What do YOU think of your favorite team's Head Coach?
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NobleSix
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Therrien:
Let's just say that he's lucky he has one of the best goaltenders in the world saving his job. His systems, player management, and in game decisions are either non-existent or come right out of the twilight zone.
A coach like Mike Babcock would do wonders with this team. Too bad.
Let's just say that he's lucky he has one of the best goaltenders in the world saving his job. His systems, player management, and in game decisions are either non-existent or come right out of the twilight zone.
A coach like Mike Babcock would do wonders with this team. Too bad.
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Michel Therrien is very, very lucky to have Carey Price. I'll just leave it at that.
Oh and also, he sucks as a coach.
Oh and also, he sucks as a coach.
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Willie D is a rookie coach who makes a **** ton of rookie mistakes. Defaults to vets and plays favourites which is expected to a degree, but the way some players have been marginalized is too much.
Capuano seems to have problems changing things up that don't work. I would like to see my team being coached by somebody better.
Only positive I can say about Capuano is he seems to get good work ethic out of players but is that a case is it the coach or the players themselves. He also has a very good offensive system going but needs to work on the defensive system(I think the Islanders as a team should have less GA and the PK is should not be as bad as the stats show given the players we have).
Only positive I can say about Capuano is he seems to get good work ethic out of players but is that a case is it the coach or the players themselves. He also has a very good offensive system going but needs to work on the defensive system(I think the Islanders as a team should have less GA and the PK is should not be as bad as the stats show given the players we have).
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Cameron isn't terrible. That being said it's an absolute joke Maclean was fired. Maclean is a better coach than Cameron.
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Ted Nolan
+ Likable, genuine person
+ Genuinely cares for his players
+ Forms mostly positive personal relationships with his players
+ Gets most of his players to play very hard, to commit to him and each other
+ Despite all the losing since he took over November of last season, despite management obviously not building a competitive team and most of the fanbase actively hoping they finish in last place, there have been no issues in the locker room. These guys have maintained a positive attitude, have each others' backs, etc.
- Limited in the strategic and systematic aspects of the game from forming lines, player utilization, to anything else. Obviously the team is garbage so it's not the easiest to judge, but there's a past to evaluate on top of what we can manage to delineate on the ice.
- Some level of overvaluing effort/grit players and undervaluing other things (though it's hard to tell given the make-up of the roster and its paucity of quality players)
- His past is riddled with butting heads with management and certain players (Hasek particularly), but that might not be an issue as I'm sure he's grown a lot since then
I'm in the crowd, seemingly a majority, that thinks Nolan is probably gone sooner than later and that would probably be best. I do like him a lot, but I just don't see him as the ideal guy going forward.
Ted Nolan
+ Likable, genuine person
+ Genuinely cares for his players
+ Forms mostly positive personal relationships with his players
+ Gets most of his players to play very hard, to commit to him and each other
+ Despite all the losing since he took over November of last season, despite management obviously not building a competitive team and most of the fanbase actively hoping they finish in last place, there have been no issues in the locker room. These guys have maintained a positive attitude, have each others' backs, etc.
- Limited in the strategic and systematic aspects of the game from forming lines, player utilization, to anything else. Obviously the team is garbage so it's not the easiest to judge, but there's a past to evaluate on top of what we can manage to delineate on the ice.
- Some level of overvaluing effort/grit players and undervaluing other things (though it's hard to tell given the make-up of the roster and its paucity of quality players)
- His past is riddled with butting heads with management and certain players (Hasek particularly), but that might not be an issue as I'm sure he's grown a lot since then
I'm in the crowd, seemingly a majority, that thinks Nolan is probably gone sooner than later and that would probably be best. I do like him a lot, but I just don't see him as the ideal guy going forward.
Ted Nolan: Consistently feuding/benching the teams leading scorer last year on a team that can't score goals.
Trying (and failing) to implement any sort of consistent system.
He just seems years behind any feasible NHL system right now.
