Rumor: Rocky Thompson hired as Asst. Coach

[Hollywood Cannon]

Needs to be fixed f***ing asap

From what I see it will be fixed “when the site has less traffic.”

 

[GapToothedWonder]

pretty careless thing to say to the media. A bit insulting to a lot of his fellow coaches, across all the sports leagues, as well as legendary coaches throughout all of sports history. And pretty silly too, something that sounds vaguely true as long as you don't put much thought into it (which I don't think St Louis really did) because once you start to think about it it breaks down in a hurry and gets pretty grey. Don't really feel like getting into a long winded debate about it though. I do feel like saying, and this isn't specifically related to what St Louis said, that a father-figure type is better for a sports team than a buddy, and a teacher the students hold a bit of fear for and will raise his voice at in front of the class if they're playing around on their phone will get better results

Oh boy. I wonder what generation you are from.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Without giving a solid reason for his claimed medical exemption (the Sharks were obviously unimpressed), he's probably just another brat throwing a tantrum about getting a little ouchy shot.

Character!

Or maybe he just didn't want it? Considering how ineffective it is, it really doesn't make a difference weather he got it or not

 

[Rebels57]

Oh christ, another one

 

[Curufinwe]

Or maybe he just didn't want it? Considering how ineffective it is, it really doesn't make a difference weather he got it or not

It's effective at preventing hospitalization and death.

 

[smokey]

Maybe they thought thompson could play 4c between mcewen and des if need be.

 

[NateThompson44]

Papa! Congrats on joining the team

 

[blackjackmulligan]

95% likely have no idea who this guy is or how he is as a coach. Myself included. Yet he stinks, terrible, and everything else. Makes for good reading with my breakfast.

 

[Beef Invictus]

95% likely have no idea who this guy is or how he is as a coach. Myself included. Yet he stinks, terrible, and everything else. Makes for good reading with my breakfast.

He did a terrible job in his last stint, so yeah.

 

[Danko]

Preview of what's to come? Watching Rocky Thompson’s PP Breakouts with an NHL Coach

 

[Embiid]

He did a terrible job in his last stint, so yeah.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show...

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I posted 3 informative articles about Rocky Thompson just on the last page of this thread. Each paint him in a very good light.

But, haters gonna hate.

And the vaccine excuse is the worst of all. He had a medical exemption and the NHL still rejected it. The NHL looks bad on that, not Thompson.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I posted 3 informative articles about Rocky Thompson just on the last page of this thread. Each paint him in a very good light.

But, haters gonna hate.

And the vaccine excuse is the worst of all. He had a medical exemption and the NHL still rejected it. The NHL looks bad on that, not Thompson.

Because it's a bullshit exemption.


The last time you hyped up a coach was AV. That went badly. Before that, the "very bright" Gordon who was destined for more NHL jobs...still waiting on that. Before that, Hakstol.

At this point your support for a coach is proof they're bad. Know what I care about more than fluff pieces? Results. His results in SJ were trash.

 

[snoop88]

“Medical exemption” lol

 

[SuchySays]

Because it's a bullshit exemption.

Sure it was. Whatever you say.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Sure it was. Whatever you say.

If it wasn't the league would have accepted it.

And back to his theories on offense: that's nice. We haven't seen him effectively implement them, though.

Hakstol has interesting theories about defensive involvement that ought to be highly effective, but his attempt to implement those theories was completely terrible.

 

[dats81]

It's okay to dislike Rocky Thompson's personality.
It's okay to worry about his anti-COVID vaccination antics.
But based on all I've read he appears to be a modern forward thinking Coach.

 

[Adam Warlock]

When did the term "associate coach" replace "assistant coach"?

 

[Ghosts Beer]

“Medical exemption” lol

So you know better than his doctor.

 

[Beef Invictus]

So you know better than his doctor.

Have you considered that the league rejected his exemption request because it didn't come from a doctor? A ton of people tried that, or found corrupt doctors.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

95% likely have no idea who this guy is or how he is as a coach. Myself included. Yet he stinks, terrible, and everything else. Makes for good reading with my breakfast.

I know in his last job the PP nose dived and he tried to fight a player shirtless. Is that good coaching?

TM Beef

 

[BringBackFletcher]

LOL, as if the media would have anything but fluff articles on this guy.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

LOL, as if the media would have anything but fluff articles on this guy.

The articles literally come from a year & more ago.

He was a very highly regarding upcoming young coach.

Read the 3 articles I posted.

Very insightful.

Or, whatever. Choose to hate without any information I relevantly provided.

 

[Beef Invictus]

The articles literally come from a year & more ago.

He was a very highly regarding upcoming young coach.

Read the 3 articles I posted.

Very insightful.

Or, whatever. Choose to hate without any information I relevantly provided.

Most of them are from before he tanked the Sharks PP.

Unsure why you're deadset against actual results.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

And if some want to hate him because he missed last season because he had a vaccine medical exemption & it was turned down (so he’s not vaccinated).

I don’t discriminate because someone defended their bodily autonomy & refused to let the state inject them with an experiment they didn’t feel comfortable with.