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Sullivan will say "We don't need another assistant coach, just let me run the damn powerplay!".
Speculation: Offseason coaching thread: Should they stay or should they go?
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SomeDude
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It will likely be Quinn and it will be a lol at anyone who thought Reirden being canned meant Dubas had control over Sully.
Gurglesons
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I would be shocked if David Quinn does not replace Reirden.
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Thank You 59.
David Quinn haves 2 first names, do not want, never trust a person with 2 first names as their name.
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Someone I’d look at for the assistant spot is Marco Sturm. Ontario’s powerplay was one of the best in the AHL the last 2 seasons. PK was pretty good last year too, though not so good this year. He played for Sullivan in Boston so there’s familiarity. Young guy, not what I’d call a retread. I feel like he’d do a good job of running the forwards too just based on the type of player he was. The kinda guy that even stubborn vets would listen to. Switch Vellucci to handle the D.
That gives us 2 assistants that come from more of a player development background to balance Sullivan’s penchant for vets. And some youth even behind the bench.
That gives us 2 assistants that come from more of a player development background to balance Sullivan’s penchant for vets. And some youth even behind the bench.
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So, we all expect Keefe to join the Penguins next week, right?
SomeDude
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That Toronto loss is going to set the Pens back a decade when Keefe is brought in either as a direct replacement or replacement in waiting to Sully.
Honestly I'd even take Keefe over Sully at this point just to have something new to complain about
SomeDude
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Keefe will have an 8 year leash with Dubas. We could go 0-82 and score 0 goals and Dubas would sing his praises.
We’re basically already doing that…I’d rather go 0-82 and get the 1OA than this death by a thousand cuts we’re doing now lol
As @Andy99 said we're already doing that anyways with Sullivan, so bring it on lol
SomeDude
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You’ve both been warned. Keefe would/will be worse. Much worse. Possibly the only coach you can say that about.
Instead Dubas is gonna sit here and let Sullivan hire David Quinn and then when the Pens still suck next year Dubas is gonna have to reluctantly fire Sully and we'll get the head coach David Quinn experience which is basically Mike Sullivan but way worse
SomeDude
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Dubas’ loyalty to Keefe would be like Shero and Bylsma x100 except if the 09 cup never happened, or the 08 finals, or anything good.
It's funny you say that because the Leafs right now do remind me of the post 09 Bylsma Penguins except that their fans can't look back and say hey at least we got the one cup recently.
Anyways I think we can both agree that unless Dubas does something unexpected we're gonna end up with a disappointing coaching staff again next year
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You either have nepotism with Sully and our Masshole overloards or nepotism with Dubas and that bloated never has been in Keefe.
Speaking of the 09 Pens, the reason Woodcraft would also be on my never ever hire list is that he had multiple chances with the closest thing to the Pens 09 core since then and did **** all with it. He’d do catastrophically worse with an aged out version of the Oilers that we currently are. He also has the face of a guy who has said “my father will hear about this” many times when he has felt wronged by someone.
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Sidgeni Malkby
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Isn't that what I said?
So...really it's Sully vs Dubas...
If Sully wins it's Quinn.
If Dubas wins it's Keefe.
Let the games begin!
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