WIP CALLER
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I would prefer the fan sitting in section 202 row 15 seat 6 over Hakstol at this point.
Speculation: The Flyers introduce......
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"The Flyers have decided after firing Dave Hakstol 5 days ago, we missed him dearly and fully believe there is no other coach out there with more intensity. So we are excited to announce our new/old head coach, DAVE HAKSTOL!"
CSKA1974
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Thank you for your vote of confidence, and I accept your nomination. With my new system we will bring "Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven" cups to the city!
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macleish1974
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Will it make any difference what coach we have with the talent we have on this roster that Hex has put together?? Would have any other coach beaten Pittsburgh with the team we have? Perhaps more spirited and feisty but the end result would have certainly been the same. Look at what the team looks like without Sean on Friday night. An elite AHL team......oh.......this is the NHL? Get the point.....we need more talented players. Again, the bottom six is a mess and the main guys are not producing, perhaps beaten down. The bottom 3 D-men are all 6/7 and ugly to watch. And the goalies, are beyond nasty and distasteful. Every gone to an 5 star restaurant and brought mediocre food and rancid wine? That is how I feel when I go to a Flyers game this season. The only good thing about watching them on cable is I can turn it off and do something else. But that too is a disappointment because my expectations are so high, and they are so hideous. I feel cheated. But as a Flyers fan for 45 years, I will pick up the pieces, endure, then cannot wait for early September when the rookies arrive while the speculations and expectations start all over again.
Don Nachbaur 26
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I absolutely see this happening. I don't think it'd be a long-term deal. 3 years?? Groom Knoblach to replace him like LA did with Stevens.
Idk man. We went with the "No NHL experience fresh take works well with kids" route with Hakstok and that didn't turn out so well. People get mad all the time that it is "an old boys club" and no one new gets a chance, but there's a reason for that. For every Jon Cooper there are ten Dave Hakstoks.
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And everything (for the most part) @Appleyard said about Sam Hallam sounds great. I would like him.
And everything (for the most part) @Appleyard said about Sam Hallam sounds great. I would like him.
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Rich Nixon
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I'd be alright with Knoblauch if we added some veteran coaching experience to the staff. No Lappy, nothing like that-see if you can get Vignault or someone on his wing. And before anyone freaks out over that, Jacques Martin is an assistant to Sullivan in Pittsburgh.
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- Ruff is a no go.
- Peters is still employed.
- Vigneault, while an upgrade, has a lot of the same issues as Hakstol.
I have no idea is the short answer.
Yeah, I sort of agree that experienced coach would be a better option right now. But I feel that there are no coaches with NHL experience that I would want for this team right now. So, the next best thing would be going for an experienced AHL coach or some promising NHL assistant. Just no juniors or college coaches. Forget the whole "good at developing young players" thing and get a coach who coaches to win but has some sense in his head.
Jukka would be such a Hextall move. Most likely a catastrophe though...
Or did you mean Dufva, jeez...
I would wait or the playoffs to finish before finding a coach. It's more than just the coaching staff that needs changed though.
dingbathero
No Jam? How about PB
I am sure with a more adaptive coach in place with the roster as it is now we would have done better.
We aren't near as bad as tbis series would indicate. Super Dr jykell and hyde tho. I know that comes from a few of the younger players finding their game.
It's on Hak to have them prepped and in the best sceniro to do well
He has not done that.
Lappy and what he calls a PK needs a clean slate. That's painful shit. The personal we have can do well on a PK just not ours.
I too would wait until the playoffs are over..... unless other teams are taking runs at potential coaches.
We aren't near as bad as tbis series would indicate. Super Dr jykell and hyde tho. I know that comes from a few of the younger players finding their game.
It's on Hak to have them prepped and in the best sceniro to do well
He has not done that.
Lappy and what he calls a PK needs a clean slate. That's painful shit. The personal we have can do well on a PK just not ours.
I too would wait until the playoffs are over..... unless other teams are taking runs at potential coaches.
Jtown
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whomever we hire needs to implement these 3 things.
1. An Aggressive offensive minded approach to hockey, weather that be speed through the neutral zone, or heavy fore-checking I don't care
2. Emotional Intelligence greater than that of an Onion. Hak failed at this
3. Someone that has had exposure to NHL locker rooms, and NHL personel.
This isn't college and the jump from college to pros in all sports does not go over very well historically. You can't talk to a teenager the way you do a grown man. Then there is the respect factor. I guarantee you that Berube may not have possessed the hockey acumen of Hak, but he sure as hell had the respect and attention of everyone in that damn locker room. How many enforcers have played 1000 games in the NHL. There was a reason why he lasted so long.
1. An Aggressive offensive minded approach to hockey, weather that be speed through the neutral zone, or heavy fore-checking I don't care
2. Emotional Intelligence greater than that of an Onion. Hak failed at this
3. Someone that has had exposure to NHL locker rooms, and NHL personel.
This isn't college and the jump from college to pros in all sports does not go over very well historically. You can't talk to a teenager the way you do a grown man. Then there is the respect factor. I guarantee you that Berube may not have possessed the hockey acumen of Hak, but he sure as hell had the respect and attention of everyone in that damn locker room. How many enforcers have played 1000 games in the NHL. There was a reason why he lasted so long.
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Jtown
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Bill Barber was an NHL Hall of Famer & Flyers icon whose number 7 hangs above the arena in which he coached.
He still stunk as a coach & his team turned on him.
If you’re a good coach, the players will respect you.
Keenan was a 30-something with no NHL experience.
Bednar in Colorado went from a young junior hockey coach whom NHLers didn’t “respect” to an NHL Coach of the Year candidate in a season.
Jon Cooper was a young attorney with no NHL experience who proved himself as a coach in the NAHL & USHL.
I want the next Keenan or Bednar or Cooper, not the next Lindy Ruff.
And if Hak gets fired, it’ll almost definitely be Knoblach, anyway, & I’m fine with it.
He still stunk as a coach & his team turned on him.
If you’re a good coach, the players will respect you.
Keenan was a 30-something with no NHL experience.
Bednar in Colorado went from a young junior hockey coach whom NHLers didn’t “respect” to an NHL Coach of the Year candidate in a season.
Jon Cooper was a young attorney with no NHL experience who proved himself as a coach in the NAHL & USHL.
I want the next Keenan or Bednar or Cooper, not the next Lindy Ruff.
And if Hak gets fired, it’ll almost definitely be Knoblach, anyway, & I’m fine with it.
