Confirmed with Link: Joe Sacco named USA's HC for World Championships

[Avs_19]

Kevin Allen @ByKevinAllen
Colorado's Joe Sacco will be named USA's coach for the upcoming World Championships.

https://twitter.com/ByKevinAllen/status/323899711180394496

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[Avs_19]

Good luck to the US

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

loooool wtfff hahahaha

 

[Freudian]

Sacco for Sochi! Please?

 

[m0ngr31]

Best response I've seen so far:
https://twitter.com/ryanclassic/status/323900191033933825

@ByKevinAllen @DarioinDenver Related: USA finishes last in upcoming World Championships.

 

[Avs_19]

I hate to even ask this but is he mostly just hated by the fans but respected by others? Many people in the media say he will probably be fired but it's not his fault and deserves better. Now he's the head coach for the US team. I'm very surprised by this.

 

[Avelanche]

Should be alright as long as the team isn't terrible. Good for him though, he should move towards college hockey/younger guys like Dave Quinn.

 

[henchman21]

Wow... they are making it hard to cheer for my country.

 

[falconski]

April fools was two weeks ago

 

[bohlmeister]

So I guess Stastny won't be going.


Seriously. Good for Joe Sacco, but WTF?

 

[S E P H]

Like I said countless times before, good for Sacco and he is a good guy.

But LOL as a USA fan, this is facepalm worthy.

 

[JJTT]

lol, he was the only guy available?

 

[Ceremony]

They could do better, surely? Maybe I've been saturated by Sacco's inadequacy but surely there aren't people responsible for this sort of appointment who think he's an acceptable choice here?

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

So I guess Stastny won't be going.


Seriously. Good for Joe Sacco, but WTF?

That was the first thought that crossed my mind as well....


Welp, lets see what he can do with a team that has talent.


I don't like this, Its as if Sacco is actually thought to have a brain by the media and other hockey analysts etc.


Why do I get the feeling that some how, this is a sign were going to be dealing with this clown for another year.

 

[Nordberg]

I don't understand this move. What purpose does tanking serve for a national team?

 

[El_Loco_Avs]

Wat

 

[Congo Jack]

Is he actually an elite coach, and we have all just lost our minds?

 

[Grackle Party]

Im starting to wonder if there is something we dont know about Sacco, all he gets hate around here for the most part (Im all over that). Yet the players supposedly think he is a good coach some media think he is a good coach, and I guess he is good enough to coach the national team...

Something is just not adding up somewhere.

 

[Bordeleau Of Blood]

Lolwut?

 

[The Shermanator]

Maybe he can pick Hunwick to be his #1 defenseman.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Didn't they do alright last year with Gordon?

 

[anleva]

Maybe the USA team is tanking and went out and got the best man for the job? Is there a valid reason to tank the World Championships?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

What will the reaction on this board be like if the US wins/does well.

 

[henchman21]

Im starting to wonder if there is something we dont know about Sacco, all he gets hate around here for the most part (Im all over that). Yet the players supposedly think he is a good coach some media think he is a good coach, and I guess he is good enough to coach the national team...

Something is just not adding up somewhere.

Actually I don't think Sacco is that bad of a coach, it is just that he has lost his team and can't find a way to gain their full trust back.

 

[Freudian]

There are only two NHL teams that are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs and Kevin Dineen is from Canada.