News Article: MacTavish: Inside my three-month whirlwind stint in the KHL

[LemmyUlanov55]

https://www.tsn.ca/craig-mactavish-inside-my-three-month-whirlwind-stint-in-the-khl-1.1393997

I found this read more entertaining than I expected..

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[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

https://www.tsn.ca/craig-mactavish-inside-my-three-month-whirlwind-stint-in-the-khl-1.1393997

I found this read more entertaining than I expected..

Yeah I read it earlier this morning and had a laugh when MacT writes about zoning out on his GM when his GM was going off on him in Russian. Reminded me of when I was back in school and getting heck from the teachers in detention for something stupid I had done earlier. Also the part about his mentally assigning Edmonton media names to the Russian media grilling him. I guess no Russian reporter was asking stupid questions so there was no Jim Matheson.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

this was hilarious!

he wasn't a good GM, but he seems like a good guy

 

[Shathar]

https://www.tsn.ca/craig-mactavish-inside-my-three-month-whirlwind-stint-in-the-khl-1.1393997

I found this read more entertaining than I expected..

Nice. thanks for this.

 

[flashy]

He sucks. He suuuucks. He suuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

I expected all this stuff to happen but I didn’t change any way to prepare for it. Lol

 

[Cloned]

If this management / leadership discussion is starting to sound too theoretical, I apologize. I paid $75,000 to Queen’s University for a MBA program and you’re going to have to suffer through it.

In other words: screw you, HF!

 

[oXo Cube]

Good read. Yaroslavl sounds like a mess behind the scenes.

Stay far away from the Oilers, Craig.

 

[oobga]

Wish I coulda bet someone money he would find a way to mention his EMBA in this

Entertaining article in any case.

 

[Rusoilers]

Craig mactavish seems like a good guy in general. Especially compared to Kevin Lowe. Russia would eat him alive as a Russian I say this.

 

[Rusoilers]

Still makes me laugh too hard

 

[alphahelix]

Thanks for Darnell Nurse and Leon Draisaitl, Craig. At least we didn’t gut our team and hemorrhage talent under him.

 

[Tw0Shoes]

It's hilarious that he was essentially fired by Denis Grebeshkov .

 

[9GWG9]

Pretty good read. Intimidation and toasts, like the movies.

Tough crowd around here. The good definitely out-ways the bad when it come to MacT.

 

[CornKicker]

i still like MacT, but at the same time i was hoping that Grebeshov called him on skype to fire him

 

[belair]

He sucks. He suuuucks. He suuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

I expected all this stuff to happen but I didn’t change any way to prepare for it. Lol

Pretty much.

He admitted that he essentially had no intention of keeping the job. Things are run differently in Russia? Who knew?

 

[Wretched Oil]

HAHAHA Grebs gave him the news that he didn't need to come to the rink!

That cracks me up

 

[Gordy Elbows]

And now MacT is laughing all the way to the bank and returning to his familiar surroundings.

 

[Beerfish]

MacT has a nice sense of humor.

Awful awful awful GM and a massively overrated coach.

I hope this is the last we hear of him.

 

[Todd Parchment]

Good guy MacT. Nice troll job with the MBA. Probably done as a coach. Thanks for the cup run bud.

 

[Barrsy]

Lotta very petty people in this thread ,particularly given its just a humorous story about a guy coaching in a totally foreign environment.

 

[belair]

Lotta very petty people in this thread ,particularly given its just a humorous story about a guy coaching in a totally foreign environment.

It's a story about a guy who went to Russia completely unwilling to conform to the expectations of his employer. Yep, there's some humor there from both sides.

As an aside, it's pretty interesting to see the part about crucifying Russian-born players to motivate them. Konovalev is gonna be a really interesting prospect. He'll be well prepared for the fishbowl in Edmonton.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Grebeshkov fired him that quick?

He was always infamous for being a turnover machine...

 

[rboomercat90]

It's hilarious that he was essentially fired by Denis Grebeshkov .

I bet it killed him to do it. Mac T was the only guy in North America willing to keep giving Denis a job.

 

[ZJuice]

I bet it killed him to do it. Mac T was the only guy in North America willing to keep giving Denis a job.

“Craig.. I like you man. So I do this for free. You’re fired.”

 

[Jumptheshark]

And now MacT is laughing all the way to the bank and returning to his familiar surroundings.

Nope. Khl does not always pay coaches after they are sacked. If a team is forced to pay a coach after sacking from behind the bench he gets reassigned to scouting... mostly in Siberia and china