Confirmed with Link: David Quinn Dismissed

[blinknyr182]

U will disagree...but the worst coach was Mike Keenan. Fired everywhere he goes..players hated him....traded Mike gartner..amonte..weight..for utter crap

Yup winning that cup really sucked

 

[Lion Hound]

Gallant please

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Now we all pray that the Pens get bounced in the first round and that Burke wants to bring in his own coach

 

[Machinehead]

He was better than AV

 

[Crease]

I continue to like Martin but it's perfectly appropriate for the new head coach to pick his assistants. Goalie coaches operate in a silo so Allaire is different.

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

It is expected that Drury will replace Quinn with an experienced NHL head coach who will face a mandate to take the Blueshirts to the next level, and sooner rather than later.
Gerard Gallant, Rick Tocchet, Bob Hartley, John Tortorella, Mike Babcock and Patrick Roy are among the early candidates to follow Quinn, who came to New York three years ago after a successful stint behind the bench at Boston University.
Rangers fire David Quinn with eye on experienced replacement

 

[MarkMessyay11]

LOL, exactly.

In the 24 years I've been here, I think we've had a horrible, idiotic coach, whom the team won in spite of , at least 6 times.

And every time you'll hear, "No, we didn't hate the last coach nearly this much. This one is different."

Any ideas about what names they're likely to be looking at? By my count, Torts, Babcock, Julien, Tocchet, and Gallant are all jobless...any personal preference?

 

[LokiDog]

Interesting that they dumped the whole staff. Cant’t say I’m not pleased. I don’t think Quinn was able to get the most out of our guys, certainly not consistently.

I think the big thing here is to be on the lookout for coaches who bring a culture of preparation and motivation, similar to Brindamour, and who have a structured grasp of Xs and Os, as well as someone who can encourage an edge from the players.

I don’t think any coach can MAKE non-physical guys play physical, but it would be interesting to see what happens if a new coach takes Kreider, Gauthier, Chytil, Laf, Kakko, Krav, KAM, etc. aside and say look, you are big, strong guys and you’re strength is what is going to help us win games, by battling hard, grinding them down, making them tired. I want to see you guys engaged out there physically. Nothing lazy or irresponsible, but if you’re on them hard every shift and you take a penalty, we’ll kill it off. I won’t ever get on you for taking a penalty if it’s because you’re out there playing hard, taking the body and battling.

Guys who are used to be afraid of being glued to the bench for a mistake. I wonder if it can free them up to play with a bit more intensity.

 

[mas0764]

Welcome to New York Rangers, Mike Babcock. May you ruin as many young prospects as you can!

Is Babcock known to be bad with kids?

 

[will1066]

Ain't that the truth...

In all honesty, I think Quinn did a fine job. He wasn't perfect and I got frustrated with him at times this year. Some of his flaws were masked by the play of Zibanejad and Panarin last year, but this team definitely over-achieved under his reign. Can't bash him for certain things and not give him credit for others. Players spoke highly of him (publicly at least) and a lot of our young guys improved, albeit slowly.

Now my next impending challenge is making it through this search without screaming "NO" at my laptop one more time...

I think the next coach will be tougher -- especially the veterans -- than Quinn, a player's coach by many accounts who let the vets run the asylum. That's my hope at least.

 

[blinknyr182]

Welcome to New York Rangers, Mike Babcock. May you ruin as many young prospects as you can!

No real opinion on him but didnt he just coach all of torontos kids who did he ruin?

 

[RGY]

He was better than AV

Jacques Martin was better than AV and Ruff for the Team’s defensive structure and play.

 

[Cmox]

Farewell to the worst coach this team has ever had ... until the next one.

Trottier was worse.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

He was better than AV

Not the hardest thing to accomplish lol

 

[mas0764]

LOL, exactly.

In the 24 years I've been here, I think we've had a horrible, idiotic coach, whom the team won in spite of , at least 6 times.

And every time you'll hear, "No, we didn't hate the last coach nearly this much. This one is different."

I never understood all the AV hate.

Though I did understand that cutting him loose because we were entering a rebuild that we actually didn't want to win in, made sense.

 

[TheBloodyNine]

I wanted this for so long and now it’s here and it’s bittersweet. I wish Q or Sullivan were available.

 

[will1066]

Jacques Martin was let go just for entertaining the suiting up of Jack Johnson in the sweater and putting him on the ice.

 

[Calad]

They have a target for this job, who is it?

Brooks floated Tochett yesterday. I don't think hes just whistling dixie.

Fans around here are gonna love turtle tocchet lol

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

 

[Bob Richards]

rip in pieces quinn

new york just got a little less handsome

 

[mas0764]

Now we all pray that the Pens get bounced in the first round and that Burke wants to bring in his own coach

Yup Sullivan would be my choice if available.

 

[Kaapo Hollweg]

Is Babcock known to be bad with kids?

No real opinion on him but didnt he just coach all of torontos kids who did he ruin?

Not sure about kids per se, but he has a history of abusing his players. He is a shithead as far as I am concerned.

 

[fm]

DRURY: It's too bad they don't have a telethon for f***face-itis, huh? They find a cure yet?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

 

[Crease]

Coaches like Keenan, Babcock and Tortorella might get you short-term success, but they leave you needing a complete gut renovation afterward.