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Post by blny on Apr 29, 2016 12:23:04 GMT -5
While I don't think this year should be put squarely on his shoulders, two series losses after leading 3 games to 2 with a team the GM expects to win ... imagine if Berg held his coach that accountable ...
I think Boudreau did a heck of a coaching job this season. They got off to a horrible start. The team couldn't score a goal to save their lives. He instituted the trap, got everyone focused on defense first and a few wins, and it saved their season. He did it with Andersen and Gibson for goalies too.
Yes, he's got a horrible record in game 7s. Given what he got his team to overcome this year, I don't think it's on him. I think Murray should be looking a little more in the mirror.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Apr 29, 2016 12:41:53 GMT -5
Excellent coach, winning record and French too. Hmmmmmmmm........
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Post by seventeen on Apr 29, 2016 13:11:41 GMT -5
Excellent coach, winning record and French too. Hmmmmmmmm........ He's not French Canadian HFLA, though his surname has definite French roots. Works for me. Yeah, I'd hire him. He's had great records everywhere and just can't seem to overcome that 7th game hurdle. That could be because he himself gets too uptight and it filters down to his players, or it could be that he just hasn't had goaltending good enough to carry him to the Stanley Cup. Hmmmmmm..... I don't think you could look at the goaltenders he's had and say they're terrific goalies. 2012/12 - Viktor Fasth and Jonas Hiller 2013/14 - Frederik Andersen and Jonas Hiller (Gibson in wings) 14/15 - Andersen and Gibson 15/16 - Gibson and Anderson (Khudobin got a few games in) These are ok goalies, but not someone I'd pick to backstop me all the way. Gibson could be down the road, if he improves. Still only 22. So Boudreau's record could be explained as simply as noting the goalies weren't good enough. He's the opposite of the great coach who has a great goalie. His teams win despite average goaltending. Yes, I'd hire him, but he's heading for Ottawa instead (where he will continue to enjoy mediocre goaltending). He's going to get offers from other teams, for sure, and in his shoes, I'd pick a decent team with the best goaltending. The rest he can fix. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 29, 2016 17:44:49 GMT -5
Accountability....what a concept....
Obviously, they figured it's not worth another year of the same message....
G'day, Bruce!
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Post by blny on Apr 29, 2016 19:37:05 GMT -5
Accountability....what a concept.... Obviously, they figured it's not worth another year of the same message.... G'day, Bruce! According to a report quoting Murray, he's angry with the core group of players. He's claiming he'll hold them every bit as accountable. We all know it's easier to fire the coach, but what coach is going to get more from that group than Bruce did? As a head coach, he's accomplished 8 division titles in 9 years. The Ducks have a significant amount of cap space to work with this summer. Given how little their core group has changed over the years, I'd have given Bruce next year and made a couple of changes. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 29, 2016 22:06:06 GMT -5
The realm of accountability received a new low this year via the triple-down commitment to Therrien.
As a result, perhaps what would otherwise be a routine dismissal--a la Boudreau--appears ridiculously unfair by comparison....ha!
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Post by seventeen on Apr 30, 2016 10:30:55 GMT -5
Another stat that popped up yesterday. In the 8 games that comprise games 6 and 7 of the 4 series that the Ducks have lost in the last few years, the team received .864% save percentage goaltending. And you thought ours was bad during our own streak. I don't think any team can overcome .864 goaltending.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on May 1, 2016 11:56:40 GMT -5
Excellent coach, winning record and French too. Hmmmmmmmm........ He's not French Canadian HFLA, though his surname has definite French roots. Works for me. Yeah, I'd hire him. He's had great records everywhere and just can't seem to overcome that 7th game hurdle. That could be because he himself gets too uptight and it filters down to his players, or it could be that he just hasn't had goaltending good enough to carry him to the Stanley Cup. Hmmmmmm..... I don't think you could look at the goaltenders he's had and say they're terrific goalies. 2012/12 - Viktor Fasth and Jonas Hiller 2013/14 - Frederik Andersen and Jonas Hiller (Gibson in wings) 14/15 - Andersen and Gibson 15/16 - Gibson and Anderson (Khudobin got a few games in) These are ok goalies, but not someone I'd pick to backstop me all the way. Gibson could be down the road, if he improves. Still only 22. So Boudreau's record could be explained as simply as noting the goalies weren't good enough. He's the opposite of the great coach who has a great goalie. His teams win despite average goaltending. Yes, I'd hire him, but he's heading for Ottawa instead (where he will continue to enjoy mediocre goaltending). He's going to get offers from other teams, for sure, and in his shoes, I'd pick a decent team with the best goaltending. The rest he can fix. You are absolutely correct 17. The requirements to coach the Habs are: 1. Be French. 2. Have a pure laine French name. 3. Trace your heredity to a father in the French foreign legion born in France. 4. Tracke your mother to Iroquois from Quebec. 5. Speak French with an accent that makes Parisians snear at you. (Getting Parisians to snear at you is not that difficult) I am trying not to sound racist but to me making hiring decisions based on race, skin color, nationality or language instead of competence sounds like racism! |
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Post by blny on May 7, 2016 19:48:45 GMT -5
Came down to Sens and Wild. Wild and Bruce are finalizing a 4 year deal for just under $3 million a year. Considering what Tippett got in Arizona, that's bargain. Bruce will have some work to do. The Wild are an older group with some under achievers.
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Post by seventeen on May 7, 2016 20:20:20 GMT -5
But they could have excellent goaltending if Dubnyk plays well. I wonder if that was the deciding factor (aside from the pittance that Melnyk would have been offering).
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Post by blny on May 7, 2016 20:43:04 GMT -5
But they could have excellent goaltending if Dubnyk plays well. I wonder if that was the deciding factor (aside from the pittance that Melnyk would have been offering). He'll need it with that roster. |
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Post by seventeen on May 7, 2016 23:39:54 GMT -5
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