Player Discussion Tocchet What Is/How He Doing?
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I remember some posters wondering last season whether or not there was a 'shelf life' for Tocchet's style of coaching.
It requires an incredible amount of effort and commitment from every guy on the ice, up and down the lineup. It's a grind to play it game in, and game out. And inevitably it seems, his teams just start to back-slide.
Seems to me that's what happened to his teams in Arizona, and it's happening again in Vancouver. Then again, the coach can't do much about the personnel he's been given. This Canuck blueline was a disaster waiting to happen. And when Cole and Zadorov left and then when Hronek went down, it's basically imploded.
Tocchet will ride out this season and survive. But if the Canucks are slow out of the gate next season, all bets are off.
It requires an incredible amount of effort and commitment from every guy on the ice, up and down the lineup. It's a grind to play it game in, and game out. And inevitably it seems, his teams just start to back-slide.
Seems to me that's what happened to his teams in Arizona, and it's happening again in Vancouver. Then again, the coach can't do much about the personnel he's been given. This Canuck blueline was a disaster waiting to happen. And when Cole and Zadorov left and then when Hronek went down, it's basically imploded.
Tocchet will ride out this season and survive. But if the Canucks are slow out of the gate next season, all bets are off.
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Everyone knew the D personel was near the bottom overall and he has $20M in centres that are checked out
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I have mixed feelings about Tocchet at this point.
I think his systems construction is lacking, but that could be solved with adding some experience to the Canucks' very thin coaching roster.
His player management has been generally good, and it's not his fault that divisions from previous regimes are coming back into focus. However, if he was the one who told Miller to "toughen" Pettersson up, that is unfathomable stupid. At this point though, I suspect it might have come from higher up..
Unless the Canucks have a clear upgrade available, I think you have to bring him back next season. If things are back on track at the midseason mark, you extend him, but if not, it's in everyone's best interest to find a different path.
I think his systems construction is lacking, but that could be solved with adding some experience to the Canucks' very thin coaching roster.
His player management has been generally good, and it's not his fault that divisions from previous regimes are coming back into focus. However, if he was the one who told Miller to "toughen" Pettersson up, that is unfathomable stupid. At this point though, I suspect it might have come from higher up..
Unless the Canucks have a clear upgrade available, I think you have to bring him back next season. If things are back on track at the midseason mark, you extend him, but if not, it's in everyone's best interest to find a different path.
I can see us snapping up Laviolette or Sullivan if they become available. Will we give a rookie head coach (David Carle? Marc Savard?) a shot?
