Why is Bruce Boudreau so popular?

[Scorofeyev]

Yes it was really kind of him to give Teemu 3 games to show his worth after Sochi, and after scoring 2+2 and being a first star in 2/3 games deciding he isn't a top player and putting him in the 4th line. Never experienced that kind of kindness in my life.

Teemu had a stat line of 0g 0a 0pts -3 and 4 SOG the first 5 games after Sochi and March was the month he averaged the highest TOI per game that season.

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[majormajor]

Because he is LITERALLY one of the Hanson Brothers from the movie Slapshot. Seriously.

Not true. He was an extra in the movie, as a player playing against the Chiefs.

 

[johan f]

So are we confirming that it's the looks and the media presence over actual accolades?

Did you start the thread just to kick on him?

 

[gritdash60]

Teemu had a stat line of 0g 0a 0pts -3 and 4 SOG the first 5 games after Sochi and March was the month he averaged the highest TOI per game that season.

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So you are calling Teemu a liar? Imma trust him over you.

Did you start the thread just to kick on him?

No i actually started the thread to get some insight on why he is so popular.

 

[Sendhelp2Anaheim]

why is Bruce so popular, I think it’s the excitement he gets when the intermission blimps come

 

[Khelandros]

- Fans hate coaches, but they don't like seeing people being treated badly by management. It's agreed across the board that Boudreau is being fired without good cause and in a wildly unprofessional manner.

I disagree with this, and here is why;

1. Treated badly by management/unprofessional manner: This happens everyday in every sports league around the world. Managements #1 job is to put the best product they can in front of fans. The signed Miller to an 8 year deal, they have core players signed for a couple more years, everyone thought that based on last year, the Canucks were going to run away with the Pacific.

Management has meetings all the time about personnel, and the Canucks aren't the first team to fire a coach mid season. If anything, the media turned this into what it is. They started the questions aimed at Rutherford. They kept digging at Boudreau in his availability. Everything in this situation is media driven, and the fans have jumped on board the band wagon. This would have been just a run of the mill firing if not for the media buzz around it.

2. This is the reason, right here.

 

[gritdash60]

People in this thread think im some Bruce hater, which is not the case, i just want to know why he is so loved.

 

[wasunder]

People in this thread think im some Bruce hater, which is not the case, i just want to know why he is so loved.

People keep telling you why, because he’s a genuinely good guy and has been a pretty good coach who’s elevated some teams, but never really had the chance to win his Stanley cup. You keep resorting back to “but Teemu said!” And “he only won a Calder” but that doesn’t mean he’s not very likeable and not a good coach. People are rallying behind him because he’s a good guy and a good coach who got done dirty.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I disagree with this, and here is why;

1. Treated badly by management/unprofessional manner: This happens everyday in every sports league around the world. Managements #1 job is to put the best product they can in front of fans. The signed Miller to an 8 year deal, they have core players signed for a couple more years, everyone thought that based on last year, the Canucks were going to run away with the Pacific.

Management has meetings all the time about personnel, and the Canucks aren't the first team to fire a coach mid season. If anything, the media turned this into what it is. They started the questions aimed at Rutherford. They kept digging at Boudreau in his availability. Everything in this situation is media driven, and the fans have jumped on board the band wagon. This would have been just a run of the mill firing if not for the media buzz around it.

2. This is the reason, right here.
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Teams most certainly do not routinely treat their coaches and players the way Boudreau was treated this year.

It’s not the firing that people are pissed about, it’s the extraordinary lack of professionalism involved.

 

[crazy8888]

A long time ago him and Mike Green went out for some Haagen Dazs. It was early, store was closed. Bruce did not take it very well. The rest is history.

 

[gritdash60]

A long time ago him and Mike Green went out for some Haagen Dazs. It was early, store was closed. Bruce did not take it very well. The rest is history.

Yes because Mike Green was good, that makes this clown coach good.

I dont get it, Bruce is the most liked coach while never won shit. it's incredible.

 

[rsteen]

Treated badly by management/unprofessional manner: This happens everyday in every sports league around the world

On the chance that you've just woken up from a coma and missed the last month: No, this doesn't happen every day. If they had just fired him weeks ago, it would have been ho-hum. The public humiliation is not. Completely unprofessional.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Feels like it goes back to 24/7 winter classic way back when

 

[Eternal Leaf]

He has an extremely likable personality combined with a good record.

Sure he hasn't won a cup but he's been a great coach for a long time.

The fact a nice man like him got publicly embarrassed for such a long time is unacceptable and unprofessional from Rutherford.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

I like the guy, I really do, but I don't feel sorry for him. This is a results oriented business. If he had the Canucks in a playoff spot this wouldn't have happened.

 

[ponder]

Agreed with these, already posted:

- Seems like a nice guy

- Of coaches with 1000+ regular season games coached (31 coaches), he has the 2nd highest win% all time (2nd only to Scottie Bowman)

- His teams are fun to watch

Re: Selanne/Saku not liking him, some coaches are always gonna have beef with some players, but for the most part Bruce is very well liked by players.

