Speculation: Canucks next Head Coach

[NYVanfan]

its the coach after the next coach that's important

just as long as the next one doesnt completely ruin whatever talent we may be brewing, i guess

 

[Alan Jackson]

It's going to be Green, per McKenize this morning.

Not my first choice, but I wish him well.

 

[ATypicalCanadian]

Looks like it's going to be Travis Green.

 

[Mancesco Franquilini]

Bob McKenzie:
VAN close to finalizing contract with Travis Green to be new head coach. Assuming no last-minute hiccups, announcement in next day or two.

 

[Jyrki21]

Nobody saw this coming. The Canucks are such masters of surprise and definitely don't telegraph their every move.

 

[geebaan]

Hopefully Travis Green doesn't play Megna 17 minutes a game too.

 

[tantalum]

Nobody saw this coming. The Canucks are such masters of surprise and definitely don't telegraph their every move.

"We are going to do our due diligence before hiring Trav..err the next coach".

"We want Trav...err the new coach to be able to grow with the player and team. Trav..err the new coach has demonstrated I mean will have to have demonstrated this."

 

[VanJack]

Predictably Tony G is turning two-thumbs down on hiring Green....he just loves Crawford and the Gillis era too much I guess....but really, it was either offer the job to Green or lose him entirely to another organization.

And I can safely make one prediction....there's no way the Canucks will be as bad on special teams or in third periods next year under Green.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Tony G rightly blames Benning and Linden for the team's troubles. He was one of the first to articulate how poorly their execution has been.

But he's also wrong in many respects, chief among them thinking that Shinkaruk was a future 1st liner and similarly for Jensen.

I think Crawford was an overrated coach when he was here, and I'm not sure if he's HC material in today's league. He would have been popular but he's never been able to coach any kind of defensive scheme from what I remember.

 

[VanillaCoke]

He cant be worse

 

[Pastor Of Muppets]

Tony G rightly blames Benning and Linden for the team's troubles. He was one of the first to articulate how poorly their execution has been.

But he's also wrong in many respects, chief among them thinking that Shinkaruk was a future 1st liner and similarly for Jensen.

I think Crawford was an overrated coach when he was here, and I'm not sure if he's HC material in today's league. He would have been popular but he's never been able to coach any kind of defensive scheme from what I remember.

Is this the same Tony G who thought AV was a clueless coach..?..,and campaigned in all his Province blogs that he was the worst possible coach the Canucks could have?...

I think Tony G is pretty witty,and good for a laugh..,but I take most of what he says with a grain of salt..His opinion these days is becoming somewhat irrelevant now that he's retired.

 

[Wo Yorfat]

Why is that, because of your extensive experience in hockey ops?

Will you be ridding us of your acc if Tryamkin is invited to Russia olympic team?

 

[Wo Yorfat]

Will you be ridding us of your acc if Tryamkin is invited to the Russian olympic team?

pfft

 

[Jyrki21]

"We are going to do our due diligence before hiring Trav..err the next coach".

"We want Trav...err the new coach to be able to grow with the player and team. Trav..err the new coach has demonstrated I mean will have to have demonstrated this."

And sure enough...

 

[PG Canuck]

Think we can now close this and move the discussion to the other multiple threads on this topic.