them to win two Cups. He will squeeze whatever juice left in that Rangers’ core too. Imo there’s not enough there for a Cup but certainly he’s getting them into the top three of their division.

No, Sullivan came on board and JR made some moves for the Penguins to get faster while also utilizing more of the lads from WBS as well as Rick Tocchet being a fantastic Assistant that was the go between for him and the players that Sullivan desperately needed. Tocchet pushed back on things Sullivan wanted to do and helped with the powerplay, it was a collaboration. The moment Tocchet left and he didn’t have that voice in the room anymore, he basically just did what he thought was best, 100% his system and style and the team was an absolute shit show. He started to beef with Kessel, Cole, Malkin, and whined about Reaves and openly pined for Big Game Brass who he then misused the shit out of.

He’s a coach that needs a voice that will tell him “Mike, are you intentionally being stupid or is that stupid idea legitimately something you think works?” Like Rick did. He loves to surround himself with yes men and weak voice wankers like Quinn, Recchi, etc.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

How many coaches as this group killed already?

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

How many coaches as this group killed already?

One. Gallant., Laviolette and Sullivan are basically the same. The idiot keeps hiring the same coacihng style over and over again.