Coach?
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RedMenace
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Blashill is such a f***ing bad coach at the NHL level. I doubt he ever sees another gig again as Head Coach.
Gniwder
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New coach? Yes please.
Who? Blash and Disco Dan have set the bar so low I don't really care anymore. Get rid of the goaltending coach too.
Who? Blash and Disco Dan have set the bar so low I don't really care anymore. Get rid of the goaltending coach too.
Snuggs
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Gallant is the obvious choice I think. Him and Yzerman are known friends, Organizations run best when players/coaches/front office are in lock-step. Idk if he's the best option but he's a really good option for head coach. Just my choice based off personalities and pass experience/success...
Always been intrigued by Rikard Gronborg but I'm not sure totally we're the team to take a risk on him. Swedish connection might of been there but basically all our veterans Swedes are gone. A team looking to take an upswing isn't the place for a coach like this. A team like the Sharks, Kings or Ducks who are just entering there rebuilds are better/more patient places for a coach like Gronborg. Anywhere else basically wants to see some results quickly.
Always been intrigued by Rikard Gronborg but I'm not sure totally we're the team to take a risk on him. Swedish connection might of been there but basically all our veterans Swedes are gone. A team looking to take an upswing isn't the place for a coach like this. A team like the Sharks, Kings or Ducks who are just entering there rebuilds are better/more patient places for a coach like Gronborg. Anywhere else basically wants to see some results quickly.
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PelagicJoe
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Gallant will be a popular name, but I find it interesting Vegas has seen an improvement in critical areas like shots against since moving on.
Now it's important to keep in mind this is a limited sample size but it's all we have to work with at the moment.
Now it's important to keep in mind this is a limited sample size but it's all we have to work with at the moment.
lhsgolf19
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Just give me one of the Stevie Y's buddies, Gallant or Lambert and I'll be happy... Probably the prefer the bigger name, but don't know if Gerard wants to come to a flat out Rebuild
lilidk
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Retire91
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I expressed my opinion on this in previous threads. Even if the coach is bad it doesn't matter until you have talent a coach can work with. If Yzerman has a coach in mind that is going to coach the next 5-10 years then great, if not we don't need a temporary until this team has a true core.
RedMenace
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Gallant will be a popular name, but I find it interesting Vegas has seen an improvement in critical areas like shots against since moving on.
Now it's important to keep in mind this is a limited sample size but it's all we have to work with at the moment.
I wonder how much of any of that may also be related to trade deadline moves.
Good question.
According to the players, DeBoer pushes a more involved defense in the offense than Gallant. Their scoring is also up significantly.
The main takeaways is since the coaching change they are suppressing more shots and generating more blueline offense. So overall, Vegas seems to be happy for now. But it's still quite early, obviously.
I don't see the point until we have a core assembled and playing. Once we do than after say 1-2 years with them playing together I can see moving towards a proven playoff coach.
But for the next 2-3 years I don't see any reason to. If we play musical chairs with coaches, it can hurt a rebuild given that teenager stud prospects having to change system's every say 1-2 years. Which means outside of individual efforts development can stall due never having continuity in a standardized learning and applying environment.
Killerjas
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You havent seen the Instagram and Facebook accouts of DRW then, everyone calls for a new coach.
I’m fine with keeping Blashill. At least to start next year and see how he and the team respond.
Bylsma, on the other hand, needs to go. Dude is clueless.
Bylsma, on the other hand, needs to go. Dude is clueless.
lilidk
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About 2 percent of me ok with Blashill to stay ,but only by assistant coach. We need real coach, who challenge players, make them play 100 percent
That could be true. But blash has suffered from fanatics sorry fans unlikely expectations of the wings this year and outright refusal to pin our man games lost as the main focus of the historically bad season.
If we had just 10th to 19th man games lost your looking at a bottom 4 team on Pace for around 50-59 points this season if it was a full season.
TheClap
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Unrealistic expectations?
Most fans had the Wings competing for last.
I had the Wings pegged for last largely BECAUSE Jeff Blashill was still the coach after last offseason.
Shows how little you are aware of this site. Nearly half this board thought that the wings would begin to climb outta the cellar this past off season. Maybe 10-20 percent of this board in the off season was realistic and had them pegged for a bottom 2-4 finish.
