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Yeah, screw that guy. All he's ever done is improve the teams he's coached and gotten every team he's coached in the NHL into the playoffs except the one he took over midseason.
Seriously, it's kind of crazy how hard it is for some people to grasp the idea that experience matters. If I'm looking at someone's resume and it's blank except for saying "great motivator" and "dedicated," do I say, "Well he's got these great soft skills and I don't know that can't do the job..." No, I laugh and throw it in the shredder. If brindy wanted to be a head coach he should have gone down to get experience at a lower level instead of sitting cozy as an assistant for seven years.Brindy has zero experience as a head coach. None. Do we think he actually has a system? Where has he tried that system out? We don’t need experiments. There’s nothing wrong with him going to Charlotte first.
I know Peters was an x’s and o’s guy and we didn’t like him but let’s not get carried away in the other direction. There’s a lot that goes on with this job, and no one should just be given an NHL team without a little practice first.
This would be such a JR move, I’m really surprised anyone would be ok with it. There’s no reason to give him the team other than, “it’s Brindy, we love that guy”. He has no track record. Nothing to show he deserves it. Charlotte makes sense, keeps him here while finding out if he has any idea what he’s doing.
They were both coaches in the AHL I believe, so maybe not the best examples of this. But there are guys that have only been assistant coaches and became NHL head coaches. If he was coming straight out of playing and had no experience whatsoever, I'd get it. But that's not the case.It's not like Brindamour is some rando off the street that they want to make head coach. He's been the assistant coach for however long it's been.
You can't honestly tell me there's some massive gap in experience between an NHL assistant coach and an AHL head coach. Odds are, they're both exposed to the same general situations and both would have an idea of how to handle them if they were made NHL head coach.
As was already stated, it's not like promoting an assistant coach to head coach is unheard of. In fact, I'm fairly certain that's done quite a bit. Wasn't Peters an assistant coach for Detroit? Muller as well?
Those two examples worked so wellIt's not like Brindamour is some rando off the street that they want to make head coach. He's been the assistant coach for however long it's been.
You can't honestly tell me there's some massive gap in experience between an NHL assistant coach and an AHL head coach. Odds are, they're both exposed to the same general situations and both would have an idea of how to handle them if they were made NHL head coach.
As was already stated, it's not like promoting an assistant coach to head coach is unheard of. In fact, I'm fairly certain that's done quite a bit. Wasn't Peters an assistant coach for Detroit? Muller as well?
I believe there is a big difference. It's true a lot of assistants get hc jobs but usually those guys have also been an ahl or junior hc. Someone who's never been a hc has never gone through the process of coming up with a system, trying to implement it, testing what works and what doesn't. They've never had to make in game decisions and deal with the consequences. They've never had to manage a group of coaches under them.It's not like Brindamour is some rando off the street that they want to make head coach. He's been the assistant coach for however long it's been.
You can't honestly tell me there's some massive gap in experience between an NHL assistant coach and an AHL head coach. Odds are, they're both exposed to the same general situations and both would have an idea of how to handle them if they were made NHL head coach.
As was already stated, it's not like promoting an assistant coach to head coach is unheard of. In fact, I'm fairly certain that's done quite a bit. Wasn't Peters an assistant coach for Detroit? Muller as well?
I believe there is a big difference. It's true a lot of assistants get hc jobs but usually those guys have also been an ahl or junior hc. Someone who's never been a hc has never gone through the process of coming up with a system, trying to implement it, testing what works and what doesn't. They've never had to make in game decisions and deal with the consequences. They've never had to manage a group of coaches under them.
I’m hoping Boudreau is fired by the Wild and we can get him. We need someone who knows how to design an offense.
In the ahl brindy can develop his own system, see what works with which players, how to adjust to in game situations and matchups, etc etcYou can't honestly tell me there's some massive gap in experience between an NHL assistant coach and an AHL head coach. Odds are, they're both exposed to the same general situations and both would have an idea of how to handle them if they were made NHL head coach.
Any coach we hire will have to work out the kinks. Unless you expect a new coach to immediately gel with his players and the players to gel with a new system.
Why did the majority vote for Vellucci? Isn't he an unproven NHL HC? I get that he knows the prospects but why?