Yea when you say it like that it makes sense. Its such a shame too because I would have really loved him as a coach. Everything I have read about him, such as the no ego, being collaborative and playing strong, fast hockey made him my favorite. I dont care at all thats he's 57 and has minimal NHL coaching experience, when there is literally no slam dunk choice available.
GDT: Jim's House of Horrors XI | Pens fail to close deal with Desjardins
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Yea when you say it like that it makes sense. Its such a shame too because I would have really loved him as a coach. Everything I have read about him, such as the no ego, being collaborative and playing strong, fast hockey made him my favorite. I dont care at all thats he's 57 and has minimal NHL coaching experience, when there is literally no slam dunk choice available.
haha, I think the only thing everyone on here can agree to is that Tocchet should definitely be an assistant coach.
Of course it makes sense. And I agree, I would have very much been behind WD's hiring. Oh well, that ship has apparently sailed.
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At this point, i'd be more interested to know why Bill Peters balked at this job. I firmly believe, he was JR's first choice and i also firmly believe he had the choice between here and Carolina.
Could be the same deal with term/etc. but i'd like to know.
Could be the same deal with term/etc. but i'd like to know.
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Wouldn't complain at this point; beggars can't be choosers. I don't like the "get the band back together" thing but I'd probably say Tocchet over Ulf. Also we'd get to see this on the bench every week, which would be a refreshing mind-erase.
"Hey... zebra.... when this is over I'm gonna ****in' kill you. Just so you know."
This is where I'm at as well. While not ideal, those two would be good selections. So, it likely won't happen.Wouldn't complain at this point; beggars can't be choosers. I don't like the "get the band back together" thing but I'd probably say Tocchet over Ulf. Also we'd get to see this on the bench every week, which would be a refreshing mind-erase.
"Hey... zebra.... when this is over I'm gonna ****in' kill you. Just so you know."
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Madden with his "Pro Wrasslin" agenda of doing a Buddy a favor. Who says Tocchet is a quality assistant coaching talent? If he's so good how come the Flyers have never hired him and he's been out of coaching since 2010??
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In the media thread, a poster more familiar with the SEL said that Modo wasn't that good of a team and Ulf did a fairly decent job improving their defense and puck possession. They were facing relegation the year before he came and he took them to the playoffs the next year.
I read a quote from a Swedish article about how he wants his teams to play fast-paced game with strong possession, physicality, and discipline. Which sounds great in theory and exactly what we need. My concern is his ability to actually make that happen in the NHL.
I feel like he'd either be great or completely over his head with little middle ground.
I don't know to me it sounded like we didn't offer him a deal and Carolina got there first.
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What a terrible image.
Maybe Carolina got it done while the Pens were having family brunch?
It could be that Carolina felt like the safer choice for whatever reason, he really wanted to be there, some weird loyalty to Detroit, the Pens wouldn't bend on something, etc. Carolina could have just gotten it done while the Pens were trying to figure out how to do things by committee. I doubt it was one reason.
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Madden looks like he's putting down Desjardins as a Minor League Curtain Jerker who couldn't handle the pressure of having to win right now but Peters also rejected them, so looks like there's another factor in play here.
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The good thing about this is that we will find out what the pens have been offering coaches as far as term and assistant coaches whenever the new coach is hired.
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Madden with his "Pro Wrasslin" agenda of doing a Buddy a favor. Who says Tocchet is a quality assistant coaching talent? If he's so good how come the Flyers have never hired him and he's been out of coaching since 2010??
Maybe the taboo of his legal issues
and he has been working for either Comcast or the Flyers depending on who owns the broadcasts out there.
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Not that I necessarily want him, but he sounds like he fits the description of "I had a couple other guys that could have been on that list that I didn’t put them on for varying reasons, such as the present job that they have." I don't think the situation in Portland reflects on his ability to coach here. It's worth looking into.
Not sure if serious
Well he didn't.
If you look at the tweets he says he's been on the phone all night and then just starts spewing stuff that anyone could say. Not once did he give a credible source.
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Not sure if serious
He did name a source? You don't actually expect me to give that a-hole clicks and waste my time reading his frickin twitter / web accounts, do you? Maybe when he starts getting stuff right more than like... 8% of the time... I'll change my habits.
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are you exaggerating or did you ...
wait you changed it to 8%, you wascally wabbit.
It was 18% before edit for the unwashed masses.
Darth Vitale
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18% way too generous. He's not even close to be right that often.
I'm in an upbeat mood tonight but had to tone down the generosity.
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That doesn't seem right to me, Shero vetoed Mario last year? How does Shero veto Mario?
As far as Sid and JR meeting, im not sure why JR had to go all the way to LA to talk to Sid, i mean couldn't Sid of just told JR over the phone that he wanted to play with Kunitz and Dupuis
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18% way too generous. He's not even close to be right that often.
If we remove "Press Release" type stuff, I gotta think 8% is still way too generous.
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There wasn't one. That's the point. It's another "I just got off the phone" and "I am hearing" crapola he and Rossi always pull. They never attribute anything they say to even something vague like "someone in Penguins Management" or "Someone on the Penguins coaching staff", because they know if they do they'll get called on it and utterly humiliated when it comes out that NO ONE talks to these two morons.
That they have as much inside pull as people on this board do.
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