Islanders Point Blank: Isles coaching purge continues ( assistants out)

[SI90]

Greg Cronin is gone. All of weights assistants are likely gone as well.

Bridgeport May also have a new coaching staff. I actually like Thompson but change is in order.


The tides are changing and it feel good.

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[And You Feel Shame]

But... but I just bought my son a Greg Cronin signed Islanders Jersey*!

So unfair.


*Chris Osgood signed it too - but he's gone as well! Woe!

 

[IslesNorway]

As expected but also highly necessary.

 

[PWJunior]

As expected but also highly necessary.

They were lame ducks the moment Lou stepped in.

 

[Big L]

Eh, wasn’t Cronin in charge of the PK?

 

[MJF]

Atta boy Lou! Out with Maine. In with Providence.

 

[MJF]

And all Garth can do is sit there and watch it happen!

 

[Bones45]

Greg Cronin is gone. All of weights assistants are likely gone as well.

Bridgeport May also have a new coaching staff. I actually like Thompson but change is in order.


The tides are changing and it feel good.

This is the best summer in a long time.

 

[DarkHorse2]

I call BS. Today's not Lousday.

 

[periferal]

They were lame ducks the moment Lou stepped in.

If you're trying to win a Stanley Cup so many Islander employees have been lame ducks for much longer than that.

 

[Lights911]

Happy about this even though it was expected

 

[Lights911]

Happy about this even though it was expected

 

[seafoam]

I wonder if this means there’s been headway on a head coach search.

Maybe the new coach is assembling his staff alongside Lou.

 

[periferal]

Personally. I LOVE what's going on here. Even if Lou gets it totally wrong (he won't), there's no team in the NHL that needed a culture change more than the Islanders, and the only way to do that is to bring in NEW people. You literally cannot teach an old dog new tricks, and the Isles basiacally had a team of unqualified dogs running the team.

Thank god for this purge of non-Cup level employees...

 

[doublechili]

Why do I get the feeling that the 2nd Assistant Coach under Lou is going to be more qualified than most of the HEAD coaches that Snow ever hired?

 

[BrockLobster]

So the worst PK coach finally gets fired. So this is how a real organization acts?? Amazing. This is quite refreshing

 

[PWJunior]

Why do I get the feeling that the 2nd Assistant Coach under Lou is going to be more qualified than most of the HEAD coaches that Snow ever hired?

Well, Lou did fire a coach right before the playoffs once so the assistants should be ready to go.

 

[doublechili]

What do you have to do just before the new furniture is delivered?

Get rid of the old furniture.

 

[Steve55]

While I feel for those who were let go, it had to be done for Islanders sake. Best of luck in the future for those who were released

 

[Bones45]

While I feel for those who were let go, it had to be done for Islanders sake. Best of luck in the future for those who were released

I heard Homeland was part of the mass firings.. Sorry to hear!!

 

[bobilly45]

All these moves were expected, you knew Lou was going to do this. Expect other dead weight to be gone prior to September...

Would also expect him to make changes to the scouts after the draft.

 

[DarkHorse2]

I would have kept Bertani. Guy nailed so many close video reviews.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

I think Thompson and Weight will find good spots elsewhere, Weight in management and Thompson coaching. I think they have real talent. Just not here anymore...

 

[SI90]

Personally. I LOVE what's going on here. Even if Lou gets it totally wrong (he won't), there's no team in the NHL that needed a culture change more than the Islanders, and the only way to do that is to bring in NEW people. You literally cannot teach an old dog new tricks, and the Isles basiacally had a team of unqualified dogs running the team.

Thank god for this purge of non-Cup level employees...

Even if he gets it wrong, the most important thing is the country club members are gone. Starting with the president Snow. We’re going to be ran like a real franchise and business going forward I have no doubt.

Scott Malkin is the kid that needs to win at everything. I can tell.

 

[DarkHorse2]

I also feel for Luke Richardson. Guy needs a win. I would have easily given him Bridgeport, but I'm sure he wants to be in the NHL. The only problem is no spots.