Speculation: Do You Want Gerard Gallant Fired?

[EdJovanovski]

Do you want Gerard Gallant Fired?

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[Hunter Gathers]

No.

 

[Lua]

A different coach will not fix this organization

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

More than anything in the world.

Anyone who voted "no", you're on my list.

 

[EdJovanovski]

A different coach will not fix this organization

If the organization as a whole is incompetent don’t you think the coach is part of that? I dislike Drury even more than Gallant but this is the more realistic firing.

 

[Leonardo87]

If my vote is going to be publicly visible, screw that. Lol

In all seriousness, I am indifferent, I honestly don’t know.

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

A different coach will make a big difference on the ice. People who voted no are just unaware of whats going on and only looking at our record.

Gallant does NONE of the following: Implement a system defensive esp and offensive. Stop with this pond hockey bullshit and a defense where nobody knows where to go. That in itself will help a tremendous amount.
Then there is the constant line shuffling and relying on vets to save his ass.
Theres the im not here to help develop players.
Then There is i can shuffle on the lines but not change the pp which has been 0 for the centrury mark since december.
He does not line match and is constantly out classed in coaching bc he doesnt coach.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

On one hand I don't think this is a guy with any secret master plans he's hiding from everyone, but the fact that he almost definitely is getting fired if we miss the playoffs could be responsible for some things like the PP1 staying the same all year.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Need a 3rd option Ed, which is I don't care. I am indifferent, if they fired him or not I don't think it would drastically change the outcome of this season.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Need a 3rd option Ed, which is I don't care. I am indifferent, if they fired him or not I don't think it would drastically change the outcome of this season.

Agreed. The organization has a fundamental player development issue that transcends the coach and goes directly to the core of the organization's development philosophy. The idea that a coaching change would be anything more than a band-aid, here, is amusing to me, though.

I love Graves, for example. But what has he done for prospect development, really? Who is actually spearheading what the team does on the development side? It's not as if things dramatically changed, there, when Drury took over. We seem to have had the same prospect development issues (at least offensively) since the 00s.

This is far, far removed from the coaching at this point.

But, sure. Fire the coach. Don't address anything at the core of the issue. That is what we have always done. Clearly it has worked, right?

A different coach will make a big difference on the ice. People who voted no are just unaware of whats going on and only looking at our record.

:: yawn ::

Those thinking that this is anything more than a bandaid must not have been paying attention for the last 20+ years. Just "unaware of what's going on," I'd say.

 

[Zynbanejad]

Gallant's indifference is quite concerning so I voted yes

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Need a 3rd option Ed, which is I don't care. I am indifferent, if they fired him or not I don't think it would drastically change the outcome of this season.

The team might actually be watchable for a change

 

[ArPanet]

Since the 1950s the Rangers have had two coaches last for five opening nights. And one of them was AV.

 

[Off Sides]

I'd like the Rangers to play better 5on5.

I don't think any coach, regardless of who that is, will be able to get certain players to buy into any sort of system or identity.

Big contracts and no movement clauses dictates how, and who plays. It would take an organization attitude shift far above the coaching level for that to change.

 

[OthmannOut]

I think Quennville is the most likely scenario in the future. Gallant is staying through this season unless we collapse and don't make the playoffs. Then I imagine he will be here next as well, with playoff results dictating if he comes back for year 4.
Gallant is fine for now. Grass is always greener, etc.

 

[Raspewtin]

I don't care

 

[AlaBlueShirt]

Firing just Gallant won’t change anything long term. I’d give the boot to everyone expect Allaire.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I'd rather move our biggest contract.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Since the 1950s the Rangers have had two coaches last for five opening nights. And one of them was AV.

Of our 3 most recent coaches , AV was the best one by far

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I'd rather move our biggest contract.

How about we just finally change how the f*** we develop players? We've tried everything else even though I and others on here have been HOWLING about the player development issue for years, now. We are excellent at developing defenders and goaltenders.

We are horrific at developing impact forwards. We can develop two-way forwards all day, it feels like.

This has been a problem, now, since at least the early 00s. I actually think it goes back well before then, but you start getting hazy when you have truly different people in the upper management. Frankly, I place most of this at the feet of Sather. He's really the one constant with all of this and it is abundantly clear that his philosophy is something the organization has fully embraced from top to bottom.

He may only be an advisor, now, but I don't think anyone could convince me that Drury is not his disciple and that Dolan doesn't agree with his philosophy. The organization is broken.

And people on here just want a new coach. F***ing easy way out bullshit once again. But whatever.

 

[nyr2k2]

I'm not sure it fixes much, but he does piss me off in his pressers, so sure.

 

[cheech70]

2nd year of rebuild top 10-15 in NHL..fox,kam,k2.filip,4,74,13,55,31..we will be fine ...GG is very good as a coach

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

2nd year of rebuild top 10-15 in NHL..fox,kam,k2.filip,74,13,55,31..we will be fine ...GG is very good as a coach

Top 15! Might as well build the guy a statue outside MSG

Also in what possible way is this the 2nd year of the rebuild???

 

[cheech70]

Top 15! Might as well build the guy a statue outside MSG

Also in what possible way is this the 2nd year of the rebuild???

OK top 10 since we will be picking in the mid 20's for the draft

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

How about we just finally change how the f*** we develop players? We've tried everything else even though I and others on here have been HOWLING about the player development issue for years, now. We are excellent at developing defenders and goaltenders.

We are horrific at developing impact forwards. We can develop two-way forwards all day, it feels like.

This has been a problem, now, since at least the early 00s. I actually think it goes back well before then, but you start getting hazy when you have truly different people in the upper management. Frankly, I place most of this at the feet of Sather. He's really the one constant with all of this and it is abundantly clear that his philosophy is something the organization has fully embraced from top to bottom.

He may only be an advisor, now, but I don't think anyone could convince me that Drury is not his disciple and that Dolan doesn't agree with his philosophy. The organization is broken.

And people on here just want a new coach. F***ing easy way out bullshit once again. But whatever.

The organization has deep problems when it comes to philosophy, decision making, development, etc. that’s for certain.

But Gallant is horrible independent of all that. There are absolutely no positives he brings to this team, only negatives. Getting rid of him won’t solve all our issues, but just because you have cancer doesn’t mean you can’t treat your gonorrhea as well.