ForsbergForever
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SKA Vice-President Rotenberg names self head coach of SKA
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Seems like the right thing to do when 22-10...with no prior coaching experience..
Puck Dogg
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Rotenborg received his coaching license three years ago from state-ran university. He has previously told he has watched over 800 games since 2014 and considers it as serious experience. That's about it in a nutshell.
cska78
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No wonder KHL gets laughed at. Whats next - Putin coaches ZSKA? Maybe also play 1C and goes unbeaten the whole season?
It is also laughable that Rotenberg gets some coaching license from some Russian "state-run university". The guy has never coached anything and promotes himself to head-coach in KHL? Maybe start with juniors etc? "Watched 800 games". Shit - I have probably watched 1000+. Maybe I can be head-coach in NHL?
It is also laughable that Rotenberg gets some coaching license from some Russian "state-run university". The guy has never coached anything and promotes himself to head-coach in KHL? Maybe start with juniors etc? "Watched 800 games". Shit - I have probably watched 1000+. Maybe I can be head-coach in NHL?
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alko
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Common guys. There are experienced players, that know how to play. They can coached themselves. Coach is only a mascot, that will do nothing important.
SoundAndFury
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Is anyone really surprised? If anything, he was probably the head behind most decisions SKA made last couple of years already. I said numerous times it seemed like Bragin was just a puppet or some guy who runs the practice so that Romka wouldn't have to. Which, by the way, probably going to remain that way, I doubt he will actually be much of use on a day-to-day basis, he will focus on "big picture" stuff.
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SoundAndFury
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Do they not follow the KHL? SKA was not so discretely moving towards this for two years now.
vorky
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They do not follow the KHL. Guessing they should know some major things happening in the KHL, but that´s all. I would not be surprised if you know much more about the KHL than them. Honestly.
ForsbergForever
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"Players can coach themselves"... not sure you follow professional hockey very closely but coaches have a huge impact on team performance and implementing cohesive systems of play, strategies for the PP/PK, line combinations as well as a lot of behind the scenes player management. Having a guy who has no clue what he's doing coach one of the KHL's top teams could really have a negative impact come playoff time when little details become much more important.
Roten is head coach in name only. I suspect Bragin will still do all the tactical coaching.
This is just a move to further solidify his personal fiefdom.
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Hey I've been doing fantasy hockey for 21 years. Maybe I should be an NHL GM.
This is less funny than you think and happens a lot around hockey all over the world. Whether this is smart is an another discussion. But for now it is a SKA internal affair and as such their problem.
Jussi
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Rotenberg is not the owner of the team. This is just the same nepotism as everywhere. People are talking about the Oilers being a country club for quite some time now. This is partially why I enjoy watching them fail, just as much as I do with SKA. Rotenberg was doing the same with SKA a lot. Now he just decided to name himself coach. Nothing very new really in the house of SKA.
