Crazy Joe Divola
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But at the same time, he might be a bad coach but he's not an idiot. He was hired to be the head coach of a team with 3 proven top-6 forwards, two reclamation projects in goal and two proven top-4 defensemen with one promising sophomore and one guy trying to play himself into a job at a doggy daycare. He lost the heart and soul of the team before the season started and got back the ultimate "coworker who shows up because he's on the schedule" (no offense @Pinkfloyd ). If he thought they were a playoff team heading into the season, I want his number for my Nigerian prince friend. He was brought back because DW wanted to rebuild and take stock of the young prospects. It worked for both sides because it builds Boughner's HC resume with plausible deniability for losing, and DW trusted him based on past history to be an honest judge of talent in the system. Nobody loses (except for the Sharks of this year and next), and he gets to command the tank while also doing Sommer's job of finding out who's NHL-ready. The bonus is that they're actually better than last year, so he can say he improved the team. And now when he gets fired in a year or two, both sides can say they're better off.Honestly, if he’s back next year I’m simply not tuning in. He’s a bad coach, no one has flourished under him, no vets have responded under him, I can’t think of a single thing he’s done well. For him to say he’s not surprised they missed the playoffs is one of the most baffling things I’ve head a coach say. The team will never thrive with him behind the bench.
I hate you, Milkman DanSteve Spott for head coach. This is the way.
Except he was coaching halfway through last season. How much evaluation could possibly be done when he’s shuffling guys in and out, up and down on a game by game basis? If the plan was to tank then ducking tank and go full-on evaluation, don’t play burns and EK 52 minutes a game and every second of every special teams opportunity. Don’t sign Dubnyk and instead throw Korenar in sporadically through the season to get him adjusted. Don’t bring up Blichfeld or Kellman for a game and then leave them on the taxi squad. Don’t half ass one way or another. If you want to evaluate the younger players then give them an opportunity to be evaluated. The only answers we got are on the guys that can’t be moved anyways and if anything he only hurt their value and the possibility of them being sent elsewhere. It was a lame duck attempt at hoping and praying the team would thrive and there was absolutely no adjustment made in the long term vision once it became clear that the team was going to stink. Oh sure, every now and then he’d come out and “keep it real with the media” by calling out players and complain that the performance wasn’t acceptable, but I don’t remember one single game where the team responded from a lashing. It’s clear the players have no interest in playing for him.But at the same time, he might be a bad coach but he's not an idiot. He was hired to be the head coach of a team with 3 proven top-6 forwards, two reclamation projects in goal and two proven top-4 defensemen with one promising sophomore and one guy trying to play himself into a job at a doggy daycare. He lost the heart and soul of the team before the season started and got back the ultimate "coworker who shows up because he's on the schedule" (no offense @Pinkfloyd ). If he thought they were a playoff team heading into the season, I want his number for my Nigerian prince friend. He was brought back because DW wanted to rebuild and take stock of the young prospects. It worked for both sides because it builds Boughner's HC resume with plausible deniability for losing, and DW trusted him based on past history to be an honest judge of talent in the system. Nobody loses (except for the Sharks of this year and next), and he gets to command the tank while also doing Sommer's job of finding out who's NHL-ready. The bonus is that they're actually better than last year, so he can say he improved the team. And now when he gets fired in a year or two, both sides can say they're better off.
Steve Spott for head coach. This is the way.
He wasn't hired as permanent HC until the off-season. If he didn't have a conversation with Doug about expectations before taking the full-time job, I fully agree with you that he should be bagging groceries at the Trader Joe's in Sunnyvale by the end of the month.Except he was coaching halfway through last season.
If anybody wants to feel more sad about Jones, here are some highlights of 2016 jones. he's just a completely different goalie compared to his prime
If anybody wants to feel more sad about Jones, here are some highlights of 2016 jones. he's just a completely different goalie compared to his prime
the gear was an after thought for me. the lateral movement is insanely good compared to what it is right now.First thing i notice is his size. looks much bigger there, which fits with the narrative that the shrinking goalie pads threw off his positioning / affected his ability to make saves.
this has always been true. just more true now.The irony of the video is it’s him making high danger saves. He still sort of does that, he can’t stop the low danger ones to save his life.
the gear was an after thought for me. the lateral movement is insanely good compared to what it is right now.
Jones lost the locker room after the Blues series. They knew we had a stacked team but it didn't matter because he sucked.
