Billy is Gone

[bluedevil58]

Well this off season will either be great or a complete train wreck. To be honest, I'm not sure which I am leaning towards it being.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I'd actually like to see Marc Crawford but he's kinda a name from the past

Seeing his name made me think of the Canucks immediately which then made me wonder - what’s Dan Cloutier up to these days?

 

[DaveG]

Seeing his name made me think of the Canucks immediately which then made me wonder - what’s Dan Cloutier up to these days?

Suggesting him as an upgrade to Darling? I mean, you're right that he would be but we can probably find a better upgrade then that.

 

[CandyCanes]

I'd be cool with Tippett as coach. I'm also really intruiged by Darryl Sutter, the guy has 2 cups, he's gotta be considered as well. And he'd be working with a team that I feel like is made up quite similary as his Kings teams minus the Kopitar, Doughty, and Quick

 

[RodTheBawd]

After that endorsement, is my disdain towards DeCock enough to hope Rod does become HC and fails spectacularly...?

 

[Canes]

See ya later, Billy!

 

[Brock Anton]

Hope that there's Kinetico water filters in Alberta. What would Bill Peters do without it?

 

[Bub]

Suggesting him as an upgrade to Darling? I mean, you're right that he would be but we can probably find a better upgrade then that.

I mean, hell, Bernie Parent's still alive, so yeah you're right.

 

[Novacane]

As for the now two-sided search, Waddell said the team will do both at once and not worry about filling openings in a specific order.
"Traditionally, you would probably say the GM has to come first, but Tom, the way he thinks –which he’s been very successful in all his businesses – he doesn't necessarily believe that you have to have the GM in place," Waddell said. "We’re going to run both searches. We're not going to wait for a GM to start the coaching search. If you hire the coach first, the GM comes in, he'll know who the coach is and know some of the staff that’s been put in place, and he's either going to accept that or he's not going to take the job."
Waddell said the team doesn't have a firm timeline for when it would like to make a hire.
"We have to do our homework. Since this announcement came out I've gotten seven phone calls from potential head coaches, a couple of agents that represent coaches have called me," he said. "The list is going to be very long of the people interested in this job, and that’s something we have to sort through first. We’re going to gather our list. Once we have that, we’ll start interviews."

Peters OUT at Canes changes continue

 

[Nismo350z]

How about Sheldon Keefe, currently coaching the AHL Marlies?

From what I understand he's one of the most coveted young coaches going...

 

[SniperHF]

One other Tippett nugget I think a lot of people aren't aware of.

He orchestrated the firing of his GM (Maloney) via a power play with the minority owners of the Coyotes, pushing himself to Executive VP and one of those minority owners (who had zero experience) as President of Hockey Operations. This was part of a semi-public disagreement between the majority owner and the minority owners about how the rebuild should be handled. Tippett used that wedge. But the Majority owner had enough, bought out the other guys, and re-established a more traditional front office setup just one year later. That's how badly it was running.

This is one reason I suspect he's not coaching somewhere else already. I don't think he's PNG among owners but I think if you have the choice between hiring the guy who caused trouble vs one who didn't? That choice is pretty easy.

 

[DaveG]

Keefe is definitely a name I'd consider. He had some hype around him around the time that Peters was hired but wasn't experienced enough yet at that point.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Someone make sure to tell Waddell that I.C. Weiner and Amanda Hugginkiss aren't really interested in the job as head coach.

 

[DaveG]

Someone make sure to tell Waddell that I.C. Weiner and Amanda Hugginkiss aren't really interested in the job as head coach.

On the other hand Mr Peter Ian Staker should not be outright dismissed.

 

[Stickpucker]

I'd be cool with Tippett as coach. I'm also really intruiged by Darryl Sutter, the guy has 2 cups, he's gotta be considered as well. And he'd be working with a team that I feel like is made up quite similary as his Kings teams minus the Kopitar, Doughty, and Quick

Isn't Lombardi free as well right now?

 

[Stickpucker]

Suggesting him as an upgrade to Darling? I mean, you're right that he would be but we can probably find a better upgrade then that.

I hate typing this.....but with how bad all the goalies we had looked in Peters system I almost wonder if Darling could rebound here.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Hope that there's Kinetico water filters in Alberta. What would Bill Peters do without it?

Stop whoring his kids out?

 

[TheBigKahuna]

I hate typing this.....but with how bad all the goalies we had looked in Peters system I almost wonder if Darling could rebound here.

Darling wasn't always horrible. Something happened.

 

[bleedgreen]

He wasn’t that great in Chicago. He stayed big in the net and let pucks hit him, they cleared out the slot and rebounds. If he lost the crease he had just as hard a time getting back there as he did here.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

As for the now two-sided search, Waddell said the team will do both at once and not worry about filling openings in a specific order.
"Traditionally, you would probably say the GM has to come first, but Tom, the way he thinks –which he’s been very successful in all his businesses – he doesn't necessarily believe that you have to have the GM in place," Waddell said. "We’re going to run both searches.

So do we still think Dundon isn't going to be involved in hockey personnel decisions? If so, I have some land in Florida for sale.

 

[MinJaBen]

So do we still think Dundon isn't going to be involved in hockey personnel decisions? If so, I have some land in Florida for sale.

Let's hope he learns really fast and is good at it, because it is going to happen.

 

[HisIceness]

Needed to happen for everyone involved.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'm going to like his replacement.

 

[sabremike]

After that endorsement, is my disdain towards DeCock enough to hope Rod does become HC and fails spectacularly...?

If your last name was DeCock you probably would've ended up emotionally damaged and scarred as well.

 

[A Star is Burns]

So do we still think Dundon isn't going to be involved in hockey personnel decisions? If so, I have some land in Florida for sale.

It's odd to do the search this way as we talked about, but I always took the hockey personnel thing to mean making trades and such. I don't have a major problem with him trying it this way, or being involved in the coaching search. I hope it works, and just because it's outside what we all know to be the norm doesn't mean it won't.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

It's odd to do the search this way as we talked about, but I always took the hockey personnel thing to mean making trades and such. I don't have a major problem with him trying it this way, or being involved in the coaching search. I hope it works, and just because it's outside what we all know to be the norm doesn't mean it won't.

My view, whether people agree with it or not, is that he IS going to be involved in hockey decisions. Typically, hiring of a coach is the GM's job. Typically exit interviews are Coach/GM's jobs. I also think he'll be involved in player decisions as we go forward. That said, I'm NOT saying it's a bad thing or a problem.

Like you said, it could work just fine so I'm not against it just because it's different than the norm. I won't judge anything until we see the results. Just stating that I think he'll be very involved.