When will Rich Tocchet be fired (or otherwise cease being our head coach)?

[slv]

 

[MIGs Dog]

Performance art at its finest.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Who says money is tight?

 

[Jakey53]

Who says money is tight?

This gives us a hint who the next coach won't be.

 

[MIGs Dog]

This gives us a hint who the next coach won't be.

Strong indicator we are not moving to Houston.

 

[rt]

My favorite is that he’s ignoring desktop notifications the whole time while “working” from home. Love this guy! LOL.

Which one of you is this?!?!? Brilliant!

 

[lanky]

Echo that. Brilliant.

 

[rt]

So will it be a four year extension or a five year?

 

[Jamieh]

4 more to match the GM.

 

[MIGs Dog]

So will it be a four year extension or a five year?

4 years for missing the playoffs by 2 pts, 5 for winning the Cup.

 

[CoyoteDave]

Too late in the season to make a difference now, but we may be about to see an eight game losing streak.

 

[rt]

Too late in the season to make a difference now, but we may be about to see an eight game losing streak.

It’s not to late to hose Tocchet and see whether Varady can get more out of these guys. They won’t do it, but there’s still value in it.

 

[RABBIT]

It’s not to late to hose Tocchet and see whether Varady can get more out of these guys. They won’t do it, but there’s still value in it.

At this point I’d say it’s too late going by NHL standards. Not saying I don’t agree with you, but Tocc will most definitely be our coach for the remainder of the season.

 

[rt]

At this point I’d say it’s too late going by NHL standards. Not saying I don’t agree with you, but Tocc will most definitely be our coach for the remainder of the season.

100%

 

[XX]

It would be very easy to pump Rick's tires one last time and allow him to graciously step down to give Varady or even Housley an interim chance.

A tiny, tiny part of me hopes that's what they do if they lose the next two. Just sell what you can at the deadline and go into full on evaluation mode.

 

[rt]

New Craig article today is all about how Tocchet is an amazing coach and how everyone around the league agrees and there’s no case to be made that he’s not great.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Morgan just came out strongly supportive of Tocchet. While I don't see Tocchet as the "miracle worker" ascribed to by Morgan, I agree with him that the roster is so porous that it is impossible to evaluate Tocchet's performance negatively.

 

[XX]

New Craig article today is all about how Tocchet is an amazing coach and how everyone around the league agrees and there’s no case to be made that he’s not great.

Was watching the Rangers game on NBC and Boucher went out of his way to pump Tocchet's tires, insisting AZ 'needs to get a new contract done'

They're are definitely after Meruelo with all of this

 

[Grimes]

I was looking forward to reading this but not sure I want to ruin my weekend.

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

Using the roster as an excuse for Tocchet is rich. He has had a say in how this thing was built up. So if it's a crappy roster, he's part of the issue with it.

Plus, yea... you turn players into crap and then complain your roster is crap. Good way to dodge responsibility. It's definitely easier when you lie about what you are doing with the players, too. "Oh, pulled Kuemper to spark the team. No injury "

Here's a thought for you. Tocchet, the miracle man, played Stepan with crazy TOI last year. Stepan is traded to a rebuilding team with low expectations... and didn't get very much TOI before he was injured. Strange eh? If Tocchet is so damn good with his decisions, why wouldn't a different coach want to utilize the same strategy with one of his key players?

 

[Mosby]

Reading that article you’d think Tocchet hasn’t made any mistakes over four years. Twice Injuring his MVP due to poor game management comes to mind. That’s his own fault.

 

[Grimes]

I was looking forward to reading this but not sure I want to ruin my weekend.

 

[Matias Maccete]

New Craig article today is all about how Tocchet is an amazing coach and how everyone around the league agrees and there’s no case to be made that he’s not great.

I'd like to revise my previous prediction.

He'll get a 2 year extension because Coyotes. They'll announce it right before the season is over after the team is officially eliminated from the playoffs, just when we're all discussing who the next coach will be.

It'll be a 4 year extension.

 

[SniperHF]

It'll be a 4 year extension

Hes such a great coach I just don't think we can afford his new pricetag

 

[Grimes]

Hes such a great coach I just don't think we can afford his new pricetag

At this point we have to pray for him out pricing us or outright walking. Better yet, BA is set on his 5 year plan, which includes replacing RT and sticks to it.