Sens coach for 2019-2020 Season

[Samboni]

I'd be all for Jacques Martin as POHO. Steady hand, loads of experience and hopefully has the personality where he could just tune Melnyk out. He'd also go a long way in repairing the damage Eugene and Pierre have done in the community.

The idea has merit. Unfortunately EM will hire a spineless yes-man with no credentials for that job.

 

[foggyvisor]

Bring back Jack Martin and let Janne Laukkanen quarterback the PP.

 

[Cosmix]

There's reports that the players wouldn't want Crawford back as HC?

Where are those reports?

 

[ChelFan31]

Curious why NHL decision makers (not just Pierre Dorion) are one-track minded in only hiring head coaches born from North America ...

There are several excellent European coaches who for some reason aren't considered for NHL jobs:
-Roger Rönnberg
-Rikard Grönborg
-Slava Bykov
-Erkka Westerlund
-Jukka Jalonen

- These coaches would be able to bring a fresh approach/ strategies & tactics to NHL game
- For a team like Ottawa; they would most likely also be budget friendly as they wouldn't command outrageous salary (they'd prob take minimum just to get into the league).

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Where are those reports?

I only know about this

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Count me in as a Jacques Martin 4 POHO supporter.

 

[RAFI BOMB]

Curious why NHL decision makers (not just Pierre Dorion) are one-track minded in only hiring head coaches born from North America ...

There are several excellent European coaches who for some reason aren't considered for NHL jobs:
-Roger Rönnberg
-Rikard Grönborg
-Slava Bykov
-Erkka Westerlund
-Jukka Jalonen

- These coaches would be able to bring a fresh approach/ strategies & tactics to NHL game
- For a team like Ottawa; they would most likely also be budget friendly as they wouldn't command outrageous salary (they'd prob take minimum just to get into the league).

Wasn't that the same argument around Guy Boucher? That his experience coaching in Europe would allow him to offer some new strategies and tactics?

The style of hockey is different than in North Anerica and many of those tactics and strategies simply dont work here. It is a smaller ice surface and there is much less time and space.

Sure there might be some great coaching candidates in Europe but there are also good reasons why many European coaches are not on NHL radars.

 

[dumbdick]

Babcock.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Crawford for the tank

#1yearforlafreniere

 

[BatherSeason]

Where are those reports?

There are no reports, just a couple of tweet replies from Warne, Brennan, guys who typically are privy to more information than we are.

 

[Cosmix]

I only know about this

Thank you.

I wonder why players might not like him. Too demanding?

 

[BloodRedArmy]

Thank you.

I wonder why players might not like him. Too demanding?

There's a really good snippet in Sean Avery's biography about him... says he was legit terrified of him. He'd be kicking guys in the back and pulling their sweaters to scream in their faces. Hahaha. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Thank you.

I wonder why players might not like him. Too demanding?

Well, in the brief time he was head coach , it appeared to me we were seeing a kinder , gentler version of Crawford .. he really had no pressure.
There has been lots of discussion and posts over the past 2 years regarding Crawford losing it, tearing strips, and generally going overboard. Brent Sopel has some takes on it. There is also a tweet of Crawford reeming out chabot on the bench in his rookie year after what turned into a bad read at the blue line.

 

[slamigo]

Well, in the brief time he was head coach , it appeared to me we were seeing a kinder , gentler version of Crawford .. he really had no pressure.
There has been lots of discussion and posts over the past 2 years regarding Crawford losing it, tearing strips, and generally going overboard. Brent Sopel has some takes on it. There is also a tweet of Crawford reeming out chabot on the bench in his rookie year after what turned into a bad read at the blue line.

My theory is that it's also his treatment of the refs. He is just banana cakes crazy when he yells at the refs sometimes. He screams all the time at the refs and it ends up costing the team more penalties. It's also embarrassing as a player because they are out there on the ice with the refs and are kind of in the middle. That's just a guess on my part though but at any level or sport that I've been a part of, having the coach be 'that guy' is never a good situation.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Should have extended Guy for another year to tank and then hired a real coach

 

[Larionov]

Confession - I actually enjoy Crow's meltdowns on the refs. Dude looks like he's about to have a stroke - his face is all red, eyes bugging out, etc. - it's hilarious. He's an intense guy, but he actually knows the game and the league well. I am hard pressed to think of a better candidate in our price range. I'm also fine with Jacques Martin. What I don't want is a newbie like Dominic Ducharme, Benoit Groulx, etc. That's heading into Hartsburg/Clouston territory...

 

[BatherSeason]

I am hard pressed to think of a better candidate in our price range

Why do we automatically assume that he is "in our price range"? Dude has won a cup and coached Team Canada at the Olympics, maybe he will ask for much more than we are willing to offer.

 

[Daffy]

Why do we automatically assume that he is "in our price range"? Dude has won a cup and coached Team Canada at the Olympics, maybe he will ask for much more than we are willing to offer.

He wants to be a head coach again. Ottawa is his best chance at that.

 

[BatherSeason]

He wants to be a head coach again. Ottawa is his best chance at that.

Really, you could say that about every candidate, they all wanna coach in the NHL, we can't just assume that because of that they would be willing to coach for less money than some assistants around the league.

I get the feeling that even some AHL head coaches were probably paid more than Boucher was.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

Really, you could say that about every candidate, they all wanna coach in the NHL, we can't just assume that because of that they would be willing to coach for less money than some assistants around the league.

I get the feeling that even some AHL head coaches were probably paid more than Boucher was.

of course Crawford would be in their price range. If he wasn’t he wouldn’t have been working here for three years already

 

[BatherSeason]

of course Crawford would be in their price range. If he wasn’t he wouldn’t have been working here for three years already

Aha, he was in our price range as an "assistant coach". If he knows that he may be the only guy out there willing to work here, maybe his price goes up considerably. He has had a front row seat to the Eugene circus for the past few seasons, maybe he wants danger pay?

 

[Daffy]

Really, you could say that about every candidate, they all wanna coach in the NHL, we can't just assume that because of that they would be willing to coach for less money than some assistants around the league.

I get the feeling that even some AHL head coaches were probably paid more than Boucher was.

Crawford was already willing to come here as an assistant. He'll take the HC job if offered.

 

[BatherSeason]

Crawford was already willing to come here as an assistant.

That was before he had a front row seat to the Eugene Melnyk/Pierre Dorion dismantling of the team. I am not disputing whether or not he would be interested, just saying that we can't automatically assume that he will come cheap and actually want to be part of the circus.

 

[beaniewong]

Man Ducharme would be a fantastic coach, every team over the past 5 years have obtained more success when he's there, he got Canada over the hump at the WJC's, and most recently, the habs went from a bottom feeder to like 2 points out of a playoff with an overall weak roster, due to the high tempo and fast team that Ducharme no doubt had influence on,

He's also coached Chabot, Formenton, Batherson, etc before and definitely would get the young kids going

 

[GrantLemons]

That was before he had a front row seat to the Eugene Melnyk/Pierre Dorion dismantling of the team. I am not disputing whether or not he would be interested, just saying that we can't automatically assume that he will come cheap and actually want to be part of the circus.

The guy didn't have an NHL job for like 5+ years before coming over as our assistant, and it was only because he was a package deal with Boucher.

He would take the job, because it's unlikely he gets offered another one.