Who Do You Want to be the Next Head Coach of the NY Rangers?

[PalmCoastRanger]

Is there any European coach available and willing to make the transition?

 

[haohmaru]

Staring at that list of candidates like an alcoholic staring at an empty bottle.

More like an alcoholic looking at a bunch of shitty bottles of MD 20/20 when the Johnny Walker Blue is locked up in the cabinet.

isn’t this guy a head case?

He's a goalie. So, yes.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Any of this list

1. EdJovanovski
2. Sean Avery
3. Mark Messier
4. John Tortorella
5. Patrick Roy
6. Darryl Sutter
7. Joel Quenneville

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Is there any European coach available and willing to make the transition?

Gronberg? Been a while since his name has been tossed about.

 

[LannyMcdonald]

Babcock or Julien

 

[Ruggs225]

Brunette is my guy. Unless sullivan gets canned in pitt.

 

[cwede]

Brunette
or Serge Aubin.
Or some guy from CHL/AHL, under 50. with record of success

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

Brunette as Head Coach and Bruce Broudrou for defensive coach. Messier as inspirational leader

 

[CasusBelli]

Drury's former teammate Patrick Roy?

Or Ray Bourque? Just not Dan Hinote.

Give me the Q is the short version. Would love to see Jacques Martin with this organization again in one capacity or another. Guy is a whiz at developing youngsters.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Some Islanders fan on the main board heard Doug Weight as a possibility

 

[Mugless]

How about a non-retread?

 

[Bruner4329]

Looks like "other" is the leader so far. I really do not like any of the names being mentioned. Only guy would be Sullivan and he is currently still employed.

 

[RUNYR]

How about a non-retread?

It’s hilarious how notorious the NHL is for retread coaches. Never understood it. Any other sport these coaches based on their resumes would be out of the league.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

It’s hilarious how notorious the NHL is for retread coaches. Never understood it. Any other sport these coaches based on their resumes would be out of the league.

That’s hardly unique to the NHL

 

[LokiDog]

I can’t vote. I don’t think there’s a single coach in the world that can fix this team.

It’s the wrong personnel - even if they’re collectively very talented, the mix is wrong and there’s little wiggle room to make adjustments.

It’s the wrong culture.

It’s the wrong organizational philosophy.

It’s the wrong cap management (ties into philosophy).


Changing coaches every 2 years is like continuing to wedge a 2x4 under a sagging roof to support rotten beams. We can add another 2x4 and another 2x4 to keep the roof from caving in, but it will never fix the roof. You need to tear out the rot and make it structurally sound again.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Off-ice issues aside, just from a tactical standpoint Q is the best option of all the people on the list I've heard of.

No to Laviolette, Tippett, Babcock, Julien.

 

[LokiDog]

More like an alcoholic looking at a bunch of shitty bottles of MD 20/20 when the Johnny Walker Blue is locked up in the cabinet.



He's a goalie. So, yes.

As a probable alcoholic (it’s called denial, okay?) it feels more like empty bottles to me. I don’t think there’s a coach who can make a difference with this group.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Anybody asking for coach Q is a clown.

Idgaf, as long as there is this Dolan/Sather/Palpatine shit looming, we can hire any coach we want, it wont help.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Just so I'm clear: why do people want Messier and what makes them think Messier will be any different than say, Bryan Trottier?

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Just so I'm clear: why do people want Messier and what makes them think Messier will be any different than say, Bryan Trottier?

His handwriting sucks

 

[Cheapshot]

Other- Neil Graham.

Just for some real off the board shit

 

[pld459666]

Are there two Kris Knoblauch's??

Steve Valliquette.

Bring up Knoblauch as an assistant.

 

[SA16]

What about promoting Ortmeyer? He’s already on the organization and has respect about management. You think a team under ortmeyer wouldn’t go all out and play hard?

 

[GbgRanger]

It doesn´t matter who it is as long as it is not John Cooper or Rod Brindamour. They are the ones we need to win.

 

[McRanger92]

Somehow get Jon Cooper to pull a reverse Pat Riley