Who replaces Tortorella as Team USA coach for the next World Cup and Olympics?

[Jacob]

Sullivan isn't about #grit and #hitting like Torts, he is about speed and skill

I think he prefers grit but was handed speed and skill in Pittsburgh and made do with what he had.


My pick would be Laviolette or Sullivan or the two in tandem assuming they don't crash and burn in the NHL in the next 2 years.

 

[gorangers0525]

Sullivan's system is the opposite of Torts systems. Tort's system is make a wall in front of your goalie and hope for the best. Sullivan's is speed, posession and actually attempting to outplay the opposition.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Even if Kessel, Johnson, etc. went I don't see U.S. beating Canada anyway, especially in a best of three. Canada is just that much better than every team. Of course U.S. maybe puts up a better fight but the results would be the same.

What about the other two teams we lost to? We could've advanced out of the group stage without beating Canada.

 

[jaric1862]

Sullivan should definitely replace torts. Team USA should be built around their speed.

 

[Robert Esche Fan*]

If Canada doesn't name Quenneville as a part of their coaching staff then the USA should. There's no rule against it. You see smaller hockey countries do it all the time. USA doesn't have any good coaches clearly since they've struggled so much. They can even use some Canadian players if they want. Give them a chance to not suck for once.

 

[oobga]

I hope someone that likes an uptempo game. Laviolette maybe.

 

[syc]

Does it have to be an American? Why not hire someone from Canada on a long term contract? It happens in soccer all the time.

 

[kingsfan28]

Sullivan should definitely replace torts. Team USA should be built around their speed.

And defense that can move the puck. There will be a major overhall in the next tourney, with I'd say at least half the guys not coming back.

 

[Choralone]

As a Lombardi fan, I'd say he'll learn from this. That's his MO. This was his first time GM'ing a national team, and if you read the transcripts it was a group process selecting the players - and he wasn't always listened to. (Get rid of Burke, though.)

 

[Pyrophorus]

Kruger, who will be coaching in the NHL by then.

 

[Blues88]

The doom and gloom surrounding USA hockey is kind of silly when you consider you can flush out 50% of the roster overnight and restock with all those players from Team North America.

They can, and certainly could have done a lot of things that many consider to be better alternatives to what they did. The available options haven't really been a problem.

Their choices are the problem.

A comparable hypothetical would be Team Canada breezing down the list of coaches and selecting Randy Carlyle.

 

[Corax]

Kruger, who will be coaching in the NHL by then.

He might be actually busy with other stuff, but who knows.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

If Canada doesn't name Quenneville as a part of their coaching staff then the USA should. There's no rule against it. You see smaller hockey countries do it all the time. USA doesn't have any good coaches clearly since they've struggled so much. They can even use some Canadian players if they want. Give them a chance to not suck for once.

There are good coaches available and will be available (such as Phil Housley). The problem is USA Hockey as a federation and the cabal of NHL GMs that are clearly out of their element when it comes to the nuances of international hockey at the senior level. There really needs to be a shake-up in order to move forward.

 

[Quack Shot]

Idk about Team USA but if Team North America switches it up it should be Bruce Boudreau.

 

[Rebels57]

A monkey ****ing a bowl of pudding would do a better job than Tortorella just did.

 

[xxxx]

I'm sorry for this bump, but I think it is relevant now, with the way Columbus is performing. Are people sure they want him to be replaced? And that the fault was on him at the World Cup? The performance of the Jackets this season hardly supports that. And I always thought that the strategy the US wanted to bring into the tournament was good, they just completely failed in the game against Europe, no matter how much would anyone try to blaim Torts for it, the players didn't score a single goal, and certain US players were invisible.

I think Tortorella is the best or second best American coach in the NHL, and should get a chance again, with Laviolette and Sullivan being the assistants, for the Olympic tournament.

 

[JackSlater]

I'm sorry for this bump, but I think it is relevant now, with the way Columbus is performing. Are people sure they want him to be replaced? And that the fault was on him at the World Cup? The performance of the Jackets this season hardly supports that. And I always thought that the strategy the US wanted to bring into the tournament was good, they just completely failed in the game against Europe, no matter how much would anyone try to blaim Torts for it, the players didn't score a single goal, and certain US players were invisible.

I think Tortorella is the best or second best American coach in the NHL, and should get a chance again, with Laviolette and Sullivan being the assistants, for the Olympic tournament.

The American "gritty" strategy was laughably inappropriate for a tournament like that, and it sounds like their result showed that. As a Canadian fan, Tortorella would be a welcome sight at the Olympics. If Tortorella tries to play a gritty game again it will be even more inappropriate with the larger ice surface and IIHF rules. What worked in the 1996 World Cup won't work very well in 2018.

 

[Lataba76]

Klinsmann?

 

[CanadienShark]

I'm sorry for this bump, but I think it is relevant now, with the way Columbus is performing. Are people sure they want him to be replaced? And that the fault was on him at the World Cup? The performance of the Jackets this season hardly supports that. And I always thought that the strategy the US wanted to bring into the tournament was good, they just completely failed in the game against Europe, no matter how much would anyone try to blaim Torts for it, the players didn't score a single goal, and certain US players were invisible.

I think Tortorella is the best or second best American coach in the NHL, and should get a chance again, with Laviolette and Sullivan being the assistants, for the Olympic tournament.

Disagree. While Torts may fit Columbus well, he's not versatile enough.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Sullivan should definitely replace torts. Team USA should be built around their speed.

Sullivan has earned a shot.

 

[JiggsNY]

If I were USA management I'd shell out and do whatever it took to get Jon Cooper.