Confirmed with Link: Isles Officially Name Doug Weight as Head Coach

[A Pointed Stick]

Did anyone catch the NHL Network interview with Weight earlier today? (I saw it at around 12 PM EST). The NHL guys started off the conversation saying something like "Congrats on having the Interim tag removed. What did they sign you to? 10, 12 years? Oh nevermind, Wang isnt in control anymore"

(sorry mods, don't have a link. saw it on TV)

LOL!

This team is such a laughingstock.

 

[The Underboss]

You must have missed this from yesterday:


"Snow has four playoff appearances in 11 seasons as GM. According to numerous sources around the league, he also has a contract with at least five more seasons on it, a parting gift of sorts from loyal former owner Charles Wang when he turned control of the team over to Malkin and Ledecky."


http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/big-decisions-ahead-for-islanders-owners-jon-ledecky-and-scott-malkin-1.13428062

That was so nice of Wang.


JERK!

 

[MJF]

That was so nice of Wang.


JERK!

Now, would somebody like to tell me how Charles Wang wasn't the WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS?

 

[crasherino]

Weight hasn't experienced that as a coach, but as a player he has been a member of several organizations. I think Weight was sharp enough to have observed the way different franchises operated over the years.

True - and I'm sure he's well liked around the league and communicates with other coaches during the off season. Still, when we have a franchise as inept as the Islanders have been, it's nice to have a coaching staff that has at least some experience with other franchises. Hopefully this new coach is an experienced asst Coach from outside the organization.

Once you put it on, it's so hard to get off.

The good news - I'm within 5 pounds of my playing weight. The bad news - I didn't play much of anything.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Gallant hired by Vegas

Gerard Gallant is Vegas' first coach.

 

[Beautvillier]

Now, would somebody like to tell me how Charles Wang wasn't the WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS?

may i interest you in one mike milbury

 

[A Pointed Stick]

Gerard Gallant is Vegas' first coach.

WAT?

Surely they are mistaken. I mean it just HAD to be Capuano because he is such a good coach for young players.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Now, would somebody like to tell me how Charles Wang wasn't the WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS?

When the franchise was at its lowest point, he did buy the team. That in itself could have saved the franchise from leaving NY. He did try to keep them on LI and he did sell the team keeping them in NY. That is about all he did and the rest has been awful.

 

[MJF]

may i interest you in one mike milbury

Wang could have put a stop to that in 2002. Instead he let that sore fester for 4 more years.

 

[PK Cronin]

 

[boredmale]

Now, would somebody like to tell me how Charles Wang wasn't the WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS?

As bad as Wang was, our owners in the late 90s were much worse

 

[doublechili]

Smart move - they'll save the expense of 1 whiteboard.

 

[Tpkc2]

As bad as Wang was, our owners in the late 90s were much worse

Wang hired a back up goalie to be GM. Need I say more.

 

[wingnutks]

These owners are absolutely just as bad as Wang. Who in their right mind spends hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a sports team that they dont have a say in who the GM is lol. These guys are idiots. Its like buying a expensive used car, but the prior owners has constant remote control of the radio.

 

[PK Cronin]

These owners are absolutely just as bad as Wang. Who in their right mind spends hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a sports team that they dont have a say in who the GM is lol. These guys are idiots. Its like buying a expensive used car, but the prior owners has constant remote control of the radio.

It could be:

A) They're dumb.
B) The price of Snow's contract is so small they don't care about the term if they fire him.
C) The report is false.

I'm leaning toward B and C.

 

[YearlyLottery]

It could be:

A) They're dumb.
B) The price of Snow's contract is so small they don't care about the term if they fire him.
C) The report is false.

I'm leaning toward B and C.

If they keep the guy who has one playoff series win in 11 years and he has an atrocious offseason I would also say they are dumb. It could be all three then!

 

[JeffNYI]

The more and more I read the quotes the less I want Weight as coach. Snow says the players are comfortable with him. The last thing theses lolly-gaggers need is a coach they are comfortable with.

I dunno man. Kinda gotta disagree with you.

Even *I* feel like I would run through a wall for Doug Weight, and I don't even play for the Islanders..

He seems like a guy who can build a true team and have two-way respect.. I think it's worth a shot..

 

[Tpkc2]

They don't have a home. New owners are hockey guys?

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

These owners are absolutely just as bad as Wang. Who in their right mind spends hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a sports team that they dont have a say in who the GM is lol. These guys are idiots. Its like buying a expensive used car, but the prior owners has constant remote control of the radio.

More like the steering wheel, because the direction of the team is in Garths hands. Buckle Up!

 

[periferal]

Now, would somebody like to tell me how Charles Wang wasn't the WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS?

Exactly this. I'm done even debating it. If you think wang did anything good for the Islanders you're a very limited and uninformed human being.

 

[majormet]

Man I thought Blashill hated Cappy... remember he called a timeout with a big lead and 2 minutes left this year, after Cappy did the same thing to Babcock when Isles were beating the Wings badly

 

[A Pointed Stick]

I wonder if Gordon will get another NHL head coaching gig, ever? You know he will because he was a head coach here, and simply being a head coach here is grounds for hiring on the NHL level. That is what I hears anyway.

 

[MatthewBarnabysTears]

Exactly this. I'm done even debating it. If you think wang did anything good for the Islanders you're a very limited and uninformed human being.

I'm not going to defend Wang.

But we've been through a lot. Wang did a lot of idiotic and harmful things. He did try. The Milsteins literally did not try.

This is entirely a commentary on Isles history and not Wang.

 

[LetsGoIslanders]

I'm not going to defend Wang.

But we've been through a lot. Wang did a lot of idiotic and harmful things. He did try. The Milsteins literally did not try.

This is entirely a commentary on Isles history and not Wang.

Wow. A thoughtful post on this board. Nice job.

Wang, although a cheapskate, and a bad owner could've sold the team out of state/country. He didn't.

 

[gordie43]

Wang goes down as just another terrible owner in isles history. Just like former isles owners, he bought the team as a real estate investment. Only after the lighthouse project was rejected he realized what all other owners found out, Nassau county/TOH impossible to deal with, and it was time to sell.

Team was not leaving Long Island thanks to john spano's renegotiated cablevision deal.


It's incredible how unlucky the islanders have been with ownership over the last 25 plus years.