I’d also add:

- That HBO 24/7 Pens/Caps doc was really excellent, really widely watched, and people liked Bruce in it (he was a bit goofy but likeable)

- Plenty of ppl like to cheer for guys that have come close but have never won a cup, players or coaches. Want to see them get that cup. Think how psyched ppl were when Ray Bourque, Ovie or Hasek finally won, or how sad ppl were for Iggy, the Sedins, Sundin, Alfie, Lundqvist, Thornton, Dionne, Price, Luongo, Turgeon, etc. to have never won

- The Aquilinis have a rep as extremely shitty people, and terrible owners. Also, the Nucks have been pretty badly mismanaged for about a decade now, Benning era to present. This whole debacle has been as much a chance to shit on Nucks ownership/management as it has been a chance to show Bruce love

 

[um]

People in this thread think im some Bruce hater, which is not the case, i just want to know why he is so loved.

you not being a hater makes this even weirder.

There are plenty of popular athletes and coaches that never won the big prize. This is hardly uncommon.

 

[Nasti]

He’s basically the opposite of Mike Babcock.

 

[Raistlin]

affable, humble, self aware, and caring. think Ted Lasso.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

First of all, this is a serious question by a non-native english speaker. AND I would have Boudreau coaching my team over Tocchet always.

Why is Boudreau so popular in what it seems no matter the fanbase? I understand he is a likeable guy, and Canucks handled his firing the worst possible way ever.

But is this current thing about every hockey fan getting behind Bruce just about the way the Canucks owners handled this situation like a dumbasses or was Boudreau already this liked before? People have been saying "They fired a winning coach over a losing coach", is this about the W/L record in the NHL or what? Because only thing i see Boudreau has won as a coach is the Calder at 2005.

Now i know my knowledge isn't as deep as a lot of people here have, but i base a lot of my opinions on what i hear/read what finnish players say. For one example i know Teemu Selänne isn't a big fan of Bruce. In fact the story after Sochi Olympics when he said him he needs 3 games to prove his worth with Getzlaf and Perry on the first line, scored 4 points and was the first star twice, wasn't enough for Boudreau and got demoted to 3rd line and said "that's when i decided to retire" is something i hold over Boudreau. Or when Selänne was asked that "I guess you and Saku Koivu aren't members of the Boudreau fanclub, since you have talked shit about him". His answer was "Well i have never really talked shit about Bruce, but Saku should have." gives me reason to doubt all this hype.

So what am i missing here? The fact that he is a great coach for the players? How far does that really carry, Teemu said "I have even said to him, he should be harder on the players, sometimes it felt like a country club for the star players."

So i guess the thing im trying to ask is, on what merit has Bruce Boudreau become this cult coach that everyone from every team likes?

 

[Raistlin]

I disagree with this, and here is why;

1. Treated badly by management/unprofessional manner: This happens everyday in every sports league around the world. Managements #1 job is to put the best product they can in front of fans. The signed Miller to an 8 year deal, they have core players signed for a couple more years, everyone thought that based on last year, the Canucks were going to run away with the Pacific.

Management has meetings all the time about personnel, and the Canucks aren't the first team to fire a coach mid season. If anything, the media turned this into what it is. They started the questions aimed at Rutherford. They kept digging at Boudreau in his availability. Everything in this situation is media driven, and the fans have jumped on board the band wagon. This would have been just a run of the mill firing if not for the media buzz around it.

2. This is the reason, right here.
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I love the guy, its hard not to like him, but this is exactly what happened. While he was definitely unfairly treated, his losing record is glazed over in favor of a personality angle, and the fans react as to be expected. Vancouver management has a big problem mischaracterizing its media, it would serve them well to be more discreet with who they deal with. Horrible people are everywhere in management of every team, but not all bad decisions end up being exposed for all to see, and turn from bad to crippling. This has been a problem since the Benning era, and way back then Burke has his fight with their media too. This has to stop as much as I love to read all their juicy misadventures.

 

[gritdash60]

I love the guy, its hard not to like him, but this is exactly what happened. While he was definitely unfairly treated, his losing record is glazed over in favor of a personality angle, and the fans react as to be expected. Vancouver management has a big problem mischaracterizing its media, it would serve them well to be more discreet with who they deal with. Horrible people are everywhere in management of every team, but not all bad decisions end up being exposed for all to see, and turn from bad to crippling. This has been a problem since the Benning era, and way back then Burke has his fight with their media too. This has to stop as much as I love to read all their juicy misadventures.

How does that make Boudereau a good coach?

 

[Breakers]

Lol what? Come on man.

What's to debate
he literally started demko after an injury

 

[Raistlin]

How does that make Boudereau a good coach?

hes a good coach because he gets his star players to perform, which depending on the stars, lead directly to wins. His style is not favorable to playoff hockey, so hes a flawed coach in this way that cup winning GMs dont appreciate.

Hes the opposite of a Torts or Keenan, who runs the room like an army sargeant, his players love him, because hes a super nice guy, but while some players are motivated by caring, some are motivated by lighting a fire under their bottoms, the latter ones dont like his more lassez-faire approach. So you basically have to separate his job evaluation into human being and playoff coach that can adept his coach/play style. Hes good at one and not so much the other.

 

[Rich Nixon]

I dont get it, Bruce is the most liked coach while never won shit. it's incredible.

I like plenty of people who never won shit. Hell, most of my favorite musicians died without ever raising Lord Stanley's Cup.