WHy didn't we offer Roy a job when looking for a new HC?

[29dryden29]

We need a guy like this behind the bench someone with a fire and passion for the game. The team feeds off passion like this not just from each other but from their coach.

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[Stripper]

He wanted to be more than just a Head Coach.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Because he was a rookie coach and we (supposedly) had a bad history with rookies coaches.

Also, Michel Therrien was clearly the best choice available in any language. His Caractere and Respeck is beyond reproach.

 

[FlyingKostitsyn]

Roy in Montreal would be a gong show. While potentially very entertaining it would not have lasted very long.

 

[Habsoil]

Because he was a rookie coach and we (supposedly) had a bad history with rookies coaches.

Also, Michel Therrien was clearly the best choice available in any language. His Caractere and Respeck is beyond reproach.

If i give you my mailing address, could you please send me some of what your smoking?
MT round 2 is no better than round 1.
Same thing night after night, regardless of results.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Roy in Montreal as a head coach would be a ****ing joke. I'm glad him and his antics are far away.

 

[overlords]

If i give you my mailing address, could you please send me some of what your smoking?
MT round 2 is no better than round 1.
Same thing night after night, regardless of results.

I'll send you a sarcasm detector instead.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

I'm sure if Bergevin knew he'd shake the glass and call out the other coach in his first game coaching in the NHL he would've hired him.

 

[Bourdon101]

Its funny once but that show will get old quickly. I am not a MT fan at all but is Roy a better coach or just a guy that needs anger management?

 

[MXD]

Rookie GM with rookie HC (especially a high-profile one?)...
Nah....

 

[habsprospects]

Cause Roy sucks and Bergevin knew it.

 

[Lebowski]

I'll send you a sarcasm detector instead.

You never disappoint, Overlords.

 

[King Niinimaa*]

He wouldn't be a long-term solution due to his temper. But man, I ****ing love him!
His passion is beyond anyone. Roy is a winner, though some may not appreciate his any means necessary style.

 

[PunkinDrublic*]

Cause Roy sucks and Bergevin knew it.

This times 10.

 

[ChemiseBleuHonnete]

I'll send you a sarcasm detector instead.

awesome call ahahah

 

[Et le But]

It.has.been.one.game.

 

[Ice Poutine]

Rookie GM with rookie HC (especially a high-profile one?)...
Nah....

I agree with that. Just look at the Lightning with Steve Yzerman as GM and Guy Boucher as coach

 

[Stjonnypopo]

Roy in Montreal would be a gong show. While potentially very entertaining it would not have lasted very long.

How could you know that?

He could have been a very good coach for us. There's no doubt he would have brought the "Roy Attitude" here but we know what he's like.

I think it's stupid to assume it wouldn't last long.

 

[vokiel]

I think you've got this wrong. Molson did offer the job, but Roy refused. Something about having control of his own team, which would have never happened under a team managed by the Molson family, regardless of who is the GM.

 

[sandysan]

How could you know that?

He could have been a very good coach for us. There's no doubt he would have brought the "Roy Attitude" here but we know what he's like.

I think it's stupid to assume it wouldn't last long.

It would have been a gong show, you can bet the in Denver he will never have to answer " could you have stopped it" after a bad goal. Plus I am sure that his history that there would be people waiting with their hatchets drawn.

This is not to say Roy is a bad coach, the jury's still out. But his temperament and history and the powder keg that is Montreal hockey, its just not a good mix.

 

[Hannibal]

Because the boards are too solid in the Bell centre. Roy would have been on IR trying to move one of them.

 

[HockeyAddict]

Roy in Montreal as a head coach would be a ****ing joke. I'm glad him and his antics are far away.

Yep... guys a headcase and his ego would've gotten in the way.

 

[sandysan]

Yep... guys a headcase and his ego would've gotten in the way.

Goalie = headscase, par for the course
Coach= head case can be interesting under the right circumstances
Habs coach = head case, a train wreck waiting to happen.

Tortorella who some describe as a headcase wouldn't last in Montreal long even if he spoke French.
Some coaches have the right temperament, Roy ain't one of them.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Once again, people are mis-attributing Roy's cerebral side for his "fire". Watch the whole game. The Avs were a confident squad who knew what they were doing on the ice and they defeated the Ducks soundly. Yes, Roy has a good bunch of players, but he's the one providing them the directions to apply on the ice.

Therrien used to be a hot-head too, but it is his questionable roster decisions(Bouillon getting every game) and directions(penalty kill in not aggressive at all) that is the issue.

 

[Habs]

Because only in Montreal do they jump at the same coach 2x , no matter what the circumstances are.