Interesting. Not a big fan of the move but not dead set against it. Coaching is also largely voodoo and so hard for fans to actually see what impact the coach has with players
Not a fan of Guluztan mostly because he reminds me of Eakins. He seems incredibly hard headed and wants to be the smartest guy in the room at all times. He ran some absolutely dumb defensive pairings for Calgary for long periods and pretty much sunk the team during those times.
That being said, Calgary had abysmal luck this year, especially in the last half of the year. So a part of me does think GG getting fired might have been a rush to judgement to blame the failed year on somebody.
However, again this move screams lazy to me as they just hired a former head coach and didnt appear to do much searching. But again, its assistant coaches so how much impact do they really have
Interesting. Not a big fan of the move but not dead set against it. Coaching is also largely voodoo and so hard for fans to actually see what impact the coach has with players
Not a fan of Guluztan mostly because he reminds me of Eakins. He seems incredibly hard headed and wants to be the smartest guy in the room at all times. He ran some absolutely dumb defensive pairings for Calgary for long periods and pretty much sunk the team during those times.
That being said, Calgary had abysmal luck this year, especially in the last half of the year. So a part of me does think GG getting fired might have been a rush to judgement to blame the failed year on somebody.
However, again this move screams lazy to me as they just hired a former head coach and didnt appear to do much searching. But again, its assistant coaches so how much impact do they really have
With all due respect this post makes little to no sense. So many nonsensical aspects to this.
Case in point GG is nothing like Eakins....nothing. I have no idea how or why you fabricated that nonsense.
Must have been the hair because thats the only similarity.
I wish I had a link to Del's GIF of Eakins' face slowly morphing into Gulutzan's.
I mispoke. Didn't mean he wasnt a harder worker. Just the hard work on these guys fighting to further career might push Todd to work hard on becoming a better coach and working on his flaws.
He has been pretty much the same his whole career and as the league is changing he needs to adapt and change as well. So I'm hoping with an entirely new group of hard working assistants, he can take that energy and self improve.Fair enough. That makes sense.
That's fair. As I said I have no idea how good he might be. BUt I would not want him given the HC job just because.We had a worse team a few years prior and Hartley got us to the second round. Gulutzan is a bad coach. If he runs your PK you might see some benefit though. He's very good at the Xs and Os part of the game, just not anything pertaining to player motivation, usage, or generating high quality chances as opposed to just chances in general.
He is also good at throwing sticks, and I hope we see more of that rather than the Koala who takes everything and doesnt even show emotion.We had a worse team a few years prior and Hartley got us to the second round. Gulutzan is a bad coach. If he runs your PK you might see some benefit though. He's very good at the Xs and Os part of the game, just not anything pertaining to player motivation, usage, or generating high quality chances as opposed to just chances in general.
Great, that means Calgary will hire him.Calgary radio was also hinting towards Vivieros joining the Oilers this morning.
Except we already hired him..Great, that means Calgary will hire him.
With all due respect this post makes little to no sense. So many nonsensical aspects to this.
Case in point GG is nothing like Eakins....nothing. I have no idea how or why you fabricated that nonsense.
Must have been the hair because thats the only similarity.
the hairWith all due respect this post makes little to no sense. So many nonsensical aspects to this.
Case in point GG is nothing like Eakins....nothing. I have no idea how or why you fabricated that nonsense.
Must have been the hair because thats the only similarity.
Thats just the impression I got. GG comes off as a coach who overthinks things and tries to over-strategize, and Id put Eakins in that category. Its not bad to game plan and try to line-match etc, but theres a point where it is ineffective, and GG hit that point many times
FWIW there is data out there that tracks coaches line matching effectiveness. Last year the bottom 2 for effectiveness were GG and Tmac. Havent dug into the numbers and just saw it on twitter from a respectable source, but I am not surprised to see that- going by what Calgary fans have said for 2 years now
No comment on what GG is like as a head coach because Ive heard many good things before he was Calgarys head coach
I wish I had a link to Del's GIF of Eakins' face slowly morphing into Gulutzan's.
I really hope Viveiros is in fact the last coaching addition - I really am most concerned about whoever is in charge of the powerplay. A team with Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Ryan Nugent Hopkins has absolutely no excuse for anything but an excellent powerplay. Viveiros' track record in that regard is really exciting.
With RNH and McDavids recovery from Ales Hemsky "never shoot" syndrome proving they can score goals I hope we go with them together on the PP. I've always been a fan of stacking the 1st unit and playing them 1:30 of the PP.
RNH, McDavid, Draisaitl, Pulju and Klefbom.
Makes too much sense.
Thats just the impression I got. GG comes off as a coach who overthinks things and tries to over-strategize, and Id put Eakins in that category. Its not bad to game plan and try to line-match etc, but theres a point where it is ineffective, and GG hit that point many times
FWIW there is data out there that tracks coaches line matching effectiveness. Last year the bottom 2 for effectiveness were GG and Tmac. Havent dug into the numbers and just saw it on twitter from a respectable source, but I am not surprised to see that- going by what Calgary fans have said for 2 years now
No comment on what GG is like as a head coach because Ive heard many good things before he was Calgarys head coach
the hair
must be the hair