Confirmed with Link: Steve Smith resigns

[NotOpie]

Canes assistant coach Steve Smith resigns

Not a good look for Roddy IMO.

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[GoldiFox]

Brind’Amour 30 minutes ago on 99.9:



Guess he can count out one of those “people he can count on”.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I posted this in the news thread as well. Since TD took over....here's who is gone. Probably missing someone as well.

Front office: Francis, Nieuwendyk, Wesley, Olcyk
Coaching: Peters, Smith
Players: Kruger, Hanifin, Lindholm, Ward, Ryan, Dahlbeck, Stempniak, Nordstrom, and likely Skinner and/or Faulk.

Can't say the Canes are sitting on their hands.

 

[jrcanesfan30]

BREAKING: Canes sign every member from 2006 Stanley Cup roster to assistant coaching position. More to come...

 

[MinJaBen]

Tim Gleason in 3...2...1...

 

[tarheelhockey]

Can’t believe he’s going to retire a Raven. Disgusting that this franchise wouldn’t honor him with a final contract.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Tim Gleason in 3...2...1...

In fairness, Gleason is exactly the type of crappy defenseman who turns into an excellent coach.

Agreed this isn't a great look. But in terms of bad news, this isn't that bad.

 

[Unsustainable]

Not cool

 

[HisIceness]

Not sure if this is something not in his/their control like health, or if this is something to be concerned about.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Not sure if this is something not in his/their control like health, or if this is something to be concerned about.

I like how you excluded the possibility that we would be concerned about his health.

 

[HisIceness]

Well you what I mean. I think.

If he's stepping down because of health reasons that's one thing. It happens.

If there's something going on behind the scenes then that's not a good sign overall for the organization that's trying to turn the page.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Maybe he thinks Daniels is a complete tool.

Also, what do we think about AWard being a possibility here since we know Rod will not look outside his inner circle.

 

[AeroFishOne]

Surprised we have no scoop on this yet from any of our beat writers.

Oh and maybe Brindy meant the coach he was going to hire. Kidding.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Canes continuing the trend of keeping the team in the spotlight well into the summer with some sort of news released every week.

 

[A Star is Burns]

It'll be interesting if we hear any more about it, but until then, I don't really consider it a bad look, just a thing that happened. Maybe he finally came to the conclusion he didn't want to work under a guy he'd be relatively equal with until recently. Wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened. Hopefully it isn't a personal or health related thing.

 

[RodTheBawd]

This is disappointing, but I was fairly surprised the entire coaching staff wasn't turned over earlier (sans Rod).

 

[AD Skinner]

I wonder how much impact he had on the development of players like Slavin and Pesce... were they already diamonds in the rough or he did he make them so? Will be interesting to watch the defense next year in a whole new system

 

[My Special Purpose]

How's this for positive spin: Smith realized RBA was going to be the coach here for the next 20 years and saw no chance of a head coaching gig.

Joking aside, it can't be fun to be an assistant-for-life. He may have just decided he couldn't do the same thing anymore.

 

[vorbis]

How's this for positive spin: Smith realized RBA was going to be the coach here for the next 20 years and saw no chance of a head coaching gig.

so much spin I think you unveiled a few Higgs-Boson particles in one post

 

[GoldiFox]

I wonder how much impact he had on the development of players like Slavin and Pesce... were they already diamonds in the rough or he did he make them so? Will be interesting to watch the defense next year in a whole new system

Slavin and Pesce were gems the moment they touched the ice in Raleigh. Their transition was excellent and Steve Smith deserves some of the credit for where they are now, but the Canes just hit the lottery from the get-go with those two.

 

[Ole Gil]

Glad to see him go. The talent and the results on defense didn't seem to match up.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Surprised we have no scoop on this yet from any of our beat writers.

Between that and the no-explanation press release, my vibe is that somebody had a bad day at work. What happened, I have no idea. But if this were health or family related it wouldn’t be such a stony silence.

At my office, we have a running joke about “no cake” announcements. When someone leaves on good terms, the email usually ends with an announcement of the time and place we’ll all get together and have cake and say our goodbyes. If there’s no cake involved, things usually didn’t end well. This feels like a no-cake announcement.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Glad to see him go. The talent and the results on defense didn't seem to match up.

For last year, I definitely agree.

 

[AD Skinner]

There's no use crying over every mistake

You just keep on trying til you run out of cake

 

[Bub]

Between that and the no-explanation press release, my vibe is that somebody had a bad day at work. What happened, I have no idea. But if this were health or family related it wouldn’t be such a stony silence.

At my office, we have a running joke about “no cake” announcements. When someone leaves on good terms, the email usually ends with an announcement of the time and place we’ll all get together and have cake and say our goodbyes. If there’s no cake involved, things usually didn’t end well. This feels like a no-cake announcement.

Something similar where I work: if their departure date is less than two weeks from the date of the email announcement, you know it's either a "Screw you I quit!" or "You will now be escorted off the premises" situation.