Confirmed with Link: Coyotes Hire Phil Housley as Assistant Coach

[rt]

Good luck.

It can’t be worse than MacLean. Not possible.

 

[Grimes]

Gambo too. His source is Tocchet for sure.

I'm wondering if there is some bizarre set up where Allen takes over the forwards but keeps PK. Housley coaches the D and the PP. John MacLean is "promoted" to that "eye in the sky" coach in the press box.

This is my only hope

 

[Chainshot]

It can’t be worse than MacLean. Not possible.

Very possible. Phil may have been a very good assistant in Nashville, though he also had a top-4 that was the envy of most of the hockey world there. It's possible he will again be a good assistant for the Coyotes considering the talent on the blueline.

 

[_Del_]

It can’t be worse than MacLean. Not possible.

You dare tempt the hockey gods?! Has the last decade taught you nothing?!

 

[rt]

As long as Allen comes back, I’m fine.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

You dare tempt the hockey gods?! Has the last decade taught you nothing?!

The only guy worse than MacLean just signed on with Edmonton, so we're good.

 

[tuxonpups]

Tippett and Playfair are coaching the run and gun Oilers, while the Coyotes get the 1991 All Star team as coaches? What is happening?

 

[AZviaNJ]

Gambo too. His source is Tocchet for sure.

I'm wondering if there is some bizarre set up where Allen takes over the forwards but keeps PK. Housley coaches the D and the PP. John MacLean is "promoted" to that "eye in the sky" coach in the press box.

Yup, have Johnny Mac sit in the press box monitoring the hot dog intake of Connauton and Fischer.....to ensure there's enough for Kessel after the game

 

[mouser]

Tippett and Playfair are coaching the run and gun Oilers, while the Coyotes get the 1991 All Star team as coaches? What is happening?

Clearly photoshopped. That picture almost looks like Housley is trying to play defense.

 

[SniperHF]

Clearly photoshopped. That picture almost looks like Housley is trying to play defense.

I just wanna say that I love irrational hatreds and sports needs more of them these days

 

[Antonche]

I was waiting for another Phil...

 

[Chainshot]

Clearly photoshopped. That picture almost looks like Housley is trying to play defense.

You'll note that the puck is on its way toward the net and Phil in his usual fashion doesn't have his stick in position to do anything about it. That is him trying to play defense.

 

[jmichael7753]

Can we all take a step back from the beating of Chayka for a minute? Maybe Allen chose to not renew his contract?

 

[tuxonpups]

Clearly photoshopped. That picture almost looks like Housley is trying to play defense.

You'll note that the puck is on its way toward the net and Phil in his usual fashion doesn't have his stick in position to do anything about it. That is him trying to play defense.

Housley took the only two penalties in the game as well. While Tocchet and Maclean both scored, they couldn't muster enough offense to outscore the Campbell Conference....

edit: Photoshop confirmed, that's Pavel Bure back checking behind Toc, as if.

 

[RABBIT]

Can we all take a step back from the beating of Chayka for a minute? Maybe Allen chose to not renew his contract?

This could very well be the case. It would honestly make the most sense. Allen has been so successful he can choose his own destiny at this point.

 

[Chainshot]

I just wanna say that I love irrational hatreds and sports needs more of them these days

I cheered the day Buffalo traded him and having seen the disaster he was behind the bench, my reservations about him that could be deemed irrational hatred were born out over two seasons of the most painfully badly coached and executed hockey I have ever suffered through.

I hate the guy, how he conducts himself and how he acted as both a player and as a HC.

But for the Coyotes' sake, I hope he does a good job for your blueline.

 

[Jakey53]

Can we all take a step back from the beating of Chayka for a minute? Maybe Allen chose to not renew his contract?

Maybe, we don't know what goes on behind those closed doors. We will have to wait and see.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

You'll note that the puck is on its way toward the net and Phil in his usual fashion doesn't have his stick in position to do anything about it. That is him trying to play defense.

They say that "Those who can't do, teach."

Let's hope that's the case here.

 

[Chainshot]

They say that "Those who can't do, teach."

Let's hope that's the case here.

In his case, yeah. Heck, he even benched someone for not challenging a player after a high hit this past season. Phil, in his career, regularly ducked every physical post-whistle confrontation including letting a teammate get repeatedly suckerpunched right next to him. And if he ever threw a bodycheck, I never saw it. "Do as I say, not as a I do."

 

[LuckyNumber11]

Well by the looks of it, this sucks

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Haters are venting big time here. Let’s see how he coaches.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

according to Buffalo fans, he had extreme trouble navigating in-game mechanics

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

but yeah...maybe he is a good coach at practice

 

[Jakey53]

according to Buffalo fans, he had extreme trouble navigating in-game mechanics

What do the fans know. The way it sounds he was a good assistant coach and not very good head coach, but the Sabres were, are rebuilding. Who knows, the proof will be in the pudding.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Officially official:

Coyotes Add Phil Housley To Coaching Staff