I'm shocked, shocked I say, to read about the poor quality of players in Binghamton. How can that be, with the copious comments about the great scouting staff this organization has?
Because most of the guys our "great scouting staff" have picked just aren't in the AHL for one reason or another. Look at our last 5 drafts: They are all either with the big team (Lazar, Ceci, Zibanejad, Pageau), NCAA (White, Gendron), overseas in Europe (Englund, Hogberg, Wikstrand?), or still playing Junior hockey (Chabot, Perron, Gagne, Chlapik)... Or they got traded away in other deals (Prince, Maidens, Lindberg).
Plus, we use a ton of later picks on NCAA and European guys because we can leave them there for 4 years instead of two and delay decisions on depth guys to see if they can develop a little more - Wolanin, Ahl, Jaros, Daccord, Eiserman, Summers, Leblanc, Shore... all of those guys either are playing NCAA (or pre-NCAA) hockey, or are choosing to develop in Europe instead. Nothing wrong with that.
It's kind of anomalous right now - we have talent in the pipelines, but almost none of it happens to be in the AHL due to our drafting patterns, timing and geographic reasons (plus Wikstrand "pulling a Wikstrand" on us).
After the year in Bingo he had to go
Isn't it cute that Richardson thinks he's ready to be an NHL Head Coach? And he's saying he's prepared to sit on the sidelines until he gets his shot? I know he's a local guy, been through lots, is likeable and has done a tonne of charity work...but come on! See ya. Haven't done dick to deserve an NHL job and his attitude seems a bit odd. Reality is gonna set in real quick I bet...
Exactly this. Richardson has done absolutely nothing to deserve a HC job anywhere in the NHL. He will be waiting a long time if he choses to sit and wait for a job. I found his statement quite arrogant and he came off as feeling quite entitled. Earn your dues buddy, learn the ropes, be an assistant coach.
Funny how many Sens fans seem to "know" whats going on in Bingo. Ya, we see the boxscores, but does anyone really know whats going on?? Do we know that Luke played Stortini on the first line while Nick Paul and Tobias Lindberg took turns being healthy scratched early in the season??? Richardson never got out of the first round in the AHL playoffs, and the teams he went to the playoffs with were stacked.
Also, Luke not being considered DOES NOT mean that we are looking for a coach with tons of experience, it simply means that we aren't looking for Luke Richardson to be our next Head Coach and that's fine by me.
Organization stuck by and with him for 4 years while he sorted things out and waited for Morgan to graduate. As soon as that accomplished its all of nothing and he's out the door - gone. That does not speak well to character for me.
And saying he'd rather sit out if a Head Coaching job was not offered is very egotistical, based on the run he's had in Binghamton.
Luke owes the organization nothing. It's a business, there's no animosity in the break, and both sides agree that he should try and further his career if that's his end game.
Why demonize the guy? I'm sure a lot of people in his current position would have done the exact same thing.
Luke owes the organization nothing. It's a business, there's no animosity in the break, and both sides agree that he should try and further his career if that's his end game.
Why demonize the guy? I'm sure a lot of people in his current position would have done the exact same thing.
Organization stuck by and with him for 4 years while he sorted things out and waited for Morgan to graduate. As soon as that accomplished its all of nothing and he's out the door - gone. That does not speak well to character for me.
And saying he'd rather sit out if a Head Coaching job was not offered is very egotistical, based on the run he's had in Binghamton.
What has he really accomplished in Binghamton?
What has he really accomplished in Binghamton?
He helped Stone, Hoffman, Pageau, Silfverberg, Borowiecki, Gryba, Zibanejad, Wideman, Claesson, Ceci, Dzingel, Puempel, Wiercioch, Prince, and Paul become the players they are today.
He helped Stone, Hoffman, Pageau, Silfverberg, Borowiecki, Gryba, Zibanejad, Wideman, Claesson, Ceci, Dzingel, Puempel, Wiercioch, Prince, and Paul become the players they are today.
Correct me if im wrong but didnt he decline a job position in some capacity in ottawa a couple of years ago before this?
Yeah ,iam starting to think he may be the guy as wellFeeling more and more comfortable with Yeo.
He has 5 years of NHL coaching experience, and NHL playoff experience to boot.
His Wild team has already competed with the Hawks, toe-to-toe, the year the Hawks won the Cup (iirc).
I'm sure he had experiences during those 5 years that made him grow as a coach, and I'm sure getting fired made him grow as well.
Helped is the key term. Of that list, the only players that really "developed" under Richardson are Mark Stone, Mike Hoffman, Pageau. However, I feel like these guys would have developed regardless of who was coaching them.
Silfverberg only played 34 games in Bingo
Zibanejad played even less (29 games)
Ceci only played 30 games
Borowiecki, Gryba, Wideman, Claesson, Dzingel, Puempel, Wiercioch, Prince, and Paul are all borderline NHLers at best. Some of them shouldn't even be in the league. Nick Paul was basically banished to the press box many times at the beginning of the year.
So really, Richardson may just be the most overrated AHL Head Coach ever.