If anybody wants to feel more sad about Jones, here are some highlights of 2016 jones. he's just a completely different goalie compared to his prime
# | Date / Opponent | SNOG Winner(s) | Result |
1 | Jan. 14 at Coyotes | Cas | Sharks 4-3 SO |
2 | Jan. 16 at Coyotes | none | Coyotes 5-3 |
3 | Jan. 18 at Blues | none | Blues 5-4 |
4 | Jan. 20 at Blues | none | Sharks 2-1 SO |
5 | Jan. 22 at Wild | none | Wild 4-1 |
6 | Jan. 24 at Wild | Munnyro | Sharks 5-3 |
7 | Jan. 26 at Avalanche | none | Avs 7-3 |
8 | Jan. 28 at Avalanche | none | Avs 3-0 |
9 | Feb. 5 at Ducks | none | Sharks 5-4 SO |
10 | Feb. 6 at Ducks | none | Ducks 2-1 SO |
11 | Feb. 9 at Kings | none | Sharks 4-3 SO |
12 | Feb. 11 at Kings | none | Kings 6-2 |
13 | Feb. 13 vs Golden Knights | none | VGK 3-1 |
14 | Feb. 15 vs Ducks | Doctor Soraluce | Sharks 3-2 |
15 | Feb. 18 at Blues | Pinkfloyd | Blues 3-2 OT |
16 | Feb. 20 at Blues | none | Sharks 5-4 |
17 | Feb. 22 vs Wild | none | Wild 6-2 |
18 | Feb. 27 vs Blues | none | Blues 7-6 |
19 | Mar. 1 vs Avalanche | none | Sharks 6-2 |
20 | Mar. 3 vs Avalanche | none | Avs 4-0 |
21 | Mar. 5 vs Golden Knights | none | VGK 5-4 OT |
22 | Mar. 6 vs Golden Knights | none | VGK 4-0 |
23 | Mar. 8 vs Blues | none | Sharks 3-2 OT |
24 | Mar. 12 at Ducks | none | Sharks 6-0 |
25 | Mar. 13 at Ducks | Cas, Kcoyote3 | Sharks 3-1 |
26 | Mar. 15 at Golden Knights | none | VGK 2-1 |
27 | Mar. 17 at Golden Knights | none | VGK 5-4 |
28 | Mar. 19 vs Blues | none | Blues 2-1 SO |
29 | Mar. 20 vs Blues | none | Blues 5-2 |
30 | Mar. 22 vs Kings | none | Sharks 2-1 |
31 | Mar. 24 vs Kings | Painful Quandary, stator | Sharks 4-2 |
32 | Mar. 26 at Coyotes | none | Coyotes 5-2 |
33 | Mar. 27 at Coyotes | none | Coyotes 4-0 |
34 | Mar. 29 vs Wild | none | Sharks 4-3 SO |
35 | Mar. 31 vs Wild | bluefunnel | Sharks 4-2 |
36 | Apr. 2 at Kings | none | Sharks 3-0 |
37 | Apr. 3 at Kings | Karl Prime | Sharks 3-2 |
38 | Apr. 6 vs Ducks | none | Ducks 5-1 |
39 | Apr. 9 vs Kings | shorkie88 | Sharks 3-2 |
40 | Apr. 10 vs Kings | none | Kings 4-2 |
41 | Apr. 12 vs Ducks | none | Ducks 4-0 |
42 | Apr. 14 vs Ducks | none | Ducks 4-1 |
43 | Apr. 16 at Wild | none | Wild 3-2 |
44 | Apr. 17 at Wild | none | Wild 5-2 |
45 | Apr. 19 at Golden Knights | none | VGK 3-2 SO |
46 | Apr. 21 at Golden Knights | Pinkfloyd | VGK 5-2 |
47 | Apr. 24 vs Wild | none | Wild 6-3 |
48 | Apr. 26 vs Coyotes | none | Sharks 6-4 |
49 | Apr. 28 vs Coyotes | bluefunnel | Sharks 4-2 |
50 | Apr. 30 at Avalanche | none | Avs 3-0 |
51 | May 1 at Avalanche | none | Avs 4-3 |
52 | May 3 vs Avalanche | none | Avs 5-4 OT |
Rank | 2021 SNOG standings | # of SNOGs |
T-1. | bluefunnel, Cas, Pinkfloyd | 2 |
T-4. | Doctor Soraluce, Karl Prime, Kcoyote3, Munnyro, Painful Quandary, shorkie88, stator | 1 |
Pretty sure we lost in 2019 because we were completely decimated by injury.Quoted for emphasis. Let's not forget that Jones is the #1 reason the Sharks didn't advance in 2018 and 2019.
2019 was an illusion. we barely made it into the playoffs and got pass vegas through sheer luck. it was incredible but that was a one in a million game.Pretty sure we lost in 2019 because we were completely decimated by injury.
That was one of the highest scoring Sharks teams in their entire history. Top to bottom they were probably the deepest roster the Sharks have ever had.2019 was an illusion. we barely made it into the playoffs and got pass vegas through sheer luck. it was incredible but that was a one in a million game.
The play may have been sheer luck but the team still had to make it happen. Love him or hate him, that game 6 performance by Jones was probably the greatest goaltending performance in club history.2019 was an illusion. we barely made it into the playoffs and got pass vegas through sheer luck. it was incredible but that was a one in a million game.
The play may have been sheer luck but the team still had to make it happen. Love him or hate him, that game 6 performance by Jones was probably the greatest goaltending performance in club history.
Remember when we could've had Joel Quennville?
Fun times.
If anybody wants to feel more sad about Jones, here are some highlights of 2016 jones. he's just a completely different goalie compared to his prime
It's easy to see what you want to see, but I've always thought that even at his best, Jones was a middling play-reader. Combine that with his mobility and size, and you got a goaltender who could be above-average. Enter an injury, which vitiated his mobility, and a pad reduction, which effectively made him smaller, and he didn't have the brains to adapt.
But at the same time, he might be a bad coach but he's not an idiot. He was hired to be the head coach of a team with 3 proven top-6 forwards, two reclamation projects in goal and two proven top-4 defensemen with one promising sophomore and one guy trying to play himself into a job at a doggy daycare. He lost the heart and soul of the team before the season started and got back the ultimate "coworker who shows up because he's on the schedule" (no offense @Pinkfloyd ). If he thought they were a playoff team heading into the season, I want his number for my Nigerian prince friend. He was brought back because DW wanted to rebuild and take stock of the young prospects. It worked for both sides because it builds Boughner's HC resume with plausible deniability for losing, and DW trusted him based on past history to be an honest judge of talent in the system. Nobody loses (except for the Sharks of this year and next), and he gets to command the tank while also doing Sommer's job of finding out who's NHL-ready. The bonus is that they're actually better than last year, so he can say he improved the team. And now when he gets fired in a year or two, both sides can say they're better off.