Prospect Info: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc. [April-May 2021 edition]

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

Real exhaustive coaching search, huh?

Know what? I’m just going to trust Chuckles that Lappy is a brilliant tactical coach and developer of young talent, who is eventually being groomed as a potential successor in a decade to Alain.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! That's the best thing I've heard all day. Jesus, the people that run this franchise just can't help themselves.......

 

[GKJ]

I don't know what his responsibilities were with regard to the PK. It's hard to evaluate assistant coaches, because you don't know how much the head coach is micromanaging, you don't know if assistants are just doing what they're told, and you don't get a close look at their teaching and coaching abilities.

As for so-called "player development coaches," there's only so much they can do in their limited time. They're only really there for running short camps and checking in with prospects occasionally throughout their seasons. They have minimal impact on actual player development. I don't think there were any good prospects in the Flyers system when Laperriere was the development coach, regardless.

Well, he was the one developing them. And when he left that job, they started developing players.

 

[Deadpool8812]

I wonder if the Flyers will hire another assistant to replace Laperriere.

Chris Vandevelde

 

[BernieParent]

Same as it ever was

 

[freakydallas13]

Yet another monkey paw wish for this cursed franchise.

"I want them to replace Gordon as the Phantoms head coach"

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Awful hire, probably should have started as an AHL assistant in the first place.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

This could be a good hire down the line - at least it's not a retread coach!

 

[Fire Tortorella]

There - now I have 2 different posts to point back to in 5 years to say "I told you so"

 

[TheKingPin]

I’ll wait until he has a poor system or poor usage. Maybe he will be good. No one knows what he has actually done over the years. It’s pretty odd either way.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I like consistency in my farce, so this is fine.

 

[Lindberg]

this organization makes you just want to find a new team.

 

[freakydallas13]

this organization makes you just want to find a new team.

Way ahead of you:
Seattle Kraken

 

[VladDrag]

JFC.

 

[TB87]

Nice coaching search Chuck. JFC

 

[FLYguy3911]

Who is lazier? Chuck or AV?

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Fletcher is a bullshiter... He said he was going to search for a coach 3 weeks ago when he let Gordon go.

Lappy was the plan as Phantoms HC as soon as Gordon was out the door, that’s why Fletcher said he was searching for a new Phantoms coach but didn’t even search.

So he lied to the Flyers/Phantoms fans, way to put trust into the Flyers management, morons.

 

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

Fletcher is a bullshiter... He said he was going to search for a coach 3 weeks ago when he let Gordon go.

Lappy was the plan as Phantoms HC as soon as Gordon was out the door, that’s why Fletcher said he was searching for a new Phantoms coach but didn’t even search.

So he lied to the Flyers/Phantoms fans, way to put trust into the Flyers management, morons.

What's worse is that Schmuck has the backing of Dave Scott and Paul Holmgren.

 

[PDX Flyer]

Unreal.... I really had high hopes about 5 years ago regarding the culture change within the org. Boy do I feel hoodwinked.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Well, he was the one developing them. And when he left that job, they started developing players.

Who is more responsible for “developing” prospects — the coaches for the teams they play for & work with every day, or the pro organization’s so-called “development coach,” who has them for one short camp and otherwise checks in with them a few times per year?

Come on. “Development coaches” have minimal impact on prospects’ development.

Plus, who were the Flyers’ prospects when Laperriere was development coach? Isn’t that when they had one of the weakest farm systems in the league & guys like Mike Testwuide were in their top 10 prospects?

Can’t blame a development coach for having nothing to develop. It’s like giving a farmer shitty seeds & blaming him for lousy crops.

 

[captainpaxil]

Lappi had the ear of the players and he's an easy guy to respect in the room as far as personalities go I can see why they like him.
With what he accomplished in the league if lappi says you aren't committing it's believable but getting guys to commit is a different skill
As far as the systems go a lack of experience might be a good thing as he can just copy whatever they are running on the big club. The year and a half he spent watching it from the booth and on film can be valuable experience.

I always try and understand Why they do things even if I don't agree with the things they do.

 

[Magua]

 

[BiggE]

So f***ing stupid

So on point for this franchise

 

[deadhead]

Lappi had the ear of the players and he's an easy guy to respect in the room as far as personalities go I can see why they like him.
With what he accomplished in the league if lappi says you aren't committing it's believable but getting guys to commit is a different skill
As far as the systems go a lack of experience might be a good thing as he can just copy whatever they are running on the big club. The year and a half he spent watching it from the booth and on film can be valuable experience.

I always try and understand Why they do things even if I don't agree with the things they do.

This would be the one reason this could be a good hire.
Haven't we always complained that Gordon was running his own scheme instead of what the Flyers are doing?
At least Lappy had two years to work with AV and understand what he was trying to do.

 

[Tripod]

"Ok Lappy, we need you to copy this shit system that has only worked for 2 months the last 2 years. Can you do that?"

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Lappi had the ear of the players and he's an easy guy to respect in the room as far as personalities go I can see why they like him.
With what he accomplished in the league if lappi says you aren't committing it's believable but getting guys to commit is a different skill
As far as the systems go a lack of experience might be a good thing as he can just copy whatever they are running on the big club. The year and a half he spent watching it from the booth and on film can be valuable experience.

I always try and understand Why they do things even if I don't agree with the things they do.

I’m sure they like the idea of having a coach who was part of the Flyers’ current staff teach the same systems & terminology to the Phantoms.