Bring back Jacques Martin

[Samboni]

Tongue in cheek, but he knows how to get a team to play defensive hockey.

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[armani]

Tongue in cheek, but he knows how to get a team to play defensive hockey.

I believe he works for Frisby tires now (Hazeldean), swapping tires for a living.

 

[mcnorth]

His sales manager says he sells three tires all the time, but just can't seem to sell the fourth.

 

[DrEasy]

Isn't he an assistant coach with Pittsburgh these days? I always liked his coaching style, even though it never worked against the goon Leafs in the playoffs.

But sure, a proper system wouldn't hurt this young team.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Isn't he an assistant coach with Pittsburgh these days? I always liked his coaching style, even though it never worked against the goon Leafs in the playoffs.

But sure, a proper system wouldn't hurt this young team.

He was some sort of an advisor and moved to an assistant after they fired johnson.

 

[Boud]

His coaching style wouldn't work here IMO. We need to play to our strenghts and that's offense and up tempo. If we played a defensive structured game with the defensemen we have right now we'd get skinned alive and that would only retain our offensive players from playing to what seems to be working to say the least since we are one of the best offensive teams in the league.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

His coaching style wouldn't work here IMO. We need to play to our strenghts and that's offense and up tempo. If we played a defensive structured game with the defensemen we have right now we'd get skinned alive and that would only retain our offensive players from playing to what seems to be working to say the least since we are one of the best offensive teams in the league.

Maybe his system would make up for the deficiencies on defense. Saying that... It was pre the first lock out when he had most his success. The game has changed somewhat since then.

 

[Benjamin]

Can he spawn top 4 dmen?

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.

And no. What a terrible idea. I want Dave Cameron gone but this type of move would just muzzle guys like Hoffman and Karlsson in a boring 90's style system. We need a coach who will embrace the offensive talent we have.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Embrace the offence

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Embrace the offence

Offense only works if you are out chancing and out shooting

 

[Senscore]

If we still had red lines, I *might* have considered it.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Offense only works if you are out chancing and out shooting

Naw, it works regardless. We just need a few better bodies on the back end to regain the puck and keep it away from the net, not a system change. The Martin days were terrible days to watch Sens hockey.

We basically bored teams to death and took fans money while they slept.

 

[Tundraman]

I'd take Jacques Martin over everyone they've had since Bryan Murray coached.

 

[Canadian Time]

I'm guessing that most of those that are advocating for Jacques' return were probably about 10 years old when he last coached here and really didn't understand what they were watching.

Martin was the perfect coach for those early Sens teams in that era, but I'll be damned if I want to watch that style again.

 

[Samboni]

I would take Sparky Allison if it meant 2 points every night.

 

[Vaclav Varada]

Guy Boucher!

 

[BonkTastic]

I would take Sparky Allison if it meant 2 points every night.

I would take literally a duck in a derby hat & smoking a cigar if it meant 2 points every night.

 

[BonkTastic]

Guy Boucher!

Lol, dude got fired by a Swiss team.


... a SWISS team.

 

[Back in Black]

What a terrible idea. I want Dave Cameron gone but this type of move would just muzzle guys like Hoffman and Karlsson in a boring 90's style system. We need a coach who will embrace the offensive talent we have.

At this stage, we don’t even need yet “another†coach to get fired by Murray. We need a GM who can get us better Defence!

 

[BonkTastic]

Pass as the Head Coach, but I definitely wouldn't mind ol' Jaques Martin as an assistant, I'll tell you that much.

Great X's and O's guy.

 

[Caeldan]

Lol, dude got fired by a Swiss team.


... a SWISS team.

That was more because he very vocally stated he wasn't interested in renewing his contract because he couldn't get an NHL out clause. And supposedly several teams have been interested in his services... for what it's worth

 

[pm88]

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.

And no. What a terrible idea. I want Dave Cameron gone but this type of move would just muzzle guys like Hoffman and Karlsson in a boring 90's style system. We need a coach who will embrace the offensive talent we have.

I fully understand embracing the offence but my God we've been an absolutely horrendous defensive team for 90% of the time Anderson has been in an Ottawa jersey. Ideally it'd be great for him to come back as a defensive co-ordinator or something but it'll never happen for us

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

What happened to Marc Crawford

 

[Stylizer1]

What happened to Marc Crawford

He's doing pretty good in Europe.