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Honestly if you really break down any of the options there are reasons to be concerned. But none of the guys we are looking at have the "Travis Green stink of just being awful coaches" either.
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Blissfully Mediocre
I'd love to see this with Ruff's system
I Agree there. Green is a different level of bad.
A career 141-159-35 record is just too good to pass up. Can't really blame a team for jumping on that hot commodity before somebody else does.
I don't remember the buzzword name of the structure, but the Oilers switched to playing a defensive system supposedly the same that Vegas had used to win the cup. It went very poorly and fans were clamoring for change AND Skinner was giving up goals left and right.
Honestly a pretty similar situation to Ruff. The team defense LOOKED bad but the numbers weren't a disaster (I think) and Skinner never bailed them out when there was a breakdown. Sound familiar?
I really don't know if this new, soft generation of Devils fans(on social media at least) is ready for Berube lol. He's not a GOAT but he does have a Cup and is someone the team can use when it comes to accountability, but the meltdowns when he benches someone for not finishing his check or something is gonna be lit.
Better question is this soft ass Devils team going to be able to handle him?
I dont mind that, if it's equal treatment, which Ruff did not have.
Lawrence Taylor passed out in an elevator in Giants stadium covered in puke and the team just woke him up and he played. You think that was good for him?
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Conference finals appearance in year 1
Second round appearance in year 2
Think it was premature for Edmonton to fire him.
He’s gotten results with a team built similarly
McDuffz88
HIRE BERUBE!!!
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Well that's my biggest reason for wanting Berube. We need a coach to put these players into their place if they're acting a fool which half our players do. He has a cup to his name and we need to learn how to be tougher & maybe a coach who can break them down mentally & rebuild them to make them mentally tough & it can bring them to greater heights. I don't know what the obsession with Keefe is. Dude has completely flopped every single playoffs he enters and he has amazing players. Berube over Keefe for sure. I know NJ is waiting on the Sullivan shoe to drop but if not him Berube it is.
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I mean, how many realistic good options are there that are available?
How many actual good coaches are in the league anyways? MAYBE 10?
This doesn't make him good.
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I'm much more concerned with structure, systems, and player usage than I am about a coach's motivational style or demeanor.
Jon Cooper is about as calm and level headed a coach as you'll find, and he's the best coach in the league.
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I wish we could nab Cooper. He's my dream hire candidate. But if him or the Hurricanes coach are unavailable I'm fine with taking Berube.
That game was right there for the taking and Carolina blew it last night. I just don’t see them winning 4 of 5 and a Game 7 at the Garden. Sadly, it looks like a matter of time for the Rangers to punch their ticket to the Conference Finals. Speaking of time….at this point, if I’m Fitzgerald I’d wait to see what happens with Rod. If that means Berube going somewhere else, oh well (not sold to begin with). I also think Fitz is waiting for Queefe to get pink slipped from Toronto as it can cause a domino effect that brings Sullivan to NJ.
I’m surprised we have heard nothing about Evason at least interviewing. My order of preference:
1- Rod
2- Sullivan
3- Evason
4- Woodcroft
5- Berube
McLellan hell no!! I wonder if there are any dark horse candidates that have not been leaked.
I’m surprised we have heard nothing about Evason at least interviewing. My order of preference:
1- Rod
2- Sullivan
3- Evason
4- Woodcroft
5- Berube
McLellan hell no!! I wonder if there are any dark horse candidates that have not been leaked.
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At this point even going 7 would be an accomplishment. If they get punted in five as I fear they might, then again I ask why are we so sure Brindy's this great coach when he can never even come close to getting over the hump with the analytic darlings?
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I'm good if its Woodcroft. I think Marco Strum would be a cool candidate for the assistant job for the forwards too, lots of NHL experience, 4 years assistant coach, 2 years head coach of an AHL team with the best powerplay in the pacific division both years.
RBA has done a LOT with not a whole lot. Canes don’t have any players you’d traditionally call superstars and yet they’re consistently one of the best teams in the regular season.
You simply don’t get that without a buy-in from everybody and a coach who can facilitate that. Canes’ biggest weakness in the playoffs is a lack of gamebreaking talent and the Devils have that in spades, which IMO is why RBA looks like a match made in heaven.
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Said it before, RBA has to do a lot with that roster in Carolina. He doesn't have a bonafide game breaker on that roster since he just got Guentzel and he's a winger. Svech is a ghost whenever the playoffs come, Aho is great but he's in the mold of Zibanajead that he can completely ghost a series or be insane which is why it's tough to ever expect anything pre series really no matter how hopeful you are. At this point, I'm hoping they get swept or lose in 5 and Dundon has a panic attack and fires him and we jump all over it.
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Sounds exactly like the kinda coach we want. Beat the softness out of the kids!
Oilers issue earlier in the season was indeed chalked up to that - the switch to more of a zone concept. They struggled executing earlier in the year and were giving up TON's of grade A rush chances against as well as not getting saves. He also had a less than 100% McDavid which doesn't help.
Sure, you can ding him for not getting it turned around sooner - but they were still pretty solid even with the bad record, he just was a victim of the ticking clock in EDM.
