i like the dean evason by way of paul fenton doom better right now. but.....
I don't ****ing get the fascination with press conferences.
Just ****ing do it.
Still waiting for you to provide an example of an agm taking over a team and hiring an old coach of his.
why?
To gauge if your whining is even less informed than it typically is.
who cares?
There's no reason for Fenton not to look at Trotz first and foremost, assuming no budgetary constraints. (Tying a new GM's hands would be a lovely start for that person, I'm sure.)
well...if they hire fishman, we will all know that I am really ted leonsis
Your typing is poor, but it's not Leonsis bad.
I would love the Caps to hire a coach like that so long as the roster gets overhauled to suit his style. What are the odds of that?
You should probably watch Games 3 & 4 of that series.Laviolette is a Boudreau clone in terms of coaching. Guys like him Bylsma, Roy, Richards and a few others actually prefer attacking instead of giving the other team the puck and sitting back.
You should probably watch Games 3 & 4 of that series.
They miss Barrie, their best possession defenseman, but they were a poor possession team all year long. Credit Roy nonetheless given the makeup of their blueline but they were a sit back and counter sort of team quite often this season. They're a quick team through neutral but only five teams gave up more shots (none made the playoffs). Varlamov covered up a lot of their issues.
The Caps will need to significantly upgrade their blueline whatever they do. While their draft picks are overwhelmingly finesse players, I don't think that's the reason to become a more free-flowing team. It's that 8/19/52 haven't shown the willingness to bring it under any other style. It's their one-dimensional games that's the real issue and a reason to wonder if this core is good enough regardless. That mix in styles will need to change. Free-flowing can get them back into the playoffs and playing with confidence but I don't think that alone brings them to contender status. They need to actually mature as a group before that can happen and I'm not sure this bunch has it in them (or that it can be brought out by a coach that largely tells them to just go out there and out-talent teams again).
I'm not too excited about this whole press conference thing. You usually do not fire people in a press conference, you just announce they will not be returning. You have a press conference for something positive as you hire a new coach/gm, but you dont usually announce a firing at the same time.
I'm worried about this thing.
New uniforms! Another banner!
But... What if the PC is to announce GMGM's extension?!?!
milbury appointed gm w/ gm demoted to asst. gm.
OR
But... What if the PC is to announce GMGM's extension?!?!
milbury appointed gm w/ gm demoted to asst. gm.
milbury appointed gm w/ gm demoted to asst. gm.