Discussion: Coach Willie Desjardins | V

[MikeK]

The only good thing about Willie is that this will be the last season we have to suffer through him.

 

[Zaddy91]

from my experience as a canucks fan the most important thing ur coach can do is 2 really basic things and one that makes u win championships

the first two are

make ur players play their hardest
make ur players comprhend the ttiny details and why theyre done

and the other is the coach alone.

can he look at the other team and know how to exploit their weakness and adjust his own style to combat them.

AV didnt have it. Willie doesnt have it.

willie is like the coach toews and kane had before Q

Green is going to be our Q

 

[Hit the post]

from my experience...

can he look at the other team and know how to exploit their weakness and adjust his own style to combat them.

AV didnt have it. Willie doesnt have it.

There was nothing wrong with AVs planning; it's that he failed to adjust his "plan" when the opposing side took countermeasures.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

There was nothing wrong with AVs planning; it's that he failed to adjust his "plan" when the opposing side took countermeasures.

agreed on the second half of that sentence.

i still think the crazy amount of offensive zone starts for the sedins did more harm than good, though.

 

[VanJack]

First month of the Canuck season is heavily weighted to home games....if they don't come flying out of the gate and struggle, I'm not sure Willie lasts much beyond the American Thanksgiving, which is traditionally the time-frame when teams below the playoff bar are likely to stay there....did anyone else see the sea of empty seats for this game?....another season like last year, and this team could be playing in front of family and friends by the end of the season.

 

[Hit the post]

First month of the Canuck season is heavily weighted to home games....if they don't come flying out of the gate and struggle, I'm not sure Willie lasts much beyond the American Thanksgiving, which is traditionally the time-frame when teams below the playoff bar are likely to stay there....did anyone else see the sea of empty seats for this game?....another season like last year, and this team could be playing in front of family and friends by the end of the season.

Opposition was the Yotes....even if it was a regular season game I wouldn't imagine there would've been alot of interest.

 

[platotld]

Opposition was the Yotes....even if it was a regular season game I wouldn't imagine there would've been alot of interest.

They have more young players on that core, I don't think their games will be as boring as in the past. I'd watch them.

 

[WTG]

http://theprovince.com/sports/hocke...stincts?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

“They talked to me and they want me to play more defensively,” Horvat said. “They want me to take a lot of the defensive zone draws, and have (the Sedins) take a lot of the offensive zone draws, along with (Granlund) and somebody like that.”

“I see Bo being able to play against the top lines, the (Ryan) Getzlafs and the (Jeff) Carter’s and the (Anze) Kopitars,” Desjardins said. “I don’t think you can call that a fourth-line role.

Yeah, this is really really damning stuff.

 

[Biggest Canuck Fan]

http://theprovince.com/sports/hocke...stincts?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter





Yeah, this is really really damning stuff.

That line will get destroyed IMHO... It just reeks of a coach who literally has no clue what he is doing. Gaudreau - Monahan - Brower are going to eat them alive. And it will be all Bo's fault. I can see Willie Benching him by game 5.

 

[arttk]

http://theprovince.com/sports/hocke...stincts?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


Yeah, this is really really damning stuff.

Defend against other team's top line with Dorsett by your side is like playing NHL in nightmare mode.

 

[Pavel96]

Willie just seems like that older guy at work that looks all clean cut etc and you think he will be a normal, nice guy - but then he turns out to be a weirdo who sits by himself and makes weird comments out of left field at lunch time. And you are like -what is that guy thinking and how does he even have a family or anyone that finds him actually credible?

The fact that in his third year Horvat is playing with Dorsett seems like the Canucks are trying to put the nail in the coffin that is Horvat's career. Do the Canucks just want Horvat to be as bad as possible? Is this a stress test for him and any fans just to mess with everyone? It's like just when you think the insanity couldn't reach a higher level the Canucks take you there.

I can't believe this trash. It's like the article was an April fool's joke but its October. Might as well make Tanev a water boy and put Sbisa on the first pair.

 

[valkynax]

This is the last straw.

I am all for firing this pretentious moron.

 

[Edo]

Just insanity. This guy continues to cement himself as the worst coach in hockey.

Poor Horvat.

 

[M2Beezy]

The only good thing about Willie is that this will be the last season we have to suffer through him.

Im worried now he could be damaging young guys like Bo or Gaunce. Maybr its good to keep Stetch far far away til Willies gone. Im more in favor of firing willie now then tanking for Patrick

 

[Zaddy91]

holy **** i read the article and didnt see where he mentioned horvat shouldnt focus on scoring

holy mother of god we all need to jam the phonelines tommorow

 

[jigsaw99]

this is guy is awful. you can't fix stupid. Horvat put up the most points in the 2nd half of last season. Let's make him into a grinder! Let's make Horvat have the worst +/- in the league again this season.

 

[opendoor]

I don't think it's just Willie. Benning talked up how Sutter's offensive game would help shelter Horvat from needing to produce. He sees him as a 2nd line C that allows Horvat to play the hard minutes.

 

[krutovsdonut]

i have never seriously second guessed willie. but giving bo no offensive role and plumber wingers is going to cost him his job quickly. it is misusing a player and risking major player damage. oilers level dumb.

on the bright side it means he will line match...

 

[Jack Tripper]

I don't think it's just Willie. Benning talked up how Sutter's offensive game would help shelter Horvat from needing to produce. He sees him as a 2nd line C that allows Horvat to play the hard minutes.

yeah, it's not like there's any disconnect between coaching and management on how sutter and horvat should be deployed

it's all going according to 'plan' in the eyes of the organization

 

[Bleach Clean]

I don't think it's just Willie. Benning talked up how Sutter's offensive game would help shelter Horvat from needing to produce. He sees him as a 2nd line C that allows Horvat to play the hard minutes.

It's odd to hear Benning continue to refer to Sutter as the 2C considering Horvats point totals last year.

 

[Nuckles]

There is no way this guy makes it past Christmas. He continues to make brain-dead decisions that can only make this crappy team perform even worse on the ice.

 

[valkynax]

It's odd to hear Benning continue to refer to Sutter as the 2C considering Horvats point totals last year.

makes sense now, Benning is doing everything within his power to make his awful trades look good.

Granlund played decent in meaningless pre-season games? Hot damn time to play him as 2C!


not that this is a first time occurrence - the countless confidence he gave Vey and Sbisa...Jesus

 

[GPNuck]

Maybe Willie has jumped on board with team tank?

 

[rune74]

Im worried now he could be damaging young guys like Bo or Gaunce. Maybr its good to keep Stetch far far away til Willies gone. Im more in favor of firing willie now then tanking for Patrick

Heh how can he damage Guance? He is a 4th liner playing on a higher line Horvat is true though.

 

[M2Beezy]

Heh how can he damage Guance? He is a 4th liner playing on a higher line Horvat is true though.

Haha very true

I mean i guess when everyones healthy he may bench Gaunce in favor of Dorset or worse put plugs like Dorset WITH Gaunce

Either way time for willie to go