Chris Taylor named Amerks head coach

[joshjull]

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[joshjull]

 

[Beerz]

Meh..

Whatever

 

[Gabrielor]

Botts found Sullivan, so I'd say he's earned some trust.

 

[Chainshot]

Considering he was a player/assistant to end his playing career, is it really any wonder that he gets his first break as a head coach with the team he was so much a part of for so many years?

 

[Zip15]

I'm on fire this offseason!

In all seriousness, this one was pretty predictable.

 

[Zip15]

Considering he was a player/assistant to end his playing career, is it really any wonder that he gets his first break as a head coach with the team he was so much a part of for so many years?

And worked with Botts in Wilkes Barre.

 

[Chainshot]

Getting him onboard now also will help Sexton working on his AHL acquisitions starting tomorrow. Just like in the NHL, the best guys go early so I would expect the two of them to already be working on who they want to fill in key spots on the roster.

 

[Jim Bob]

I like the hire.

And it looks like Botts and Tails may have been linemates with the Amerks:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000032003.html

 

[Zman5778]

I like the hire.

And it looks like Botts and Tails may have been linemates with the Amerks:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000032003.html

Note the presence of 19 year old Jason Pominville on that roster.

 

[Chainshot]

And worked with Botts in Wilkes Barre.

Well yeah. That kind of goes without saying.

Hell, he and Botts were linemates at one point.

 

[Chainshot]

I like the hire.

And it looks like Botts and Tails may have been linemates with the Amerks:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000032003.html

Indeed they were. Milley was on the other wing.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Note the presence of 19 year old Jason Pominville on that roster.

In b4 miller is signed

I like the hire, the newbreed cunneyworth

 

[Jim Bob]

indeed they were. Milley was on the other wing.

Norm!!!!

 

[sabrefan27]

Not a splashy or exciting hire, but I still like it. As an assistant, his teams were never good here. But that wasn't a result of him. I like that he understands the organization and its history. He wants to win, not just develop.

 

[krt88]

People in the Pens organization are gonna call up Botts and eventually say, hey, thats enough of you grabbing people from this organization.

 

[Rhett4]

I'm mildly happy with this. I always liked Taylor as a player, but his coaching career here fell during some dark times with Rolston and Cassidy. I hope going outside the organization for a year and spending time with a winning organization reinvigorated him and taught him some new things. Having Sexton hands-on all year should certainly be a boon for Taylor and the team.

 

[LaxSabre]

 

[missingmika]

Former Sabre as coach, former Sabre as GM, former Sabre as Amerks coach.....and none of them are Bob Boughner....sad.

 

[missingmika]

Well yeah. That kind of goes without saying.

Hell, he and Botts were linemates at one point.

We need Bartovic back in some capacity.

 

[sabrefan27]

http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2017/06/30/taylor-hired-as-amerks-coach/

Kevin O article on this. Good to see him writing about the Amerks still.

 

[Rhett4]

http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2017/06/30/taylor-hired-as-amerks-coach/

Kevin O article on this. Good to see him writing about the Amerks still.

Good indeed. Shame on the D&C for that one.

 

[clefty]

Botts found Sullivan, so I'd say he's earned some trust.

Eh, not really. Tom Fitzgerald identified Sullivan since they go back a long way, he and Botterill together interviewed him and another unknown candidate, Botterill then took it to Jim Rutherford who gave his endorsement to Sullivan.

 

[Chainshot]

Sexton did this interview, not Botts.

 

[krt88]

http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2017/06/30/taylor-hired-as-amerks-coach/

Kevin O article on this. Good to see him writing about the Amerks still.

Man modern writing just sucks. Almost every paragraph was a single sentence. Miss the old days when sports writers create strong journalistic pieces. Today it just fast get the news out, keep everything simple, no depth, no use of language.

Yes I enjoyed the simple piece, must have been difficult being away from the family all year but I'd like to see something more in depth than that. And no, I'm not trying to claim that I produce literary masterpieces but the modern clause writing style is terrible.