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Please hire Laviolette right now!!!

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AvroArrow said:
Marner going to demand a trade the moment his coach asks him to work hard. This team needs a care bear as the coach, we cannot offend the players even if they play like shit.
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:laugh: He survived Dale Hunter and Babcock, he’ll be fine.
 
I'd prefer Gallant over Laviolette personally. Before anyone comes at me with "but Gallant short shelf life", I don't care about his short shelf life. His tactics/systems suit the modern NHL and the core of the team itself should have a shorter remaining shelf life than what Gallant's shelf life is (2-3 seasons).
 
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None of the coaches available will make these guys grow some cojones. Keep the core, and keep being a one and done team till they all age out and you have to rebuild anyway. Great strategy! Like would you really re-sign Marner to another 10M plus contract? That helps us to push us forward towards a cup? Matthews at 13-14M is that really going to get us a cup anytime soon? It don't matter who the coach is as long as the core 4 are all here.
 
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Torontonian said:
Gallant was a players coach? Lol, generally "players coaches" get longer then 2 to 3 years with each team before wearing out their welcome.

Team needs in between both with the ability to be able to adapt mid game.
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He’s a blue collar coach, not a spoiled brat coach………
 
tmlfan98 said:
I'd prefer Gallant over Laviolette personally. Before anyone comes at me with "but Gallant short shelf life", I don't care about his short shelf life. His tactics/systems suit the modern NHL and the core of the team itself should have a shorter remaining shelf life than what Gallant's shelf life is (2-3 seasons).
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But whats need really need is not a system... its a motivator and a guy who will be able to push them as hard they can...

I dont think Galland is the good guy for this

For me my guy is Boucher but i would be fine with Laviolette too
 
AvroArrow said:
Marner going to demand a trade the moment his coach asks him to work hard. This team needs a care bear as the coach, we cannot offend the players even if they play like shit.
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Maybe the team needs new players that work hard when asked……..
 
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With Shanny still place, our guys would Peter Horachek him right out of town.

P.S. I don't know about others but in any competitive team sports, this is the type of coaching that would work on me. Either I was guilty that I had held back or I wanted to prove I wasn't holding back. I don't know the psychology of this on someone actually so physically gifted and focused to make to the NHL level.
 
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I would be on board with a psychopath. Give me Guy Boucher. The irony of a french guy leading the leafs to a cup is the type of "fate loves irony" story that could do it.



 
AvroArrow said:
Marner going to demand a trade the moment his coach asks him to work hard. This team needs a care bear as the coach, we cannot offend the players even if they play like shit.
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He is going to complain he is working too hard after clocking more minutes this year than everyone not named Sammy?
This is rich and really stupid.
 
tmlfan98 said:
I'd prefer Gallant over Laviolette personally. Before anyone comes at me with "but Gallant short shelf life", I don't care about his short shelf life. His tactics/systems suit the modern NHL and the core of the team itself should have a shorter remaining shelf life than what Gallant's shelf life is (2-3 seasons).
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Its weird, the guy has success wherever he goes and gets canned shortly after. I wonder if he just wont listen to the gm or any ideas from anyone else.

thusk said:
But whats need really need is not a system... its a motivator and a guy who will be able to push them as hard they can...

I dont think Galland is the good guy for this

For me my guy is Boucher but i would be fine with Laviolette too
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But I thought motivation was Gallants superpower and not his tactics?
 
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This team badly needs a hardass coach, the lovey dovey approach clearly isn't motivating them. The only problem is 20 seconds into a tirade like this Mitchy would be crying on a 3-way conference with his Dad and his agent.
 
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AvroArrow said:
Ice time does not equal effort. It's like those lazy guys that spend 3 hours in the gym every day but do nothing and wonder why they don't have results.
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The gym eh? Only knuckleheads train 3 hours in the gym per day.
Wasted effort. Maybe you should work harder in the first hour to cut your time by a third.
 
Larcos_Unal said:
This team badly needs a hardass coach, the lovey dovey approach clearly isn't motivating them. The only problem is 20 seconds into a tirade like this Mitchy would be crying on a 3-way conference with his Dad and his agent.
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they had one, but the players didn't like Babcock.............
 
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