Speculation: Flyers next coach?

[EdmFlyersfan]

So who's out there right now? Who's the best fit?

Some names (probably missing alot):

Rick Tocchet
Mike Babcock
Benoit Groulx
Travis Green
David Quinn
John Tortorella
Jim Montgomery
John Stevens
Marc Crawford
Guy Boucher

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[Magua]

 

[Striiker]

If we all pool our entire net worths, how close are we to buying the team?

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

If we all pool our entire net worths, how close are we to buying the team?

If we wait a few more years, I'm certain we can get it for pennies on the dollar...

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Patrick Royyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[PALE PWNR]

yea bring in Patrick Roy and Adam Foote. f*** it.

 

[jackjohnson]

So who's out there right now? Who's the best fit?

Some names (probably missing alot):

Rick Tocchet
Mike Babcock
Benoit Groulx
Travis Green
David Quinn
John Tortorella
Jim Montgomery
John Stevens
Marc Crawford
Guy Boucher

I feel for you guys, your GM kind of screwed up. He should have seaeched for a coach and hired Boudreau. Now the pickings are slim and I think the best out of those pile of coaches in probably Mike Babcock and after that Julien. Would not touch Green with 100 foot pole. He is just an average AHL coach

 

[Nizzle]

It won't happen and that's probably a good thing but Jukka Jalonen wants to coach in the NHL, so he's available. I could see, for example, Columbus hiring him in the future (but not as a HC straight away) because their GM is Finnish too and that's just how hockey works.

Googled a bit and found this: The Blue Jackets Are Considering Jukka Jalonen As Next Head Coach

In an interview on Monday, Jarmo Kekalainen confirmed that the club is considering Jukka Jalonen as a candidate for the head coaching vacancy.

 

[AdamParrot]

Benoit Groulx
Spencer Carbery
Rikard Gronborg
Claude Julien
Jukka Jalonen

In that order for me.

Sam Hallam was just hired by Sweden National Team.

 

[Amorgus]

I just saw a video on Facebook from TNT Faceoff where they said there was an empty seat because Rick Tocchet got a phone call, he smiled and left. Uh oh...

 

[ajgoal]

If we all pool our entire net worths, how close are we to buying the team?

I just need 99,999,999 more people to contribute $20 to my GoFundMe.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

 

[ponder719]

Who's the best fit?

A coroner.

 

[Limeyjim]

The Flyers will probably hire John Stevens and expect the fans to be excited by his return.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Someone new,
Someone who isn't an old bed shitter
Whomever Apple and AdamP suggest

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

The Flyers will probably hire John Stevens and expect the fans to be excited by his return.

I always feel that Terry Murray is in the mix somehow...

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

A coroner.

Maybe not the smartest move, but to inject some life into the club they could go with a couple of "hot heads"...

Patrick Roy as GM
Fonzie as Coach

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

What's John LeClair or Simon Gagne doing. If they are keeping in the family let's bring one of those guys back!

 

[deadhead]

I feel for you guys, your GM kind of screwed up. He should have seaeched for a coach and hired Boudreau. Now the pickings are slim and I think the best out of those pile of coaches in probably Mike Babcock and after that Julien. Would not touch Green with 100 foot pole. He is just an average AHL coach

Fletcher had Boudreau and Yeo in Minnesota.
If he thought Boudreau was the answer he'd have reached out.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Fletcher had Boudreau and Yeo in Minnesota.
If he thought Boudreau was the answer he'd have reached out.

Huh ??

He had zero intentions of firing AV, why would he reach out ?

 

[ponder719]

For a more serious take, I want to look at a) someone with fire to be the public face of the organization, b) someone with a clue to handle hockey ops, and c) someone with upside as HC. We want to model ourselves after Tampa? Why not try hiring away Jeff Halpern? He's been on Cooper's staff for several years, including both Cup years, he's crucially not part of the Flyers' old boys network, I think it could work. Of course, none of this works without replacing Chuck, and I have no idea who the up and coming GM candidates are, other than Tulsky and Scott Mellanby, but we need to go outside the box. (The one potential exception to the "don't hire former Flyers" thing I mentioned above, for me, is Mellanby. I know he played for us for a few years, but I think he's been outside our circle for long enough that he'd come in with a fresh perspective.)

 

[FLYguy3911]

GMs don't want to fire coaches they hired because that puts the heat directly on them.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

GMs don't want to fire coaches they hired because that puts the heat directly on them.

GM's usually only get 2-3 coach's (chances) before they are "promoted" or fired...

 

[deadhead]

Huh ??

He had zero intentions of firing AV, why would he reach out ?

He had zero intentions of firing AV BEFORE this stretch of games were over, probably because as we're seeing, a new HC would have no practice time for a week to implement any changes - so what was the point?

 

[Beef Invictus]

He had zero intentions of firing AV BEFORE this stretch of games were over, probably because as we're seeing, a new HC would have no practice time for a week to implement any changes - so what was the point?

The point is that you don't continue in a toxic and failed procedure just because practice time is short. That's a feeble excuse. Even Dave Scott realized that and Fletcher couldn't, which really demonstrates how pathetic and stupid Fletcher is; indications are that Fletcher was completely unprepared to fire AV at any point in the near future. He's in completely over his head and always has been. If not for daddy he never gets the jobs he did. He's devoid of merit.