Speculation: The search for a new Head Coach - Rumors and Speculation

[CrazyDuck4u]

If he's the coach, I'm out on the Ducks. I'll find another team in the west to follow, or just focus on my east team.

And frankly, if he's hired, I won't be back even after he's gone, because it means the owners approved it too.

I didn't become a Ducks fan in 93 for any reason other than choice. So I can also choose to withdraw that support.

Again that's your call. More power to you... But I can tell you as a fan since 93 as well. 90 percent of the fans will come around if and this is a big if. They start winning again. Like I said. The baggage will always be there.

 

[zegrassyknoll]

If I have to cancel my season tickets right as the team starts to get good again, I swear to f***ing god…

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

If I have to cancel my season tickets right as the team starts to get good again, I swear to f***ing god…

There will be 5-8 percent of fans boycotting for reasons.. Again lets not jump to conclusion here.. They haven't hired anybody yet.

 

[Hey234]

The irony of wishing for Cronin to leave at any cost, and Quenneville being the coach on the other side is pretty funny. Arguably one of the only ways he could truly anger most people at the same time. Bravo

 

[Rybread86]

I would not be surprised if this was intentionally leaked; smoke and mirrors.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Again that's your call. More power to you... But I can tell you as a fan since 93 as well. 90 percent of the fans will come around if and this is a big if. They start winning again. Like I said. The baggage will always be there.

I guarantee if it’s March and Ducks are leading the pacific with Q as coach, the pond will be full. Guarantee. I’d bet a paycheck on it.

 

[zegrassyknoll]

I would not be surprised if this was intentionally leaked; smoke and mirrors.

The only person who would benefit from leaking this would be a competing coach.

I’m not sure I believe he has an offer already but he was 100% interviewed.

 

[FiveTacos]

I guarantee if it’s March and Ducks are leading the pacific with Q as coach, the pond will be full. Guarantee. I’d bet a paycheck on it.

Well, Chicago's arena was packed during those years, but the shame will always be there. Maybe for some of them it's worth it, but I don't think I can ever think of those Hawks teams now without thinking of what was going on when it all started.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Brendan Leipsic could be a decent depth addition.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I guarantee if it’s March and Ducks are leading the pacific with Q as coach, the pond will be full. Guarantee. I’d bet a paycheck on it.

This is where I am at.

There is a bigger risk with hiring someone like a Carle who has no experience whatsoever in a NHL club. If Q can whip this team into a successful one instead of Buffalo West we should welcome it with open arms - regardless of the apparent baggage

 

[tomd]

Let those without sin throw the first stone...

 

[LePerilsofPerreault]

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Message them.

And we get it guys - Winning is everything. Yup. Winning fixes everything. Just like Quennville felt in the case of Kyle Beach.

 

[snowave]

Am I the only one excited here?

Proven winner, and his teams play at a super competitive level

No, you're not. I'm excited, too. But as I mentioned earlier, I'm not entirely comfortable with the situation, and truly have some mixed feelings. I'll obviously have to figure that out on my own if this does end up happening.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Not wanting a guy who was indifferent to prospects being molested around our prospects = casting the first stone.

 

[ohcomeonref]

Not wanting a guy who was indifferent to prospects being molested around our prospects = casting the first stone.

Saying he was indifferent to molestation is a leap from the known facts though, no? I'm struggling here.

 

[tomd]

Not wanting a guy who was indifferent to prospects being molested around our prospects = casting the first stone.

You’ve got a lot of reading to do if that’s how you interpret it.

 

[JAHV]

You’ve got a lot of reading to do if that’s how you interpret it.

How do you interpret it?

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

I guarantee if it’s March and Ducks are leading the pacific with Q as coach, the pond will be full. Guarantee. I’d bet a paycheck on it.

Oh I know it will be. BTW love the fact that you said POND... For us longtime fans.. It will always be the POND

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Why is Verbeek holding on assistant coaches Clune and Thompson? I'm still baffled about their employment with the Club. It just feels Verbeek is slow to react such as keeping Brown an extra year. Clune did worse than Brown! We have two seasons of Thompson's PK and defense and no one's impressed. Or does Verbeek not have enough networking to pull off assistant coaches if he hires a rookie coach?

 

[duckaroosky]

The irony of wishing for Cronin to leave at any cost, and Quenneville being the coach on the other side is pretty funny. Arguably one of the only ways he could truly anger most people at the same time. Bravo

 

[Big Fat Rebound]

The irony of wishing for Cronin to leave at any cost, and Quenneville being the coach on the other side is pretty funny. Arguably one of the only ways he could truly anger most people at the same time. Bravo

Yeah really. Can we go back to the euphoria of last week when we were all on top of the world and a relatively sizable segment of the fanbase wasn't ready to suspend their allegiance?

 

[KelVarnsen]

Oh I know it will be. BTW love the fact that you said POND... For us longtime fans.. It will always be the POND

Buddy I was at opening night in 93…… been with the team ever since. Started watching Kings in 85 when my pops was working in LA and got 2 free tickets….first had season seats to kings pre Gretzky and then for many years with the Ducks. It’ll always be the Pond to me.

As for hiring Q, pass. The shitstorm he will bring doesn’t seem worth it to me. There are other options. But I stand by what I said above, the Pond will be packed with Q as coach and if the team is rolling come next March. As we all know, OC is consistently fair weathered lol.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Saying he was indifferent to molestation is a leap from the known facts though, no? I'm struggling here.

That’s true. He actually verbalized that he felt addressing/looking into it at all would detract from a Cup run. That’s significantly worse than indifference.

 

[lwvs84]

I guarantee if it’s March and Ducks are leading the pacific with Q as coach, the pond will be full. Guarantee. I’d bet a paycheck on it.

Sadly, the majority (or at least a lot) of So Cal fans are fair weather fans. If the team is good, they're not going to know anything about the coach and will come and watch just to see a winning product. Some teams (Lakers, Dodgers) are a bit different, but for the most part casual fans don't know enough and don't care enough to read up on a coach. If Ducks are good, they'll sell out playoff games easily.

 

[mightyquack]

Kind of gross seeing Quenneville's role already being downplayed because he's linked to Anaheim.