Pavelski2112
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Gallant's a dick, but at least he's actually still a good coach.
Speculation: New Head Coach starting 2020/2021 Season
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It was also pretty quiet between mclellan and deboer. Its just the way the organization is. And it will be more so now that all the interviews will be done over the phone and not in person. So the media can't even speculate of why a coach would randomly be in san jose for the weekend lol
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These guys are pros too. If Gallant came in and had a group discussion during his first team meeting regarding the past, I’m sure these guys would be able to move past it. It’s not like Gallant said anything overly reprehensible about anybody. The worst thing he said was he called DeBoer a clown lol. I’d rather have a dick coach that knows how to coach than a “liked” coach that gets schooled come playoffs. Give Gallant 2018-2019’s roster and I’d be willing to bet it’s SJ vs Bos.
Also, that article just cites Kurz’s article on the Athletic quoting DW saying BB has the inside track. I don’t think anything is concrete yet.
ChompChomp
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One reason for this could be that in the non-pandemic world, interviewees would be travelling to SJ and someone would spot them and that would become a rumor that so and so interviewed. These days interviews are probably happening over Zoom, so nobody is actually spotting any coaching candidates in San Jose.
Exactly. You have to expect that DW will at least interview some assistant coaches from good teams that are still preparing for the playoffs. Maybe he has already chosen a member of another coaching staff but doesn’t want to announce it until the new coach has finished with his current team.
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You do realize you are about 6 months away from shark opening camp? 24 teams are still active. Once teams get knocked out things will start happening
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Seemed like a foregone conclusion Boughner would get the job a month before the season ended.
Yeah, Thompson was the head coach of the Wolves last season. Dreger's followup that Boughner's getting extended is more noteworthy to me, and Pashelka added this:
So there's a Boughner connection there.
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Thompson was the memorial cup winning coach with Windsor in 2017, believe he succeeded Boughner in that role. Wouldn’t be shocked to see Trevor Letowski brought on as well.
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Well, at least there's some solid pedigree here rather than being a purely nepotistic hiring.
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I don’t know much about him but I’m reading nothing but good things about Thompson right now in the comments. Apparently he has a great offensive mind. Here’s an Athletic article from last year for those of you that subscribe.
From brawler to benevolent coach, Rocky Thompson could be...
From brawler to benevolent coach, Rocky Thompson could be...
The Ice Hockey Dude
Ack! Thbbft!
he's have some success at the AHL level. I'm okay with him as assistant. Ricci, Nabby , etc need to
return back to their original roles before this season train wrecked.
My bigger concern is that this suggests that BB is coming back as head coach next year.
I like him, just don't think he has enough experience for me to get the Sharks in the playoffs.
return back to their original roles before this season train wrecked.
My bigger concern is that this suggests that BB is coming back as head coach next year.
I like him, just don't think he has enough experience for me to get the Sharks in the playoffs.
Sounds like a great add to the coaching staff. I’m fine with a year of Boogie to give him a full chance. The D tightened up a lot once he took over.
Apparently Thompson is big into analytics too, so it’s not like we brought on a dinasour assistant and you’d have to think Boogie is also an analytics guy if his fist hire is one.
Apparently Thompson is big into analytics too, so it’s not like we brought on a dinasour assistant and you’d have to think Boogie is also an analytics guy if his fist hire is one.
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I doubt it, i think last year was the nice way of moving him out, I bet he transitions to an off ice role
themelkman
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Good to have someone who can run an offense onboard. I think a fresh mind could really help the team recover some of those lost goals last year, and that clearly wont be coming from boogie
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Jesus Christ himself could coach this team and it would mean absolutely nothing unless they start winning.
I remember him as goon for the flames briefly. Dude loved to hit and fight. I'm shocked he's a great offensive mind because he was terrible at hockey.
