What ever happened to Rob Schremp?

[KaseMeOutside]

too big of an ego, he thought his hands would take him where he wanted to go....never improved any other part of his game

 

[Leafidelity]

What happened to him? Dude was a beast in the shootout?

Oh man, the song choice. Maybe the guy that created the video wasn't listening to the lyrics. If he was, he's a savage.

Basically Robbie thought his puck skills were enough to make him an NHL player. He didn't listen to anyone saying he needed to work on his skating, and sabotaged his own career.

 

[The Cheat]

One-trick pony

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Nothing "happened" to Rob Schremp. He just isn't good enough to be in the NHL.

 

[Jumptheshark]

well as an Oiler fan here is my breakdown


1)At the start of his draft year he was rated top 10 and everyone started watching
2) The first thing that hurt him was when the scouts realized that Dave Bolland was playing the tough minutes for the team and went into the nasty areas==Schremp did not
3) His attitude--he bought into the hype leading into his draft year
4) Never (reportedly) Adjusted his attitude in team interviews leading up to the draft. Schremp went from a guy ranked top ten on nearly all teams fall 2003 draft lists to reportedly being on a few teams "do not draft" list


he could not skate and he never learned to play in his ownzone

 

[izzy]

Nothing "happened" to Rob Schremp. He just isn't good enough to be in the NHL.

Yeah, he was. He was too good at certain stages and aspects that he didn't bother improving his skating and it ended his career.

 

[GrouperTrooper]

He's in Southwest Florida.
Dropped into our Beer league about 3 weeks ago.

Skates pretty good to me!
Pretty slick hands, and obviously was only going about 10%.

I took a few faceoffs with him, and chased him around the ice. He seemed alright, wish I would have asked for his autograph.

 

[Mickey Marner]

What happened to him? Dude was a beast in the shootout?

Heh, same move every time, just alternating from forehand to backhand.

Anyways, Schremp had insane puck skills and a wicked slapshot but they never translated into NHL success because he kept trying to play the game like he did in Jr. Held onto the puck too long, got too fancy, his slapper release was slow as molasses. Just so, so many offensive tells that he became predictable. And when you can't skate well and haven't any sort of compete level or defensive accumine, you can't afford to be predictable. Just a guy who was content being the shinny champion of the world and wasn't going to change for anybody, even himself.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Can't skate, pretty soft, and no defensive awareness.

Basically his hands are the only tool he has that is NHL level.

He's in Europe somewhere last I checked.

Yeah pretty much. There's alot of guys in the league that are good skaters and physical that if they had his hands would be good scorers. Problem is he only had 1 tool on his belt and it was some crazy kind of screwdriver that only worked on a rare kind of screw.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Yeah, he was. He was too good at certain stages and aspects that he didn't bother improving his skating and it ended his career.

So... Not good enough for the NHL.

 

[izzy]

So... Not good enough for the NHL.

Nobody is good enough if they don't train. If Crosby didn't work on his weaknesses he'd never have made it. It was an attitude thing with Shremp.

 

[Passchendaele]

I'm pretty sure he could have had a career as a top-six player if he weren't lazy as hell.

Sure, he was slow, but he was a pretty good playmaker, had magic hands and a powerful shot. Jason Allison made a decent name for himself despite being slower than 95% of the league.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Nobody is good enough if they don't train. If Crosby didn't work on his weaknesses he'd never have made it. It was an attitude thing with Shremp.

Crosby trained until he was good enough to stick. Schremp didn't. Ergo, Schremp wasn't good enough. It doesn't ****ing matter how good he stick handled. The dude lacked in every important aspect of the game.

 

[Leafs87]

I'm pretty sure he could have had a career as a top-six player if he weren't lazy as hell.

Sure, he was slow, but he was a pretty good playmaker, had magic hands and a powerful shot. Jason Allison made a decent name for himself despite being slower than 95% of the league.

Oh man off topic but Allison was absolutely painful to watch. His stats did not match him at all if that makes sense. I have no idea how this guy put up points he just slowed the pace down so hard. I guess it's an asset

 

[SwissGrog]

for what is worth, he wasn't good in Switzerland either. Too slow.

 

[DeflatedFootball7]

I've got a Rob Schremp story.

So it's the 2010-2011 season, the Kings are in the process of turning from a basement dweller into a 2-time Stanley Cup champion, and thus Kings tickets are cheap so I buy some for me and my buddies when the Isles come to the Staples Center.

Anyway, I show up early to the game because I want to see the pre-skate warmups and give my Isles some love, you know? I see a group of honestly only 5-6 guys in Isles sweaters hanging out down by the ice where they're warming up, majority of the arena is watching their hometown Kings warm up obviously.

So anyway the players start throwing a couple of pucks to us, Tavares was still our shiny new toy at that point so we're all focused on him. Then Schremp grabs a puck and starts doing all those crazy stick tricks with it, keeping it in the air and catching it on the blade of his stick. You know the type. Clearly just showing off for the approximately 7 Islander fans hanging out.

The response from the fans? Groans. Audible groans. Schremp realizes this, stops messing with the puck and skates away. I felt bad for him, but that pretty much sums up his NHL career: eventually the fans will grow sick and tired of all the flash and none of the results.

Seriously? Pretty pathetic on the fans part.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

http://www.coppernblue.com/2009/8/29/1007051/rob-schremp-explains-why-he-isnt

 

[hototogisu]

Sure, he was slow, but he was a pretty good playmaker, had magic hands and a powerful shot. Jason Allison made a decent name for himself despite being slower than 95% of the league.

In a different era though. As soon as the rules changed he was out of a job.

Not that the current NHL product is the free-wheeling, high-scoring, post-lockout style of play that resulted in the Jason Allisons of the NHL going extinct of course. Hell maybe Schremp should make another crack at it...