Speculation: Offseason coaching thread: Should they stay or should they go?

[BusinessGoose]

Any guess when we might hear about new assistant(s)

Dubas "we feel that, after looking at our options, there's just nothing that could assist the perfection that is mike sullivan, so we're going to run with that and we're going to have success"

 

[Tom Hanks]

Any guess when we might hear about new assistant(s)

Is there many senior vacancies right now? Maybe closer to the end of the playoffs

 

[Jdodd]

On a positive coaching note. At least we didn’t rehire Bylsma…… reported he will be the new head coach of the Kraken.

 

[Jacob]

I think he’ll do OK there to be honest.

I was just looking at his resume and forgot how young and inexperienced he was when we first hired him. He didn’t even have a full season of head coaching experience under his belt, at any level. He’s still younger than most head coaches in the league, and I would hope he’s learned a bit over the past 5 years. .715 record in 2 years with Coachella. Ignoring everything prior to that, he’d certainly have been on a lot of teams radars for coaching openings. And “prior to that” includes a Cup and a Jack Adams.

Cassidy had to almost reinvent himself from a looser, player-friendly coach to a defensive tactician over almost like a decade out of the NHL job. When he was fired in Washington basically every single player threw him under the bus. Bylsma doesn’t need all *that* but if he can still be the same personality-wise while being a bit more capable of, like, coaching the game as it’s happening he’ll be good.

And Sullivan too was probably thrown into the NHL too early and had to go back and do his 6 year apprenticeship under Torts.

 

[66-30-33]

Man everyone is getting new coaches except us. I could care less what Dubas does in the offseason, guy has literally killed the last years of the core keeping that hack around. They can both go.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

The Pens and the Lightning are locked in an intense battle to see which coach gets fired first.

Neither one wants to blink.

 

[Gurglesons]

I think he’ll do OK there to be honest.

I was just looking at his resume and forgot how young and inexperienced he was when we first hired him. He didn’t even have a full season of head coaching experience under his belt, at any level. He’s still younger than most head coaches in the league, and I would hope he’s learned a bit over the past 5 years. .715 record in 2 years with Coachella. Ignoring everything prior to that, he’d certainly have been on a lot of teams radars for coaching openings. And “prior to that” includes a Cup and a Jack Adams.

Cassidy had to almost reinvent himself from a looser, player-friendly coach to a defensive tactician over almost like a decade out of the NHL job. When he was fired in Washington basically every single player threw him under the bus. Bylsma doesn’t need all *that* but if he can still be the same personality-wise while being a bit more capable of, like, coaching the game as it’s happening he’ll be good.

And Sullivan too was probably thrown into the NHL too early and had to go back and do his 6 year apprenticeship under Torts.

Bylsma has come out and said he was too stubborn in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and has learned from those experiences there isn't "one way" to play.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Bylsma has come out and said he was too stubborn in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and has learned from those experiences there isn't "one way" to play.

I hope someone tapes Sullivan's eyes open and locks him in a room with that on loop for like 4 months.

 

[Gurglesons]

I hope someone tapes Sullivan's eyes open and locks him in a room with that on loop for like 4 months.

It's pretty obvious by the end of the year comments that he won't.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Bylsma has come out and said he was too stubborn in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and has learned from those experiences there isn't "one way" to play.

Much like with Sullivan, when you have success right off the bat at a new job, you think it's because of you.

Maybe Bylsma has learned, but we know Sullivan hasn't.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's pretty obvious by the end of the year comments that he won't.

He's got no reason to change. Multiple GMs and owners, as well as the media and fanbase, adore the guy--loudly. He's had nothing but unearned positive reinforcement since 2018.

Probably gonna take a humiliating tumble like Bylsma's been through to awaken any iota of humble Sullivan's got.

 

[Gurglesons]

Much like with Sullivan, when you have success right off the bat at a new job, you think it's because of you.

Maybe Bylsma has learned, but we know Sullivan hasn't.

It's weird because Bylsma always came off as a prick.

Mike Sullivan was such a breath of fresh air for his first few years. I even believed in his usage of Sprong.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

It's weird because Bylsma always came off as a prick.

This is true.

 

[BusinessGoose]

SmugBylsma.jpg exists for a reason

 

[SomeDude]

Dubas "we feel that, after looking at our options, there's just nothing that could assist the perfection that is mike sullivan, so we're going to run with that and we're going to have success"

Dubas is going to temporarily hold the position until he decides he will hold it permanently.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Bylsma has come out and said he was too stubborn in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and has learned from those experiences there isn't "one way" to play.

So since it took Bylsma over a decade to realize this, we should see a change in Sullivan by around ... 2034 or so? Awesome, can't wait!

 

[SomeDude]

So since it took Bylsma over a decade to realize this, we should see a change in Sullivan by around ... 2034 or so? Awesome, can't wait!

Sully isn’t going to be fired by then and embarrassed by having to take an assistant AHL position and working his way back up, though.

So, why would he ever change?

 

[BrookswasHere44]

Oh boy...

 

[Jacob]

Oh boy...

I don’t feel so good…

 

[Jacob]

Am I crazy or was Yeo’s PP so bad here that he had to be hospitalized?

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

I took a community college elective with his wife. She seemed nice. /csb

 

[DesertedPenguin]

I don’t feel so good…

Don't worry. He and Disco Dan are uniting. Just wait.

And maybe Rutherford will use the opening to take his buddy Vellucci off our hands.

 

[66-30-33]

If we go from Rierden to Yeo again...we will literally be self sabbotaging the team on purpose.

 

[Gurglesons]

Don't worry. He and Disco Dan are uniting. Just wait.

And maybe Rutherford will use the opening to take his buddy Vellucci off our hands.

I imagine Yeo will go somewhere he can potentially take over as a head coach if the current coach is fired... oh shit...

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I imagine Yeo will go somewhere he can potentially take over as a head coach if the current coach is fired... oh shit...

So literally anywhere but Pittsburgh because the head coaching job is 100% secure for the next decade?