Tippett is overrated. He gets some early returns, starves his teams of young talent by playing useless vets, and then has no answers when teams have mountains of tape on his team. The definition of no adaptability. Is also a players coach to the extreme, allowing a country club atmosphere to creep in over time.
Brilliant the first 3 years or so, then it goes to ****.
Hopefully he asks out of his contract as McKenzie has alluded to.
Brilliant the first 3 years or so, then it goes to ****.
Hopefully he asks out of his contract as McKenzie has alluded to.
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Jury is still out on Mike Johnston. He has done a good job for a rookie coach trying to remove an entrenched old system and implement a new system. Dealt with a lot of odd team injuries fairly well. Seems like an intellectual who really knows hockey. Usually says the right things. Is a teaching coach.
That said, he occasionally makes odd line-up decisions and questionable player usage (4th line scrubs in key moments). Appears to lack an intuitive feel for how the game is going and has trouble when the other team amps up their intensity/emotions or changes things up.
Curious how his coaching style and personality (soft spoken, even-keeled, quietly intense, surprisingly old-school) will translate in the playoffs and whether he has the ability to fire up the players.
Sometimes reminds me of a career backup singer who has been given a chance to headline...
Jury is still out on Mike Johnston. He has done a good job for a rookie coach trying to remove an entrenched old system and implement a new system. Dealt with a lot of odd team injuries fairly well. Seems like an intellectual who really knows hockey. Usually says the right things. Is a teaching coach.
That said, he occasionally makes odd line-up decisions and questionable player usage (4th line scrubs in key moments). Appears to lack an intuitive feel for how the game is going and has trouble when the other team amps up their intensity/emotions or changes things up.
Curious how his coaching style and personality (soft spoken, even-keeled, quietly intense, surprisingly old-school) will translate in the playoffs and whether he has the ability to fire up the players.
Sometimes reminds me of a career backup singer who has been given a chance to headline...
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Like to see what Nolan could do with an NHL roster, he has done amazing with what he's been given. Keeps morale up and isn't afraid to bench or scratch players who don't care, don't try or don't deserve to play.
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Dave Cameron
-Pretty obviously took over because his relationship with the owner
-Many players have seen a marked improvement
-team plays hard
-regularly control games or have extended periods of control
-more scoring chances for then against
-scoring dried up...no finish
-PP has been terrible
-goaltending has been worse but anderson is injured
-isnt charasmatic or charming... seems a little scary. He looks like a guy you'd see torturing someone in a movie. To me he has sort of a weird whispering way of speaking
-task master and screamer. Very different from his approach as an assistant.
Could see Cameron on Game of Thrones. Seems evil and seemingly was awarded his position because of Melnyk
Good portion of the fanbase seems to have trouble assessing Cameron's performance this year vs MacLean because MacLean was witty and charismatic and over preformed in the past. There been a monumental jump in performance this season once Cameron took over.
-Pretty obviously took over because his relationship with the owner
-Many players have seen a marked improvement
-team plays hard
-regularly control games or have extended periods of control
-more scoring chances for then against
-scoring dried up...no finish
-PP has been terrible
-goaltending has been worse but anderson is injured
-isnt charasmatic or charming... seems a little scary. He looks like a guy you'd see torturing someone in a movie. To me he has sort of a weird whispering way of speaking
-task master and screamer. Very different from his approach as an assistant.
Could see Cameron on Game of Thrones. Seems evil and seemingly was awarded his position because of Melnyk
Good portion of the fanbase seems to have trouble assessing Cameron's performance this year vs MacLean because MacLean was witty and charismatic and over preformed in the past. There been a monumental jump in performance this season once Cameron took over.
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Bill McCreary
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Mike Johnston has the "Just drank orange juice after brushing my teeth" look on the bench after something goes wrong perfected.
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In 35 years as a fan, have never disliked someone in the organization as much as the coach. Personnel decisions are as bad as any coach to ever coach.
